OT: Christmas Day NBA Games Thread

He gives them a little more athleticism. It's a good move from that stand point against a very old Knicks team.  It also frees them up to get Jordan Hill more into the rotation. Again, more athleticism.

I can see where you are coming from on Artest, but he's no longer much better than a good or slightly above average defender.

The Lakers went with the same lineup in Nash's first game back against Golden State. For whatever reason, it looks like they prefer bringing Artest off the bench. I wouldn't read too much into Morris starting -- it looks like he's still destined to top out at around 10-15 minutes a game. But he does seem to have carved out a legitimate role for himself as a perimeter defensive specialist. He was a much bigger contributer in that Golden State game than his stat line indicates, as he was really disruptive on the defensive end, and the Lakers always stick him on the other team's best perimeter scorer when he's in the game.

At some point, Morris is going to have to improve on the offensive end, but his defensive has improved to the point that I think he's a pretty safe bet to keep getting minutes until it does.

I'm not sold on the Knicks at all. Especially once Amar'e comes back. He and Melo can't be on the floor at the same time.

Thought this was interesting..while reading a little background information on Kobe Bryant on wiki...yeah, yeah wiki say what you want, but it's still a good place to find some info. Anyways before deciding to go straight to the NBA, Kobe had Duke, N.C, Villanova, and MICHIGAN on the top of his list of schools to play ball at.

COULD YOU IMAGINE????????????

Last game against the Knicks Artest got abused by Carmello repeatedly so that probably wasn't a much better defensive matchup.

Those Knicks unis - is it firearms deer season at MSG? Talk about attack of the safety orange....

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