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Kobe possible Achilles tear!

Cyrone Torbin said:
Sticking with Mike Brown. At least Brown could coach defense.

Or caving in and giving Phil Jackson his home only deal. Having Jackson for half the games and home practices is better than D'Antoni full time.
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I can't disagree with that. D'Antoni is strictly and offensive coach. He and the Lakers definitely have differing personalities.
 
ClLUTClH said:
I don't know that the Lakers are/were any better off with another coach. Who was even available?
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Cyrone Torbin said:
Sticking with Mike Brown. At least Brown could coach defense.

Or caving in and giving Phil Jackson his home only deal. Having Jackson for half the games and home practices is better than D'Antoni full time.
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Jim Buss calling the shots meant he was too proud to bring back Phil & run the show. Before hiring D'Antoni, Phil gave the Lakers a list of things that needed changing in order for Lakers to become a contender again this year. Jim wanted to be the man, so he went ahead and hired D'Antoni anyway.

Jim Buss was also behind the ridiculous trade which Lakers basically gave Odom away for free and essentially started the dominoes which resulted in Kobe being injured today.

https://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7357409/stephen-smith-lakers-mess-jim-buss-mess
 
50 to 16 free throw discrepancy. I'm amazed how the media doesn't pick up this obvious wwf officiating... Steve Blake was getting superstar calls at the end
 
A lot of blame to go around here:

Stern for rejecting the cp3 trade. That forced the lakers to sign Nash who is clearly on empty. Without a pg the lakers have had to play Kobe more and he has had to be a facilitator.

Buss, because he is a d bag.

Kupcheck, because he sounds like a commie. And he only signs old as hell vets.

Deantoni, because you can't play vets the way he is. Take a page out of docs or pops book. See how they treat their vets.

Karma, because why couldn't this have happened to Demarcus cousins? I'd never want to see anyone go down with his injury. But if it had to be someone, why not him? He's a waste of air. He could be kicked out of the league and nobody would notice.
 
bovice said:
50 to 16 free throw discrepancy. I'm amazed how the media doesn't pick up this obvious wwf officiating... Steve Blake was getting superstar calls at the end
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Yeah, no, I saw that on Twitter. But you've got to understand though, that for the whole game the Lakers were playing inside out basketball, Gasol dumping the ball down low to Howard every 2nd plays. The other plays simply consisted of Kobe either attacking the rim or shooting fadeaway shots. GSW Tankers on the other hand were just jacking up 3pt shots all over the place - how can you get fouls called?

GSW had plenty of chances to win at the end there but Landry missed that shots.
 
Yeah, I really don't find the foul discrepancy to be that surprising given:

A) The Warriors don't shoot that many FT's
B) Hack-a-Howard
C) Kobe was probably going hard
 
I have nothing but respect for what Kobe Bryant has done for basketball and the way he approaches his craft. I am dejected, sad, frustrated that this is the way he ends his career as the Kobe we know. A sad, sad day for basketball.
 
I admire his competitive fire and clutch shots, but it would be a damn shame for him to end his career like that. That being said, **** the lakers anyway.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Yeah, no, I saw that on Twitter. But you've got to understand though, that for the whole game the Lakers were playing inside out basketball, Gasol dumping the ball down low to Howard every 2nd plays. The other plays simply consisted of Kobe either attacking the rim or shooting fadeaway shots. GSW Tankers on the other hand were just jacking up 3pt shots all over the place - how can you get fouls called?

GSW had plenty of chances to win at the end there but Landry missed that shots.
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It didn't have to come to Landry's missed jumper. Steve Blake getting that phantom call (right before or right after Klay made a 3?), Dwight pushing klay (or jarett, i forgot) out of bounds, jarrett getting a defensive rebound and landing on his back and not getting the call are just a few that come to mind. Oh yeah also when Kobe tore his achillies, that's a travel, not a foul.


I only caught the last 6 minutes of the game, but it was pretty obvious the refs were pulling for LA
 
He could have gone down as easily the winningest player of all time had he not been such a jerk. Great player, crummy dude. I won't really miss watching him since he's a shell of his former self anyways and is the biggest reason for the phantom fouls.
 
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