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Pau Gasol's Return Means All Is Well in Lakerland

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mack turner commented on Pivot Points: Gasol's Return Is More Memorable Than His CSI Performance

nice article hadarii, and i agree with you, you called it last night. i've seen gasol's small part on csi, and i agree with you there...

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  thanks for the read mack and i appreciate the support.

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Monica Devlin commented on Andrew Bynum: As Important To the Lakers Now As He Is in the Future

Oh boy, more Kobe worship. Yayyyyy!!!

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  Ha, ha. Fair enough. You handled that well. Good job.
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  That's because I knew it wasn't geared toward me. The article is anything but Kobe warship....
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Miles Hines commented on Andrew Bynum: As Important To the Lakers Now As He Is in the Future

Kobe will never cede power to Bynum because BYnum is not a Superstar player nor never will be. Yes he is a talented big man, but...

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  Because being a Laker he gets most of his things for Free. LA knows how to...
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  Please stop with your ridiculous theories. If you made a list of the biggest celebrities in...

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Hotnuke commented on Pau Gasol's Return Means All Is Well in Lakerland

Gasol and the Lakers looked very good in that win against the Bulls. You know my take on a certain somebody, but I wish the Fak...err...

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  thanks again for the read daniel, the lakers looked like a different team with gasol in...
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Joe Gerrity commented on Kobe Drains 40 For 100th Time In Career

Statistics pretty much show that Kobe is not the most clutch player in the NBA. He may very well be the most talented and the best...

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  Your so called statistics are probably stats of the 07-09 seasons, which Kobe with the Lakers...
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  Kobe isn't more clutch than Lebron, Nash or Ginobili...and the stats shows it. He's a terrible...
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Brian D. commented on Will Andrew Bynum Be The Top Center of the Next Decade?

Bynum is certainly talented, but if Oden can continue his offensive development (he's already shown the ability to score at will on Tim Duncan and Al...

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  Hey Brian, thanks for the read and the comments... I agree Oden has been showing signs...
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  I hope you are right. As it stands so far in his career, Oden's stats obviously...

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DeMarco Williams commented on LA Lakers Should Not Imitate USC Trojans Basketball's Losing Playbook

You're right, Paul. With Gasol's return, a positive domino effect happens on the Lakers' side. Gasol bumps Odom to the bench. Odom makes the bench stronger....

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A-Train commented on Is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The Greatest Basketball Player Ever?

Kareem is definitely up there. I've read many books in my time, as well as looked at many "greatest ever" lists, and nowhere does anyone agree...

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  Fair enough, I thought we were just talking about the NBA (and mentioning college to build...
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  You are 100% wrong here. Let me remove the "what if" pondering and just present the...

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Frelan Placencia commented on NBA's 10 Best Bench Warmers: Who is Riding the Pine in 2009

nice

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  Thanks!

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