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Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:11 pm

The point is that Suns fans will get nothing and like it!

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:16 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 5:37 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 5:28 pm You Suns fans are hilarious. Do you think you would have been a #2 seed if the Lakers had a healthy Lebron and AD plus the plethora of other injuries the Lakers have had including Kuzma and KCP?

Just enjoy your fortune and take advantage of a fortunate situation.
If healthy the Lakers should be the #1 seed.

And if CP3 was hurt all year, the Suns may have been in the play-in game.... what's your point?

You are the one crowing about what Lakers fans are saying about AD being out with a groin injury which could mean he is out for the rest of the series. And btw, KCP is also out so that’s two Laker starters that could be missing.

If you think the CP3 shoulder boo-boo, which had only impacted him for a couple of games, is the same compared to the Lakers continuous injury plague then I can’t help you.

Injuries happen. It’s a part of the game. Take advantage and STFU.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:17 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 5:37 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 5:28 pm You Suns fans are hilarious. Do you think you would have been a #2 seed if the Lakers had a healthy Lebron and AD plus the plethora of other injuries the Lakers have had including Kuzma and KCP?

Just enjoy your fortune and take advantage of a fortunate situation.
If healthy the Lakers should be the #1 seed.

And if CP3 was hurt all year, the Suns may have been in the play-in game.... what's your point?

You are the one crowing about what Lakers fans are saying about AD being out with a groin injury which could mean he is out for the rest of the series. And btw, KCP is also out so that’s two Laker starters that could be missing.

If you think the CP3 shoulder boo-boo, which had only impacted him for a couple of games, is the same compared to the Lakers continuous injury plague then I can’t help you.

Injuries happen. It’s a part of the game. Take advantage and STFU.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:33 pm

If AD is slowed down by this injury- of course it's going to impact this series.

But if you don't think CP3's injury affected games 2-3... I'm out of words....

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:36 pm

Now just hold on right there. There's no crowing. This isn't about this series. This is about losing Lew Alcindor to a coin flip. And the greatest game of all time ending in a triple time loss. And trading Dennis Johnson for Rick Robie. And Danny Manning's broken foot. I don't even need to reach the current millennium. But that's what you're not understanding. This isn't about 2021.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:50 pm

You forgot Armon Gilliam instead of David Robinson.

Carry on...

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:54 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:33 pm If AD is slowed down by this injury- of course it's going to impact this series.

But if you don't think CP3's injury affected games 2-3... I'm out of words....

I never said CP3’s injury didn’t affect the last 2 games so not sure where you are getting that from.

I just said comparing CP3 to AD was ludicrous. If before the series started you had to lose both players from each team who do you think the advantage would go to?

The Suns every day and twice on Sunday.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon May 31, 2021 11:37 am

Looks like AD will be out for game 5.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon May 31, 2021 11:47 am

Between his knee & groin, he isn't going to be very productive for the rest of the series. What a gift for the Suns but with the fix in, I guess Ayton & cp3 will foul out of every game after 10 minutes of play. The Lakers will win game 7 with LeBron hitting game winning ft's with no time left on the clock

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon May 31, 2021 2:28 pm

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon May 31, 2021 2:50 pm

The Lakers should just tank game 5 and try to come back somewhat healthier for game 6 and possibly a game 7.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon May 31, 2021 2:55 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 2:50 pm The Lakers should just tank game 5 and try to come back somewhat healthier for game 6 and possibly a game 7.

See... I knew we could find common ground!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon May 31, 2021 2:56 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 2:50 pm The Lakers should just tank game 5 and try to come back somewhat healthier for game 6 and possibly a game 7.

You should tank game 6 as well just to be sure.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon May 31, 2021 3:54 pm

You guys do realize that “tank” in Lakers parlance is to call the league and maker sure Foster refs the game so that CP3, Booker and Ayton are all tossed before halftime.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 5:16 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:24 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:15 pm

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:16 pm

Father Time: 1 LBJ: 0

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:51 pm

Is Lebron also taking the night off?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:58 pm

I was made promises of a fix-like nature and so far they have not been kept.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:00 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:51 pm Is Lebron also taking the night off?

Of course. In his discussions with Adam Silver, he was told to tank game 5 so that he could win in game 7.

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:07 pm

Lebron exerting soooo much energy and only making up 1 point on the deficit. Waste that juice for game 6.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:39 pm

That was a good old fashioned ass-kicking. Sure hope the Lakers tanked it like I suggested but I see some troubling signs besides AD being out.
KCP was non-existent.
Schroder was abysmal.

They are ripe for the kill. If I were a Suns fan I would want the dagger to be plunged in Game 6.

Otherwise, the League/Refs/UA President & AD will get involved in a Game 7.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:55 pm

I'm confused, I was guaranteed a Laker series win

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:07 am

An honest question for you Laker fans-

Do you actually like this team? I mean, AD and Lebron are all time greats... but the rest of this team is nothing special (to be kind)

I say this because besides the big 3 of the Suns... I'm just loving Cam Payne, Crowder and Bridges.... they are playing great and are a fun bunch to root for. Honestly, besides Frank Kaminsky, I'm loving this entire Suns roster.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:40 am

Not a Lakers fan but aside from game 5, I can see the appeal of Schröder, and also Drummond, who's kind of a bad ass. I'd get behind Gasol as a kind of a fat ghost of Pau, too. Plus Kuzma has that kind of prototypical Laker role player appeal, if you're used to rooting for handsome helpers with that vague West LA rich young man privilege vibe, like Rick Fox. But whereas most fanbases would be awash in shocked gratitude for coming off a championship, I can see how Laker fans would look obliquely at Lebron as something other than arguably the GOAT, and how there's no room for him on the Mt. Rushmore of Laker greats if we're all going to be this nervous about whether he won't be able to find that next gear and win an opening round series against the Suns, who, through a Lakers lens (sunglasses), are an organization populated and backed by people unable to earn the kind of self-satisfied smile of a man who can answer to no greater authority of than the dictates of his own awesomeness from being born into a fandom supported by God. And let's be very clear about that: The only thing God truly cares about is the Lakers.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:15 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:40 am Not a Lakers fan but aside from game 5, I can see the appeal of Schröder, and also Drummond, who's kind of a bad ass. I'd get behind Gasol as a kind of a fat ghost of Pau, too. Plus Kuzma has that kind of prototypical Laker role player appeal, if you're used to rooting for handsome helpers with that vague West LA rich young man privilege vibe, like Rick Fox. But whereas most fanbases would be awash in shocked gratitude for coming off a championship, I can see how Laker fans would look obliquely at Lebron as something other than arguably the GOAT, and how there's no room for him on the Mt. Rushmore of Laker greats if we're all going to be this nervous about whether he won't be able to find that next gear and win an opening round series against the Suns, who, through a Lakers lens (sunglasses), are an organization populated and backed by people unable to earn the kind of self-satisfied smile of a man who can answer to no greater authority of than the dictates of his own awesomeness from being born into a fandom supported by God. And let's be very clear about that: The only thing God truly cares about is the Lakers.

And thus why AL wanted a response from Laker fans...sigh.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:29 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:07 am An honest question for you Laker fans-

Do you actually like this team? I mean, AD and Lebron are all time greats... but the rest of this team is nothing special (to be kind)

I say this because besides the big 3 of the Suns... I'm just loving Cam Payne, Crowder and Bridges.... they are playing great and are a fun bunch to root for. Honestly, besides Frank Kaminsky, I'm loving this entire Suns roster.

So I've been a Lakers fan since the Jerry West/Gail Goodrich/Wilt era so I will respond to your question unlike some posters that have reading comprehension problems.

Personally, I am not very emotionally invested in this team. Am I happy they won the Championship last year to tie the Celtics overall, hell yes!
But this team does not have the same personality as some of Laker teams a la Riley/Magic/Worthy or Jackson/Shaq/Kobe. Yeah, Lebron is an all-time great and anybody would want him on their team but he's at the end of his career and has never done it for me for some reason. AD is too new and has potential but he breaks down a lot so we will see what his Laker career will be like. Kuzma is and always will be a complimentary player and I am so far meh with KCP, Schroeder and Harrell.

There is no Showtime or Black Mamba aura with this team - and Laker fans like aura's. So while I will root for this team, I don't love them or connect with them as I do with some of the all-time Laker teams if that is your question.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:51 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:29 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:07 am An honest question for you Laker fans-

Do you actually like this team? I mean, AD and Lebron are all time greats... but the rest of this team is nothing special (to be kind)

I say this because besides the big 3 of the Suns... I'm just loving Cam Payne, Crowder and Bridges.... they are playing great and are a fun bunch to root for. Honestly, besides Frank Kaminsky, I'm loving this entire Suns roster.
So I've been a Lakers fan since the Jerry West/Gail Goodrich/Wilt era so I will respond to your question unlike some posters that have reading comprehension problems.

Personally, I am not very emotionally invested in this team. Am I happy they won the Championship last year to tie the Celtics overall, hell yes!
But this team does not have the same personality as some of Laker teams a la Riley/Magic/Worthy or Jackson/Shaq/Kobe. Yeah, Lebron is an all-time great and anybody would want him on their team but he's at the end of his career and has never done it for me for some reason. AD is too new and has potential but he breaks down a lot so we will see what his Laker career will be like. Kuzma is and always will be a complimentary player and I am so far meh with KCP, Schroeder and Harrell.

There is no Showtime or Black Mamba aura with this team - and Laker fans like aura's. So while I will root for this team, I don't love them or connect with them as I do with some of the all-time Laker teams if that is your question.

I'm obviously a Laker hater... always have been.... but I can totally understand loving the Showtime Lakers the Kobe/Shaq Lakers and the Kobe Lakers 2.0. These teams are memorable not only for the stars but for the supporting cast.... I can still rattle off a long list of non all HOFers from all of these teams.

There just doesn't seem like ANY memorable players on this team (outside of AD and Bron)

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:01 pm

And talk about supporting cast - there is no Horry/Scott/Rambis/Fisher/McAdoo/Cooper/Fox type on this team as well.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:36 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:01 pm And talk about supporting cast - there is no Horry/Scott/Rambis/Fisher/McAdoo/Cooper/Fox type on this team as well.

That's what I'm talking about.... even today I can remember each of those guys making huge contributions in their title runs.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:06 pm

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:20 pm

AD will be game time decision it looks like.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:22 pm

It doesn't matter, 8 on 5 tonight. We got this

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:31 pm

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:51 pm

Drama

6 hours later

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:59 pm

AD is done...

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:14 pm

I don't ever want to hear anyone talking about LeBron being the GOAT....

I cannot beleive how passive he's been these last 2 games...

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:21 pm

LeBron is 36, he's not a spring chicken anymore. He can't do it on his own

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:22 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:14 pm I don't ever want to hear anyone talking about LeBron being the GOAT....

I cannot beleive how passive he's been these last 2 games...

You'd think it wouldnt come down to a postseason game in his 18th year to clinch his GOAT status, but here we are.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:24 pm

Grant Hill keeps praising the Lakers play... what game is he watching?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:26 pm

Also, because all the supporting cast has sucked at 3's, it has allowed the Suns to shut off driving lanes for LeBron

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:54 pm

A flagrant foul on the Lakers = 2 techs called on PHX.

Hillarious

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:55 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:54 pm A flagrant foul on the Lakers = 2 techs called on PHX.

Hillarious

And they went back and reviewed the PREVIOUS possession to give Craig the T. LOL

Post by **UAdevil** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:58 pm

Lol, Lakersground.net down.

*edit and they're back up. Must have had some melting down. I'm a Hater, but I do like LG game threads.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:28 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:07 am An honest question for you Laker fans-

Do you actually like this team? I mean, AD and Lebron are all time greats... but the rest of this team is nothing special (to be kind)

I say this because besides the big 3 of the Suns... I'm just loving Cam Payne, Crowder and Bridges.... they are playing great and are a fun bunch to root for. Honestly, besides Frank Kaminsky, I'm loving this entire Suns roster.

I like this team despite Lebron and AD. Kind of can’t wait for Lebron to retire. He’s just got too little tread left on his tires.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:32 pm

Good to see them fighting finally

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:47 pm

FT's 20-12. The fix is in...for Phx

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:11 pm

Goodbye Lakers!!!!!!!

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:16 pm

Mavs-Jazz, Suns-Nuggets conf semis would be.. crazy

Looks like it'll be the Eastern Conference's turn to win it all this year. Bucks/Nets on a different level.

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