Doug Christie

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[impassable]

Man those were the good old days..I will always consider The Kings to be 2002 champs and if Webber doesn't go down with the knee in Dallas maybe that year too. Great team, plus who can forget Doug giving it to that arrogent Rick Fox. he though he was hot stuff with Shaq backing him up but how many championships did he lead Boston too?

[hanginism]

tyreke is wearing his number now

[rocha33]

el mejor defensa que he visto

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon (cont.) but against the big names: Shaq, Mutumbo, Battie even, he came up short. Also, I have no respect for a man, who after slapping the ball to Horry who made the winning shot, who says that it was just a "luck shot". He also was notorious for talking shit, so was Shaq, I know, but the difference is Shaq could back it up. He also chocked in game four by missing a big free throw. I was there, I saw it happen, and like a truevLaker fan, I didn't leave when they were down by 20.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon Peja didn't blossom until he went to New Orleans. Back then, he was just another roll player. Do you know who was as good of a shooter as Peja at the time? Rick Fox. Look at his shot percentage. He didn't take many shots, but when he did, he made them. Also, I'll give it to you Turkoglu was a good player as well. Divac is what I call the "any other' center. He could beat up any other center, the no names, Kerry Collins of the Nets for Christ sakes,

[rodohanlon]

@crazytrain81 Props for Bynum upping his game. Kings-wise, how about one of the best shooters in league history? Peja: 4th all time # of 3 pts made, #31 all-time 3pt %. And Divac average?! He was on 2 FIBA world championship teams, 2 Olympic Silver teams. Wiki:He's one of six players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett and Hakeem Olajuwon. That's average??

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon That maybe true for game 6, but game 5 was a blown call for the Lakers (no illegal screen called on Webber when he pushed and shouldered Derek Fisher to the ground, and admitted, after he retired, to doing it when he was interviewed about the series). You could maybe say that the league wanted a longer series because the rivalry attracted more viewers, but since game 7 was a fair called game and a good game, you can't assume that the league favored the Lakers.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon Really? Stern likes the Lakers, after he insisted that the trade rumors for Dwight Howard cease once he started saying the "L" word. Stern claimed that he wanted CP3 to stay in New Orleans, but where did he end up, in LA. The strange thing is the LA team he's on is not the Lakers, it's the Clippers (who, though they have the talent, are not a better team). That's Stern's way of saying "Fuck you," to the Lakers, even though Josh McRoberts is a badass.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon Some dude named 2002films made a documentary about that, and so did another guy that he referred me to. I still think, given what happened in game 5, the Lakers won fair. Game 1 was a fair win for LA, game 2 was a fair win for Sacramento, game three was an unfair win for Sacramento (Shaq got hacked with no calls), game 4 was fair, game 5 was a blown call at the end, thus the Kings won, and game 6 was a blown call at the end, thus the Lakers won. Game 7 was a Laker win. That's that.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon Here is why the Kings lost: Divac and Miller couldn't stop Shaq without fouling them (and they won game three because they got away with fouling him). They couldn't finish, and they didn't have finishers (the Lakers had Robert Horry aka "Big Shot Bob" and Derek Fisher, a clutch point guard). They only finisher they had, when he got an open shot, was Bibby (which explains game 5, and the the blown illegal screen call, on that note). Finally, they were inexperienced.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon I admit, after the end of last year, I wasn't fond of Bynum at all, but since he cleaned up his act and presents himself better, I've started to like the guy. Not to mention how well he has been playing. Here's what the Kings had: they had talented players, they had great roll players, they had 2 all starts (Mike Bibby and Chris Webber) and they had an average center, and hell I'll give it to them, a very loud arena and a good fan base, at the time.

[crazytrain81]

@rodohanlon I was just at the Lakers vs Nuggets game not too long ago. It really has to do with the refs hired for that game, and though the Lakers won, the refs were horrible. Honestly I can't account for a ref's decision, but the decision of a ref has nothing to do with the demeanor of a team.