The New Shaq thread...

[VonHalen]

San Antonio will not repeat, will make a nice run though, but miami's gonna do it

[Brett]

Miami will not win the NBA title, they will not be as good as people think. Antoine Walker and Jason Williams are not winners, and not exactly un-selfish players. They will not fit at all. Plus I don't think much of Stan Van Gundy as a coach, and he has no history managing 4 egos like this. which is a big part of coaching. Especially dealing with Shaq, who is eventually going to start whining he's not getting enough touches. Eventually his gay love affair with Dwayne Wade will wear off, and Wade will eventually his lips from Shaq's rear end.

[Romeo Delight]

Originally posted by Brett
Miami will not win the NBA title, they will not be as good as people think. Antoine Walker and Jason Williams are not winners, and not exactly un-selfish players. They will not fit at all. Plus I don't think much of Stan Van Gundy as a coach, and he has no history managing 4 egos like this. which is a big part of coaching. Especially dealing with Shaq, who is eventually going to start whining he's not getting enough touches. Eventually his gay love affair with Dwayne Wade will wear off, and Wade will eventually his lips from Shaq's rear end.

So you're from "Earth" ??

How about sharing with the rest of us your insight on who will win.

You must be a Knick fan...so sad

[Brett]

A Knick fan? You must be new around here right?

[Romeo Delight]

Originally posted by Brett
A Knick fan? You must be new around here right?

Newer than most, I suppose.

Just trying to get you to commit to more than "No you're wrong..."

Plus, it would be great to find a Knick fan so we can ridicule him...there is so much material!

[Brett]

I'll give you a hint, I live 3,000 miles away from New York and I seem to have a lot of opinions on Shaq. That give you a clue?

I gave my reasons why Miami won't win it, and I see no reason San Antonio (sadly) can't repeat.

[Romeo Delight]

So Brett, What are the chances of an improved Lakers?

Who will come now with Jackson on board?

Give us the local thoughts!

[Brett]

They'll be better, they're not winning a title anytime soon. They can't be any worse than they were last year.

They haven't gotten much this offseason, so who knows. I supsect with Kobe healthy all year, Odom healthy all year and not losing a coach midway through will make a drastic difference.

[Romeo Delight]

I find it hard to believe that Phil would come back unless he thought he could improve personnel quickly.

What are the rumors?

[POJO_Risin]

Do we know that Kobe and Odom will be healthy all year?

[Romeo Delight]

I am looking forward to kobe and odom in the triangle...

Phil has something up his sleeve

[Brett]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
Do we know that Kobe and Odom will be healthy all year?

Well unless Kobe gets another one of those ankle sprains where some idiots steps on him and he absolutely cannot run, he plays pretty much through everything else. So I'm banking he'll be OK. Odom I heard is fully recovered and should be fine. So hoping for the best.

Flamma, as far as rumors, just the same ones probably everyone hears. Possibly getting Derek Anderson (who really wants to go to Houston), Aaron McKie is a definite possibiluty, and then there's the pipe dream of Jalen Rose or Michael Finley.

They really need another big, there aren't many names out there or names being thrown around either. That's going to be a problem for this team, rebounding and defense.

I think Phil is looking to next year to make bigger changes when they Lakers will have a little more financial flexibility, I think this year the goal is the playoffs.