Loved seeing Oklahoma City -- although nobody calls the team Oklahoma City or the Thunder -- destroy the Los Angeles Lakers Monday night. The Metta World Peace episode, the elbow and the lack of class and contrition, is enough to sour even a Lakers' fan on the Lakers.
The Magic Johnson Showtime Lakers are the best team I've ever seen, and my favorite of all time. But the class and style with which they played has not endured. The Lakers are the team of World Peace and Andrew Bynum. Kobe has evolved as he has aged -- he will now intentionally pass -- but they're a team built to win big games, not a series against a good team.
James Harden is one of my favorite players, and not because of the cheap-shot elbow he took from World Peace. Kevin Durant is a scorer and so is point guard Russell Westbrook. Harden is the conscience every successful team requires. He'll pass, rebound and score all within the context of what OKC does. When was the last time you saw him take a bad shot?
As talented and as entertaining as OKC is, I don't trust Westbrook. He's the most athletic point guard in the league but sometimes, instead of giving the ball up to a cutting, running teammate, he'll go one against the world. He can be a great scorer. If he also was a consistently good passer, his team would be as good as anybody.
The Lakers own your face Tom.
Posted by: B-ry | May 15, 2012 at 03:54 PM
what DO they call them? OKC?
Posted by: charlottean | May 15, 2012 at 07:21 PM
Sorry, I cannot cheer for a team who abandoned a very loyal fan base and tarnished its name by being rebranded. OKC get your own team, this team is Seattle's.
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Posted by: Vikash | October 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM
06.16.10 at 8:46 amTYO .Lakers ALL FUCKING DAY. The Celtics smacked us in game 6 in '08 but we got renvege and spanked them in game 6 this year. Anybody who think the Celtics is going to beat the Lakers AT Staples with Kobe playing lights out and the rest of the time stepping up is on crack.Niggas was talking about Kobe being the MVP of the finals even if the Celtics won! That shit speaks for itself if you ask me. And lets look at this. Game 2 was stolen from the Lakers. The refs were asleep or got paid off or both. Game 4 I'll gave the Celts credit for winning. And in Game 5 the Celtics had our field goal percentage doubled (~33 to ~66) at one point ..but they only won the game by 6. Even though Kobe was the only one who showed up. If he didn't go off in the 3rd we might have gotten blown out. The way I see it, the Celts have only beaten us once. We beat ourselves the other two times .and now we'll prove we are the better team in game 7.
Posted by: Sarika | October 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM
made ABSOLUTELY no sense.This is not about if dude is not on team and this and that.That's pointless.FACT IS these are two good teams who will GUT IT OUT come torrmoow night at the Staples I expect a back-and-forth affair, with the C's showing a better effort than they did in Game 6 but ultimately, the Lakers will go as far as Kobe takes them (IN THEIR HOUSE NO LESS), which is all the way to the promise land, repeating as champsI just cant see Kobe and company losing a game 7, at homeIt's for all the marbles. And Kobe's killer instinct is unmatched.
Posted by: Daisy | October 20, 2012 at 07:11 AM