NBA Dailytake: The 2008 Lakers are well on their way to the NBA finals. That is if you believe in the “Phil Jackson/Lakers Leap Year Theory.” Either a Phil Jackson coached team or a Lakers team has made the NBA finals every leap year from 1980-present.
1980: Lakers Win the NBA Championship (4-2)
1984: Lakers lose in the NBA Finals (3-4)
1988: Lakers win the NBA Championship (4-3)
1992: Phil’s Bulls win the NBA Championship (4-2)
1996: Phil’s Bulls win the NBA Championship (4-2)
2000: Phil’s Lakers win the NBA Championship (4-2)
2004: Phil’s Lakers lose in the NBA Finals (1-4)
2008: ?
The Lakers are the current favorites to win it, but now you also have this added tidbit to keep yourself busy with. It may be a good time to start placing your bets…
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this is stupid!
Wow. This is a big deal.
yup.
thats also the same thing as :
Hmm … should I go to Vegas and cash in on the Lakers???
… My life savings hmm …..
I AGREE, WHAT IS THE POINT
gayyyyyyyyyyy
haha this is hilarious. lets see if we can even keep the top seed come POs…
Looks like you guys beat me to saying this article is stupid which was my first reaction.
This is really stupid considering Lakers and Phil Jackson’s Bulls (with the exception of Boston and Spurs) have dominated the NBA the last 3 decades or maybe the Lakers ever since.
lol. i thought it was interesting
no sarcasm.
wow this is like the olympics .
every 4th year o-m-g!
Seriously all of this is a bit premature. Let’s not all jump the gun and declare the Lakers the 2008 champs, as they haven’t done anything yet in the post season.
What was premature was that article of us being champs..
take it down
that means nothing
THIS IS A SCIENCE THEORY…MAGIC “”4″”"
KOBE GOING FOR HIS “4″ RING
PHIL ALWAYS WIN TITLES AFTER “4″ YEARS
FISHER GAME WINNER WITH “0.4″ SECONDS
LAST TIME WE WENT TO FINALS WAS “2004″
ITS HAS BEEN “4″ YEARS KNOW IN 2008 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN..LET THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY EVOLVE IN OUR LAKERS DYNASTY
THIS IS ALL SCIENCE IN THE NBA
SCIENCE CARES ABOUT THE NBA!!!
SINCERELEY,
EINSTEIN
whatever, we ARE going to be champs…
haha … this is even more stupid … just kidding bro.
Wow, you guys have way too much time on your hands to be researching these stats. It is a weird coincidence but still, we don’t need stories like this to tell us the Lakers are capable of making the finals.
fo reals! true fans FEAR other teams. dont go on and declare ourselves champs just yet, because in reality, there’s probably 4-5 teams in the NBA that are capable of winning the gold as well.
Couldn’t agree more.
Great Tidbit!!!!
Even though others see it stupid, just believe guys..Lakers will prevail..Unless you are a bandwagon…
thats just like the dumb movie “The Number 23″ but with 4.
vegas odds the day we got pau gasol was still 16/1 we would win the NBA championship now its 4/1 damnnn I fi woulda threw 100 back then…thats 1600 dollars right there woww! damn!