To say that the Lakers were embarrassed in the concluding game of the 2008 NBA Finals would be an absolute understatement. Losing by 39 points on basketball's biggest stage would weigh heavily on any real competitor's psyche. Wanna know how much it's weighing on the Lakers? Well, the season hasn't even started and the Lakers are already talking about getting back to the Finals and beating the crap out of the Celtics. Here's the Boston Globe's Marc Spears with the scoop:
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are seeking revenge, and their preference is to see their bitter rivals, the Celtics, in the NBA Finals again in hopes of making amends for last season.Although it's bold for the Lakers to come out and make these kind of statements in the preseason, I'm really happy that they did. You know this is likely going to lead to some sort of response from Celtics players where they tell the Lakers to be careful what they wish for. That kind of back and forth will only motivate both teams to get back to the big stage. And that would be a great thing for the league.
"Of course, [I want Boston]," Bryant said. "If you see a guy that you fought at lunchtime and he knocked you out, oh, I'm coming back the next day. I don't want the little 4-foot guy. I want the big football player, that's what I want."
Lamar Odom said, "You always want to play against the team you lost to. They're a heck of a team. I would love to play against Boston, personally."
The league really needs a rivalry to play out in the NBA Finals. Don't get me wrong, the league has had plenty of in-conference rivalries over the post Jordan era (Kings v. Lakers was probably the best), but nothing that has gone across conference boundaries or played out in the NBA Finals.
Rivalries are built from the bad blood that develops when teams play each other in multiple playoff series. After last season's Finals, you know there is already some of that there. By coming out in the press and saying they want the Celtics again, the Lakers are stirring the pot and planting the seeds for an NBA Final that could get ratings the NBA hasn't seen since Michael Jordan retired. I'm praying that we are lucky enough to be granted such a re-match. Although, I have to say, LeBron v. Kobe on the NBA Finals stage would also work just fine for this NBA fanatic.
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Is this even worthy of being talked about? Of course a team would want to go back and beat the pants off the opponent who beat them - that's why they play the game! I would have to say that the chances of these two teams being in the finals
again or pretty remote.
lakers now will never beat the celtics again,as lond as crybaby kobe is on the team,he braught back tthe bad karma and its going to haunthim till he either retires or gets traded,kobe you are cursed hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If bad karma means you make it to the championship finals, the 28 teams that didn't make it to that far must have REALLY bad karma.
hey bonehead he didnt win ,you meathead ,and will never win cause he braught back the celtic curse hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so much for your assine input,like my name states magic4evr,you idiot
Your comments are a perfect illustration why they shouldn't let children under ten years old onto the internet. By the way, the word you are looking for in your two comments is "brought", not "braught". You may want to repeat the third grade.
hey martin like any meat head moron ,you guys always deffer from the real issues,you sound like the idiots that run this frikin country,and by the way im not so critical on anything that has to do with grammer ,but like you say i didnt know that crybaby martin all he had was some ones bloging ,weak you are weak just like kobe nothing but bunch of sissies,wawawawawawawa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey magic4evr ur an idot ur talkin about kobe being a crybaby look at paul pierce getting carried of the court by two people and then coming back to the game 3minutes later ..thats a real cry baby specially when he knew damn well there was nothing wrong with his knee and the celtics are lucky we didnt have andrew bynum at the 5 spot cuz if he was in there kevin Garbage wouldnt of done anything and pierce wouldnt of been such a fuckin drama queen because i know and pierce himself knows he wouldnt go up against bynum in the paint and just 4 the records he would of been going up against a 19 year old so if u think the celtics would beat the lakers again think again the lakers are the most dominant team in the nba not only is the starting rotation good (bynum,gasol,radmanovic,bryant,fisher)but we also have depth (odom,ariza,farmar,vujacic,walton,mihm,powell) if u do ur math we have 3 7footers and the NBA MVP SO IF U THINK UR SMELLTICS ARE GOING SUM WHERE THINK AGAIN U LIL IDIOT OH AND I LIKE UR NAME MAGIC4EVR it reminds me of a laker great MAGIC JOHNSON #32 haha so i like ur laker spirit
well that shut him up :)
i can understand the lakers wanting 2 beat the celtics, but the bottom line is THEY DIDNT!!!!....if....IF they meet again in the finals this year, the celtics wil simply spank their ass again....the lakers may wanna see whats happening with the cowboys and all their super bowl talk.....things like that can come back n bite u on the ass
even though im a magic lakers fan,im in total agreement with u,i will always be a magic fan,not a crybaby kobe lakers fan,and to reply to the idiot name kb24mvp818,pierce did get carried off the court,but they won u idiot,not crybaby kobe hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and will never win,his own team lead championship cause he doesnt have the balls to lead ,just whine and cry,he knows how to do that very well,as a matter of fact,some crybabies in laker town needs u kobe crybaby
as i can see kb24mvp818 must be related to some other idiots on this page ,and the simple fact is THE CRYBABY KOBE LAKERS DIDNT WIN,NO MATTER IF PIERCE FAKED WHATEVER ,PIERCE AND THE CELTICS BEAT THE CRYBABIES FAIR AND SQUAREHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the refs tried to help the Lakers, the Celtics still prevailed. I believe the Celtics will return to the Finals but the Lakers will not. There not that good and the teams in their conference got better. The also have the fact that Kobe is a ball hogging, travelling, ego maniac working against them. They really thought they were going to win last year. But, alas, they got spanked. When teams publically declare they're going to win something or beat someone it almost always comes back to bite them. Examples: French swimming team @ the '08 Olympics, last years Patriots so many more can be listed.
I can't believe you idiots make these accusations about Kobe. It is obvious that your knowledge of basketball is obscured by some totally non-basketball measuring tool. He is a proven player who could average 30 points and rebound and get assist also block shots while getting steals from any team in the league. He also already has 3 rings. Your store bought line-up to help out or take care of your superpretender still only have 3 rings if they put them all together. Try watching other teams play when your not watching with blinders that only let you watch the Celts. I don't know if you disgust me because you think your team was that good coming out of the East or if you disgust me because you sound like you think that one of the players on your team could carry Kobe's jock. Reach out this season and become an intelligent fan not just a fanatic.
kobe may have 3rings ,but their not his ,he got his at a second hand store,oh ,it was shaqs team ,kobe got his smelling shaqs jock ,so kobe hasnt won shit ,and he will never win his own cause he is not man enough,and he will never be a true teamate to anyone ,and if you were to ask his so called team mates if they really want to play for crybaby ,you know they would say HELL NO,so read it and weep just like your crybaby kobe hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!