Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Kobe Bryant and Pathetic Lakers vs. The Mighty Utah Jazz
It's not hard to see how the Los Angeles Lakers got themselves into this position. It happened not too long ago when the league's biggest ball hog, I mean MVP ran Shaq, Phil, and an assortment of other Hall of Famers out of town. Now we fast forward back to Spring 2008. The mighty Los Angeles Lakers find themselves all tied up with the B-rated Utah Jazz. Could this have anything to do with the one dimensional behavior of the Lakers.
The Lakers are very similar to the Cleveland Cavs. They are both one dimensional teams. They have one dramatic superstar i.e. Kobe and Lebron. They have several B-rated supporting players. You could match Lamar Odem to Cleveland's Ben Wallace. You can also match Pau Gasol to Cleveland's Joe Smith. They are professional ball players, it goes without saying. But when it comes to clutch time the ball is going only one place. This one dimensional play is what is responsible for the Laker's off again on again play off performance.
These days the NBA is littered with brilliant coaches and it doesn't take very much to shut down the one dimensional Lakers. Let the other guys shoot and disrupt Kobe's flow. Next thing you know Kobe will be laying on the arena floor claiming he has a bad back. I don't know about you but I've never seen any athlete score 30 points with a bad back. But I guess that's why he's the MVP. Even with a "fake bad back" Kobe can fly through the air and score 30+ points. I guess that bad back was also responsible for that horrible 3 point shot at the end of the game which hit nothing but glass. Hooooray for Kobe's back. That's the reason the Lakers are losing!!! Yeah right. Come on Kobe. You gotta come up with a better one then that.
The Lakers are very similar to the Cleveland Cavs. They are both one dimensional teams. They have one dramatic superstar i.e. Kobe and Lebron. They have several B-rated supporting players. You could match Lamar Odem to Cleveland's Ben Wallace. You can also match Pau Gasol to Cleveland's Joe Smith. They are professional ball players, it goes without saying. But when it comes to clutch time the ball is going only one place. This one dimensional play is what is responsible for the Laker's off again on again play off performance.
These days the NBA is littered with brilliant coaches and it doesn't take very much to shut down the one dimensional Lakers. Let the other guys shoot and disrupt Kobe's flow. Next thing you know Kobe will be laying on the arena floor claiming he has a bad back. I don't know about you but I've never seen any athlete score 30 points with a bad back. But I guess that's why he's the MVP. Even with a "fake bad back" Kobe can fly through the air and score 30+ points. I guess that bad back was also responsible for that horrible 3 point shot at the end of the game which hit nothing but glass. Hooooray for Kobe's back. That's the reason the Lakers are losing!!! Yeah right. Come on Kobe. You gotta come up with a better one then that.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Kobe Bryant and The Los Angeles Lakers are total Losers
Yes it's true. Kobe Bryant is a loser. The Los Angeles Lakers are losers. They are losing so bad that they must stoop to their usual dirty tactics. When all else fails they have to resort to the brutality used in the NFL, NHL, or even worse professional wrestling. Has the once classiest team in the league turned into, dare I say it, the trashiest? When your team leader also leads the league in technical fouls, that's not a hard distinction to make.
Kobe Bryant and Shaq O'Neal were once the most feared tandem in basketball. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol aren't feared at all. Carlos Boozer has exposed the non existent interior defense anchored by none other than Pau Gasol. How can a team that hopes to win the NBA championship have so much trouble with a B rated team like the Jazz. The answer is that the Lakers are also a B rated team. They are one dimensional. Championship Laker teams have never had trouble dispatching the Utah Jazz. It's a sad day when the Lakers struggle against such a minimalist opponent.
The Lakers are an arrogant team. After finding themselves trailing for much of the game, the Lakers resorted to just blatant intentional fouls the likes of which Stone Cold Steve Austin would commit in a WWE wrestling match. In fact, the foul which was committed by the Lakers Ronny Turiaf on the Utah Jazz point guard Ronnie Price, would be frowned upon by even Stone Cold.
Why have the Lakers resorted to such dirty tactics. I would think that the team with the leagues MVP would be above play such as that. But oh let us not forget that the Lakers mighty MVP also leads the league in technical fouls. So in essence with his usual unsportsmanlike conduct this is the only type of basketball the Lakers play. How many more elbows will Kobe be allowed to throw into opposing player's mouths. How many more flagrant fouls, holds, push-offs, and other various infractions will the Lakers be allowed to commit that have nothing to do with the game of basketball.
The Lakers have lost 2 games in a row. They are supposed to be the number 1 seed in the west. They should be blowing Utah out of the water. But instead the only thing being blown up is the pathetic assortment of players the Lakers refer to as a basketball team. Wait, blown up is too strong a phrase. Meltdown is a better description. So lets all grab a bag of popcorn, sit back, and watch the Lakers finish destroying themselves. Oh Yeah!!!
Kobe Bryant and Shaq O'Neal were once the most feared tandem in basketball. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol aren't feared at all. Carlos Boozer has exposed the non existent interior defense anchored by none other than Pau Gasol. How can a team that hopes to win the NBA championship have so much trouble with a B rated team like the Jazz. The answer is that the Lakers are also a B rated team. They are one dimensional. Championship Laker teams have never had trouble dispatching the Utah Jazz. It's a sad day when the Lakers struggle against such a minimalist opponent.
The Lakers are an arrogant team. After finding themselves trailing for much of the game, the Lakers resorted to just blatant intentional fouls the likes of which Stone Cold Steve Austin would commit in a WWE wrestling match. In fact, the foul which was committed by the Lakers Ronny Turiaf on the Utah Jazz point guard Ronnie Price, would be frowned upon by even Stone Cold.
Why have the Lakers resorted to such dirty tactics. I would think that the team with the leagues MVP would be above play such as that. But oh let us not forget that the Lakers mighty MVP also leads the league in technical fouls. So in essence with his usual unsportsmanlike conduct this is the only type of basketball the Lakers play. How many more elbows will Kobe be allowed to throw into opposing player's mouths. How many more flagrant fouls, holds, push-offs, and other various infractions will the Lakers be allowed to commit that have nothing to do with the game of basketball.
The Lakers have lost 2 games in a row. They are supposed to be the number 1 seed in the west. They should be blowing Utah out of the water. But instead the only thing being blown up is the pathetic assortment of players the Lakers refer to as a basketball team. Wait, blown up is too strong a phrase. Meltdown is a better description. So lets all grab a bag of popcorn, sit back, and watch the Lakers finish destroying themselves. Oh Yeah!!!
