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@ArashMarkazi my houston people said Matt Barnes told Harden's mom to suck his ****. It's blowing up over there.
Classy fellow _________________ I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong
And who gives a (bleep). It's freaking Matt Barnes. Not like we didn't re-sign LeBron or something... People these days just want to pile blame on the FO for no reason
Please explain why the FO should not be blamed for the current Lakers predicament, it certainly is not Barnes.
I don't blame the FO (and this is coming from someone who didn't like the $24M extension from day 1).
I blame father time.
The FO has had 20 YEARS to invent the fountain of youth and they haven't done it. If Jerry West were here Kobe would still be 25.
Barnes is hot garbage, btw. For every good thing he does he'll do something stupid. He's a fake tough guy, the kind that gets technical fouls but doesn't intimidate anyone. He's a streaky shooter that posts decent percentages but also spends long stretches throwing up bricks.
He can't be counted on because he disappears as often as he has a big game. He's the anti-Fisher, anti-Horry.
Letting Matt Barnes go is one of the most insignificant moves of all time. Thread is hot garbage. Microwaved, baked, steamed, BBQ - heated garbage.
Love these guys criticizing the front office based on hindsight. The hindsight at the time of the Barnes negotiations was he disappeared for us in the playoffs. Do not hold the front office to unrealistic expectations and you will be happier
I'll tell you what...if somebody said something like that to my Mom they'd be picking their teeth up off the ground. Even if I had to wait until I retired, he's got it coming one day. There's a line in the sand...and he crossed it!
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:52 pm Post subject:
kwase wrote:
I'll tell you what...if somebody said something like that to my Mom they'd be picking their teeth up off the ground. Even if I had to wait until I retired, he's got it coming one day. There's a line in the sand...and he crossed it!
I doubt James Harden thinks like this, though. _________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
-from Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those Who Knew Him
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
I know. MWP was awesome...and made a championship saving shot. What complaints can anyone have about him?
Barnes was great too. I think fans soured on him for no real good reason.
Ariza was good too, also made critical championship plays.
I don't know, I feel anyone who was involved in critical plays for championships, it's hard for me to lash out on them.
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
True. Not sure if 2010 bling happens if you take away Artest's defense on Pierce and mental toughness in Game 7 and replace that with Ariza (who had his own great run in 2009, to be sure).
As for Barnes - he always seems to come up small in critical playoff moments. He had a few clutch plays in the Spurs series, but overall he's been a posterchild throughout his career for decent regular seasons followed by playoff flops.
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
I know. MWP was awesome...and made a championship saving shot. What complaints can anyone have about him?
Barnes was great too. I think fans soured on him for no real good reason.
Ariza was good too, also made critical championship plays.
I don't know, I feel anyone who was involved in critical plays for championships, it's hard for me to lash out on them.
We didn't sour on Ariza...we were just okay with him being replaced by Artest after the way his management team handled the negotiations.
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
True. Not sure if 2010 bling happens if you take away Artest's defense on Pierce and mental toughness in Game 7 and replace that with Ariza (who had his own great run in 2009, to be sure).
As for Barnes - he always seems to come up small in critical playoff moments. He had a few clutch plays in the Spurs series, but overall he's been a posterchild throughout his career for decent regular seasons followed by playoff flops.
Artest was the reason they won game 7....he was the Laker that was their offense when everyone else on the team was on a slump.
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
I know. MWP was awesome...and made a championship saving shot. What complaints can anyone have about him?
Barnes was great too. I think fans soured on him for no real good reason.
Ariza was good too, also made critical championship plays.
I don't know, I feel anyone who was involved in critical plays for championships, it's hard for me to lash out on them.
We didn't sour on Ariza...we were just okay with him being replaced by Artest after the way his management team handled the negotiations.
Yep, at the time Artest was an upgrade over Ariza...maybe Ariza would've been better for the long term, but his agent wanted more money and tried to play Mitch and lost.
Barnes sucks the real outrage was letting Ariza go. He was the perfect wing compliment for Kobe and this team.
MWP wasn't bad either. If we were going to lose Ariza, MWP was the perfect replacement.
True. Not sure if 2010 bling happens if you take away Artest's defense on Pierce and mental toughness in Game 7 and replace that with Ariza (who had his own great run in 2009, to be sure).
As for Barnes - he always seems to come up small in critical playoff moments. He had a few clutch plays in the Spurs series, but overall he's been a posterchild throughout his career for decent regular seasons followed by playoff flops.
Barnes stepped up in game 7 against the Spurs, but in the other games his offense was garbage and I think the Clippers win that series in less than 7 games if he played better before game 7.
Without looking it up I think this is 6 bad games in a row for Barnes in this series. This was after 5 bad games in a row in the first round (before he had a good game 7).
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