MWPeace Discussion: amnesty? (pg. 203)

therealdeal wrote:Oh I'm not saying anything about once the season starts, I think him and Dwight are going to be bananas defensively.

Just with the whole camp situation I feel like Metta is the outcast of the starters. Lakers.com has interviews after EVERY practice from the Big 4 and Coach Brown. Metta is the only one not doing a daily interview after practice for the site. It makes me a sad panda.

hes done interviews post practice. just not with lakers.com; hes not one to really care about that stuff...hes got plenty of attention with the talk shows hes been on etc this off season.

http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/72701466/Sports/Lakers-forward-Metta-World-Peace-on-flopping-rule

lakerswiz wrote:Eh. I've written up responses a few times and have just ended up deleting them.

We won't get anywhere.

I've made my case. People have said Kobe isn't as good a defender anymore. All I'm met with is a list of prerequisites for who counts as being relevant.

Kobe's great. He will prove a few people wrong. But it's not a for sure, guaranteed thing. We can't simply say that if they say this he'll do that because for as often as he has done it, there are just as many instances where the media is pushing a certain idea and he doesn't try to prove them wrong.

What people? When? Where? I mean I think it's widely stated that he's not a great defender anymore, but he's still highly touted as a one-possession defensive stopper and an okay defender. I haven't read a single article this summer saying he's a bad defender. I don't remember one from the entirety of last season. Please show me the error of my ways.

I completely stand by my point which I don't think you've done any kind of job of refuting. Is it guaranteed? No, that was obviously a tongue in cheek comment. But certainly if rumors swirled among the mainstream that Kobe's defense had fallen off the cliff, he'd do exactly what I said he would. His track record for doing so is impeccable.

I thought this was suppose to be about metta why all the Kobe talk? Keep it metta yell™

Seriously what does that mean? And do you really think it adds some unique substance to your posts?

I'm expecting the Houston Rockets/Sacramento version of Ron in a few weeks. We're not overlooking him but I know the entire country is. If that we indeed get that version of Ron, this is as close to an "All-Star" Starting 5 as I've ever seen. It might be the best starting 5 of all time?

purp n gold wrote:I'm expecting the Houston Rockets/Sacramento version of Ron in a few weeks. We're not overlooking him but I know the entire country is. If that we indeed get that version of Ron, this is as close to an "All-Star" Starting 5 as I've ever seen. It might be the best starting 5 of all time?

Without question. If World Peace plays like Ron Artest that means we'll have three superstars, an All Star, and a borderline All Star.

lakerswiz wrote:therealdeal and I are going to argue about Kobe on here until you tell us w-t-f "yell™" means.

no we're not!... get it?

Metta World Peace looks great today. Knocking down 3s. He's in great shape.

Hard work pays off

2-3 from deep with 3 steals (all in the first quarter).

The dude looks good.

metta clearly was putting in work

He definitely looks a lot better than he was in the beginning of last season. His shot also looks more fluid which will definitely help with all the open looks he'll be getting.

he looked good. and the man was wide open soo many times. for the amount of mins our starters played I think they did pretty well. MWP looked awesome

Ron has been impressive so far. All the offseason work and extra training he's done is really showing. Our starting 5 is going to be deadly.

Big Don Ron looking quick and agile out there. I think he's motivated as hell, especially considering he's the forgotten one of the starting five.

And he's totally underrated in NBA 2K13.

Looking great. Hope he doesn't wear out by season's end.

The guy is going to be great this season if he stays healthy. That's really all there is to it. He still looks good defensively and he looks great offensively compared to last season.

The biggest thing: he looks fast. He can get out on a fast break! That's crazy... And his touch around the rim is solid too.

The Original 81 wrote:Big Don Ron looking quick and agile out there. I think he's motivated as hell, especially considering he's the forgotten one of the starting five.

And he's totally underrated in NBA 2K13.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIET, "BIG DON RON™" has finally caught on.

Hard work pays off, Metta is an inspiration. His game is showing just how hard he has worked this off-season...major respect.

looks good so far!

22pts (9-16 FG) in the 2 games.

I almost feel like MWP has taken the whole "Fantastic Four" thing personally and is looking to remind folks that our starting lineup is in fact a "Fab Five".

i love his post game interviews or any of his interviews. he looks so happy now that hes healthy and can play like hes capable of. i love it..ill take 12 pts (6-10 FG) any night from him!

At this rate he'll overtake Pau as part of our Big 4.