What if the Lakers Miss the Playoffs, but Get Lebron James???

I would say anything is possible after the Rockets landed Yao Ming.

 

Well since I think that LJ is going to be a bust, I say let them take him.

They lost their drafting prowess when West left.

 

Careful about who you call a potential bust. Look at our boy Franken-ming and how all the naysayers are now going, "Uh, oops."

I'm sick of the hype, too, but LJ will at worst be a Vince Carter, at best, who knows? Sky's the limit.

 

He does sort of have that Herman Munster squared off head working. Although I don't see the girls going crazy over Herman.

 

The hype machine would be unbareable, (almost is right now) if he ended up in either LA or NY.

 

David Stern might fix the lottery so LA or NY DON'T end up getting the top pick just to shut the conspiracy theorists up...

 

I'm willing to bet money Lebron ends up in NY somehow.

 

I can't remember where I saw it, but the NBA might televise the actual lottery selection on live TV. Last year, they let a couple of reporters in...

 

Well, I still say the Lakers will right the ship and make the playoffs.

As for repeating as Champs, that's another topic.

I get the funny feeling that Miami will win the lottery this year, which could be a good thing. Love him or hate him, Riley insistence on defense, conditioning, and discipline could be just what 'King James' needs. Plus, James and Butler could form a nice combo over the years.

 

So he ends up in NYC? Whats the problem? They are the worst team in the world and I thought that was the point of the whole lottery thing? Or do you expect that NYC is tanking it on purpose? I mean, how can they be that bad with Kurt Thomas playing center, right?

Who cares where he ends up. Let him go to the worst team that wins the ping-pong lottery. How much more hype will he receive or receiving compared to Ming? Ming is all over the place and nobody here is complaining about how much hype Ming is getting.

 

James will get a ton more hype, at least here in the states, than Ming is getting. He was on the cover of SI as a junior in High school.

 

The lottery could be the most unfair thing in sports. But then again, who says life is fair. We didn't mind when we got Yao Ming, even though it was grossly unfair for us to get the #1 in the year when Yao came out.

It wasn't fair that the Bulls got Tony Kukoc (the best available Euro at that time) when they were winning championships. If the Lakers get Lebron, it will be one of the most unfair event in NBA history. How can you have Shaq and Kobe and still get James?

But then again, LeBron might not be able to get along with Kobe and Kobe might bolt to Memphis after his contract is up.

 

We all know that he's either going to the Knicks or Cavs.
It is unfair that they're putting all this hype on one highschool player, but I guess that just shows how far sports has come.

I just hope he does somewhat decent his first year.

 

Already counting Denver out of the picture? Memphis?

 

Eesh.. Memphis will become a SCARY team in the next few years if they land James and keeps Gasol/Gooden.

 

LA will still wonder how in the hell they are going to stop Yao Ming!

 

LOL, sounds like we fans can never not to believe in the conspiracy theory, no matter what the result is. I don't think they will fix the lottery, sure it will make the NBA more marketable, but it's toooooooooooooo risky, and not worth it. Once scandal of this scale get uncovered, the NBA will lose all its credibility. A lot of fans will abandon this sports just like people did to baseball, and Stern will lose his job and goes to jail. If I were Stern, there is noooooooooo way I am going to risk all these to sake the Knicks. The Knicks need to save itself, starting from firing Layden.

 

That seems to be a risk Stern has taken quite alot over the last 10-12 years.

 

Proof ?