Real Deal

Kobe is the best overall player to put on a Lakers uniform, so he's the greatest Laker of all-time.

Gilbert's last two games have contained seven turnovers each. He shot 5-14 against the Bucks Wednesday, 6-21 against the Suns two games before that. He was 10-28 against the Wolves last night, with the seven turnovers I mentioned, and also a poor 1-7 from downtown. I guess I don't see where he's playing better.

Now wait a minute...wasn't it a group of Boston fans so mad at the Celtics that they were cheering "MVP" for Kobe a few years back? Did Cleveland have any fans in attendance pre-LeBron? Let's not start slapping an entire fanbase in the face just because there were 5-6 foam fingers and a water bottle thrown out on the court. Word was that a few of them came from celebrities, anyways, and we know there are quite a few celebs that go to LA games just to get pinned on TV.

Kobe ran into him on purpose, and it was also a good flop by Mo Williams. If this were like Fisher's shoulder-block on Scola, it would be different. That was no flop, and Fisher literally threw his shoulder into Scola...but this wasn't that bad at all. Give him a fine, if anything. This is no different than a Garnett illegal screen.

How the hell are Joe Johnson, Deron Williams and Brandon Roy so low, and why is McGrady even on this list? Iverson? Perkins should even be up higher. Amare Stoudemire isn't a center. Ugly voting.

Yeah, but you guys led 48-46 at the half, if I remember right (last game against us). However, Kobe played a solid game, scored 29 and pulled down 10 boards, while Bynum was pretty much Casper and Fisher was destroyed by Devin Harris. Odom had a good game, Gasol did as well. Today, all of that went down, but Bryant shot poorly, and both Gasol and Odom played badly as well. Take today's Lakers and the Nets from that night you guys played us...and you get a Nets win, or at least a very close game. Then again, the likelihood of Bryant playing that bad would be slim...just doesn't happen much, and when it does, Gasol steps up for us (or Bynum). That's why we're arguably the best team in the league, though.

Kinda funny how doctors feel about this, even in Kansas and Oklahoma. My eye doctor wants Universal Healthcare, badly. He said it will help with procedures they have to wait on, for weeks to months, that they need to do immediately. The more they wait, the more they'll have to do to the eye. And, my primary physician (in Kansas) says it's very sad that hardly anyone who shoots down the bill knows anything about it. He's for it as well, saying that it's a very sad thing when he has to do "what's second best" for someone who can't afford the best procedures and treatments because they either don't have insurance, or their insurance doesn't cover something in particular, and he sends them out of the office with his fingers crossed. People sure the hell don't care about anyone else, they only care about themselves. I guess that's why many in the US look down on other countries, though, and fail to accept change. I bet they'd be begging for change if they had a life-changing disease...but when they are healthy as a horse, no [expletive] way.

After seeing the way our bench has been playing, though...I guess I can add that to my small list of problems. We actually need Walton back, as crazy as that sounds. He doesn't defend very well, doesn't score a lot, but he can play in the post and pass the ball, two things we desperately need from Odom, yet we aren't getting.

I never said I was worried about that, I said it becomes a problem if Kobe plays bad against those teams, but... 1) how many times does Kobe play bad against them, anyways? 2) we won't see either of them in a playoff series If New Jersey and Minnesota (or any other bottom-feeder) decided to put a very good defender on Bryant, doubling him as well, and they found success in doing that (or if Kobe just shot bad, like he did tonight), we'd struggle to win those games. Truth is, I believe we lose most of our games because we are lazy, and we have a couple of S-T-U-P-I-D players that get way too much playing time. Phil Jackson doesn't give a damn about regular season games. He would rather play idiots like Vujacic and Farmar in hopes that their confidence will shoot through the roof, and they will be better players by April or May. We need every win we can get. If they stay healthy, we will see Boston in the Finals, and regular season wins add up to home court advantage in June. So, yes, in a way...we need to beat every team, good or bad...but as far as being worried about those teams, I only find myself biting my nails in the postseason. Orlando beat us both times in the regular season last year, but we rolled them 4-1 in the Finals.

By the way, for those saying there were/weren't bad calls...there were, and the majority of them didn't favor LA. Problem is, that wouldn't have mattered. If we had gotten all of those calls, we would've still lost this game. With Kobe being the best player on the floor DESPITE shooting poorly, that's going to be a problem even if it's against the Nets or Wolves.

Garbage game. I'll forget about it by morning. Here's the breakdown: Kobe Bryant - shot poorly from the field, had turnovers that weren't his fault, did everything else right on the court and didn't get four very obvious calls as he attacked the rim most of the night Pau Gasol - not much on offense because he couldn't position himself in the post, didn't roll off of screens correctly, and his defense sucked Andrew Bynum - no offense, no defense, no nothing Ron Artest - needs to start posting up weaker players, defense was okay but I would've rather had Kobe defending LeBron (he would've done a better job) Derek Fisher - nothing on offense, absolutely nothing on defense (as always) Lamar Odom - nothing on offense, terrible on defense Shannon Brown - didn't get the playing time to matter, which is too bad because he's better than Fisher Jordan Farmar - needs to be traded Sasha Vujacic - garbage time scoring, needs to stop looking like a fool trying to defend LeBron James It's nothing to stress over, really. By the end of the third, I was actually just laughing. I'm really, really glad that Kobe stayed on the court until the very end, though. That was by choice, I believe (looked like he yelled over at Phil to keep him in) and was a statement of him not wanting to give up. Basically, Cleveland beat us with much more than just LeBron James. They attacked our bigs and forced them to beat us on the other end of the floor, and they didn't. Throwing everything and the kitchen sink at Kobe worked, and it was Gasol, Bynum and Odom who couldn't do anything with the ball when they had it in their hands, and that led to our demise.

It was only one game, and we're 23-5. The Boston Celtics lost to the Sixers the other night, and I can write just as many flaws as you can about the Lakers based on that one game, but that doesn't mean they aren't the favorites to win the East. The only thing wrong in Los Angeles is our starting point guard, and Bynum's confidence once Gasol returned. Fisher plays no defense and he's a no-show on offense throughout most of the game, while Bynum doesn't know how to box out, chases every point guard to the rim (thanks to Fisher, also) and leaves bigs open for easy buckets because he's looking at the ball more than he is his own man. I don't care about a Christmas loss. I only hope that Kobe stays healthy for the entire season, that's the main thing for us. Without a healthy Bryant, we are dead in the water.

Enjoy all the games, and I hope you guys had or are having a Merry Christmas.

I spent almost $700 total on everyone, and my brother spent $600. Just some of the main things I bought... Women's Columbia coat (for my girlfriend) Seasons 1-7 Family Guy (for my brother) clothes and a crockpot for my mom clothes and a massage/heat seat for my dad clothes for numerous family members (meaning...tons of them)

I hate Derek Fisher, and Andrew Bynum is horrible on defense. They both need to wake up.

For some reason, everyone in my family AND Jessica's decided to buy for me, like I was a 5-year old. I ended up getting... iPhone Air Force 1's UFC Undisputed (PS3) American Eagle sweatshirt Nike socks Norelco shaver mouse (other one broke the other day) Nike sweats Nike sweatshirts Jordan shirt Sony headphones The Strangers DVD AXE body spray, gel, shampoo, body wash CD/DVD wallet

13-0 in OT. Good chokejob by the Kings. And Evans just grew cold, Adam. He broke away from LeBron three separate times in the last seven minutes of LeBron defending him, including that wicked fake in the paint that almost left LeBron in the second row of fans, but he bricked his shots. I can't give LeBron credit for that. In fact, on that last attempt at a game-winner for Evans, Cleveland decided to double him on the perimeter.

Chill out on the personal attacks. You're one of the very few people that believe it to be true. Even Pierce said it wasn't, and made fun of it on Kimmel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xcocsIYlc Not sure what else you need to hear.

Well...he's not the "lead singer", so I'm not sure who else he wants to be.

Troy has missed nearly the entire season. Big difference there. And Big Ben wasn't carried out, then returned the same game. In fact, I can't recall seeing any player, in any sport, carried out on a stretcher or in a wheelchair, just to come back that same game. I didn't see the entire Knicks game, but I'm sure even Reed didn't go out like Pierce did. It was a solid acting job until he returned, and I believe he even admitted he was acting on Letterman, Leno or one of those shows.

Anyone playing it yet (for the Wii)? I don't have a Wii, but I'm just curious...is it really fun? I'm guessing they don't have Mike Tyson. Who else did they leave out?

Huge bump. Is anyone else still playing this game? I finally started winning fights against top fighters in Expert difficulty, lol. I've been able to crush guys like Mark Coleman in Expert for a long time now, but beating someone like Silva or Penn was incredibly tough.

No, what happened was Derrick Rose lost his meal ticket in Ben Gordon, who bailed him out constantly, and drew defensive attention away from Rose. Now that Deng is the primary option, the best defensive guards can focus on Rose, and that's why he's struggling, and so is his team. It's already looking like Rose will need to be someone's Robin for his entire career. He has blown at least 3-4 games this season, by himself, with ignorant plays (passes and shots), including his weird attempt at a pass late in the game tonight.

He was only here to blast LeBron and to take shots at non-Lakers fans. It was only going to get worse, as he was suspended a few times on TheLakersNation (the site I administrated for) for fighting with members. I don't have time for it. When I get 3-4 members messaging me about him trolling, and my admin already warns him and it's my turn to step in, I don't care if the member posted 3,000 times in a day. No amount of posts are worth the trouble.

You're here to bait all non-Lakers fans, based on your comments about LeBron and your statement about the Lakers being the only team that deserves to win the championship this season. You belong on an all-Laker board.