NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Yeah, but the winners don't need those excuses. I actually find myself cheering for the magic at times but surely you see that the lakers are just a hair better or at least thats what it seems to me.

I give the Lakers credit for winning all these series when they've been outplayed everytime and should have lost. It has nothing to do with the team, it is blatantly obvious that the team is a disaster, but the players are willing to coexist for a championship.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

When has Dirk ever run the point? I don't think you could have come up with a worse comparison.

Do you guys not have cable up where you live? Hedo and Dirk are about the same size and play a similar outside in game. Dirk is better but hedo plays a similar style. Dirk may not bring the ball up the floor much but they run the offense through him in a similar way and he handles it a lot in the halfcourt.

Why is that such a bad comparison?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Do you guys not have cable up where you live? Hedo and Dirk are about the same size and play a similar outside in game. Dirk is better but hedo plays a similar style. Dirk may not bring the ball up the floor much but they run the offense through him in a similar way and he handles it a lot in the halfcourt.

Why is that such a bad comparison?

They are white Europeans, that is about the extent of the comparison.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I give the Lakers credit for winning all these series when they've been outplayed everytime and should have lost. It has nothing to do with the team, it is blatantly obvious that the team is a disaster, but the players are willing to coexist for a championship.

They seem to be coming together pretty well. Outplayed? I don't think thats objective. If they "should" have lost, they would have lost. This is a 7 game series not some one and done title game.

In a seven game series, the team that "should" win does.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

They are white Europeans, that is about the extent of the comparison.

Both shoot threes?

[dalakhani]

Both handle the ball well for men their size?

[dalakhani]

Both, despite being 6-10, 6-11, play the game outside in instead of inside out?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

In a seven game series, the team that "should" win does.

Did they not switch to digital yet where you live? I feel like you are watching on a 23 inch screen with the audio on and I'm watching on a 67 inch screen on mute.

[dalakhani]

Both pass well?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Both pass well?

So does Steve Nash, I hope you aren't going to compare him to Dirk and Hedo next.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Did they not switch to digital yet where you live? I feel like you are watching on a 23 inch screen with the audio on and I'm watching on a 67 inch screen on mute.

Well, I guess i will have to use your check to purchase that digital converter.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

So does Steve Nash, I hope you aren't going to compare him to Dirk and Hedo next.

I gave you a couple of ways that they are similar. This is not becoming of you.

I understand you are frustrated and mad as a laker hater but at least make some sense.

[King Glorious]

Wow. Nowitzki and Turkoglu are similar now? Sniper is right. That might be the worst comparison in history. Turkoglu has no post game. Dirk has no ability to create offense off the dribble. Dirk is a good rebounder. Turkoglu is an opportunistic one. The offense can run through Dirk. Hedo can run the offense.

If you want a better comparison, I've got one for you. Turkoglu and Toni Kukoc. If you want to say he's a poor man's anything, maybe Tracy McGrady is a good one.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Well, I guess i will have to use your check to purchase that digital converter.

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You'll get my check but can you really feel much satisfaction picking the heavy favorite that probably should have lost every series?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

If you want a better comparison, I've got one for you. Turkoglu and Toni Kukoc.

That's a much better comparison.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Wow. Nowitzki and Turkoglu are similar now? Sniper is right. That might be the worst comparison in history. Turkoglu has no post game. Dirk has no ability to create offense off the dribble. Dirk is a good rebounder. Turkoglu is an opportunistic one. The offense can run through Dirk. Hedo can run the offense.

If you want a better comparison, I've got one for you. Turkoglu and Toni Kukoc.

Oh, the hyperbole. LOL. It was as if i was comparing mark eaton to akeem.

Dirk can shoot off the dribble and create from the perimeter. Hedo can take it to the hole but he is more often finishing midrange than at the basket. either way the similarity is that they are both the same size, same position and can do many of the same things.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Wow. Nowitzki and Turkoglu are similar now? Sniper is right. That might be the worst comparison in history. Turkoglu has no post game. Dirk has no ability to create offense off the dribble. Dirk is a good rebounder. Turkoglu is an opportunistic one. The offense can run through Dirk. Hedo can run the offense.

If you want a better comparison, I've got one for you. Turkoglu and Toni Kukoc. If you want to say he's a poor man's anything, maybe Tracy McGrady is a good one.

He isnt nearly as athletic as mcgrady is/was. Mcgrady is a swing, Turk is a 4. Come one kg, you are slippin...at least turk and dirk play the same position.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Oh, the hyperbole. LOL. It was as if i was comparing mark eaton to akeem.

Dirk can shoot off the dribble and create from the perimeter. Hedo can take it to the hole but he is more often finishing midrange than at the basket. either way the similarity is that they are both the same size, same position and can do many of the same things.

Um, no, no, and no. It is time to upgrade the TV Fu.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

He isnt nearly as athletic as mcgrady is/was. Mcgrady is a swing, Turk is a 4. Come one kg, you are slippin...at least turk and dirk play the same position.

Turk is a 4? Maybe in fantasyland. Rashard Lewis is a nice 4, Turkoglu is not.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

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You'll get my check but can you really feel much satisfaction picking the heavy favorite that probably should have lost every series?

yes, a team can "luck" into three consecutive 7 game series victories. LOL

You are whining now. Its no great handicapping feat picking the lakers. But it has proven to be extemely foolish to pick against them. No?