Poll: 2005 Laker Starters vs 2010 Laker Bench
by deadmuse on Jul 23, 2010 9:28 PM PDT
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Which 5-man team would win if they went head-to-head in a 7 game playoff series? Oh, here are another twenty-one irrelevant words to reach the minimum of 75 words so I can post this fucking poll.
2005 Laker Starters
PG - Smush Paker
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - Luke Walton
PF - Lamar Odom
C - Kwame Brown
2010 Laker Bench
PG - Steve Blake
SG - Sasha Vujacic
SF - Matt Barnes
PF - Lamar Odom
C - Theo Ratliff
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You do realize that Kobe would drop 60+ right?
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
by Ben R on Jul 23, 2010 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Yep
And Kwame and Ratliff aren’t as far apart as we might wish to believe.
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by DexterFishmore on Jul 23, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Kobe would score 60.
But Smush Parker’s Suck would defy all NBA laws and physics to actually score negative 30 points to negate Kobe’s 60 causing the 2010 Lakers bench to win by 1.
When life gives you lemons, just say, "Fuck the lemons!" and bail.
by jds9907 on Jul 23, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
hard to say I guess
If Barnes could check Kobe a bit, bench might win.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
LO pre-Khloe vs. LO post-Khloe
hmmmmm… I’d give pre-LO’s athleticism a massive advantage, but post-Khloe LO gets a boost in his marketing ability.
by JustRuntheOffense on Jul 23, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions
Now thats another poll right there!!!
"Literally every single team that's ever won a Championship has done it without LeBron James." -Seth Meyers
2005 lakers for sure
2005 Kobe would destroy the bench.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
Kobe Wins this game by himself
If he goes cold (not very likely he averaged 35 points a game) then they lose. But remember this was kobe’s 81 year when he was just on FIRE
nope
2009 was Kobe’s 81 year against the Knicks
"E-Coaches are heavy in here tonight! Take E-Sasha and put him on the E-bench on your fantasy league, that’ll show him!" - Jevon O
Knicks was 63 or something
81 was vs the Raptors in Jan 2006, I believe.
"The Lakers are ninja negotiators. Straight. fuckin. ninjas." -rshinsec
"This isn't an apocalypse. It’s a motherf***ing war." -Hdg23
Are you thinking Dallas?
Where Kobe scored 63 and Dallas collectively scored 62.
Well let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west. A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness.
I was thinking of
this game where he scored 61 against the Knicks in 2009.
"The Lakers are ninja negotiators. Straight. fuckin. ninjas." -rshinsec
"This isn't an apocalypse. It’s a motherf***ing war." -Hdg23
Can't wait to see what he does at the Garden against Amar'e
And Felton?
Well let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west. A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness.
Oh dear,
First of all, Kobe’s 81 game was in 06 against Toronto.
Kobe scored 61 points againt the Knicks in 09.
And he outscored Dallas 62 > 61 instead of 63 > 62
Through three quarters
And he outscored Dallas 62 > 61 instead of 63 > 62
"There are no "Kobe Lovers", just people who are right." - Gil Meriken
Kobe wins
Kobe, God and I don't tweet. Everyone else does.
I will give you 10,000 to 1 odds that the Lakers would win this matchup.
"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it looks like work." -Thomas Edison
lol
Lamar Odom cannot play against himself…lol jk. Kobe would dominate
Kobe: "Listen, if you told me at the beginning of the year that we’ve got two games at home to win a championship, yeah, I’ll take that shit"
just simply clone him
there, problem solved.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
pretty much
we’ve already accepted the fact of time-travel so cloning is just a hop and skip away.
"I wanted to do what was best for LeBron James, and what LeBron James is going to do to make him happy."- Lebron James
Pshh, that's a myth.
Uhh, not that I’d know or anything. Just, um, something I heard…from someone…I don’t know very well…who had a guide dog.
{shit}
"There are no "Kobe Lovers", just people who are right." - Gil Meriken
No Need
We can get LUMBAR ODUM!!!
"Literally every single team that's ever won a Championship has done it without LeBron James." -Seth Meyers
"Lebron has the ball, dribbles down the court, splitting the Lakers defenders with 5 seconds left on the clock with the game on the line in the 2011 NBA Finals Game 7! Lebron pulls up from deep, in Kobe's face and drains the three pointer! HEAT WIN HEAT WIN!!! 89-88!!!!!
...BEEP BEEP BEEP...BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Then Lebron's alarm goes off and he wakes up and goes downstairs to eat a delicious breakfast made by his mom and Delonte West."
by bigdeal1188 on Jul 26, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
oops
reply fail
"Literally every single team that's ever won a Championship has done it without LeBron James." -Seth Meyers
One team has Kobe Bryant.
The other does not.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by remingtonmartin on Jul 23, 2010 11:46 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
not sure how the 2010 bench has so many votes
kobe was pretty god status that year.
In Soviet Russia, LA beats you.
Easy
I’ll take my chances with any team that has Kobe on it.
Especially 2005-6 Kobe. Dude was beasting it. Dropping 62 in 3 quarters on Dallas. 81 points on the Raptors. 2005-6 Kobe was killer. Supernova Kobe. Epic Kobe. God-mode Kobe. NBA2K Kobe. Gangsta Koba. Beast Kobe.
Lakers 2009 Road to Redemption: TREVOR, DEREK, LAMAR, PAU & KOBE.
Play the game of which Lakers reminds you of: TA - TI, Shannon Brown - Chris Brown, Pau Gasol - Jesus, Machine - Luis Scola/Russell Brand, PJ with mustache and beard - Colonel Sanders.
by PeanutButterSpread on Jul 24, 2010 1:47 AM PDT reply actions
In other words, Kobe was Kobe.
"There are no "Kobe Lovers", just people who are right." - Gil Meriken
K-O-B-E
You can talk about everything you want, once you put Kobe in the equation, you turn a lottery team into a playoff team, a playoff team into a serious contender and so on…
Next year’s bench is good but we still need Brown-Ebanks-Caracter in to complete it.
by Belgian Chocolate Lake on Jul 24, 2010 6:19 AM PDT reply actions
Oops I made a mistake for the voting
Oh well. Thing is, other than the Kobe factor, this 2010 Bench would beat the 2005 starters.
But with Kobe on the 2005 squad, they would smoke this 2010 version just because of Kobe.
What is the nature of your thoughts, gentlemen, when you say "fuddle duddle" or something like that?
This is the year kobe averaged 35 points
hands down we know whos goin to win. Ask the raptors and the other 5 teams kobe dropped 50 on that year
This is some serious stuff
…..everyone has said pretty much everything there is to say with Kobe on the team…
"Lebron joins teams with his friends; Kobe’s enemies join teams with him." -Gil Meriken
Yep, the Lakers starters 2005 still had Kobe...which makes all the difference
However, putting Theo Ratliff at the C for the Lakers bench 2010 would be injustice because the real minutes of backup center would go to Pau Gasol. That could actually be a fight considering the large difference between pau & kwame, added on with the difference between steve blake & smush might be able to counter the advantage of kobe over sasha.
Wow. One really would have to question which LO would show up.
"In this program your passion bucket must be full to play SC." -- CRN, to Dan Patrick, 1/2008
they could both show up
or neither one! That is the mystique of LO.
"The Lakers are ninja negotiators. Straight. fuckin. ninjas." -rshinsec
"This isn't an apocalypse. It’s a motherf***ing war." -Hdg23
Take Kobe off that '05 team, and '10 wins no doubt.
Kobe Bryant's no Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant is Kobe Bryant.
"Lebron joins teams with his friends; Kobe’s enemies join teams with him." - Gil Meriken
This is silly….. ratliff is not even going to be in our rotation…
it should be:
Blake
Sasha
Barnes
LO
Bynum/Pau
we are always going to have 2 of the 3 (LO, Pau, and Bynum) on the court…
with that said…. if its Pau I give it to the 2010 “bench” rotation, but if its Bynum, i give it to 2005 lakers…just barely
In Kobe we trust!
That 05 starting lineup almost beat the Suns in the playoffs
Those same Suns who back then were believed to be God’s gift to basketball.
Born purple and gold. Live purple and gold. Die purple and gold.
true
if you mean the ‘05-’06 Lakers…in that case, the Clips almost beat them too
"Lebron has the ball, dribbles down the court, splitting the Lakers defenders with 5 seconds left on the clock with the game on the line in the 2011 NBA Finals Game 7! Lebron pulls up from deep, in Kobe's face and drains the three pointer! HEAT WIN HEAT WIN!!! 89-88!!!!!
...BEEP BEEP BEEP...BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Then Lebron's alarm goes off and he wakes up and goes downstairs to eat a delicious breakfast made by his mom and Delonte West."
by bigdeal1188 on Jul 26, 2010 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
A 32 year old Ratliff would be pretty decent in the paint. On D that is.
"That means no more coming into camp fat and out of shape, when your team is relying on your leadership on and off the court. It also means no more blaming others for our team's failure, or blaming staff members for not overdramatizing your injuries so that you avoid blame for your lack of conditioning. " Kobe on Shaq being a leader
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