I've decided to do my own rendition of the previews of the Western Conference Finals between LA Lakers and the Denver Nuggets, starting Wednesday morning Singapore Time.
No doubt, in the NBA, the LA Lakers are the equivalent of Man Utd in the Premier League. Not exactly similar but common in many aspects.
The most glaring similarity will have to be...."drumroll"...many people hate the club....just as much as there are fans. Infact, the Lakers is arguebly the most recognised franchise in NBA as is Man Utd in the world of soccer.
LA Home Games are littered with Hollywood stars who arrive at the game 10 minutes after the game has started and leave 10 minutes before the game ends.
Fans around the world tie the Lakers with Championships and today, the face of the Lakers is undeniably, Kobe Bryant.
Yes...Kobe "the ball hogger" Bryant...number 24...the apparent "Michael Jordan" heir...the greatest player to walk this planet....at least that was before King James showed up.
You can't deny his talent, his "clutch" performances and how he can single-handedly win a game by taking the team on his shoulders....BUT...statistically, it's very obvious why he cannot be compared to Lebron when it comes to leading a team and inspiring them to win, besides being totally dominant on the court.
Back to the Lakers vs Nuggets series, this one is going to be one-hell-of a fire cracker. The "thugs" of the NBA vs the Team who is tipped to win the Championship (or that was the way it was at the start of the playoffs)
Many questions have come up about the character and mental toughness of the Lakers team after their roller-coaster 7 game series win over the Rockets...especially when that came against a Rockets team already without the services of their "lame" star player Tracy Mcgrady and then the loss of "The Great Wall of China" Yao Ming after Game 3.
Kobe Bryant -> he's as good as everyone expects him to be, he'll be countered by Carmelo Anthony, which I feel comes really close to matching Ko-me Bryant
Pau Gasol -> he's not called Ga"soft" for nothing...he'll suffer terribly at the hands of Chris Anderson and Nene in the next series. This guy, being a 7-footer center, looks like a girl, has curls llke Goldilocks, and does a fist-pumping like an excited sexually-confused man whose finally decided who he wants to be.
Derek Fisher -> he's old and there was certainly no doubt about that after the Houston series...Chauncey Billups will eat him up for breakfast..
Andrew Bynum -> Inexperienced, too soon to regard him as a factor...also tends to do a Ga"soft" very often
Luke Walton -> this guy should be shot....period. Everytime he comes off the bench, it's TFB time...Turnovers, Fouls and Bad Shots...he probably makes his Dad cringe everytime he watches his son play...His Dad is Bill Walton..a Lakers legend...
Trevor Ariza, Lamar Odom -> they're ok...but nothing the Nuggets can't counter with Kenyon Martin, JR Smith and Dahtay Jones
So in short, I'm rooting for the Nuggets in this series...I'm calling a Nuggets victory in 6-games....not only because I'd love to see Ko-me Bryant's team get knocked out of the playoffs, but I think the Nuggets would make a better opponent for King James in the Finals.
But then again, I'd love to see a Lakers vs Cleveland Finals...kinda like Good vs Evil type Finals.
No one wants to watch a Superman vs Iron man battle...rather a Superman vs Dr Octopus would be better.
Stay tuned for my previews of the Eastern Conference Finals....
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