John K wrote:I will gladly admit that I may have been wrong about Artest, but do you think Alpha will be man enough to admit he was wrong about the outcome of this series? It seems that LA can play pretty good defense too!! This will be good practice for him for this fall, when he may have to admit that he's been wrong about Hauck all these years too. Alpha....are you there?? We're waiting....whitetrashgriz wrote:artest can sometimes be a liability on offense but there is no way they'd be a better team with ariza. artest is one of the top three defenders in the league, and his ability to cover all five positions may just make him the best defender. he's a streaky player which is why his offense looks so questionable at times with the lakers. he's obviously not option 1, 2, 3, 4, or even five most of the time. but when he has to score like he did last year for the rockets he can really get it goin'. the fact of the matter for the lakers all he has to do is take the open shots because he's gonna get them, and work his ass off on defense. this doesn't even touch on the boards and steals he gets every game. i know he can be an idiot sometimes, but there is a reason that the lakers went after him, because with him they are a way better team.
Yes, I was wrong.
I dont believe the Lakers are a better team I do believe that the NBA wants Kobe to win and the officials helped that happen. That being said I watched 3 qtrs of the 4th game and that was it because I knew there was noway the Lakers dont get help to get the ring.
I was wrong.