Lakers way to glory

[Gea]

I a new here but I hope I get with the crew here. I was on other non-game forums. So I have examined some topics here and I see everyone sims 1st season.I won't make any trades in my 1st season because Lakers have a great team. Yes, I am staring with the Lakers. Kobe is my man. I will only scout PG because that is the only piece that the Lakers need for a ring. My goal in the second season will be the ultimate dream of every B-Ball player,
Even someone "selfish" as Kobe says that its all about holding that precious thing at the end of the season. he experience being on the roof of the world and have everyone underneath him except two....one who he was compared and one...who he is compared. Shaq and Jordan. I will make a Reply in which I will do a little article called:"Shaq,throw him a bone" in which I will write about the Lakers mini-dynasty. Then I will do a Reply with an article in which I will talk about the rivalry between Kobe and Mike. I will also put the TOP30 players of all time. TOP30 in my mind. Hope you continue commenting this. On the end of the season I will post my plans and hopes for the next season. I will also do a reply, Oh sorry everyone here says article. I will do an article in which I will write about the whole season.....My final words

Comment this....HOW THE FUCK DID GARNETT WIN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!! HOW FUCKING STUPID THE NBA NEEDS TO BE. CAMBY,JOSH SMITH,HELL YE EVEN GERALD FREAKING WALLACE IS BETTER THAT GARNETT(Thus far in defence).
The Big ticket isn't what he used to be and I think Camby and Smith were robbed. Till our next hearing...goodbye and comment the Garnett case

[GoHornets]

Well, the Garnnett issue has been discussed in a different section, try NBA Talk.
The reason Garnnett won the Defensive player of the year award was that Boston became the best defensive team this season after being one of the worst teams the past year

[Gea]

I see....You almost moved my DYNASTY lol. I suppose that you only read the how did Garnett won the award. Man if you read everything you can see this is a Lakers Dynasty. The title IS Lakers way to glory...thank for checking in anyways

[Andrew]

Yes, I did realise my mistake after initially moving it.

[Gea]

SHAQ, THROW HIM A BONE

So, we all know that Shaq was the 1st overall pick way back in 1992. Back then he was a skinny boy. Nobody knew how talented and powerful he actually was. But when he ripped the whole stantion, everyone was amazed. I mean on the first time, not on the time when he ripped the whole freaking backboard. After the game ESPN reporter Selena Roberts came into the Orlando Magic locker room. He was going to interview Shaq. She came to close to him,and when you look her height(5'0") You can imagine what happened. Shaq turned to answer the Q and dickslapped her. This was a true event. She said that. She also said that Shaq has a little dick. Of course he denied that.
While Shaq was ripping Backboards and dickslapping Journalists with his tiny dick, Kobe Bryant, his future biggest enemy was shining. He was great at his high school and quickly became a star. The Lil' boy from Italy and Shaq had only one thing in common at that time:-They were bald.
Nobody imagined that Kobe will become what he is today except one man...Jerry West who traded Vlade Divac for the young talent. But lets talk about something else. As I mentioned earlier Shaq has a little dick, BUT Kobe has a biggun. Infact he brought a famous singer, can't remember her name to his Prom. dance. He also rapped a girl. And he has a daughter, so that means he fucked up his wife Vanessa's ass.
So,Kobe was drafted by Charlotte and traded to Lakers. That same year Lakers signed Shaq from the Free agents list. That year the biggest rivalry ever was borned. The whole world knew about the "Shaq attack" and his little dick. But Kobe was borned to be a star. So the rivalry continued, they were knocked out of the playoffs a couple of times,Shaq blamed Kobe and the whole world blamed Kobe. Shaq was the man. Couple of years later, they won the championship. Shaq was the MVP but Kobe was prouder, he finally proved who he is...a fighter.He also had a big dick.


They won championship and championship,well...they won 3 of them. But then someone I don't know who, or Shaq or Kobe made an ultimatum.Or he or me. So they traded Shaq.

Who's the man now you cocky bastard?

KOBE was the man. Shaq's little dick was out of L.A. and were gone to Miami. But the big dick, Kobe married his love...Vanessa


When Kobe and Shaq finally met,Kobe got blocked by Shaq but Kobe scored 32 points,and Shaq.....who's the man Shaq...Kobe was saying in himself.


Kobe was then named Black Mamba coz he scored 35PPG and WASN'T MVP. He changed his uniform number to 24 because he wants to rule the rafters.LOL. His cock is also 24cm long xD

Finally....he will get his MVP now......KB24!

So that was it. Please comment my words. Sorry if I was a little harsh on words. About the Kobe-Jordan thing. There is NO WAY THAT Kobe is even fucking close to Mike,In next reply,there will be a TOP30 players all-time list,Kobe vs. Jordan article and My 1st season Recap. Till next hearing...Peace

[Maree]

lol, lot of dicks here...

[GaZuN]

Yeah.. Dicks, cocks.. it toght that was some nasty story..
Anyway.. That is true.. (I mean the history of the Lakers..)

Btw.. How did you know that kobe's dick is 24?

[Gea]

TOP 30 ALL-TIME

So here we are. The top 30 players of all-time. There will be some controversy here, but as I said, this is my opinion. I will only include retired players and i hope you like it.

30-John Havlicek/Every rabid basketball fan has seen the famous highlight footage where Celtic announcer Johnny Most cries, "Havlicek stole the ball! Havlicek stole the ball!" For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, we'll set the scene: with 5 seconds left in game seven of the 1965 Eastern Division Finals, John Havlickek stole the ball to preserve a one-point Boston win. His on-court hustle was what he was known for, both as a guard, where he was bigger than his opponents, and as a forward, where he was faster.
But most of all, Havlicek was known as a winner. Among his many personal accomplishments, he was on 8 NBA champion teams in Boston throughout the 60s and 70s, playing with the likes of Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, and Dave Cowens through two separate "dynasty" periods. (We'll let you know if a Dallas or Knott's Landing period hits the scene.)

29-D.Rodman/Superman(Jordan), Batman(Pippen) and Rodman were the most recognized team ever. He was always in Pippen's and Jordan's shadow but he was a star. Every night he out-rebounded the opposing team. He was a great fighter, and will always be remembered as one of the best All-time. He won championships and played for Detroit, Spurs, Chicago and the Lakers. The biggest "bad boy" that the NBA ever had

28-M.Malone/He is only on 28??? yes...I know but I really haven't had a chance to see him play.27,409 points
Malone was the first big-name player to be drafted right out of high school into the pros, the trailblazer for the Kobe Bryants and Tracy McGradys of today's league. A 6'10" center, he is also 3rd on the all-time rebounding list, and would rise to 4th place on the scoring list if we counted his 2 years in the ABA with the Utah Stars (but we won't . . . this is an NBA list). One of the most dominant players of the late 70s and early 80s, he biblically led the Houston Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, and the Philadelphia 76ers to a championship in 1983.
Malone was a frequent league MVP, All-star, and leading rebounder, but without the towering height of the opposing centers, he had to rely on his natural quickness and toughness to get the job done - a Charles Barkley of an earlier era. He retired in 1994 with many awards and honors under his belt, and was later named one of the 50 best players in NBA history.

27-Elvin Hayes/The prototypical power forward, the 6'9" Hayes was known for his turnaround jumper and aggressive rebounding and defense. He is also in the top ten in career rebounds, games, and minutes played. He played with a variety of teams during his first 12 All-star seasons, finally winning the NBA Finals in 1978 with the Washington Bullets.
Controversy and acrimony seem to have been constant companions throughout Hayes' career, as he suffered at the hands of the media for being standoffish and outspoken, and with teammates and coaches for being a troublemaker. Hayes retired in 1984 and bought a car dealership and a cattle ranch to keep himself busy (and it's apparently working . . . we haven't heard a peep from him since).

26-Alex English/Despite being the most prolific scorer of the 1980s and cornerstone of the high-scoring Denver Nuggets throughout that time, English remains relatively unknown today. Perhaps this is due to his soft-spoken demeanor, or his workmanlike style that lacked the flash of the Harlem Globetrotters. But when he did speak, he was never lacking in elegance. In fact, he is probably the only NBA player to have multiple books of poetry published while playing (and you try holding a pencil while running a lay-up!).
After retiring in 1991, English went on to a post within the NBA Players' Association as Director of Player Programs and Services, overseeing such things as drug and HIV treatment programs. His number was retired in Denver in 1992 and he is a current Hall of Famer.

25-Wes Unseld/Unseld was drafted 2nd overall in the first round by the Baltimore Bullets in 1968, and helped lead the Bullets (who had finished in last place in the Eastern division the previous year) to a 57-25 record and a division title. Unseld averaged 18.2 rebounds per game that year, and became only the second player ever to win both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the same season (Wilt Chamberlain being the first). Unseld was also named the Sporting News MVP that year. He was one of the best defensive players of his era, and in 1975, he led the NBA in rebounding. The following season, he led the NBA in field goal percentage with a .561 percentage.
Famed for his rebounding, bone-jarring picks and ability to ignite a fast break with his crisp, accurate outlet passes, Unseld made up for his lack of size (6’7”) with brute strength and sheer determination. Unseld took the Bullets franchise to four NBA Finals, and won the championship in 1978 over the Seattle Supersonics, in which he was named the Finals MVP. He ended his playing career following the 1980-1981 season, and his #41 jersey was retired by the Bullets shortly thereafter.
In 1988, Unseld was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 1996, he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time.

24-Bill Walton/Walton was drafted number one overall by the Portland Trail Blazers and was hailed as the savior of the franchise. His first two seasons were marred by injury (at different times he broke his nose, foot, wrist and leg) and the Blazers missed the playoffs both years. It was not until the 1976-77 season that he was healthy enough to play 65 games and, spurred by new head coach Jack Ramsay, the Trail Blazers became the Cinderella team of the NBA. Walton led the NBA in both rebounds per game and blocked shots per game that season and he was selected to the NBA All-Star Game but did not participate due to an injury. Walton was named to the NBA's First All-Defensive Team and the All-NBA Second Team for his regular season accomplishments. In the postseason, Walton led Portland to a sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the conference finals (famously outplaying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the series) and went on to help the Trail Blazers to the NBA title over the favored Philadelphia 76ers despite losing the first two games of the series. Walton was named the Finals MVP.
The following year, the Blazers won 50 of their first 60 games before Walton suffered a broken foot in what turned out to be the first in a string of foot and ankle injuries that cut short his career. He nonetheless won the league MVP that season (1978) and the Sporting News NBA MVP, as well. He played in his only All-Star Game in 1978 and was named to both the NBA's First All-Defensive Team and the All-NBA First Team. Walton returned to action for the playoffs but was reinjured in the second game of a series against the Seattle SuperSonics. Without Walton to lead them, Portland lost the series to Seattle in six games. As it turned out, Walton would never play for the Trail Blazers again. During the offseason, Walton demanded to be traded, citing unethical and incompetent treatment of his and other players' injuries by the Blazers' front office. He did not get his wish and sat out the 1978-79 season in protest, signing with the San Diego Clippers when he became a free agent in 1979.
Walton spent several seasons alternating between the court and the disabled list with his hometown San Diego Clippers. After the 1984-85 campaign, Walton called on two of the league's premier teams, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. After several players on the Celtics said they liked the idea of having Walton as a teammate backing up Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, Red Auerbach made the deal happen. One anecdote that particularly illustrates Walton's decision to choose the Celtics over the Lakers is about Larry Bird, who happened to be in Auerbach's office when Walton called and said that if Walton felt healthy enough to play that it was good enough for him, as opposed to Lakers GM Jerry West, who was hedging his interest in Walton pending a doctor's report. Boston acquired Walton by sending popular forward Cedric Maxwell to the Clippers along with a first-round draft pick. Providing a reliable backup to McHale and Parish, Walton received the NBA Sixth Man Award that season in route to the NBA Championship, becoming the only player to have ever won an NBA Finals MVP, Sixth Man Award, and regular season MVP.
Walton injured himself again the following season. He attempted a comeback in 1990, but injury intervened and he retired from the game. His ankle problems became so severe years later that he had both his ankles surgically fused. His saga of injury and failed rehabs was connected to the use of pain killers by the doctor who was assigned to his case. Walton has said repeatedly in his broadcasts that he is just as much to blame for taking the medication as the doctor was for giving it to him. Yet his experience with injuries and the circumstances surrounding them have come to serve as a warning for professional athletes who undergo major injury as well as being an interesting case study for medical ethics.
He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1985, and had his number 32 retired by the Blazers in 1989. In 1996, he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time.

23-Pete Maravich/After graduating from LSU in 1970, Maravich was the third selection in the first round of that year's NBA player draft and made league history when he signed a $1.6 million contract — one of the highest salaries at the time — with the Atlanta Hawks. He wasted little time becoming a prime time player by averaging 23.2 points per game his rookie season and being named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. After spending four seasons in Atlanta, Maravich was traded to the New Orleans Jazz for 8 players, where he peaked as an NBA showman and superstar. He made the All-NBA First Team in 1976 and 1977 and the All-NBA Second Team in 1973 and 1978. He led the NBA in scoring in the 1976-77 with 31.1 points per game. Prior to the 1979-80 season, Maravich moved with the team to Utah. He was waived by the Jazz on January 18, 1980 and was quickly picked up by the Boston Celtics where he played the rest of the season alongside Larry Bird. Maravich retired in the fall of 1980.
In ten NBA seasons, Maravich, a five time NBA All-Star, scored 15,948 points in 658 games for a 24.2 points per game average (16th All Time). His NBA single game high, a 68-point explosion before fouling out, came against the New York Knicks on February 25, 1977.

22-George Gervin/Nicknamed Iceman (or Ice) for his cool demeanor on the court, Gervin was primarily known for his scoring talents. He led teams at both Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan and Long Beach State. After leaving college due to an altercation, Gervin was set to try out for the Virginia Squires of the ABA. It is rumored that Gervin made 22 of 25 three-point attempts, after which he was signed without Virginia officials having seen him play competitively.
His first scoring crown, which took place in 1978, was one of the most memorable moments in NBA history. He defeated David Thompson by seven hundredths of a point (27.22 to 27.15). Although Thompson came up with a memorable performance for the last game of the regular season, scoring 73 points, Gervin maintained his slight lead by scoring 63 points (including an NBA-record 33 in the second quarter) in a loss in his last game of the season. With the scoring crown in hand, he sat out some of the third, and all of the fourth quarter. Gervin went on to lead the NBA in scoring average three years in a row from 1978 to 1980 (with a high of 33.1 points per game in 1979-80), and again in 1982. Prior to Michael Jordan, Gervin had the most scoring titles of any guard in league history.
When he left NBA he played several years in Europe: in Italy for Banco Roma during the 1986-87 and in Spanish National Basketball League, in TDK Manresa team (when he was already 38). At this point in his career he had lost some of his quickness, but his scoring instinct remained; he averaged 25.5 points, 5 rebounds and 1.2 assists and in his last match he scored 31 points and got 15 rebounds to stay Manresa in the first Spanish division.
His trademark shot was the finger roll, a shot where one rolls the basketball along his or her fingertips. While others mimicked this style when shooting layups, Gervin was known to "finger roll" from as far as the free throw line.
While sitting out 3 games due to injury, Gervin's replacement, Ron Brewer, averaged over 30 ppg. When Gervin returned, he scored 40+ points. When asked if he was sending a message, Gervin said, "Just the way the Lord planned it" and added, "Ice be cool" (with Ron Brewer).
Gervin's legacy has inspired other athletes, such as Gary Payton who said Gervin was his favorite player to watch as a kid. Asked to elaborate, Payton said that it was because "he was just so saucy." He was also idolized by former NFL and Heisman-winning quarterback Ty Detmer. Detmer records in his autobiography that he was elated to receive Gervin's autograph one day as a youth in San Antonio.

21-Elgin Baylor/The Minneapolis Lakers used the No. 1 overall pick in the 1958 NBA Draft to select Baylor, then convinced him to skip his senior year at SU and instead join the pro ranks. The Lakers, several years removed from the glory days of George Mikan, were in trouble on the court and at the gate. The year prior to Baylor's arrival the Lakers finished 19-53 with a team that was slow, bulky and aging. Baylor, whom the Lakers signed to play for $20,000 per year (a great amount of money at the time), was the franchise's last shot at survival.
"If he had turned me down then, I would have been out of business," Minneapolis Lakers owner Bob Short told the Los Angeles Times in 1971. "The club would have gone bankrupt." Baylor was seen as the kind of player who could save a franchise. And he did.
As a rookie in 1958-59, Baylor finished fourth in the league in scoring (24.9 points per game), third in rebounding (15.0 rebounds per game), and eighth in assists (4.1 assists per game). He registered 55 points in a single game, then the third-highest mark in league history behind Joe Fulks's 63 and Mikan's 61. Baylor won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and led the Lakers, from last place the previous year, to the NBA finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics on April 9, 1959, in the first four game sweep in finals history. Thus began the greatest rivalry in the history of the NBA finals between the Celtics and the Lakers. During his career, he helped lead the Lakers to the NBA Finals eight times (although never winning).
From the 1960-61 to the 1962-63 seasons, Baylor averaged 34.8, 38.3 and 34.0 points per game, respectively. His 38.3 point per game season average is the highest for any player other than Wilt Chamberlain. Baylor, a United States Army Reservist, was called to active duty during that season, and being stationed in Washington state, he could play for the Lakers only when on a weekend pass. However, despite playing only 48 games on the season, he still managed to score over 1,800 points.
The 71 points Baylor scored on November 15, 1960 was a record at the time. The 61 points he scored in game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1962 is still an NBA Finals record. An underrated rebounder, Baylor averaged 13.5 rebounds per game during his career, including a remarkable 19.8 rebounds per game during the 1960-61 season — a season average exceeded by only five other players in NBA history. Baylor was a 10-time All-NBA First Team selection and went to the NBA All-Star Game 11 times.
Baylor began to be hampered with knee problems during the 1963-64 season. The problems culminated in a severe knee injury, suffered during the 1965 Western Division playoffs. Baylor, while still a very powerful force, was never quite the same, never again averaging above 30 points per game. During Baylor's career, the Lakers were a consistently powerful team, but were continuously overshadowed by the Boston Celtics.
Baylor finally retired nine games into the 1971-72 season because of his nagging knee problems. His retirement resulted in two great ironies. First, the Lakers' next game after his retirement was the first of an NBA record of 33 consecutive wins. Second, the Lakers went on to win the NBA Championship that season, something that Baylor never achieved. He finished his career with 23,149 points, 3,650 assists and 11,463 rebounds over 846 games.
Baylor was the last of the great undersized forwards, in a league where many guards are now that size or bigger. Baylor's signature shot was a running bank shot, which he was able to release quickly and effectively over taller players.
In 1977, Baylor was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame and in 1980 he was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team and again in 1996, he was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.

20-David Robinson/Although there was speculation that Robinson might choose not to sign with the Spurs and to become a free agent once his Navy commitment ended, Robinson decided in the end to come to San Antonio. Robinson joined the Spurs for the 1989–90 season, and led the Spurs to the greatest single season turnaround in NBA history at the time (a record the Spurs themselves broke in 1997-98, after drafting Tim Duncan). The Spurs went from 21–61 in the 1988–89 season to 56–26 in 1989–90, for a remarkable 35 game improvement. They advanced to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs where they lost in seven games to the eventual conference champion Portland Trail Blazers. Following the 1989–90 season, he was unanimously named the NBA rookie of the year, and subsequently SEGA produced a game featuring him entitled David Robinson's Supreme Court.
The Spurs made the playoffs seven more seasons in a row, but never got farther than the Western Conference finals. Robinson also made the 1992 US Olympic Dream Team that won the gold medal in Barcelona. During the 1993–94 season, he became locked in a duel for scoring champion with Shaquille O'Neal, and by the last game of the season, he scored 71 points against the Los Angeles Clippers to win it.
Robinson went on to win the MVP trophy in 1995, and in 1996 he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Still, from 1991 to 1996, Robinson was thwarted in his quest to claim the one prize that had eluded him--an NBA title. During that span the Spurs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Warriors, Suns (twice), Jazz (twice), and Rockets. The loss against the Rockets was particularly painful for Robinson because it occurred in the Western Conference Finals with Robinson playing head-to-head against his chief rival, Hakeem Olajuwon. To his own admission, Robinson was outplayed by Olajuwon in the series, their only meetings in post-season play.
Early in the 1997 season, Robinson's dreams of becoming a champion seemed to vanish when he was seriously injured. Robinson hurt his back in the preseason and missed a huge chunk of the regular season. He did return to play, but six games later, suffered a broken foot in a home game against the Miami Heat, and ended up missing the rest of the regular season (along with several other Spurs players who seemed to get bitten by the injury bug) and the Spurs subsequently fell in the standings and finished the season with a 20–62 record. However, his injury proved to be a blessing in disguise: due to their dismal record in 1997, the Spurs enjoyed the first pick in the next year's NBA draft, and with it they selected Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest University, who was, after a few years, the final key to Robinson's quest for an NBA title.

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