Post-Game Thread: Championship Edition
by Josh Tucker on Jun 14, 2009 7:48 PM PDT
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PrintI'll have plenty to say over the next few days. We're really going to savor and cherish this. But for now, this is your space to soak it up... the Lakers are NBA Champions, folks! Kobe got his ring without Shaq. Phil surpassed Red. The Lakers got #15. And Kobe is Finals MVP.
Savor this moment, folks.
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It looks downright Machiavellian...... Old School........
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
This game is in the refrigerator. The door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard, and the Jello’s jigglin’!
-Chick
He is smiling and will party like the rest of us.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Dag How much celebrating can we do?
Congrats to the Lakers, Congrats Josh for putting together this forum, and Hopefully next year Lakers can do it again but I’m out gotta do some school work.
All I'm gonna say is
THANK GOD CHICAGO DIDN’T WANNA GIVE UP LUOL. Although I’m sure Buss didn’t have any intentions of trading Mr. Finals MVP.
2009 NBA Champions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this real? Is this happening? Oh my god, so sweet…..sweeter than 2000 in a lot of ways.
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
NO.....NO......NO.....NO
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
YES YES YES
It’s been too long, I love having this feeling again! I said it once and I’ll say it til I die, I’ll take Finals MVP over League MVP 9 days a week. Im buying that Phil X hat instantly.
As for now, I gots some celebrating to do! Here’s to the beginning of a dynasty – #1 in NBA titles by 2011!
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Jun 14, 2009 8:02 PM PDT reply actions
I guess dr.buss doesn’t want to go to FL
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions
The best thing about LA winning is
Boston gets screwed some more because Phil has passed Red, Kobe has number 4, we dethroned them, and we’re now just 2 titles behind them.
I have no doubt that we’ll rectify that soon enough.
LA Lakers are the 2009 NBA Champions.
We are the champions!!!
The Spurs are also stewing
Even though you guys had more finals appearances, they used to have more titles in this decade. Not anymore.
If it is on Tuesday, which it might, I unfortunalty won't be able to make it......CRAP!
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Now I want my championship hat.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
You mean you don't want the shirt, hat, towel, and DVD for $79.99?
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
I just checked out nba.com and saw that.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Thats right shaq
Congratualtions kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now "Shaq how my ass taste "
except for you know, the heat
and the lakers. and every team (except the suns, but it wasnt really his fault)
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Jun 14, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It's because LeBron needs space at the basket
Getting to the hoop is what he’s good at. If you take that away, he becomes just okay. Meanwhile, the first law of physics on planet Shaq is that Shaq clogs the lane. When he has been the focus, that has worked well for him in the past, on both ends of the floor. But the Cavs don’t want to take away their own best players primary forte.
Strength & Honor
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by Josh Tucker on Jun 15, 2009 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Shaq had a nice season
I just don’t think he’s a good fit with the Cavs for the same reasons Josh pointed out.
LAPD on tactical alert
friend’s bro in law flying right now in ghetto bird
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
How sweet it must feel
Congratulations, you guys. You looked like the better team throughout the entire series, and this has to be a moment of, above all else, redemption. Redemption from the two finals defeats. Redemption from the three painful years between the Shaq-Fox-Shaw era and the Gasol-Bynum-Odom era. Redemption from all the heat and responsibility Kobe has had to shoulder for the last five years.
Enjoy the summer. I’ll see you next year.
Who has the best postgame coverage?
Channel 7? ESPN? NBA TV? FSN?
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
For the record its morrison 1 – jj reddick 0 ^^
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
Kobe's with the Inside the NBA crew on NBATV
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
http://www.atdhe.net/7326/watch-la-lakers-vs-orlando
Theres the link, but he already finished up
Phil says...
Good luck to Kurt Rambis in Sacramento. And that if he needs more cow bell, let him know.
vr, Xei
Awesome footage on NBATV of the Lakers pouring champagne on Phil
They ambushed him! That was tight.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions
Never seen Kobe as happy as when he just stepped into the press conference
Real smiles, not his usual somewhat fake-sounding laugh
Don't know. But I was thinking of having it made at one of those screen printers at the mall!
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 16, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It's never enough
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 14, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
George Mikan
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 14, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
possibly the last time we see ariza and odom in a lakers uniform as I am sure a few teams will overpay
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
who knows, if we could get gary payton and karl malone to come over for way less
odom and ariza might be able to see past the money as well. If anybody would pass another ring oppurtunity for higher pay it would be trevor, imo.
kobe's contract is fine in my opinion
do you mean restructure to accomodate a salary cap or something? or length wise?
I say we let the man get whats his
Hmm, think Odom will take a paycut?
That’s apparently what it’ll take to keep Ariza and Odom.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
He has already said explicitly that he would
Strength & Honor
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by Josh Tucker on Jun 15, 2009 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
as much as I would like to keep ariza its more important to keep odom
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
ariza is also turning out to be a rediculous three point shooter also.
odom doesnt quite provide that
really?
based on age, amount of money, potential, I might got with Trevor
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
This would shit the pants out of any basketball team they would face if this would be next seasons lineup w/o ariza:
bynum, gasol, odom, kobe and fish
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
I am sooo looking forward to KG being healthy to show “who’s” the champ
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions
How Sweet It Is, Lakers 2009 NBA Champions
The NBA Finals I’ve cherished. Phil Jackson getting his 10th NBA title. Kobe Bryant’s 4th title. From the opening playoffs to the final buzzer I was glued to all the actions and watched history unfold before my eyes. The Lakers are a great team, thanks to Phil, Kobe, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and the rest. It was an amazing journey after the heartbreaking loss to the Celtics last year. It is sweet indeed. To have the savor the moment as a Laker fan. Congratulations to Phil Jackson as the winningest coach and Kobe Braynt as heir to Michael Jordan as one of the greatest basketball player. Looking forward to next year. We had a ball. Toto Battung
It will be a long time before the Lakers win a title without Shaq
Kobe will never win a NBA title
WRONNNNNNGGGGGGGGG, SUCK IT HATERS
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
The cockroaches are in hiding
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 14, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
no one is going to offer him anything better than what we have.. trevor on the other hand will probably be offered lamar odom money with his finals performance
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions
Orlando Magic gave good series
Orlando Magic , Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy gave the Lakers an excellent series. They should be congratulated as well.
Parade might be Wednesday.
A buddy of mine who gets the L.A channel just called me and said that the parade is Wednesday.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Now I can go. Hell yeah baby.
He told me it starts at Figuroa and ends at the Collesium.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
“the whole city was behind me, and I thank god for everybody that wasn’t”
Trevor on being traded here
Trevor Ariza, another steal of a trade in favor of the Lakers.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
The Knicks coach called him delusional, SVG said he didn’t fit into the Lakers system, and now Trevor’s part of a championship team
Shows how much they know.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
More so than Pau
Memphis got some value out of him (cap space, Marc, draft picks, …). Orlando literally got nothing, both players are gone.
What an awesome start to the blog
Not to think too far ahead, but with all the talk of Odom and Ariza, let’s not forget about UPS. I think we should give him a reasonable contract and see what he can do with a full year
I'm not big on either of them
Honestly, I know I’ll get jumped on for saying this, but Kwame is better as a 5th big man than Mbenga. They both suck at catching the ball, but Kwame was a better individual post defender. And everyone in the locker room loved him, so he was good for chemstry. Mbenga is pretty worthless overall, just a body.
to be clear
“As a 5th big man” should be emphasized. Kwame sucked for us because we asked him to play outside his role and beyond his talent.
especially with a parade in doubt
that million dollars might need to be spent on repairs from tonight alone
Now, can Kobe get that finger surgery, pleeeez?
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
???
Doesn’t he need it? Why wouldn’t he do it?
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 14, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe the finger has simply healed itself
Not in the traditional way, but it has reformed its own attachments, and it’s possible there might not really be any point to it.
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What happens to the signature now???
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 15, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for riding through the series with me Silver Screen and Roll
Great time to be a Lakers fan, great game, great series, great win.
Cooooooooooooooper
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
This blog couldn't have arrived at a better year.
It has been a championship season that has been through highs and lows. All those close games that gave me heart attacks were well worth it.
Thanks for provided a championship blog Silver. Good work to you and all the other running this site.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Bulls fan here
Congrats. Definitely wanted to see Kobe win one without Shaq as people always seemed to doubt him. You guys wouldn’t still be interested in Luol Deng would you? haha
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart
Thanks for stopping by!
lol I think we’ll pass on Deng though
we’ll trade him for sasha and powell lol
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply actions
suddenly I feel that this lakers championship is a little empty because radman isn;t here
by cedric ceballos on Jun 14, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
sorry, i can't help but feel ill when the lakers win
but congrats you guys. you must be very happy right now. we’ll see you in the conference finals next year!
Finally, a sig without typeing mistakes.
Congrats Laker lovers from a blazers fan! That team definitely deserved to win it all. They looked pretty freaking great in the fiinals.
From an outsiders perspective regarding Odom vs Ariza, I know I didn’t watch as much Laker games as you guys obviously, but to me Ariza seemed to have the bigger impact when it mattered in games. He made the big defensive plays that you need in big games. He is also considerable younger. I think if you had to choose between the two, the smart bet would be on Ariza.
we'll take both
we can afford it
and we have bird rights to both of em
which means we can pay ANY MATCHING OFFER
no, we cannot afford both. we’ll be over the luxury tax, but it’s worth it in my opinion because…we are the champs.
we can afford it
Buss pulls down a bigger net profit on a yearly basis than any other franchise. With the ridiculous amount he charges for seats so average fans cant get close to the court, he owes it to the fans to bring the team back . I think he will.
I'm not so sure you can afford both.
You have 74 million committed to 8 players next season, not including Odom or Ariza. Ariza is going to be worth 6-8 million a year probably,especially now that he has a ring, and There will be plenty of teams that want Odom as well for 10 milion. Because you are in the luxury tax, that would mean unless one of them takes a significant paycut, your salary would be around 100 million for only 10 players. In this economy I’m not sure that’s a good business decision.
by dario argento on Jun 14, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks man
Especially nice to hear from a classy Blazers fan
Just got back from a BBQ with the game
and I’m still at a loss of words.
#15!
I’ll probably have more when my head clears from this euphoria. Wish I could have took part of the game threads like usual.
#10 for phil, 4 for Kobe/Fish
But I’m even happier for Pau, Lamar, the guys who are tasting this for the first time.
-Redemption for Pau and Lamar, vilified for their performance last year
-Pau soft? Please. Coming through in clutch situations all playoffs long.
-Don’t forget Luke Walton. He came on in 2004, just after our 3-peat. Remember him jumping into our consciousness with the 8 assists for a flailing Lakers team in the 04 Finals. He’s been here since the lows started, and now he finally gets to taste one.
Congratulations, purple(forum blue?)-and-gold folk
Here’s to another meeting of the NBA’s two most recent champs this time next year.
-sw
"I didn't go there with the intentions of getting ejected. I went there with the intentions of just telling Kobe, 'You got to relax. You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?'" -Ron Artest, 05.06.09
Thanks for the kind words
and I, for one, would love to see the rematch of last year’s finals. When the Lakers and Celtics are good, it’s good for the league.
Thanks Steve!
A rematch would be incredible, and extremely likely with both teams healthy.
What else is a Blazers fan to say, right?
:-D
-sw
"I didn't go there with the intentions of getting ejected. I went there with the intentions of just telling Kobe, 'You got to relax. You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?'" -Ron Artest, 05.06.09
by Steve Weinman on Jun 15, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Tweet From Kevin Love
“I hope they make Adam Morrison dance Ala mark Madsen at the parade/celebration…anyone feel me on that?”
Did Morrison look happy at any point tonight?
I saw him on the dais afterwards and he was completely stoic. Secretly gearing up for a 2nd run? Or pissed that JJ Reddick got to play in the Finals and he didn’t?
i want that PJ hat!
Bills make me wanna SHOUT!
by silverstreak3k on Jun 14, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions
He said his kids made it for him.
Pretty cool hat though.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
his kids should market it
you can a couple people wearing it on the nba.com’s post game clips. so i wonder if they plan on selling it to the masses.
Bills make me wanna SHOUT!
by silverstreak3k on Jun 14, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Congratulations, guys. I missed the last three game threads, but I’m sure you had fun. The Lakers were the better team, and that’s that. Enjoy.
Straight from the No-Stat Zone to your computer!
Dunkin' Cheerleaders
A Laker Benchwarmer Savors a Personal Victory
Laker forward Josh Powell played just 73 minutes during these playoffs, but he more than earned the sense of victory and relief that comes with his first championship ring. Needing money to support his family, Powell left North Carolina State in 2003. Long, skilled, athletic and tough he was so impressive at some of his workouts that he was briefly discussed as a lottery pick — although he ultimately went undrafted, and has played for several team overseas in the NBA in the interim.
One of his workouts was for the Washington Wizards, where Patrick Ewing was then an assistant coach.
After the workout, Ewing stunned Powell, by telling him that he would never make the NBA.
Powell has not forgotten. “Every time I see him,” he says, he remembers the words that once cut him. “It was just motivation. I can’t do nothing but respect it, if that’s his opinion. It just drove me to go hard. It drove me to stay hungry.”
About then, some NBA personnel came through the champagne-soaked Laker locker room with the gleaming NBA championship trophy. Powell finishes his thought, reaching for the trophy: “Everything worked out for the best … now let me see that thing right there …”
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-41-86/Nine-Things-to-Remember-About-the-2009-NBA-Finals.html
There were so many guys that were told they would never make it on this team.
So many told Kobe he would never win one without Shaq.
Ariza was called delusional and traded around because he didn’t fit into the system the Magic sought.
Pau was called soft.
Critics said Lamar would crumble under the biggest stage.
and now Powell was told he would never make it to the Nba.
I’m sure there are so many more stories.
Thats a big fuck you to all the doubters.
Well while all the doubter can remain quiet and say "I was wrong"
all the Laker/Kobe haters out there are even more pissed now.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Emotional Release
So, I got real choked up during the last couple minutes of the game. I held it together until the final seconds and then lost it. Not bawling, just a little happy sobbing. I think it was more of a emotional release more than anything. I’m actually a little ashamed, my friends were laughing, and only one of my other friends was emotional. It’s just a frickin’ game. But what a great frickin’ game it is!
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
Some thoughts about Kobe...
…from an unabashed Kobe fan, on this deliriously happy night!
http://thenullhypodermic.blogspot.com/2009/06/kobe-as-icon.html
Here's what happens when douchebag meets laptop.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers-lakers15-2009jun15,0,4342696.column
Seriously is there a tunnel directly from the Massengill school of journalism to the LA Times?
Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!.......Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. – Will Munny
What a jackass
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Don't tell me...
…you folks got taken in by T.J. Simers’s schtick, too?! Come on, this guy’s columns are never to be taken (too) seriously, and he knows it better than anybody.
If a blogger did what TJ Simers does...
…it would be called hit-seeking, traffic-baiting, etc. (not a good thing). He’s just writing asinine, controversial things because it generates traffic. Why do you think he’s still around? If his columns were judged on quality, he’d have been canned by the LAT ages ago. But that’s not what he’s being judged on, because that’s not what his bosses ask him to provide. He provides traffic, which is what the LAT needs, and he does it by inciting controversy. It’s pathetic.
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Good for him, unlike the trolls who do their dirty work for free!
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on Jun 15, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats!!
That is just so awesome!! I still cant believe it! Go LAL!!
tj simers
But winning it all makes them no more appealing, Kobe still over the top absurd in his mood swings, Pau still carrying on like someone swiped his rattle, Phil so above it all it’s surprising he doesn’t demand to be carried off the court like Cleopatra.
lol…love the cleopatra line
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