***LAKERS -vs- CELTICS Game Thread 02/18***

[Runway8]

Think of Fish as a regular corporate employee doing what he's told. He's not good on the job and keeps effing up his assignments, he's in over his head, but his boss continues to give him projects.

I actually don't blame Fisher. I blame the coach.

[Krispy Kreme]

[melo061]

hey parham...stfu.

[Bballguru5000]

I don't think anybody wants him cut. And I doubt anybody actually hates him. Well, I suppose there are some fan who may fall under each category. The general opinion is that it would be best to bring Fish off the bench in limited minutes. He can still be a leader from the bench, and he can still take big shots, provided he's not creating the shot, with the ball in his hands to make a play at the end.

To go with a player (no matter how much he's liked or how many times he's hit big shots in the past) when he can no longer produce on either end is not productive.

[Krispy Kreme]

my boy melo... you still have me blocked on aim?

[Krispy Kreme]

he was trying to get into gasol's head

and judging by pau's play late in the game, it worked

[KobeButler]

Im with you OP.

I could care less what Fisher does. As long as
a) hes not slacking/not putting 100% effort
b) hes not being a team cancer
c) he shows his worth when the times comes

[Burgundy]

Krispy - the two shots he made in Game 4 were great. But if he had made one of the other SEVEN wide open shots during the game, they wouldn't have been necessary.

I said the same thing at the end of last year's playoffs - the Lakers won IN SPITE of Fisher. Outside of those two shots, he was attrocious.

In fact, him getting suspended for Game 4 in Houston was a HUGE BLESSING. Instead of Fish getting toasted like a marshmallow by Brooks, and bricking shots, you had a motivated Farmar.

And that's what drives me nuts about Farmar - HE CAN play the right way, he just chooses not to.

[marga86]

YOUR REALLY WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHERE I WAS?


i was at the homies house jumping up and down wiht my laker poncho and a XX Lager in my hand...where were you?

[melo061]

[doughboy90650]

[Bballguru5000]

Sheed has a target on his back because he put it there himself. He created this reputation from years of yelling and bickering with the refs, so now he has to live with it.

Also, no NBA official wants to complete a tenure without having given Rasheed at least one technical. It's the in-thing to do and refs want to be on the cool list. I wouldn't be surprised if the NBA officials have a pool going privately - the Sheed count. And I bet Ron Garretson is winning that pool.

[eLem3nt]

i'm pretty sure i'm going to stop coming to LG till we win a ring cause i'm (bleep) tired of seeing every other thread be "______ needs to be traded asap!", "_______ sucks! bench him!", "lakers are the worst team in the history of the nba and wnba!", and "omgomgomgomgomg we are so bad!"


seriously kids. grow the (bleep) up. we still have the #2 record in the league and are leading the west, are we not? must we wait for a title or an 81 pt performance to give our team some credit?

[Bballguru5000]

[eLem3nt]

[CaCHooKa_Man]

well shannon missed the FT so it really wasnt a factor

[night89]

Where were you when Fisher was stinking it up in the first 3 rounds? If you stink it up 3 rounds, and play well in one(by his standard), is there any other way to conclude than that he just simply played well by chance(or returning to "his" law of averages), as opposed to him having any "clutchness" or "heart?" I mean, the Finals weren't even our toughest opponent.

Just look at Sasha, if Phil had not played him in the 2nd half yesterday, then one might have conclude that he had a very bad game. Instead, he redeemed himself. The problem with Fisher is that you have to give him a TON of chances, to allow him to redeem himself, and we simply don't have that luxury, given the competition. Role players should at least play well in one out of two games. With Fisher, it's one out of 10 games.

Anyway, if Shannon was the starter in last year's Finals, we wouldn't have needed those two shots. One can make a case that we would have swept them.

[rak617]

Yup....in that way........we can keep this roster forever....bcoz these guys won a ring. Live in history.

Fisher is sucking from a long time and old.....no signs of getting better.

Are we expecting to hit another 3 during finals??
I don't have any clue what is the advantage but I can tell 1000 disadvantages of him having on our side.

All we ask is a decent PG who knows what layups means....what defense means.....what passing means.....etc

[Bballguru5000]

[DrewBynum#17]

[Wags_16]

I was warming up for my softball game that night.

[Mr. Zero]

[Makave7iThaDon]

So what exactly does it say when one of your role players is more willing to be held self accountable than your current number one option (at the time, because of kobes absence) is?

[numero-ocho]

I don't have to justify my change in support for Derek Fisher or any player.

My first loyalty is to the team.

All that matters today is now and what's ahead. When the player becomes part of our past, then we can revel in his previous glories.

It was that way for every other Laker great and will be for Derek Fisher.
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"Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant

[eLem3nt]