Official NBA 03-04 thread

I\'ll start by saying Lakers are still the underdog in the west. Last night the Spurs (without Duncan, Parker, and Carter) kept the Lakers into 2 overtimes. What does that tell you?

Oh shutup you retard. We won, regardless of anything. And are 5-0... How is that being the underdog?

With Vivi\'s logic, I say the Spurs won\'t even make the playoffs cuz they have no defense whatsoever and got outrebounded like the punks they are... I\'ve never seen a team so reliable on their star player like those hapless Spurs!

You obviously don\'t know what you\'re talking about... no defense?

Yes, you won. With a severly handicapped team. Duncan is a 2 time consecutive MVP for a reason. Tony Parker is one of the best PG\'s in the leage (better than peyton) and isn\'t even 22 years old. Carter deals a lot of assists and a few points.

If you ask me, Lakers should be worried.

EDIT: as of right now, Spurs are ranked 10th in opp. points, and that includes the 120 point game from thursday.

BTW, your Lakers are 24th in opp. points

Tony Parker is better than Gary Payton??

I watched the game and agree, the Spurs lost in OT while missing their 2 best players.  I mean if Duncan and Parker would have scored one more point than their replacment, the Spurs win.

Gary Payton>Tony Parker

BTW, Lakers are 5-0. Spurs are 3-3. I think that matters more than who has more opp points.

Gary Payton is WAY better than Tony Parker, sorry.

New Orleans 114, LA Lakers 95

lol

Hey... Lakers were winded from that long night at San Antonio, but I\'ll take that 5-1 record anyday.

And I was joking, as I clearly stated I was talking through your standards (which is through my ass), and just blurting out random biased comments.

Would the Spurs had won that game with Duncan and Parker? Who knows? Maybe, maybe not. Until they return and then play the Lakers we\'ll find out. Omen, you can\'t look at it in terms of them just scoring a single point determining the outcome because then you would have to deduct the points they would have taken from other players, etc.

And Tony Parker being better than Gary Payton is by far the most ludicrous thing you\'ve ever posted. Even more so than thinking cancer is funny.

Actually, the cancer thing was worse.. But the Parker thing is pretty up there too.

TP stats from LAST YEAR : 15.5 ppg,  5.3 apg, .337 3P% , .464 FG%,

Payton this year: 15.3 ppg, 8.5 apg, .250 3P%, .429 FG%


Tony still is yet to play a season game. And He\'s only getting better and better. Anyone else remember the games where he outplayed Kidd?

I\'m sorry but those Assists per game, Payton is owning. And if I have a PG, I want him to spread the ball around. Payton knows how to do that.

Oh, and you totally forgot to mention how great a defensive player Payton is...

Bah, another close game. Spurs will still get into the finals! Last years start was just as bad, we ok....

If Ginobli can have his game stepped up every night like that, the Spurs are an easy pick for the title.

Griz beat the Lakers by 10....