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Lakers fans pissed that we're resting our starters :chuckles:
Another case of dumb Lakers fan syndrome.
Lakers fans pissed that we're resting our starters :chuckles:
Lakers fans pissed that we're resting our starters :chuckles:
Unbelievable that they can actually write that sort of thing and believe their own BS.
Their not pissed. You should be pissed. You could have made history going 40-1 but it didn't happen.
Their not pissed. You should be pissed. You could have made history going 40-1 but it didn't happen.
Of course those Lakers fans are pissed. They wanted to see the starters rack up minutes like how the Lakers starters racked up minutes in a meaningless game against Utah. Me? I'm not pissed that we lost the final game of the season. I'm disappointed but far from being pissed. Cleveland has broken many records this season and come next season, more records will fall but there is one record that is the sweetest of all and it's the Cavs first championship.
Most Laker fans don't care. Sure you can find a quote here and there to try to make your point but so can I about any fanbase. Phil Jackson just has a different view on resting I suppose and on top of that he knew going in he was gonna get 4 days off regardless. Lakers always start on Sunday he knew that and Lakers were finishing the season a day before the last day of the season. Oh and it wasn't a meaningless game at all. If Lakers would have lost they would have played the Hornets in the first round. By beating the Jazz they insured the played them.
It was a meaningless game because HCA went to Cleveland. Does it even matter if LA plays Utah or New Orleans in the 1st round? No and don't even TRY to force any kind of argument on this. Phil could've rested his players but he didn't. I think he did this to get Bynum more integrated with the starters not because they desperately wanted to play the Jazz over New Orleans.
And wtf is up with the Lakers fans moaning and groaning on Cleveland resting their players? A bunch of fooktards if you ask me.
Again 4 days is enough rest. Cavs only get 2 days off as they ended on Wednesday and start on Saturday. Lakers ended on Tuesday and start on Sunday. Phil said from the beginning anyways he doesn't like to sit his players anyways since fans paid money to see them and obviously with 4 days off its not a big deal at all. The two oldest players on the team only played 26 and 16 minutes (Kobe & Fish) foul trouble had a little to do with that. And yes the fact that you decide who you play in the first round is meaningful to make an argument that its a meaningless game is really near sighted Especially if they sat their players it would look like they were trying to avoid someone. So all they did was play the game which is what they are suppose to do anyways.
Not saying its a huge game, but its not as its a big deal to sit players so they dont play for 5 days instead of 4. The Cavs had more incentive to sit their players then the Lakers did.
So doesn't it make sense that the cavs needed to rest their players while LA actually got the opportunity to play their guys. I think this argument is redundant and coaches should be allowed to play whoever they want, regardless of what the fans think. The only reason I wouldn't have played my starters would be to avoid an injury during a game that makes no difference to where you stand in the playoffs, especially if you are first seed. That means that you should theoretically be able to take out anyone in the first round.