Laker Haters: Best of

From: igor eduardo küpfer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: Quasi OT: Shaq vs. Kobe
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.seattle-sonics
Date: 2003-10-28 09:35:39 PST

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:26:17 -0500, "Chris Hafner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>Jeez ... now the gloves are off.
>

It's too bad. Now, if the Lakers collapse or otherwise fail to fulfill
expectations, blame will be thrown onto this petty squabble, instead of the
real culprit: the inherent inability for a team stacked with aging and
declining superstars to fit their games around each other enough to win.

Yes, I said it: I don't think the Lakers have much chance to win more than
50,
or excel in the playoffs -- with or without Kobe.

From: C The Shocker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: So if you are an accused rapist...
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Date: 2003-11-07 13:32:45 PST

This is going to be a glorious year for us Laker Haters when Shaq and Co
implode in the first round.


From: Viker 44 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Viker's first Laker take of the season.................
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers
Date: 2003-10-27 19:15:09 PST

I caught part of the games end of last week.....   damn if it's going to be
hard to "get into" this team......  you got 3 major whiners on the floor in
Shaq, Elbow, and Payton....   of the 4 "Superstars" Payton is the only one I
sort of like right now and that's bad news...... and Payton thus far does
not
look good in the triangle.....  I'm still not an Elbow fan and Shaq's
whining
has finally hit home making me sick of his act....   it's old......   grow
up,
fat man....   I'll give Kobe kudos for telling it like it is about Fat
$haq.....   stop the whining and fingerpointing......     can this team win
a
championship???    I dunno.....    it's an All Star team.....    probably on
paper one of the most talented in NBA history.....   but it's not even near
being a unified "team".......    it's preseason and there's plenty of time
to
develop it and Jackson is probably the only coach that would have a chance
of
pulling it off......            so, in a word, thus far:
Unimpressed......

From: Marcus Kwan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: Most overrated pickups this summer
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers
Date: 2003-08-04 12:27:30 PST

What off season move has been given the most press?  What team is
listed in every review of off season moves as being the winner?

Without exception, everyone, including those in here, have thought
that the acquisition of Malone and Payton is huge?  I agree that
Payton is huge, I don't think Malone will live up to the hype.  As far
as whether he is overrated numerically, it depends on what you expect
from him.  But I don't expect the move to have results which will
justify the amount of fanfare that he has recieved.  That is why I
will consider him ovverrated.

If you expect nothing more than a 12-14 ppg guy and 6-8 rebounds, then
he will probably live up to you expectation.  I have never seen the
number of headlines and feature articles, though, dedicated to getting
a 14 and 8 guys (though the hooplah over Brad Miller was close).



From: Aeropo864 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Lakers
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college, rec.sport.pro-wrestling,
rec.sport.basketball.pro
Date: 2003-10-27 16:01:07 PST

I think Payton will get a finger or two eaten off when he tries to steal a
piece of cornbread off of Shaq's plate at Thanksgiving Dinner.

I wonder who will have a lower fg%, Kobe or LeBron?

Will Phil Jackson start calling himself Dr. Phil? He is full enough of
himself to do so.

Gotta love the Lakers youth movement, Shaq, GP, Malone, Horace Grant. I'm
surprised they didn't beg Brian Shaw to stay. Stunted growth of their future
talent like Devean George and Luke Walton is just too sweet!


From: King Tut ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: Hollywood's Team May Find Itself With Too Many Stars
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers, rec.sport.basketball.pro
Date: 2003-07-11 06:49:39 PST

Lakers potential 2003-4 lineup:

Shuk:        fat guy
Karl Malone: old guy
Kobe:        in jail
Gary Payton: guy who's not as good as Jason Kidd
5th guy:     Rick Fox or some equally worthless player

That is not even the best team in their division, let alone
the Western conference.

Bow down to the King!

From: Dave McNulla ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Re: Payton can relate to Mourning's situation
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers
Date: 2003-07-14 08:36:38 PST

> ''I figured I couldn't miss that chance, playing with the Lakers,'' Payton
> said. ``When you have four great players playing together, we're going to
> have a real good chance at winning a championship.''

looking for love in all the wrong places. spurs will make them all look like
fools.