I don't care what anybody says, the Lakers defense is terrible. They are in for a big dissapointment at the end of the year if they keep this up. _________________ "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."-The Greatest
frontcourt looked garbage tongiht... _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 2197 Location: Temecula border of San Diego
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:
GASOFT JUST GOT BURNED
Oh well sometime you win and sometime you lose pathetically. _________________ "Now it came to me, let the Mamba loose" - KB24 after the game winner Olympic gold interview.
"If you are a LAKER FAN, you are LAKERS FOR LIFE" - Doc Buss
I'm kind of glad they lost. Sorry to say. This is the kind of loss that's been coming. The lakers have played lazy for long stretches, then try to put the game away with a spurt. But tonite, they revereted to lazyball after the spurt. Pretty embarrassing.
PJ's coaching, at times, is a bit too inscrutable. I don't see how this team comes out this flat against an undermanned opponent. All the rhetoric about defense just seems like empty BS. And I place the blame especially on the "leaders" like Kobe and Fish and PJ.
I think PJ has to make players like Rad acountable for their bone-headed play because those kinds of lapses seems to infect the rest of the team. I was willing to look past it because Rad was contributing in more ways than just shooting at the start of the season. But lately, he's become a net negative.
Kobe forced some bad shots down the stretch ... well, it was a team collapse. He certainly wasn't the only culprit.
The only guy whose heart I won't question is Ariza.
But I don't want to hear anymore bs ABOUT HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO DEFENSE THIS YEAR. It just doesn't appear to be so. They seem more committed to outscoring other teams playing whatever level of defense their interest allows.
I'm kind of glad they lost. Sorry to say. This is the kind of loss that's been coming. The lakers have played lazy for long stretches, then try to put the game away with a spurt. But tonite, they revereted to lazyball after the spurt. Pretty embarrassing.
PJ's coaching, at times, is a bit too inscrutable. I don't see how this team comes out this flat against an undermanned opponent. All the rhetoric about defense just seems like empty BS. And I place the blame especially on the "leaders" like Kobe and Fish and PJ.
I think PJ has to make players like Rad acountable for their bone-headed play because those kinds of lapses seems to infect the rest of the team. I was willing to look past it because Rad was contributing in more ways than just shooting at the start of the season. But lately, he's become a net negative.
Kobe forced some bad shots down the stretch ... well, it was a team collapse. He certainly wasn't the only culprit.
The only guy whose heart I won't question is Ariza.
But I don't want to hear anymore bs ABOUT HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO DEFENSE THIS YEAR. It just doesn't appear to be so. They seem more committed to outscoring other teams playing whatever level of defense their interest allows.
That won't work.
SGH
I have been thinking all along that for whatever reason, there focus is not on defense. They showed their defense in the first 7 games then reverted to their past frailties in terms of playing defense. The fundamentals are missing on defense. It shows it in almost every player except Ariza.
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