^Not a smart idea mate, he will just use Nash's Blake's and Meek's injuries to argue with you.

Also his Lakers are 4-1 without Kobe argument will probably be Lakers 4-5 without Kobe after todays game.

Ill use an Ingles quote to sum it up "Numbers do not lie"

Tony Parker lighting it up offensively, Pualo Gasol trying hard to keep LAL in it...

Howard should try and keep up with basketball basics like hitting free throws before telling the refs how to call a game.

Hopefully LA get rid of him.

Great to see Baynes getting decent minutes in a game like this and scoring a few, but not much from Patty...

... And Patty got some junk time...

Now let's see if Bogut and the Warriors can get over the Nuggets??

The lakers would not be playing the spurs if Kobe didn't cost them NUMEROUS games in the reg season. Just remember, the lakers would've been the #1 seed in the west if they continued to play at the .800 record they played without Kobe and would be facing the Houston Rockets, led by the best SG in the league - James Harden

Lol above comment was me. Haha used that username in the Schmidt thread ages ago

I didn't see the game so I can't put it in context but here is the video of Howard being ejected:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8L_7pLbCms

Dwight howards on a 1 yr. So he's gone !
Lakers played shit especially dwight. Nobody wants to play the spurs or heat in the first round. But I'm sure the jazz would've pulled out a game 5 with their eyes closed

Baynes playing some solid Defence on Howard. Getting Howard frustrated and eventually getting him ejected after the two were tangled. Great stuff.

after watching Dwight in a Lakers uniform there really shouldn't be a comparison with Howard and Shaq. really limited offensive game and nowhere near the dominance, effort and asset that shaq was to a team.

Baynes is a beast, good for him...

Howard looks to have sooked up a bit, letting out his frustration on the poor old feller in the black and white stripes!

That'll git yer nowhere fast mate!

Dwight will still get a max contract. You really think an average team with cap space won't throw as much as possible at a great centre?

Lakers winning 80% without Kobe? What are you on? Give me some of those drugs

4-1 = 80% winning ratio. If by drugs you mean FACTS, then I am here to supply them to you

Baynes starts, records the largest +/- for the team in 16mins and gets Howard ejected. Loving this kid.

So sick of watching Dwight get overly aggressive and angry towards players when he gets fouled in the paint.

Like every time he gets fouled, he expects it to be a flagrant or something.

They are fouling you because you can't hit free throws. If you want them to stop, hit your free throws, otherwise stop whinging.

In all honesty though, if I was a GM I wouldn't be touching Howard. His inclination to overfoul..His inability to make FTs..his attitude..He isn't a cancer, but IMHO he isn't a guy I would actually want.

All this talk of Howard going to Houston. If I was GM, I would be like screw that, I am keeping Asik. Because he is a hard-working player, who has a great attitude, knows his role. Better value than Howard.

He gets ejected in Game 4 of the playoffs when his team is down 0-3.

He then has the audacity to have words with Kupchak on the way to the locker room.

MACDUB,

I am in 100% support of everything you just said.

So, where did Superman go.....?

He was so cool a few years ago, what changed for Dwight??

4-1 = 80% winning ratio. If by drugs you mean FACTS, then I am here to supply them to you

MACDUB,

I am in 100% support of everything you just said.

So, where did Superman go.....?

He was so cool a few years ago, what changed for Dwight??

Fact: if the lakers played without Kobe for the entire season and went at a .800 pace, they wouldn't be forced to go up against the best team of the last 15 years boasting the best player of this generation in tim Duncan

That's not a fact that's a ridiculous scenario.

In your mind isn't there a massive alert going "5 games is not enough data to make a credible opinion on an entire season"

You know what is realistic? Lakers without Kobe not only wouldn't win 80% of their games, they would struggle to win 40%. They wouldn't make the finals with their current team minus Kobe, the 4-0 annihilation proves it to a certain extent. They'd be annihilated by OKC, Clippers, Memphis, Denver much the same.

Ha ha Tim Duncan the best player of this generation. News flash ingles13, get a clue man. While Timmy is a hall of famer he has had an amazing team for 15 years with arguably the best coach of this generation.

It's no longer trolling is called ingles.

Your Kobe bashing is insanely immature you must be a pathetic individual if you believe even half the shit you dribble. Kobe is by far the best player of his generation and I'm not even a laker fan. I think 98% of the 200 million basketball fans around the globe whether they like or loathe Bryant would put him top 6 ALL TIME and that's a FACT.

plain and simple with a healthy Bryant, Blake, Meeks, Nash, Hill this series would've gone to seven.

FACT you advanced biometric virgin.

The lakers also aren't required to play the best team in the west 5 teams in the reg season. Your terrible logic is flawed in every single way

Don't see how harden comes into this thread at all, unless you're implying that Kobe is better than harden which is outrageously wrong and lol @ replying to troll anons