Such an embarrasment. Houston is playing without center. Yao out, Mutombo out, their shooter TMac out and Lakers still gets slapped. Its time to stop talking about Lakers title possibilities - they are close to 0.
Reality, reality.

sashkata

Bulgaria3241 Posts

May 10 2009 20:15 GMT

#1387

Hope they can keep it. LA will get it together at some point.

Go Houston!

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

May 10 2009 20:21 GMT

#1388

Bynum obviously isnt the missing piece as we can witness. What happened to that guy? He cant even play vs. team that has no center. And what the hell is Vujacic doing? The guy is such a joke that it isnt even funny

The guy gets into every argument playing tough guy, cant shoot, makes stupid mistakes and fouls and plays no defense at all.

Btw what are your opinions about Yao and his injuries. Can they be a serious threat to his career? Being obviously a very tall guy he can have serious problems with health later on in his life anyways. How long can he maintain?

I think Houston seriously needs a more than average young back up center to keep Yaos minutes down to keep injuries away. If they dont they will miss Yao every year to injuries.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

May 10 2009 20:24 GMT

#1389

no offense but you can't discount a team's title chances just because Houston is playing absolutely perfectly =p

Ace

United States16096 Posts

May 10 2009 20:26 GMT

#1390

It's just sad really. Yao Ming is such a good player but he has such shitty luck (like being stuck with T-Mac). Sad.

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

May 10 2009 20:26 GMT

#1391

I have been Laker fan for like 9 years.

Im saying out what is true. They get another walk in the park to the finals(?) with hopes too high just to get slapped

They just dont play at the level they could and their game shows no proof of improving. Its getting worse every game.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

May 10 2009 21:07 GMT

#1392

On May 11 2009 03:34 XaI)CyRiC wrote:

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I think I've read somewhere before that one of the reasons why DHow's offensive game hasn't developed as far as his defensive has is because he hasn't had many summers off to work on his game. His Team USA obligations have kept him pretty busy in the past few seasons, and, instead of working on his game and improving certain skills, he's been busy preparing for international basketball and working to gel with players who are on different teams. With Team USA, all Dwight has to do is finish when he's passed the ball, rebound, and defend. There was no need for him to develop a post game because of how international basketball disfavors low-post players like him, and because his team was overloaded with scorers.

I don't know what this summer will be like for him, but I hope that he gets a chance to just work on his own game and realize some of the potential everyone knows he has a abundance of. While it would be bad news for the rest of the league, I think it'd be awesome to see just how far he could go with his combination of strength, speed, size and athleticism. He's basically the PF/C version of Lebron in that he's a freak of nature with regards to his physical gifts.

I hope that's true. He could be a 30/15 guy in the playoffs with the endurance/speed to play on a fast team.

emucxg

Finland4559 Posts

May 10 2009 21:32 GMT

#1393

lol, rocket much better without yao

Ack1027

United States7873 Posts

May 10 2009 21:39 GMT

#1394

http://www.livestreamtube.com/channel-2/

And even though people say shit about Tmac I'm kinda glad rockets are owning without yao [ and artest underperforming ] just goes to show they got a great supporting cast imo.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

May 10 2009 21:40 GMT

#1395

yep good game houston =P

[X]Ken_D

United States4650 Posts

May 10 2009 22:04 GMT

#1396

Impressive showing by Houston. Lakers played like they were not awake yet. It was close to 27+ point lead by Houston at one point. That's without Yao Ming!