2009 NBA Finals

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: James3shin
By the way, LA and Orland met twice this year - LA lost both games.

Yeah, but in those games the Magic had a healthy Jameer Nelson, who scored something like 27 pts /game against LA.

If Odom plays well, the Lakers win. He's truly the wildcard, and when motivated and healthy he's better then Hedo and Rashard.

Gasol and Bynum (if reasonably healthy) will be much more of a challenge than Ilgauskus and Varejao.

Yea Alston is not a scorer.

Odom like you said is always the wildcard. Who knows when he's going to show up but when he does, he's unguardable. The only problem I see is Gasol guarding Lewis outside the post.

Alston is not a consistent scorer but he's had his moments. In game 4 against the Cavs, Alston had 26 points (6-12 from 3P) and was a big reason the Magic won that game. Plus, his penentration in the middle opens a lot up for the Magic. His weakness is his penchant for missing bunnies at the basket.

 

[indamixx99]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: James3shin
By the way, LA and Orland met twice this year - LA lost both games.

Yeah, but in those games the Magic had a healthy Jameer Nelson, who scored something like 27 pts /game against LA.

If Odom plays well, the Lakers win. He's truly the wildcard, and when motivated and healthy he's better then Hedo and Rashard.

Gasol and Bynum (if reasonably healthy) will be much more of a challenge than Ilgauskus and Varejao.

Lol yeah, as long as Odom gets his sugar fix before the game and during halftime, he should be ok

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: sash1
i can't believe Lebron wasn't fined for not talking to the media after the game. most any other player does that, and they're getting a fine...

It's LeBron. No surprise there.

Did you see his interview yesterday? He had a look on his face that said "I soooo don't want to be here, but my mom is gonna beat me like a red-headed stepchild if I don't."

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: James3shin
I think Orlando is going to give the Lakers A LOT of trouble. This is a tough match up for the Lakers because the Magic are as big, if not bigger then the Lakers. In addition, you have a better PG on the Magic, I know Kobe is Kobe, but Dwight is going to be Dwight.

not really. besides the lakers also have a good post player, something that the cavs did not. while dwight is going to get his on the offensive end, lets see how he does playing D on gasol. he is more of a help defender than a true post defender.

 

[Baked]

Denver got bigs, they got better defenders, and they got raped by Lakers on their own home court. Cavs weren't ready to face a Magic team that came off beating the defending champs 'cause they rolled through 2 scrub teams in the 1st 2 rounds. Despite the records, the Western conference has better teams and better match ups. Those 2 regular season games don't mean shit, Lakers are gonna destroy Magic in the finals, on Magic's home court! Lakers in 5 bitches!

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: Baked
Denver got bigs, they got better defenders, and they got raped by Lakers on their own home court. Cavs weren't ready to face a Magic team that came off beating the defending champs 'cause they rolled through 2 scrub teams in the 1st 2 rounds. Despite the records, the Western conference has better teams and better match ups. Those 2 regular season games don't mean shit, Lakers are gonna destroy Magic in the finals, on Magic's home court! Lakers in 5 bitches!

I usually always cheer for the west coast team in the NBA finals, but this year I am going to have to go with the Magic. The Magic just have a lot more compelling stories than the Lakers. I also agree that the Western Conference had better teams and better match ups all year.

As for the finals, here are my predictions:

• Dwight Howard will emerge as a superstar. I think he matches up well against Bynum, but he might have some trouble with Gasol. Either way, he will get at least 20/10 each game.

• 
  Kobe will take the team over in a couple games, which will actually result in a Lakers loss. Magic will run the same scheme against Kobe that they did against Lebron.

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  Like Flipped Gazelle said, the Lakers will live or die by Lamar Odom. The guy plain and simple has to show up every game for the Lakers to emerge victorious.

• Magic HAVE to make a lot of 3's for them to win. Their entire offense is based off of them being dangerous from the 3 pt line.

I see it going to a game 7, where the game will be decided on the final shot. I predict Turkoglu will hit this shot. There will be 1 blowout in this series, and the rest of the games will be close.

 

[Baked]

Was watching ESPN this morning and they were doing a short segment on Odom and candies. Give that man more candies!

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

NBA Basketball: Where Best Laid Plans Happens

:laugh:

 

[magomago]

Here is my intelligent comment that I want to add to these deep discussions:

Goooooooooooo Lakers


I just hope Kobe doens't ballhog TOO much

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Baked
Was watching ESPN this morning and they were doing a short segment on Odom and candies. Give that man more candies!

Yeah they talked about that on PTI yesterday. So strange how they are attributing his up and down play with his sugar highs and crashes because he eats so much candy.

KT

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Baked
Was watching ESPN this morning and they were doing a short segment on Odom and candies. Give that man more candies!

Yeah they talked about that on PTI yesterday. So strange how they are attributing his up and down play with his sugar highs and crashes because he eats so much candy.

KT

i find it stupid. he's obviously been eating like this since he's been in the league, yet no one's bothered to make a big fuss about it until now.

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
NBA Basketball: Where Best Laid Plans Happens

:laugh:

lol, nice!

 

[hydroponik]

The lakers suck and their fans are frontrunners, end of story.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken

I hope the rumors about Jameer being re-activated are untrue. Nobody can come back after surgery and 4 months of rehab and instantly be playing at a competitive level in the NBA, let alone at a level required for the finals. imo, these are nothing more than leaks by the Magic to possibly get into the head of the Lakers.

Who the hell started the talk on Jameer Nelson playing in the Finals??? Yea like that's ganna happen. Like you said, try to get into the head of the Lakers but Phil Jackson isn't stupid enough to buy into that. No way would any of them risk further injury.

 

[sash1]

Nelson WILL play in the finals... according to his teammates

Van Gundy, perhaps trying to keep his coaching strategy a secret, again expressed doubt Tuesday whether Nelson could seriously return for the Finals. But he also said that even if Nelson doesn't play in Game 1, he could play later in the series.

 

[herkulease]

I think the talk of Jameer playing is just a fake thing to try and get the Lakers to spend time working on more than they need to. If they put him out there, don't be surprise if Fisher decides to give Jameer a hard foul to test out his shoulder. Unless the Magic are desperate ie Alston goes done with a bigger injury, SVG should be thinking about next year. If Nelson gets hurt again and causes more serious damage, it could hurt a rising Magic team.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: hydroponik
The lakers suck and their fans are frontrunners, end of story.

Dont worry, the Nets will be winners again someday.....maybe.....errr....probably not.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Dont worry, the Nets will be winners again someday.....maybe.....errr....probably not.

Maybe when they sign lebron, which is a very very high possibility with him sporting NY gear and hanging out with his NY buddy lately.

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: hydroponik
The lakers suck and their fans are frontrunners, end of story.

Dont worry, the Nets will be winners again someday.....maybe.....errr....probably not.

yea, they suck, just like the Yankees suck, and the Red Wings suck.

 

[DingDingDao]

Originally posted by: cHeeZeFacTory

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: hydroponik
The lakers suck and their fans are frontrunners, end of story.

Dont worry, the Nets will be winners again someday.....maybe.....errr....probably not.

yea, they suck, just like the Yankees suck, and the Red Wings suck.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm retarded. Stupid nested quotes, I thought you were replying to OCguy's comment.

I agree though, it's hard for the Lakers to suck when they keep winning. Unless he meant that we suck at sucking...?

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: OCguy
Dont worry, the Nets will be winners again someday.....maybe.....errr....probably not.

Maybe when they sign lebron, which is a very very high possibility with him sporting NY gear and hanging out with his NY buddy lately.

I think much of the speculation about LeBron signing with the Nets is based on the nets moving to Brooklyn. And that has been pushed back several times already, so who knows when/if the Nets move there.

Many Jerseyans (such as myself) are not Nets fans.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: hydroponik
The lakers suck and their fans are frontrunners, end of story.

LA makes the playoffs so often, how can you tell if their fans are frontrunners?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken

I hope the rumors about Jameer being re-activated are untrue. Nobody can come back after surgery and 4 months of rehab and instantly be playing at a competitive level in the NBA, let alone at a level required for the finals. imo, these are nothing more than leaks by the Magic to possibly get into the head of the Lakers.

Who the hell started the talk on Jameer Nelson playing in the Finals??? Yea like that's ganna happen. Like you said, try to get into the head of the Lakers but Phil Jackson isn't stupid enough to buy into that. No way would any of them risk further injury.

The talk started almost a week ago. Jameer has been practicing lightly with the team for the last two weeks. Today he had a full practice, though it was non-contact. Now the word is that he may not play in game 1 but will most likely get some time in later games during the finals. If the Magic are only messing with Phil Jackson, they are putting on a good show.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

If Jameer Nelson plays he will come off the bench. That means he will be guarded by Shannon Brown who is a much better defender than Fisher.
I don't think he'll be much of an issue, especially after 4 months off.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Beautiful.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Beautiful.

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