MWPeace Discussion: amnesty? (pg. 203)

this man is solid as a rock for us now. he's our foundation, no joke

Anthony went off but EARNED every point. Was yelling at him to give up the ball on the break.

Plays hard all the time.

Ron was ballin today. Seriously, where would we be without him, especially that 2nd quarter? He played great. 2 bogus fouls at the end.

'Atta boy Ron Ron!

I thought he had a great second quarter offensively (arguably the player of the quarter for either team). And despite Melo's 3rd quarter surge, he was fantastic on the defensive end. Melo might've finished with 34, but I don't think anyone in the NBA could make him work harder for those baskets. Melo made the mistake to make most of the day a wrestling match against Ron and lost every time he went that route. Kobe finished with the same point total, but his came so much easier, it's no contest.

It's such a joy to see him healthy and light footed, doing his thing against some of the league's best once again. His energy for the entire game helped. The dust up with Chandler woke up a crowd that had fallen asleep temporarily. One of the beat writers tweeted (forgot who it was) how funny it was that the Staples crowd no longer gasps when Ron hoists up a 3 anymore, because unlike last season, you actually expect him to hit most of them.

Still trying to figure out how playing physical ball got him fouled out. Those two he got whistled for when he was wrestling with Melo were bull, and then the touch foul on the Melo J that sent Ron for the bench for the duration of the game was especially bull crap.

Can't say enough about the way he played today. IMO he was our best player today. If you look at the stat sheet you might think he got lit up by Melo but his D was terrific all game. Melo got hot in the third. This could've easily been a 40+ game for Melo if we didnt have Metta. His offense has been money as well. But to me the most important thing he brought was the fire and passion. How he ripped the ball from Chanlder on the jump ball situation and got in his grille was awesome. We have plenty of nice guys on this team. We need that kind of grit from Metta.

Our "glue guy"!

Definitely woke the crowd up with that scrap with chandler.

Don't trade Ron, please.

karacha wrote:Don't trade Ron, please.

I hope that isn't even in consideration...

Amazing game in every way.

His defense was spectacular on Melo, but the stats won't show it. Carmelo just hit some really tough shots in the third quarter, which was the only reason the Knicks even had a lead.

On another note, the team has showed some solid poise in this win streak thus far. The win against the Bobcats even though we were down 18, coming from behind and winning a close game against the Warriors and now today -- trailing by 8 when Melo was red hot and coming back to win.

Artest's effort has helped keep this team afloat and is very inspiring right now.

Props to mwp, awesome game against the knicks and got screwed by the officials... but we got the win and he was a big part of it.

The Original 81 wrote:

karacha wrote:Don't trade Ron, please.

I hope that isn't even in consideration...

Kobe has gone on record so many times saying that Ron is the only other guy who always brings the intensity. There's just no way that MWP gets shipped off.

karacha wrote:Don't trade Ron, please.

I'm so glad we didn't trade him or buy out his contract. There's been a lot of mumbles the past year that the team has considered both options during at least one juncture and there have been many fans begging for the same over the past year (a lot of them on this site, as well). I really don't think the Lakers can win another championship without him. Nash and Dwight clearly add a whole new level of talent to this team. But the heart, fire, passion, tireless effort, and the toughness necessary in May and June all runs through Mr. Artest. When 100%, Dwight is the best defender in the game, but he doesn't have a nasty bone in his body. Sometimes you need to roll up your sleeves, get in the mud, and wrestle...that's what MWP brings.

Scnottaken wrote:

odom1year wrote:When MWP is mad, Kobe will be completely ignored.

And when Kobe is completely ignored. . . they go 0-5? How does this prove your argument again?

lmao

go Lakers

The dude's effort was game-changing. His D, his hustle, his tenacity, dropping 3s.. The game's HERO no doubt.

Finwë wrote:The dude's effort was game-changing. His D, his hustle, his tenacity, dropping 3s.. The game's HERO no doubt.

Ron-Ron is the man!

Props to RON
just don't know why people include Kobe in Ron's Thread
keep hating bandwagon fan

Novak got ktfo, lmao!

MWP is really impressed as a bench. Looks like MDA doing a great rotation.

ron is the man right now. just some outstanding games by him lately, if it wasn't for him who knows where this team would be.

i just love how he gives it 110% every game and nothing less. so glad we have him

MWP is our MVP right now. For real.

He's having a great season and I really like his slide to the bench where he fits perfectly into the 6th man pocket, it's very much like when Lamar moved to the bench but still played comparable minutes to a starter regularly and was still utilized in important situations. Metta is taking to the role perfectly. I'm also loving his three point shooting. I've often griped about Mario Chalmers that while he isn't historically great three point shooter overall, Chalmers seems to hit 3s literally at the most vital and crucial times. Metta has been similar for us, though it doesn't always show when it's against a large deficit anyway, but it just feels like almost every 3 he hits is a huge sigh of relief.

He shut Carmelo down so hard for the first half, and while Melo got white hot in the 3rd quarter, it's still awesome to know that Metta can and will still lock down premier scorers.

But I think the best thing is that he just looks so much better running the floor than he has since joining this team. Before he'd give you some good minutes but he was just sort of comical to watch at times, but now he's looking like a serious basketball player again, and reminding us that yes, he has been a 40% three point shooter before, yes he has been a 20+ ppg scorer before, yes he's been DPOY...etc.

The more this team starts to pull together and solve the (let's face it) kind of long list of issues they've had this year, the more seeing this type of play from Metta will really pay off.