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[bksballer89]

Where would you rank Kaman in the white Center category?

I'm having a hard time thinking of good white centers right now outside of Brook Lopez & Asik so he's a top 3 white center....Pretty sure I'm missing another good one

 

[Retroram52]

Yea I agree TrojanFan. The moves they made today have Phil and Jeannie written all over them and I believe Short Buss as been notified.

 

[trojanfan12]

I'm having a hard time thinking of good white centers right now outside of Brook Lopez & Asik so he's a top 3 white center....Pretty sure I'm missing another good one

Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol?

 

[Black Adam]

Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol?

lol, guess they are kinda white...

 

[trojanfan12]

Yea I agree TrojanFan. The moves they made today have Phil and Jeannie written all over them and I believe Short Buss as been notified.

We can only hope!! I mentioned in a previous post on another thread that I had heard there was a stipulation in which Jeannie, as the person ultimately in charge of the franchise, could pretty well marginalize Short Buss if things weren't going right!!

Didn't think she'd act on it this quick though (assuming she has)!!

 

[trojanfan12]

lol, guess they are kinda white...

Pau's so white, he's practically clear!!

 

[Kold]

To go after whom


Just admit it already.
The Lakers only chance to contend in the next handful of years or so is James.
He's not coming though.

You guys (who think he is leaving Miami) are way underestimating his bond/ trust with Riley/Arison IMO.

It's fine to think he won't leave, but it's oblivious to think that there is no chance of him leaving. As for who we'll go for, the plan is Lebron and Melo. If we just get Melo or strike out on both, we go to the LOADED class of 2015.

 

[Black Adam]

It's fine to think he won't leave, but it's oblivious to think that there is no chance of him leaving. As for who we'll go for, the plan is Lebron and Melo. If we just get Melo or strike out on both, we go to the LOADED class of 2015.

Turnip's such a fool he thinks the ONLY way for a team to win is with James. idiot. last i checked TEAMS won 'ships, not players...

 

[jayviabay]

I'm having a hard time thinking of good white centers right now outside of Brook Lopez & Asik so he's a top 3 white center....Pretty sure I'm missing another good one

With the last name Lopez, is he a white guy?

 

[Kold]

last i checked TEAMS won 'ships, not players...

Indeed they do, and in our case there's more than one way to skin a cat.

 

[bksballer89]

With the last name Lopez, is he a white guy?

Me and you had the same thought. I thought he was spanish but according to wiki he is american

 

[bksballer89]

Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol?

They're Spanish as you can see by both playing on the spanish national team so those 2 boys are disqualified

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

For a fanbase that is so confident that Lebron is staying, Heat fans sure are spending an awful lot of time trying to convince everyone else that he's staying!!

Or are they really just trying to convince themselves!![



So your hope can be voiced but a counter opinion is trying to convince?

What you are HOPING is that James who has flourished in Miami so far and is the heavy favorite to win again next year will just decide he needs to switch teams? To help the Lakers rebuild?
Wasn't Howard supposed to do that?

He really wants to move to the WC where even getting to the Finals will be a crapshoot every year? Much, more difficult then it will be in the EC. No?

The MUCH more likely scenario is that he, and also possibly Wade opt out and resign discounted again so that they can continue to do exactly what they are doing.
James will do what Howard did and have an opt out after 3.

At that point, he can see where he stands and then make anther decision at that point.

I still stand by my original prediction that if he ever switches teams he will go to NY or Brooklyn.
To me, those are the only 2 destinations that even make sense.

 

[Kold]

While we're on the subject, this teaming up stuff is more of a thing that I just accept rather than like. I loved the 90's where pretty much each team had a star(at MOST 2) and they wouldn't team up because they HATED each other so much. The AAU culture has taken over the NBA and either you get on the train or you get left behind

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Turnip's such a fool he thinks the ONLY way for a team to win is with James. idiot. last i checked TEAMS won 'ships, not players...

True, but James greatly enhances ANY teams chances because he is the best player in the world.

If you switched James with the best player on other teams rosters last season, there are probably 5-7 teams that could have won the championship IMO.

 

[Malibu]

TurnuptheHeat talking stupid again. Damn bandwagon Heat fans.

 

[jayviabay]

True, but James greatly enhances ANY teams chances because he is the best player in the world.

If you switched James with the best player on other teams rosters last season, there are probably 5-7 teams that could have won the championship IMO.

I am not disagreeing with you but for some reason its funny to me when someone makes this statement about him being the best in the world!! Basketball isnt even played everywhere like soccer but I can dig the fact it gives it more appeal to say the world instead of plain old the NBA

 

[Black Adam]

TurnuptheHeat talking stupid again. Damn bandwagon Heat fans.

Hell, what else is new...?

 

[Vitamike]

Me and you had the same thought. I thought he was spanish but according to wiki he is american

Yes the Lopez twins are American but their father is from Cuba and their mother is a white American, if that clears it up. LOL

They're Spanish as you can see by both playing on the spanish national team so those 2 boys are disqualified

Not so fast on the Gasol brothers BK. Spain, as part of Europe, is considered a Caucasian Country and no different from any other European Nation. So let's count those two once again.

 

[Jims_Doors]

If LA does this, who's going to play defense?