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Originally posted by Brian:

Actually no its not loser talk. I'll tell you now and I'll tell you when they win, I dont mind.

I didn't mind your comment as much as the "who cares? Really?", like your putting us down for even discussing it. Like it's taboo. If I or other people believe there's a team that has a good chance to knock out the Lakers in a playoff series, I don't see why it can't be discussed.

As far as Toronto is concern I didnt say they could beat the Lakers so why did you even make that comment?

Well just like what you said above. If I want to tell you what's going to happen with Toronto, I'll tell you right now. And I don't mind either.

Portland is finding their touch right now and mind you beat the Kings last week.

Yeah I saw that game too from start to finish. The Kings didn't play that well. They got outrebounded by a lot and turned the ball over quite a bit in the 2nd Quarter. And even through all that the Kings still had a chance to win it in regulation but Webber missed a right elbow jumper at the buzzer.

Plus the Kings beat the Blazers the first 2 meetings this year by 12 and 15 points.

And a 29-13 record is nothing to you? The Spurs are out of gas?. Just check out the standings.

To clarify, I didn't mean the Spurs were done for the regular season. I mean they're just done if they meet the Lakers in the playoffs whereas I think if the Kings got home court over the Lakers I think they would have a very good chance to knock out L.A.

Let me also remind you that the Raptors have as much chance of making it to the finals then any other team in the East. No team could beat L.A last year, and my friend the same goes for this year. That's not loser talk thats reality talk. No center in the leauge can guard Shaq, No one!

I didn't say anyone could guard Shaq. But I believe even if Shaq has a big game, if you can control everybody else you can beat them. That's what Denver did to them last week because even though Shaq had a monster game (40 points and 11 boards) they still beat them by 16 points.

and Kobe is something else, his outside game, and the ability to split the defence up. Big deal what they do in the regular season, come playoff time thats when they are at their best and watch out.

Actually, the idea that all the Lakers have to do is turn it on in the postseason no matter what they do in the regular season is a misnomer because last year the Lakers won their last 8 straight regular season games to gain momentum before heading into the playoffs so what they do in the regular season does matter for them.