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i think that the clips definitely hae an edge right now cause of the game last night where they werent losing for the entire game but kobe is playing great right now. because of the condensed season though, i think kobe will eventually get fatigue and lose his dominance that he has right now and then the lakers will go down

Last edited by Beast at 1/16/2012 8:27:54 AM

As a Lakers fan I can handle Barnes starting. He is producing. The bigs aren't getting enough touches but when kobe has it going like this what are you going to do. They aren't going to out produce him so just let him shoot. What i can't take is Fish playing more than 10 minutes a night. He is a spot up shooter, period. He cant stay in front of anyone defensively, he doesn't make good decisions with the ball, and doesnt get people (mostly the bigs, like it matters with Kobe) the ball in positions they can effectively score from. His running the point essentially boils down to him passing the ball to Kobe as quickly as he can, or dribbling himself into a bad situation and looking for a bailout (either drawing a stupid foul off the defense or looking for a teammate to come to the rescue). Until they bring in a real pg they will struggle against the elite teams. That was the difference last night. Fisher couldn't do a thing positive and it was left to a 20 year old second round pick to stay with Paul. I like Steve Blake but even when healthy he plays best off the bench and isn't a starter. He isn't the answer either. But they don't need a chris paul type to win the west, hell a Raymond Felton type would be fine. But so far there is this destructive loyalty to let fish search for his super power ring and magically become Isiah Thomas. And I am just talking about the rookie on the Kings bench....

Last edited by Hoosier at 1/16/2012 3:09:38 AM

I agree with this. It's the reason why they would have zero shot against the Thunder. Westrbrook always torches fisher and Blake can't guard him either.

Not lakers and Clippers but F-ing amazing Blake Griffin http://www.nba.com/video/games/clippers/2012/01/31/griffi...

The Best dunk yet and it over a Vet.

Yeah, that was definitely sick. It's all over my Facebook page right now, people are talking about it non stop...

Golden State/Sac? Yeesh.

Well to me, Clippers have proven they are the best team. Kobe has scored great, but he needs the triangle to reign him in and help him defer to his teammates. Remember the year Kobe scored 81? Same type of deal....Kobe does too much and doesn't use his teammates. The difference is that now Kobe has a great team around him, that year he didn't. Nobody has the front court that the Lakers do. Definitely nobody has the front court coupled with a legit superstar like Kobe either. How are the Lakers not better????

They have literally no one else who can play on the perimeter, I actually wouldn't mind an Arenas pick up, though if J.R. Smith could be had when he comes back that'd be much better.

JUST ANOTHER UPDATE GUYS:

This may not change your mind at all as to what you think about the Clippers but Kenyon Martin just signed a 1 year deal with the Clippers today, which gives the Clippers much more depth since Martin was a starter last season with Denver. It will also give Blake Griffin a solid backup. I think the Clippers just got a tad bit better with the signing of K-Mart.

I completely agree. My reservation with the Clips was their depth...this is a huge pickup. SO GLAD he didn't sign with the heat. Phew, dodged a bullet.

I thought the Clips were better anyway, but now it's by a wider margin.

I 100% agree with you. +1 to you for simply hoping he didnt sign with the Heat. I didn't care who he signed with as long as it was the Spurs or the Heat. Watch the Clippers Land J.R. Smith as well haha. Then their team would be set.