man, this will be the biggest finals series in years, and not just cos its finally back to the old rivalry of the green and white against the purple and gold.
who doesnt want to see KG, pierce, and ray get that ring they so richly deserve? its a great feel good story; 3 champion players who for years loitered on celler dweller teams, finally a realistic chance for a ring.
but damn me if kobe isnt looking even hungrier for a ring than when he won em as a young buck. and lakers are just playing amazing team ball, i dont think even boston could have flicked aside a team like the spurs so easily.
i cant wait for this, its gonna be huge.
I really hope we can win this... obviously. The buzz around the internet has us as the underdogs, and I can handle that. Most people out there will be in 'Beat L.A.' mode, Celtics fans or not, there's a natural hate for the Lakers and especially Kobe, all good, understood, I'm over it just as the man himself is.
This will be the first time since the two follow up championships that completed our three-peat where I won't be taking this for granted. We won all those championships fair and square, but just knowing Diesel was there with Kobe, along with Horry, Fox and all those guys, well it kind of got to the point where I just expected them to win and when they did it was sweet but I knew it was coming all the same.
When we lost to Detroit, I stopped taking it for granted. Let's face it, that Philadelphia team of 2001 and that Nets team of 2002 had nothing on Detroit, and instead of us buying that championship, Detroit won the damn thing, just my opinion. We were out played where it mattered most and that Detroit team had a lot of heart.
This time it's different, we're looking at facing the best Celtics team in probably 20 odd years (Celtics fans feel free to disagree), in my honest opinion, this will be the toughest match-up we've had probably in a tie wth that Detroit team that beat us.
I can't wait for June 5th, I don't think NBA fans will be bored with this one, last year bored me, even when we beat the Nets, as great as it was, as an NBA fan that bored me. There was no spark to the series like there was when the Jazz faced the Bulls that final time. If the hype of this series bores anyone, you need to move on to another sport because I'm almost certain the majority of heads will be entertained.
Kobe/Lamar/Gasol take on Allen/Peirce/Garnett. It's a gauranteed blockbuster. The Green and White in LA and the Purple and Gold in the Garden, you gotta love it.
No predictions, one game at time, Go Lakers!!!
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ljandkg said:
The Celtics don't "richly deserve it"...they've been very richly paid and had to get there to justify the investment.
The true feel-good story to come out of all this is of a man called KB, who wanted to leave the team at the start of the season and who people called selfish. Maybe the critics were right, maybe he WAS selfish...but he's out to prove that he's a team player, the Lakers are a great team and against the odds -
THE LAKERS WILL REIGN SUPREME!!!!
The Celtics don't "richly deserve it"...they've been very richly paid and had to get there to justify the investment.
The true feel-good story to come out of all this is of a man called KB, who wanted to leave the team at the start of the season and who people called selfish. Maybe the critics were right, maybe he WAS selfish...but he's out to prove that he's a team player, the Lakers are a great team and against the odds -
THE LAKERS WILL REIGN SUPREME!!!!
Still mad at you guys for denying us our first back to back.
Ummm Celtics...cause...well just because. I don't personally care much but I don't like the Lakers and Kobe is the leagues #1 Nob.
However whether they get there or not, we'll always know that Kobe just simply cannot carry a team by himself to a championship
