What more do I need to say? After a 5 game series against the younger, hungrier, faster Thunder, the Lakers end their season at the Conference Semi-Finals once again.
They were swept by the Dallas Mavericks last season where they went on and won the championship. So will the "good luck" follows Thunder? Does that means it will be the year of the Thunder?
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| Kobe in 2011 |
They will be facing off with the perfect playoff records San Antonio Spurs. They might be older, they might be a little slower but they are wiser and more experienced. Their coach is one of the best in the league. Do not get me wrong, I am not a Spurs fan in fact I hated them. So what makes me think they will win?
Remember who won the NBA 1998-1999 season when it was a shorten season due to the lockout as well?
We all remember what the "Zen Master" said right?
Phil Jackson Says the '99 Asterisk Stays
By Adria Bradshaw- SpursReport
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
No Respect For '99 Title From Phil Jackson.
Just when you thought you'd heard the last of "the asterisk..."
In Phil Jackson's mind, it's still there and it's never going away.
San Antonio's 1999 NBA championship, won during the lockout-shortened season, was one of the rallying points for the Lakers during the 2000 playoffs.
But at the Lakers' practice, Jackson said he doesn't figure on that '99 trophy being any part of a dynasty if the Spurs make a run in the coming years.
"I know it's added onto their list, but anybody who was around basketball in '99 knows it was entirely an aberration," Jackson said. "Not that they don't deserve it. They won the pack and they came out of that heap, but that's an asterisk. That's kind of a weird situation that sits over there.
"They proved it with Duncan and Robinson last year; they came out with a great championship last year and they made a great rally at the end of the year after the All-Star break. This year, they've done the same thing.
"They've repeated it with a different group of guys and that's really a credit to Popovich and his ability to coach this basketball club, this very different group. Most of them are overseas players ... that have joined together to play very good basketball."
So I believe that this yr will be another year for the Spurs... base on....Tabloid! ZEN HAHA.
Mr.Smith, who cares who wins now. I am a "ABH" (Anything But Heat).
By Adria Bradshaw- SpursReport
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
No Respect For '99 Title From Phil Jackson.
Just when you thought you'd heard the last of "the asterisk..."
In Phil Jackson's mind, it's still there and it's never going away.
San Antonio's 1999 NBA championship, won during the lockout-shortened season, was one of the rallying points for the Lakers during the 2000 playoffs.
But at the Lakers' practice, Jackson said he doesn't figure on that '99 trophy being any part of a dynasty if the Spurs make a run in the coming years.
"I know it's added onto their list, but anybody who was around basketball in '99 knows it was entirely an aberration," Jackson said. "Not that they don't deserve it. They won the pack and they came out of that heap, but that's an asterisk. That's kind of a weird situation that sits over there.
"They proved it with Duncan and Robinson last year; they came out with a great championship last year and they made a great rally at the end of the year after the All-Star break. This year, they've done the same thing.
"They've repeated it with a different group of guys and that's really a credit to Popovich and his ability to coach this basketball club, this very different group. Most of them are overseas players ... that have joined together to play very good basketball."
So I believe that this yr will be another year for the Spurs... base on....
Mr.Smith, who cares who wins now. I am a "ABH" (Anything But Heat).
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