Quoting Post Topic Will the Lakers or Celtic make it to the final next year? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]bluskypeChris[/m] at 11:13 am on July 6, 2008[quote]If Mitch kupchak does his job right, the Lakers might trade Odom for Artest since no team is stupid enough to want Rad, Mihm, and farmar in exchange for the best defensive player in the league.  Depending on the salary cap, the Lakers may pass their first round pick for the like of Baron Davis or Elton Brand, as the rumor about Gilbert Arenas wanting to join the Lakers is not gonna happen.  Elton brand would bring defenses to the Lakers poor defenses, and is already playing in the same arena.  This would be the best move for both team, since Brand does not want to spend his whole NBA career without a championship ring, and the laker Defense is lackluster at best.  This year, the Lakers were lucky they didn't have to face the Phoenix sun in the opening round of the playoff.  The Celtic were also lucky to play the Cavalier as well.   There is talk that Phil Jackson might on, and the only coach that would replace him is Avery Johnson, who lead the Mav to the NBA final in 2006.  The fact that Phil was too laid back and may to many bad coaching decision show us that his time with us has worn out.  When the lakers had an 11 point lead in game 4, he take out fisher and a few minute afterward, the Lakers were down by 5 point.  The Celtic was on a 16-4 run.  What kind of coach play Walton instead of Turiaf, and play Rad instead of Ariza?  His Phil had the aggression like Doc River, and the right coaching job in the final, the Lakers would have won.  Why would you take Kobe off Pierce when the Lakers were leading? Opinion and about the final for next year.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post bluskypeChris Posted at 11:13 am on July 6, 2008 If Mitch kupchak does his job right, the Lakers might trade Odom for Artest since no team is stupid enough to want Rad, Mihm, and farmar in exchange for the best defensive player in the league.  Depending on the salary cap, the Lakers may pass their first round pick for the like of Baron Davis or Elton Brand, as the rumor about Gilbert Arenas wanting to join the Lakers is not gonna happen.  Elton brand would bring defenses to the Lakers poor defenses, and is already playing in the same arena.  This would be the best move for both team, since Brand does not want to spend his whole NBA career without a championship ring, and the laker Defense is lackluster at best.  This year, the Lakers were lucky they didn't have to face the Phoenix sun in the opening round of the playoff.  The Celtic were also lucky to play the Cavalier as well.   There is talk that Phil Jackson might on, and the only coach that would replace him is Avery Johnson, who lead the Mav to the NBA final in 2006.  The fact that Phil was too laid back and may to many bad coaching decision show us that his time with us has worn out.  When the lakers had an 11 point lead in game 4, he take out fisher and a few minute afterward, the Lakers were down by 5 point.  The Celtic was on a 16-4 run.  What kind of coach play Walton instead of Turiaf, and play Rad instead of Ariza?  His Phil had the aggression like Doc River, and the right coaching job in the final, the Lakers would have won.  Why would you take Kobe off Pierce when the Lakers were leading? Opinion and about the final for next year.

Replies Sudo XE Posted at 11:27 am on July 6, 2008 I'll wait to see what happens with the Celtics bench to say whether or not they're the favorites to make it out of the East but really, they don't have much competition there, anyway, so it's very likely that they would be as for the Lakers, once they sort out Andrew's contract problems, I would hope that they try to ship off Odom, as there isn't much outside shooting to spread the floor with a starting lineup of Bynum-Gasol-Odom-Bryant-Fisher... Bryant's getting older, though that's really not a concern San Antonio is trying to sign Corey Maggette, and if they do it'll make you think that the whole "odd year championships" thing is true... they're an older team and they need more offense, and Maggette will help them there... wouldn't be surprised to see them in the Finals vs. the Celtics dark eric Posted at 11:16 am on July 6, 2008 Porn is better then basketball All 2 previous replies displayed.