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Originally Posted by FRpilot
which was what the lakers when they lost to the celtics. artest would help in this category to change their reputation.
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Originally Posted by PHLIP
Did you watch the playoffs this year? The Lakers answered that "soft" talk by winning a fucking championship.
People will need to come with something different this season, "soft" no longer applies after Gasol did a great job defending whomever was in front of him.
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yea, that's why i said "when they lost to the celtics" two years ago. i give the lakers credit for beating the magic, but denver had a much meaner frontline than the magic. denver should have dealt out more pain. i'm not trying to whine when i said the lakers got the championship handed to them, but you got to think that if KG wouldn't have gotten hurt, then either scope of the playoffs would have changed. the celtics or cavs would have been in the finals instead of the magic and the lakers would have had more of a challenge.
magic beat cavs because they matched up well with them, same as how golden state matched up well with dallas 3 seasons ago in the playoffs. that's not taking anything from the magic, but they are no way a contender. if the mavs had gotten past the warriors that season, the playoffs would have played out differently that year too.
the lakers did act "more tougher" this season in the playoff, but they had to if they were going to shed that image off and win the championship. acting tougher does not actually mean they are. it was an act, and it worked. artest will definitely give them that reputation now.
spurs are old, yes. but duncan still probably has another good 2-3 yrs left, maybe add another if he keeps his minutes down. finley is old too, but w/ jefferson in the mix, he probably won't be a factor. spurs do need to sign a few more younger athletic swingmen type and some more frontcourt depth.
celtics getting rasheed is a good move. celtics are old too, but their big three can have another 2-3 runs in them just like duncan can. you have great older top 10-20 guys in your team, and all you need to do is add some depth and players who match your system.
with a starting lineup of rondo, allen, pierce, kg perkins
rasheed can split some minutes with KG to spare each other some rest throughout the season. if pierce or allen need some rest, one of the two can have a night off and have pierce slide into SG, KG into SF, and Sheed can start at PF.
celtics still lack depth though. besides scalembrine and big baby, hopefully tony allen can come back. they probably should add another backup PG like CJ watson. If they can get andre miller on the cheap that would be sweet. (although unlikely since he's playing for one more contract before his time is up)