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  • Bornindamecca
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    • Jul 2007
    • 10919

    #256
    Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

    I agree. Farmar is heating up. Let him and Shannon get better, let Ron get comfortable, let Bynum have the offense run through him on the second unit, and let the whole team focus on defense. As long as the Lakers get home court throughout the Western Playoffs, they should be good. If they can't win in the Finals on the road, so be it.
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    • Muzyk23
      MVP
      • Feb 2003
      • 4192

      #257
      Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

      I've seen a couple of Lakers games recently. Artest seems disinterested to play defense.
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      • Jasong7777
        All Star
        • May 2005
        • 6415

        #258
        Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

        Originally posted by ex carrabba fan
        Heck yeah. I'm pretty sure Born and other Laker fans here agree 100%

        It would also allow other players to expand their roles.
        This

        Originally posted by Muzyk23
        I've seen a couple of Lakers games recently. Artest seems disinterested to play defense.
        Sadly, this too.
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        • 23
          yellow
          • Sep 2002
          • 66469

          #259
          Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

          It could always be worse. Juwan Howard could be on your team

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          • ex carrabba fan
            I'll thank him for you
            • Oct 2004
            • 32744

            #260
            Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

            Originally posted by 23
            It could always be worse. Juwan Howard could be on your team
            Hahaha. YOu know what though, he's been more than you could ask for to be honest. I am just shocked every time I watch them play, it's like he and Ben Wallace found the fountain of youth.

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            • 23
              yellow
              • Sep 2002
              • 66469

              #261
              Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

              LOL man i was thinking the other day how the heck dude has lasted this long and still manages to get playing time wherever he goes.

              Someone always gets injured when Juwan joins the team though

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              • ex carrabba fan
                I'll thank him for you
                • Oct 2004
                • 32744

                #262
                Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                I guess this helps to explain Ron's subpar play this season:

                Lakers forward Ron Artest wrote on his Twitter page over the weekend that he has plantar fasciitis in his left and right foot but will keep playing.

                "I didn't know what was wrong with me," Artest told the Los Angeles Times. "I've probably had it a lot of times in my career, but I never, ever sat out with it. I know guys who have actually sat out with sore feet, but there's no need for me to complain about it.

                "I just don't like excuses. That's it. No excuses. I don't want nobody saying, 'Oh, Ron Artest has got plantar fasciitis, so that's why he didn't play a good game.' No, I didn't play good or I didn't do what I did because that's just what happened. No excuses."

                Lakers coach Phil Jackson suggested that Artest's foot ailments stem from the sneakers he wears.

                "I called his shoes concrete boots for about the last month," Jackson said in reference of Artest's Peak shoes, made by a Chinese company. "Those shoes look like they're made for the Hudson River."

                Jackson added that he hasn't had a conversation with Artest about sitting out, but admitted that it may come to that in the future.

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                • 23
                  yellow
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 66469

                  #263
                  Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                  Well he didnt use that reasoning when he had a messed up ankle last year

                  I dont know whats wrong with dude

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                  • Stumbleweed
                    Livin' the dream
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 6279

                    #264
                    Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                    LOL @ Phil "those shoes look like they're made for the Hudson River"
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                    • Vince
                      Bow for Bau
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 26017

                      #265
                      ron is useless on offense...
                      @ me or dap me

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                      • ex carrabba fan
                        I'll thank him for you
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 32744

                        #266
                        Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                        Originally posted by Vince
                        ron is useless on offense...
                        It's so disappointing.

                        Trevor isn't as bulky as Ron, but he more than made up for it with his energy on both sides of the floor. Trevor's offensive game seems light year's ahead of Ron's at this point.

                        Positive thing is LA is still the best team in the West and all they need Ron to do is to hit some spot up 3's. I have a feeling his defense will get back to respectability.

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                        • 23
                          yellow
                          • Sep 2002
                          • 66469

                          #267
                          Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                          LOL okay. Just wait til he starts taking all the shots he wants

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                          • ex carrabba fan
                            I'll thank him for you
                            • Oct 2004
                            • 32744

                            #268
                            Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                            Originally posted by 23
                            LOL okay. Just wait til he starts taking all the shots he wants
                            I highly doubt that. I've watched every Laker game this year and he really doesn't force things at all. He's almost too unaggressive in general.

                            Just check the numbers as well. Career low in FG attempts.

                            The fact they have this guy for five more years worries me. Hopefully he can resemble an Horry/Fox type player in these next five years.

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                            • Kruza
                              Mainstream Outlaw
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 6285

                              #269
                              Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                              Heh, people people... let's not go overboard here. Veteran players like Ron Ron who play on winning teams tend to coast throughout the regular season until playoff time is around a week or two away. I wouldn't worry about how he's currently playing at all. But with that said, he should be permitted to sit and allow that plantar fasciitis injury to completely heal up though... similar to what the Spurs should also do with Tony Parker.

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                              • Muzyk23
                                MVP
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 4192

                                #270
                                Re: 1/18-1/24 NBA Discussion

                                with kobe and gasol you don't need artest to be that agressive on offense
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