Kobe = mvp

[Malta]

That's BS. Why do you think the unanimous decision is to let Kobe handle the point? Because Nash was having trouble, dude would just turn the ball over or bring the ball up and pass to Kobe. It made no sense and it was a detriment to the team. Would you rather have Kobe be a playmaker and Nash be a spot up shooter or Nash be a playmaker and Kobe be a spot up shooter? There's a reason why we won 15 out of the last 21 games.

Lol @ thinking the Lakers magically let Kobe be the play maker out of nowhere just because.

He would bring the ball up and pass to Kobe because as soon as he crossed half-court he saw this -

Running in his direction. Sorry, but that Suns roster last year was hot garbage, and Nash has not fallen off to the point he should be relegated to spot up shooter. That is bad offense and it does not work against good teams, they've won 15 of their last 21 because of who they played. And your point about Nash and turnovers, why doesn't that hold true for Kobe? He's turning the ball over at a ridiculous rate since becoming the playmaker.

 

[charmander]

The Suns were .500 last year with a less talented roster than the Lakers, maybe if Nash was actually allowed to play PG the Lakers wouldn't need these type of performances.

Watching Kobe run the offense as Nash just stands there is comical.

Nash is a glorified steve kerr right now

The shyt is hilarious, and the excuses for it are even better, I've seen some of these dudes say that Suns team last year had more talent than the Lakers

 

[Hammer]

 

[gho3st]

He would bring the ball up and pass to Kobe because as soon as he crossed half-court he saw this -

Running in his direction. Sorry, but that Suns roster last year was hot garbage, and Nash has not fallen off to the point he should be relegated to spot up shooter. That is bad offense and it does not work against good teams, they've won 15 of their last 21 because of who they played. And your point about Nash and turnovers, why doesn't that hold true for Kobe? He's turning the ball over at a ridiculous rate since becoming the playmaker.

Nash handling the point for the majority does not work for the Lakers. He speeds up the tempo too much which is detrimental to this current lakers squad. The team only started winning once Kobe started handling the ball more.
Nash is still the best shooter in the game. So the Lakers are still making use of his services. And we need him spreading the floor way more then we need his passing.


The Suns roster last year was a lot more geared toward the type of offense that D'antoni would like to run. This Lakers roster is more suited for a half court offense which benefits greatly for having a dynamic wing player like BRyant as your primary ball handler.

 

[IGSaint12]

He would bring the ball up and pass to Kobe because as soon as he crossed half-court he saw this -

Running in his direction. Sorry, but that Suns roster last year was hot garbage, and Nash has not fallen off to the point he should be relegated to spot up shooter. That is bad offense and it does not work against good teams, they've won 15 of their last 21 because of who they played. And your point about Nash and turnovers, why doesn't that hold true for Kobe? He's turning the ball over at a ridiculous rate since becoming the playmaker.

The lakers have the 6th best offense in the league, how does letting nash run the show make them play better on d?


The reason the lakers struggle so much is because of their DEFENSE, having nash kick the ball to out open three point shooters like metta, meeks, jamison, blake, who are all trash to inconsistent as fukk from there only to have them miss and give the opposing team a transition bucket because this laker team is to damn old to defend the transition. Even in half court sets the lakers team defense is ass right now.

You have no idea wtf you are talking about in regards to nash and the offense.

 

[THE MACHINE]

If the Lakers could have figured it out about 15 games sooner and could have made it to 4th/5th in the west, he would be in the argument for sure because the narrative would have been "look what he was able to do despite all the personnel turnover" But Bron and KD have been too good and their teams have it figured out.

 

[Malta]

Nash handling the point for the majority does not work for the Lakers. He speeds up the tempo too much which is detrimental to this current lakers squad. The team only started winning once Kobe started handling the ball more.
Nash is still the best shooter in the game. So the Lakers are still making use of his services. And we need him spreading the floor way more then we need his passing.

The team started winning when Kobe made a more concerted effort to set people up. He has never given Nash free reign to run the offense like the Suns did, that is the point. You all are acting as though Kobe wasn't taking 20 shots a game early on in the season and dominating the ball.

Had I told you Nash would be averaging 14 and 7 before the start of the season you would have said I was crazy.

 

[IGSaint12]

except he is wrong on all accounts.

 

[USSInsiders]

He would bring the ball up and pass to Kobe because as soon as he crossed half-court he saw this -

Running in his direction. Sorry, but that Suns roster last year was hot garbage, and Nash has not fallen off to the point he should be relegated to spot up shooter. That is bad offense and it does not work against good teams, they've won 15 of their last 21 because of who they played. And your point about Nash and turnovers, why doesn't that hold true for Kobe? He's turning the ball over at a ridiculous rate since becoming the playmaker.

Not trying to for these Laker stans but that Suns squad wasn't THAT bad, at least not offensively.

They had a lot of guys that could consistently knock down shots and not to mention the chemistry between Marcin Gortat and Nash was something special to watch.

Defensively they were atrocious, but they are way more effective on the offensive end this Lakers squad is across the board.

Jodie Meeks, Ron Ron, Jamison and Dwight are all either offensively inept or brutally inconsistent.

The Lakers get TONS of open looks but don't knock them down enough, there's countless games they should've won had they just been able to knock down open jumpers when they had them.

Last year's Suns squad Nash could easily rack up a ton of assists because you literally had 3 guys who were lethal at any range and were CONSISTENT, this Lakers squad anything but reliable

 

[Malta]

The lakers have the 6th best offense in the league, how does letting nash run the show make them play better on d?

They had a top 10 offense early in the season too, what is your point? Who said anything about defense.

The reason the lakers struggle so much is because of their DEFENSE, having nash kick the ball to out open three point shooters like metta, meeks, jamison, blake, who are all trash to inconsistent as fukk from there only to have them miss and give the opposing team a transition bucket because this laker team is to damn old to defend the transition. Even in half court sets the lakers team defense is ass right now.

You have no idea wtf you are talking about in regards to nash and the offense.

Those are the same shooters Kobe is kicking out to I swear, you nikkas are some of the worst posters on this site. Having Kobe turn the ball over 5 times a game to get his 7 assists is better? That shyt simply does not work against good teams. They are bottom feeders and you dudes are acting as though this brand of basketball Kobe is playing has the league on notice, they are 12-23 against teams over .500.

In closing, fukk outta here.

 

[Malta]

Not trying to for these Laker stans but that Suns squad wasn't THAT bad, at least not offensively.

They had a lot of guys that could consistently knock down shots and not to mention the chemistry between Marcin Gortat and Nash was something special to watch.

Defensively they were atrocious, but they are way more effective on the offensive end this Lakers squad is across the board.

Jodie Meeks, Ron Ron, Jamison and Dwight are all either offensively inept or brutally inconsistent.

The Lakers get TONS of open looks but don't knock them down enough, there's countless games they should've won had they just been able to knock down open jumpers when they had them.

Last year's Suns squad Nash could easily rack up a ton of assists because you literally had 3 guys who were lethal at any range and were CONSISTENT, this Lakers squad anything but reliable

Suns offensive rating last year -
9th (Pace 92.6)


Suns offensive rating this year-
27th (Pace 92.7)




Playing at the same pace, offense is horrendous this year.

 

[IGSaint12]

They had a top 10 offense early in the season too, what is your point? Who said anything about defense.







Those are the same shooters Kobe is kicking out to I swear, you nikkas are some of the worst posters on this site. Having Kobe turn the ball over 5 times a game to get his 7 assists is better? That shyt simply does not work against good teams. They are bottom feeders and you dudes are acting as though this brand of basketball Kobe is playing has the league on notice, they are 12-23 against teams over .500.

In closing, fukk outta here.

Injured Howard, Injured Pau, Injured Nash, all things the lakers have had to deal with this season. I don't care about the lakers record of over .500 teams until all 4 of them have played in the game at the same time heathy. Which has happened very little this season, it's hard to develop cohesiveness when main facilitators in your offense are constantly in and out of the line up. fukk outta here with your main stream media talking points, I bet you didn't say shyt about nash in the horrible games he's played in this season turning over the ball way to much, and shooting like shyt but hey you are a kobe hater so

 

[Malta]

Injured Howard, Injured Pau, Injured Nash, all things the lakers have had to deal with this season. I don't care about the lakers record of over .500 teams until all 4 of them have played in the game at the same time heathy. Which has happened very little this season, it's hard to develop cohesiveness when main facilitators in your offense are constantly in and out of the line up. fukk outta here with your main stream media talking points, I bet you didn't say shyt about nash in the horrible games he's played in this season turning over the ball way to much, and shooting like shyt but hey you are a kobe hater so

Ah, more excuses, their offense was top 10 and running like shyt according to you all when they had everyone and Kobe felt the need to fire up 21 shots a night, but that was Nash's fault somehow. They were losing games to good teams when they had a full roster, but that doesn't matter.

I'm not a Kobe hater, I'm a hater of fakkits like yourself that defy him and find faults in everyone else and excuse everything Kobe does. Learn the difference, if you dudes weren't such unabashed fakkits you wouldn't hear from me Nobody likes a flamboyant homo.

 

[Hammer]

If the Lakers could have figured it out about 15 games sooner and could have made it to 4th/5th in the west, he would be in the argument for sure because the narrative would have been "look what he was able to do despite all the personnel turnover" But Bron and KD have been too good and their teams have it figured out.

figure what out? they barely beating teams like the hornets and the raptors

 

[deezmcnuts]

you may be right

cause there sure are a lot of bums on that team