I'm not a big Laker fan but I fail to see how a bunch of cherry picked calls with some voice overs can constitute "telling" evidence. You can do this with pretty much any team. There may be a conspiracy involved but that video posted above surely doesn't prove it.
I particularly liked the part about most heavily defended, and then went into zones. MJ had a zone defense designed to him, he also had double teams off the ball and triple teams on the ball, and the jordan zone he'd literally get closed out 5 on 1. We were basically the only team that would guard him 1 on 1, and that was due to having the best help defender ever.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dwight Howard has missed more free throws this season (332) than his teammate Steve Nash has missed in his entire 17-year career (322).</p>— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/319817950657912832">April 4, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nash worked on the simplest part of basketball and Howard didn't I don't like Howard's work ethic. Yes he works on his game every season, but it's like he barely put it to use in game. Or he just doesn't look confident doing his moves. If the opponent play harder than him, he just kind of back off and quit.
i didn't see this. hmm, maybe he thought Pau would turn around for a jumper and he'd sneak in for an offensive board, avoiding 3 seconds rule? or maybe he wasn't thinking.
Steve Nash 2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2005, 2006) 8× NBA All-Star (2002–2003, 2005–2008, 2010, 2012) 3× All-NBA First Team (2005–2007) 5× NBA assists leader (2005-2007, 2010–2011) Kobe Bryant 5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009–2010) 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009–2010) NBA Most Valuable Player (2008) 15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2013) 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 2× NBA scoring champion (2006–2007) 10× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2012) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2011) Dwight Howard 3× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2009–2011) 7× NBA All-Star (2007–2013) 4× NBA rebounding champion (2008–2010, 2012) 2× NBA blocks leader (2009–2010) 5× All-NBA First Team (2008–2012) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2012) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2005) Pau Gasol 2× NBA champion (2009–2010) 4× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009–2011) NBA Rookie of the Year (2002) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) FIBA World Cup MVP (2006) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2009) Spanish King's Cup MVP (2001) Spanish League Finals MVP (2001) All-Euroleague Second Team (2001) 2× FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2008–2009) 2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (2004, 2009) 3× Euroscar Player of the Year (2008–2010) 2× All-Europeans Player of the Year (2009–2010) Metta World Peace NBA champion (2010) NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2004) NBA All-Star (2004) 2× All-Defensive First Team (2004, 2006) Antawn Jamison 2× NBA All-Star (2005, 2008) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2004) Steve Blake Jodie Meeks Robert Sacre Earl Clark Devin Ebanks Jordan Hill Darius Morris Chris Duhon Ladies and Gentlemen, your 8th seed Los Angeles Lakers
did you guys know that Kobe would still probably have around 4 to 5 rings while averaging 40 ppg if he never played with Shaq?
team full of scrubs? HAHAHA did you see that laundry list of accolades? that's future Hall Of Fame material right there. Kobe does not inspire greatness. The Lakers organization failed.
