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revgen
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 Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Barnes is making slightly more money with the Lakers than he made in Orlando last season even though he's playing a lesser role with the Lakers.
Orlando had him as a starter, while the Lakers are going to use him as a bench player. He figured that if the contenders want to pay him cheap, he's at least going to go to a contender that pays him appropriately for his contributions.
So, if you go by how much the Lakers are paying him plus the role he's expected to play, his salary is actually more fair than what Orlando was offering.
Bottomline is that the Lakers got a legiitimate starter coming off their bench because Orlando wanted to play Barnes like a chump during contract negotiations.
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LakerJam
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| XTN wrote: |
From Sp*rs Fans:
| Quote: | | That sucks...however, I will say that even if we got Barnes, it's not likely that puts us at the same talent level as the Lakers. I have no delusions of beating the Lakers so if it's the Lakers getting better right now, I really don't care. Better to me than teams like Houston/OKC/Portland getting better. I'd rather fight for 2nd seed than fight for 8th seed. The NBA is now just LA.. and everyone else. |
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True words of wisdom. |
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LakerJam
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| tgf5 wrote: | Just hopeful? Seems like he's praying for a miracle.
Heat fans are such morons. All they think about is offense and how Bosh rebounds and starts fast breaks.  |
At first, I thought you said "Bosh rebounds and farts stat breaks." |
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babyskyhook
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerJam wrote: | | XTN wrote: |
From Sp*rs Fans:
| Quote: | | That sucks...however, I will say that even if we got Barnes, it's not likely that puts us at the same talent level as the Lakers. I have no delusions of beating the Lakers so if it's the Lakers getting better right now, I really don't care. Better to me than teams like Houston/OKC/Portland getting better. I'd rather fight for 2nd seed than fight for 8th seed. The NBA is now just LA.. and everyone else. |
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True words of wisdom. |
I noticed that one earlier as well. I respect fans who live in reality.
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babyskyhook
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerJam wrote: | | tgf5 wrote: | Just hopeful? Seems like he's praying for a miracle.
Heat fans are such morons. All they think about is offense and how Bosh rebounds and starts fast breaks. |
At first, I thought you said "Bosh rebounds and farts stat breaks." |
Long week ?
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | RePLAY wrote: | hey Lakersarethebesteva, whats your username in SPurstalk?  |
You guys troll over there? I have the same username. They let personal attacks fly. It's fun. |
LOL..yah im a huge Laker troll there with about 6,000 posts. Im usually there cuz the Mods (Kori) doesnt moderate. haha. |
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eLem3nt
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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from my facebook....
| Quote: | | Quote: | | Quote: | | strongest bench in the NBA belongs to the Suns. and I hate the Lakers too |
Blake > Dragic
Vujacic <= Childress (vujacic has percentages, but childress has more ppg and rebounds while playing more than twice as many minutes as vujacic)
Barnes > Dudley
Odom >> Clark
Gasol >> Warrick |
Dragic > Blake. (Blake is a terrible shooter. Dragic will kill him hands down)
Childress > Vujacic (I hate vujacic. He sucks)
Dudley > Barnes (Barnes is a shell of what he used to be. Can't shoot the ball as well as Dudley)
Odom > Amundson (Amundson gives energy but Odom is too good for him)
MBenga < Warrick (Gasol isn't really bench. MBenga....speaks for himself) |
i don't even know how to respond to this level of ignorance. i mean, he even used mbenga and amundson in the comparison! and he's a suns fan! does he not know that amundson isn't on their team? so sad. |
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tgf5
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:55 am Post subject: |
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I thought Suns fans got their reality check by now. Guess not. They have 2x MVP though, can't blame them for being hopeful.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:31 am Post subject: Matt Barnes |
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As soon as I heard the Lakers got Barnes, I was stoked.
Celtics fans must be really hurtin right now. We got Blake, Ratliff, and now BARNES!!
Big-time upgrade to the roster. |
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lar9149
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| tgf5 wrote: | | I thought Suns fans got their reality check by now. Guess not. They have 2x MVP though, can't blame them for being hopeful. |
Laker rings shine brighter than the Suns. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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not going to brag about Barnes with C's...we've been there before 2.....
not like he is a super star, just a backup plan...
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| boston can go to hell |
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terence
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| revgen wrote: | Barnes is making slightly more money with the Lakers than he made in Orlando last season even though he's playing a lesser role with the Lakers.
Orlando had him as a starter, while the Lakers are going to use him as a bench player. He figured that if the contenders want to pay him cheap, he's at least going to go to a contender that pays him appropriately for his contributions.
| Quote: | | So, if you go by how much the Lakers are paying him plus the role he's expected to play, his salary is actually more fair than what Orlando was offering. |
Bottomline is that the Lakers got a legiitimate starter coming off their bench because Orlando wanted to play Barnes like a chump during contract negotiations. |
What are you talking about? |
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LakerEidos
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| To Celtics fans: I drink your milkshake! I drink it up! |
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Kinetic
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| andrewc wrote: | | boston can go to hell |
They already live there. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| RePLAY wrote: | | jonnybravo wrote: | | RePLAY wrote: | | hey Lakersarethebesteva, whats your username in SPurstalk? |
You guys troll over there? I have the same username. They let personal attacks fly. It's fun. |
LOL..yah im a huge Laker troll there with about 6,000 posts. Im usually there cuz the Mods (Kori) doesnt moderate. haha. |
what's your username over there?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| l8kr4Life wrote: | I really like this one too:
| Quote: | wow this is terrible
the lakers aren't supposed to be tough
but now they have artest and barnes
i hate the lakers, but it was easy when they were soft and silly like in 2008
Now they are bullies taking our lunch. we need sheed to come back, we need a player like barnes. we need to beat them in the finals. |
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... haha classic...now we have a deep bench hope the chemistry is there so we can show'em lakers can play some defense.. |
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revgen
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| terence wrote: | | revgen wrote: | Barnes is making slightly more money with the Lakers than he made in Orlando last season even though he's playing a lesser role with the Lakers.
Orlando had him as a starter, while the Lakers are going to use him as a bench player. He figured that if the contenders want to pay him cheap, he's at least going to go to a contender that pays him appropriately for his contributions.
| Quote: | | So, if you go by how much the Lakers are paying him plus the role he's expected to play, his salary is actually more fair than what Orlando was offering. |
Bottomline is that the Lakers got a legiitimate starter coming off their bench because Orlando wanted to play Barnes like a chump during contract negotiations. |
What are you talking about? |
Last I checked, my original post didn't have a quote in it. So I'm not sure what you are looking at.
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Hycosa
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| Boston is a dump. I will go there and dump 10 trash trucks full of trash next to TD Garden |
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RePLAY
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| pkflyers wrote: | | RePLAY wrote: | | jonnybravo wrote: | | RePLAY wrote: | | hey Lakersarethebesteva, whats your username in SPurstalk? |
You guys troll over there? I have the same username. They let personal attacks fly. It's fun. |
LOL..yah im a huge Laker troll there with about 6,000 posts. Im usually there cuz the Mods (Kori) doesnt moderate. haha. |
what's your username over there? |
lets say it has something to do with Sasha.  |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:23 am Post subject: |
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LOL at the Heat fans. Are all of them really that un-educated? Their lack of BB knowledge is astounding. Chalk it up to lack of experience as a organzation. Experience makes you wise and we 16 times more wise..lol. I really find it amusing that they think becuase you throw 3 superstars on the court thats all it takes to win it all. If I look at the team from a completely un biased point of view I see some serious questions marks.. First and foremost a coach who has ZERO experience dealing with all those egos, coupled with the preasure of expectation, and Riley waiting to swoop in and take over. No one has seen how these guys will mesh together on the court, and they will deal with having to split touches, points and stats.. It easy to say they will make the sacrafice right now but as the season goes forward will they REALLY be able to handle that sacrafice and blow to their ego. I think not. All though a different situation at different points in the career, the shaq, kobe, malone, payton team comes to mind.. I dont count Miami out at all, but I certainly dont think they are going to steam roll their way to a ring. Lastly if heat fans think we are old and done and that we did not get significantly deeper this off season, go ahead.... under estimate us. Regardless of what they say, think or believe, any basketball fan with half a brain knows the championship starts and ends with LA. Until someone comes and knocks us off that pearch then we are and will remain CHAMPS!!
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Wow. The Heat fans quoted here are forgetting the one thing that is the most important factor in winning a championship: DEFENSE. Our free agency signings not only improved our depth at PG, SG/SF and C, but improved our defense, which was key to beating the Celtics -- how can we forget Game 7 and our offensive struggles throughout the game?
Yes, the Heat signed (and re-signed in Wade's case) three big names. But did they improve their defense? Do they even have the chance to field a championship caliber defense? Wade, LeBron and Bosh have never impressed me as a great individual defenders. Heat fans are over optimistic. |
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| Lakergrunt wrote: | Wow. The Heat fans quoted here are forgetting the one thing that is the most important factor in winning a championship: DEFENSE. Our free agency signings not only improved our depth at PG, SG/SF and C, but improved our defense, which was key to beating the Celtics -- how can we forget Game 7 and our offensive struggles throughout the game?
Yes, the Heat signed (and re-signed in Wade's case) three big names. But did they improve their defense? Do they even have the chance to field a championship caliber defense? Wade, LeBron and Bosh have never impressed me as a great individual defenders. Heat fans are over optimistic. |
bbbbbbbut Lebron James came in 2nd for defensive player of the year!!1
Yes, I think that will come up a lot as the season goes on. I imagine Jeff Van Gundy spouting major criticism  . And outside of the three stooges, they don't really have any defensive stoppers at any position. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerJam wrote: | | tgf5 wrote: | Just hopeful? Seems like he's praying for a miracle.
Heat fans are such morons. All they think about is offense and how Bosh rebounds and starts fast breaks. |
At first, I thought you said "Bosh rebounds and farts stat breaks." |
The Best!!!
I don't remember when was the last time I laughed so much! Great one! |
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dmills
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Heat "fans" people. "Fans".
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