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Usually Lurkin · 08-28-2002, 08:00 AM

<< Not the finest hour for argument here at D-mavs.com. >>

you are right. Let's look at your argument:

<< the Blazers provided a virtual blueprint for how to defend O'Neal platoon-style. >>

and they still lost. will they do as good with the strongest member of the platoon older, weaker, and having just sat out a year?

<< And for the record, that wasn't O'Neal's series...it was Kobe's. >>

How will bringing sabonis back change this?

my point - who cares if shaq works harder is this: If shaq sweats 3 drops while he dunks on you, you lose. If shack sweats buckets while he pushes you low enough to shoot over you, or pass away from you, you lose. Repeating the same approach over and over will reap the same result. It'll take a different approach.

you can say sabonis did admirably - but 3 sabonises switching out against one shaq will still not be good enough. Great, the blazers did a wonderful job getting the Lakers out of their game. Look what happened to the blazers. They absolutely collapsed. All the height and weight of the platoon, their admirable effort, their technicals, their towel throwing, etc, etc. You have to say the Lakers took the Blazers further out of the game than the Blazers took the Lakers.

08-28-2002, 08:00 AM	#35
Usually Lurkin Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,195	<< Not the finest hour for argument here at D-mavs.com. >> you are right. Let's look at your argument: << the Blazers provided a virtual blueprint for how to defend O'Neal platoon-style. >> and they still lost. will they do as good with the strongest member of the platoon older, weaker, and having just sat out a year? << And for the record, that wasn't O'Neal's series...it was Kobe's. >> How will bringing sabonis back change this? my point - who cares if shaq works harder is this: If shaq sweats 3 drops while he dunks on you, you lose. If shack sweats buckets while he pushes you low enough to shoot over you, or pass away from you, you lose. Repeating the same approach over and over will reap the same result. It'll take a different approach. you can say sabonis did admirably - but 3 sabonises switching out against one shaq will still not be good enough. Great, the blazers did a wonderful job getting the Lakers out of their game. Look what happened to the blazers. They absolutely collapsed. All the height and weight of the platoon, their admirable effort, their technicals, their towel throwing, etc, etc. You have to say the Lakers took the Blazers further out of the game than the Blazers took the Lakers.