NVE's curse? Since him, we never had anything better than and average PG.

AirKobe8 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 8586

Fish, Payton, Chucky, Smush.

Payton was a busta here.

Fish and Smush are average, and Chucky sux.

Is it Nick's curse? Will the Lakers never have a decent PG again?
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LAKERLVR · Starting Rotation Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 920

Fish and smush are plenty decent.

DaggerInTheHeart · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject:

Someone tell me why we need a superior PG in the triangle offense? triangle offense doesn't need superior PG's you just need a PG who can create for others.

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Socks · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

Hard to find a good PG. Remember, Nicky V was a second round find by West too. I loved when we had Nick, he was always a fun player to watch and has some attitude that this Laker team could use.

LAKERLVR · Starting Rotation Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 920

West has mad skills.

jwbrown77 · Star Player Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 3271

Ron Harper was effective, even late in his career.

hoopschick29 · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject:

NVE was one of those diamonds that Jerry West found in a pile of lead. he was a 2nd rounder that turned into a all-star. Too bad he was a headcase. Had he kept it together he would have the rings instead of Tyronn Lue.

lakers2626 · Star Player Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1948

I thought Brian Shaw was good

madsen35 · Star Player Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 8611

Payton averaged 15 ppg and 5 apg in the regular season with us. Those are close to all-star numbers.
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dirka dirka · Franchise Player Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 14655

and 3 championships...NVE was good? at what? running down on a 3 on 1 and chucking up a brick from the 3 pt line?

I cheered the day NVE left Lakerland, I knew we finally had a chance to be a good playoff team.
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qreus-76 · Starting Rotation Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 384

3 championships. who cares?

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kobeodom · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject:

the only two bums that are really "bad" pgs are chuck and smush. fisher was decent, and payton was not THAT bad. NVE rules.....so does west.. suck it up mitch!!
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mike_kb · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 384

NVE's curse? More like Phil Jackson's. He does not value traditional PG's skillsets.

Klone_dd · Star Player Joined: 11 Mar 2002 Posts: 7330

Nick hasn't exactly had a stellar career after leaving LA. Maybe he's the one who is cursed.

Socks · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject:

Nick has definitely had his ups and downs, but not a bad career since leaving LA. He was The Man in Denver for awhile, though his team lost tons of games. He was awesome with Dallas for a few seasons. This may be his only crack at a championship but I think he's had a solid career. I've always enjoyed watching his competetiveness though.

sodapoppenski · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject:

3 championships in under a decade since NVE.

What a curse!

Certain franchises have a penchant for certain positions or styles.

You associate the Pistons with defense for instance.

The Jazz with white guys...

Seriously though, PG's have just never been a high priority for us.

skel10 · Sixth Man Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 41

The Lakers have a rich history at every position, except power foward. We've had some pretty good points: Slater Martin, Jerry West, Majic Johnson (All Hall of Famers), Norm Nixon (All Star), Sedale Threatt (underappreciated). It's just under the Jackson era that point gaurds are not a priority.

CBaller8 · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

Nick The Quick was my 2nd favorite Laker while he was with us and still is one of my favorite players. I (bleep) hate Shaq for having Nick and Eddie traded. Nick may have been a head case but Shaq was 10x worse than Nick. It could have worked out, we didn't have to get rid of NVE.