yes on both
Nash is an amazing shooter when he wants to

and great getting dragic back

still hate the ****ing lakers

I was talking about their acquisition of draft picks to supposedly get Dwight Howard and Deron Williams.

I guess they can still make the Howard trade, since the NBA is weird that way. And with DWill and Howard combined with some of those supporting scorers, the Rockets would absolutely be able to contend with the Thunder and the Lakers in the conference.

:spock:Please.

Wow. :Lin:

It would be very similar.

The Magic/Kareem Lakers were declining as a power but had 2 of the top 25 players in NBA history on their roster. As they faced off against the Bulls with Jordan and Pippin, they were being challenged by a younger team that also had 2 of the top 50 players in NBA history on its roster.

Granted, there's no Jordan here, but there's greater overall talent when you go roster to roster. Kobe/Nash/Howard/Bynum would probably kick the piss out of the early 90s Lakers and the James/Wade/Bosh Heat (now that James has evidently pulled his head from his ass) would be able to run with that Bulls squad.

I think you're letting nostalgia win the day here. The comparison is pretty fair.

well that was never going to happen. Houston was never a major player for either. They can make all the attempts they want with good offers but if the players dont want to go there then Houston is shit outta luck

I think vailpass's point was that that particular series only went 5 games, and was not very competitive as the Bulls mopped the floor with the Lakers.

Wow. If you think Sessions got abused by Westbrook, it's going to be 10X worse with Nash attempting to defend him. And if you switch, I don't think Nash is capable of staying with Harden either.

Durant isn't from spain

It's really not about one on one defense here.

The difference is going to be how defenses can play LA now.

Those Thunder loses were awful in terms of PG play. 33 points and 17 assists in 4 games is dog shit.

That won't happen with Nash.

An over the hill team getting older doesn't seem to make much sense.

Except when it makes you instantly better....

5 years ago this would have been a much bigger deal. Still, it can't hurt LA to try it.

Sure, because adding the aging ex superstar is always is the key to putting you over the top.

I have visions of Barkley and Drexler as Rockets and Malone and Payton as Lakers dancing through my head right now. I just don't see it working out at all if that's all they do.

Ouch. Nash may have a little more in the tank than they did unless his back injury worsens.

I don't remember any pg's that old that played at a high level. They need to do more then just add him if they want to make a run. He's also somewhat a product of the system. His numbers should really be down playing in a more 1/2 court system.

Nash will be 39 next season.

Kobe has more miles on him then Frankie's mom.

Gasol is a pussy.

Bynum can't stay healthy.

I'm just not seeing it unless they get Howard somehow which I doubt

Makes sense.

Bynum played through the whole season without an injury last year in a rushed condensed season. Its a start. N ot to mention he played way way way more minutes then he's ever played in his 7 year nba career. He's in the best physical shape he's ever been in. When he's not injured kid puts in alot of training.


Kobe takes care of his body and is in great shape as always.

Cant argue with Gasol, he's a pussy and he frustrates the hell out of me.

I dont want them to get Dwight because its iffy. If they gamble and it fails, its just to big a damn risk. Coming of a serious back injury that had to have surgery, may not be ready to start the season, which means he's not going to be able to practice with the team at all really. Then the fact that he dont know what the **** he wants to do and the team that he wanted to go to moved the **** on.

Its just to big a damn risk. Bench is a huge concern, but with who they have now, i think they can sign a few decent ring chasing veterans.

LeBron punking Kobe's ass in the Finals will be well worth it.

Nash a product of the system?

He's played in 3 different systems from Nelly to D'Antoni to Alvin Gentry.

He had minimal talent on last year's Suns and still put up 12/10.

I wouldnt say those systems are that different. All three systems focus on running the floor offenses, 2 of them are very small ball systems where you can find shooting guards at powerfoward and undersized centers.

All 3 systems have no emphasis on good defense. Nash has pretty much been doing the same run n gun offense his entire career and I'd say the last 5 years has benefited from what I understand to be the best training staff in the NBA/pro sports in what they have on the Suns. Everyone from Nash, Shaq, Grant Hill, you name it praises that staff for keeping them fresh at 1000 years old.

Uh yes, in this case...it is. They are instantly WAYYYYY better than they were last year and could contend with what they have now

BUT

I wouldn't say it quite puts them over the top, that'll happen when they trade for Howard.

Eh. He might put up a few points on a guy thats played about 500+ more games than him.

Kobe has played a total of 16 NBA seasons and 2 more seasons in the play offs for a totaly of 18 nba seasons in pure games. lol Its a damned big number and he's only 33. lol

if team stays in tact. Kobe wont be gaurding Lebron, he may every now and again, but its mostly Artests job and if they do sign Grant Hill, it wll be his job as well.


Kobe would be on Wade for like 90 percent of the minutes he plays.

Pretty sure he meant Gasol, who is a pretty big vagina. He has that flopping and everything really hurts European act going on.

Pau has 2 rings