1.)Who's gonna be in Finals?\n2.)Do you think Kobe "Ball Hog" Bryant will take the team up to Finals?\n3.)Where the hell is Grant Hill anyway?What happened to him that he's been struggling with his injury?\n4.)Will Dwayne take the MVP title?
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1) It will be detroit and Dallas...in the finals but each team has hard road getting there...other possiblilities are the Heat and the Spurs or the Nets and Pheonix...\n\n2) Kobe "ball hog" bryant is the best player you will ever see in this generation...so get over yourself...he makes his whole team better, look it up...but to answer your question, yes, they are currently the seventh seed in the West...a few games ahead of Sacramento and a few games back of Memphis...\n\n3) Grant Hill is so f'd up with his 100000 injuries that he decided that he needed to admit himself to a nursing home, and that's where he's been ever since...\n\n4) Dwayne will not take the MVP trophy simply for one reason...Shaq...with him on their team Wade will never win a MVP trophy...plus there are better players more deserving of it out there...Chauncy Billups, Steve Nash, Elton Brand, Kobe "MVP" Bryant, Vince Carter...
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One of the criteria for NBA MVP should always be making one's teammates better. Nash does that. Kobe does not. He's made efforts before in the past, but it never lasted for very long (see his 81-point "performance") I'm speaking from the standpoint of a former Laker fan who was a fan until they traded Shaq. And before anyone calls me a "bandwagoner", I was a fan during the "Showtime" era and continued watching through Magic's retirement and through the Shaq & Kobe era until Kobe got Shaq traded. Also, an MVP never skulks off the court without so much as a congratulations to the winning team.
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No contest buddy. The playoffs are a different story: the tempo gets slower and you need to bring your game to a higher level. The suns will have to play the MVP and best active player in the nba in kobe bryant, which is no easy task. Its not even kobe either, people keep forgetting that the lakers are actually a legitimite team with a resurgent Kwame Brown living up to his potential and Lamar Odom, who is a triple double threat every night. Add smush parker and a much improved luke walton and you got the lakers going to the second round. A seven game series where the suns try to run will be their own demise. Steve Nash isnt god. Kobe Bryant will solidify his claim for the MVP.
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Let me take a stab at this.  I'm not a Laker fan, but I do know a lot about the NBA.\n\n1.  Fiction.  Penny is injured and wants to take some time to heal up so that he is better next year.  Here is a link to a news story to confirm this.\n\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/magic/2006-02-24-hardaway-waived_x.htm\n\n2.  Fiction.  Every team has this rumor going.  Go to some of the Message Boards of other teams.  Just today, I've seen this rumor in the Piston's and in the Magic's forums.\n\nDetroit's: http://pistons.infopop.cc/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/951103441/m/6821053873\n\nMagic's:\nhttp://orlandomagiczone.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/8891029871/m/6981030402/p/1\n\n3.  Fiction.  Yao is eating it up right now.  He's the talk of the NBA.  There is no way the Rockets would give him up unless Yao demanded it.  I don't see that happening.  News link:\n\nhttp://www.nj.com/nets/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1142318746169290.xml&coll=1\n\nHope this helps.  :)
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Last time i checked LeBron didnt win first team all defense? LeBron is a great player dont get me wrong but he doesnt have that killer instict. Kobe is  . . .  a monster! Ask Brad Miller, Reggie Miller, Raja Bell and Ray Allen. Your telling me LeBron is better than Kobe offensively? What a joke! ! ! Everytime Kobe has the ball you know he's going to shot! Its not that he's a ball hog but becuase he has to! What is he going to pass it to Smush on the wing. Or alley-op it to Chris Mihm? Think about it!
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I'm a Laker fan but it is going to be tough for them to beat the Jazz in Utah. That is a tough building to win in even when the Jazz weren't playing well. They are firing on all cylinders right now and that is without AK47. Boozer is a monster, Okur is playing well. The Lakers must play an almost perfect game to win this one.
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I'm a  Laker fan and I can say that trade sucks. No offense, the Lakers need Shaq to win championships. Before, I was a solid Laker fan. Now, I'm like a Spurs fan or a Cavs fan or any team which has great players. I don't hate the Lakers, I'm still a fan, but trading Shaq was not the best idea they ever had. It's going to be a long time since will see again the Lakers as world champs.
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Current NBA:\n\nPG: Chauncey Billups\n\nIt was a tought choice between him and Steve Nash as they are both having break-out seasons and they are both the center around which their teams function. But Chauncey edges it with his clutch play.\n\nSG: Kobe Bryant\n\nSay what you want about him: selfish, surly and overcompetetive, but he has been completely unstoppable all season long. He had almost single handedly carried the Lakers. Dwayne Wade may be talented but Kobe has taken it to a new level.\n\nSF: Lebron James \nHe is having an absolutely standout year leading the Cavaliers and filling up just about every statistical category. He deserves the recognition. Paul Pierce is having a standout year as well, but nothing compared to Lebron.\n\nPF: Dirk Nowitski \n\nI know he plays SF for Dallas but I think that this is more of his natural position. Dirk is impossible to defend - too quick for most power forwards, the big for most small forwards. He has been pure class for the Mavericks this year. Kevin Garnett is having a very solid season but his team is struggling. Tim Duncan has been hampered by his dodgy ankle. Elton Brand is probably the closest competition to Dirk.\n\nCenter: Yao Ming\n\nThe fact that Yao can win in this position goes to show the lack of quality centers in the league. Ben Wallace deserves a mention for his tremendous defensive abilities, but he is probably only the 3rd best player on the Piston team and he doesn't have enough offensive skills. Shaq hasn't been healthy enough this season, and is not as dominant as he once was. Yao however, has really improved this year, especially in the past two months. I thought of putting Duncan or Brand in this spot as they probably deserve it more, but it is undeniable that they aren't true centers, so it is Yao Ming almost by default.
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Are you joking. Let's face it, everyone on this list with the exception of Brand is on the declining part of their careers aka. their best basketball is behind them. \n\nAlso, these people are talking about cutting Kobe!!! First of all, this would never happen, ever. Second of all, it's the dumbest proposition ever. If the Lakers didn't have Kobe Bryant they would have approximately 10 wins this season. He is the best player in the league. Period.\n\nIf I were to choose one player, I would pick Elton Brand, he's been the best out of the 3 recently. The others have too much wear and tear. \n\nAnd getting K-mart would be the biggest waste of money, considering his nagging knee injury and max contract, he plays every other game or whenever he feels. Get a reliable big man, that's what they need.
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Nah, Dirk isn't going to go to any Heat parties. He's going to go chill with Nash. I wonder if Nash rooted against his buddy to not win since they now both don't have rings. I wonder...
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1. Damn, I forgot but it was in OT!!!\n2. He elbowed Mike Miller.\n3. The Memphis Grizzlies.\n4. Kobe Bryant.\n5. The Memphis Grizzlies.\n6. Was it Slava Medvedenko?\n7. Von Wafer was assigned to the Fort Worth Flyers.\n8. Two triple-doubles in two consecutive games.\n9. I think it was against the Philadelphia 76ers.\n10. I think it's the one against the Suns in Game 4. They won 99-98 in OT.
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It is a good chance if they can make a trade for a big man. Kobe is frustrated and it shows. The way to the playoffs is with the kid handlin' the biz. Next year is definitely a possibility with so many going free agent, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, some guy named Lebron and the wonder kid, Flash Dwayne Wade. We got money coming and we plan on spendin'
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It would be awesome but it sounds like pipe dreams. I do hope they get some one there for the triangle to work properly. Garnett would be Kobe's Pippen. They would now just need a deep threat ala Paxson, Kerr or Armstrong and no one could stop the Lakers.
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I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Lebron will never be MJ\n\nA. He's not nearly as clutch as MJ (3-17) in potential game winning or game tying shots\n\nB. He won't win 6 titles.\n\n\n\nAnd Lebron won't win the MVP because a player on the best team always wins the MVP, and the cavs are not the best team. Sad yes, but it works that way.
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Will they play this time? I mean all aged up and wrinkled? Jordan and Dirk will win if it that so. AI maybe be fast and all but his jumpshots are not really reliable unlikke Dirk's and MJ's...Jerry West is too old now and can't even play, I think. If they'll play in their prime, once again jordan and nowitzki will win because jordan will dunk over ai and west at the same time. If MJ can't slash to the basket, he'll kick it out to Dirk for the 3. im sure the results will be the same.
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LOLOLOLOL! I'm voting Steve Nash MVP of the WNBA next season. OH! And I'm voting Ben defensive player of the year next season. HAHAHA! Diana Taurasi, Steve Nash and Ben Wallace next season...WHAT A TRIO! Mercury will definately be the favorite to win the championship next season! LOLOL!
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The Lakers are gonna be a long way from another championship if Kobe keeps on his attitude. He was fine for the first few games of the Phoenix Lakers series but dissapearing in game 7? He purposely did that. Probably someone said something that upset him so he decided to just let them lose. Plus even though he has 3 rings already don't you think that Wade is going to surpass that? I mean Wade's potential is unlimited. He's unstoppable and he's only in his third year. Think how good he could be in a few more years. Wade has a bright future filled with nba championships while Kobe's future is fading slowly but surely.