Around The NBA 2012-2013 Season

[justinnum1]

Is it weird to still feel like the Lakers will still turn it around at some point? I just have an extremely hard time seeing the Lakers miss the playoffs.....

It's not happening bro. It will be the most pathetic failure in all professional sports.

read through some of these preseason quotes. and enjoy lmao

Can you convince 'Spo to bench Wade and Bosh again in the 4th? That would be helpful! ray:

The Lakers are a scary ***** team now. And don't forget they got Jamison too, another guy who could give them 20 pts here and there. The Lakers seem like the complete team to win it all next season.

Nash - a good offensive PG
Kobe - the skilled scorer
Metta - that crazy every team needs lol
Pau - A skilled PF
Dwight - Your defensive anchor
Jamison - Versatile six-man

No they aren't, Miami won't get out of the first round... See how easy it is to say something without backing it up?

miami la or okc

maimi is still the favorite but lakers just made it a three team race

In all seriousness, I think the Lakers path to the finals is much easier than the Heats.

Seriously think about what I'm saying. World Peace can limit Durant. Westbrook cannot physically score inside with the Lakers length.

No other team will threaten the Lakers.

Meanwhile, arguably the Knicks, the Hawks, the Bulls, the Sixers, the Celtics, and the Pacers have a chance of stopping the Heat. It will definitely not be easy.

I have a Knicks vs. Lakers final.

I hate the Lakers, so lets get that out there.

But.

They will beat OKC all day long. Talent level is close, but veteran experience is what will prevail. I cannot possibly understand how the Lakers can acquire so much goddamn talent. They will be unreal next year.

a lil bit of homerism here but the heat are going to have a tough time making it out of the east b4 they can claim back2back.... Celtics got alot deeper with jet,lee and green.

another celtics lakers finals would be great to see

Duhon, Blake, Antwan Jamison and Jordan Hill are not too bad of a bench

Lol if I was a Miami fan id be scarred shitless of LA. So many matchup nightmares. Dwight in the paint really hurts LBJ and DWades game and Nash makes everyone sooo much better, Lakers
Are going to be scary good.

[Hardaway Here]

It's not happening bro. It will be the most pathetic failure in all professional sports.

read through some of these preseason quotes. and enjoy lmao

That was just a bunch of people. Who saw the names without seeing them play. Simple case of jumping to conclusions. Outside of seikou and 23 I haven't seen any of those posters post anything since.

[justinnum1]

The lakers suck so bad lmao!

[JNoel]

The lakers suck so bad lmao!

They have some serious problems. Dwight only with 8 points? Colby 7-22? They need to make immediate changes, their season might be over already.

[gotoHcarolina52]

Reporter postgame to D'Antoni: "You've got a height advantage as a team and yet you still got outrebounded. Is that a tribute to them [the Bulls]?"

D'Antoni: "Well, that stat doesn't mean anything. What does that mean? [laughs] We just missed more shots."

[JNoel]

What an a-hole

[lavilevi23]

Lovin' it!

[SteBO]

Damn, and I thought Mike Brown was bad. D'Antoni is proving to be a far worse option for the Lakers than Mike Brown ever was. I'm sure he's laughing his *** right now.....

[gotoHcarolina52]

A handful of Celtics fans in their forum honestly think they can get Howard (or Cousins) for Paul Pierce

Now I've seen it all.

[justinnum1]

A handful of Celtics fans in their forum honestly think they get Howard for Paul Pierce

Now I've seen it all.

kg, bradley, sullinger and a few first round picks might get it done.

[gotoHcarolina52]

kg, bradley, sullinger and a few first round picks might get it done.

The salaries wouldn't work. They'd need to throw in about an extra $3M (e.g., Lee, Terry, or Bass), and I doubt the Lakers would be willing to eat that much salary next year while also having KG on the books for $12M in 2014-15.

[justinnum1]

rondo injury means the sixers have a better shot at making the playoffs. then we can get their first round pick

[gotoHcarolina52]

@ZachLowe_NBA

If Dallas is indeed supplying the stop-gap small forward for MEM, Kaman (expiring) is likely out the door for salary-matching purposes.

Potential buy-out candidate, if true.

[JNoel]

We'll start to see more trades, as it seems to be a domino effect every year especially after the Rudy Gay trade.

[JNoel]

@ZachLowe_NBA


Potential buy-out candidate, if true.

I would almost prefer Bird over him, he's been pretty awful.