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Lowest Merion Retired
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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1. A relatively healthy team.
2. Kobe playing at at least a semi-efficient level for at least 60 games, no more than 30 minutes per.
3. The team finishes in the top half of the league in defensive efficiency.
4. Scott permits the rooks to play significant minutes.
5. Scott is fired at the conclusion of the season, if not sooner. |
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Omar Little Moderator
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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In no particular order:
The youngsters earn, get, and show out in meaningful minutes
Kobe has a healthy, productive, and mentoring season
LA increases its wins by double digits
The offense morphs toward more modern sets and actions
The defense is consistent and improved |
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Lakers_Jester Star Player
Joined: 17 Sep 2012 Posts: 5366
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Lowest Merion wrote: | 5. Scott is fired at the conclusion of the season, if not sooner. |
I'd like this too. But he's still got 3yrs left on his contract. Who replaces him? U think we have a shot at kevin ollie? |
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a2j1m Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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lol at ppl saying championship |
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Vin Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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24 wrote: | In no particular order:
The youngsters earn, get, and show out in meaningful minutes
Kobe has a healthy, productive, and mentoring season
LA increases its wins by double digits
The offense morphs toward more modern sets and actions
The defense is consistent and improved |
Yeah, this. |
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KobeDGreatesss Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Jackobe wrote: | 1. championship
2. Kobe stays healthy
3. Kobe wins Finals MVP
4. Russell wins ROY
5. Randle becomes the face of the franchise
It's off-season, let me have my dreams please. |
Exactly! |
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Dominator Star Player
Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 8671 Location: Irvine
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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1. At least 45 wins
2. Playoffs
3. A full, healthy season from Kobe
4. A good year from Russell to shut up all of the people whining about Okafor
5. Hibbert regains his all-star form and is re-signed next offseason |
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Drifts Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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1. a top 3 pick at the end of the season
2. Scott replaced
3. Healthy Kobe
4. Randle buys a jumper
5. Russell becomes more athletic _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." |
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ReaListik Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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GoldenThroat wrote: | ReaListik wrote: | Kobe plays 30-32 mpg averages around 23-25 ppg.
Clarkson and Russell play like allstars.
Randle stops being an ass and ignoring fans/kids as well.
Hibbert plays great defense.
Byron Scott improves coaching abilities.
Make playoffs. |
You might need a name change. |
Lol _________________ "We are the goodest." - Shaq ESPN interview |
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Scoffs Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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1. Making playoffs and beating the #1 seed. We used to own the Warriors, Mavs, Grizz, etc. Beating up on those teams was part of what made being a Lakers fan so much fun.
2. Russell leads the league in assists and wins ROY.
3. Randle stays healthy.
4. Clarkson dunks on Exum one more time.
5. Hibbert rediscovers his passion for the game and wins DPOY. |
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The Logo Star Player
Joined: 25 Jul 2013 Posts: 9577 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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1. Little to no injuries
2. Russell, Clarkson, and Randle are all starters by the end of the year
3. Kobe plays 25 minutes per game
4. Fight for the 8th seed
5. Hibbert has a season similar to he did when he was an All Star in Indiana |
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fiendishoc Star Player
Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 8488 Location: The (real) short corner
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | 5) Be a Top 10 team in transition - I'm not holding my breath regarding our half court schemes being good on either end of the court, but I think we have some decent potential in transition. Hibbert can start the breaks with him interior defense, Russell & Randle can both rebound and push it in transition, Clarkson can fly up court, and guys like Russell, Williams, & Young can be good spot up shooters in semi-transition. I hope we push the pace as much as possible. |
We were actually one of the top teams in transition efficiency last year-
http://stats.nba.com/playtype/#!/transition/?dir=1&PT=team&Season=2014-15&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=PPP
The problem was that- 1) we couldn't defend well enough to cause enough live ball changes of possession 2) every time the running game really got going, we made a deliberate effort to slow down the pace. |
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THE_TWELFTH Starting Rotation
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 733 Location: Los Angeles, CA.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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rmonkey wrote: | 1. Minimal injuries
2. Minimal injuries
3. Minimal injuries
4. Minimal injuries
5. Minimal injuries |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _________________ Blood, sweat, tears,
We dripped all three just to get here.
No longer will I wake up and my dreams just vanished.
It’s staring right at me, I must take advantage.
Juelz Santana - "The Second Coming" |
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DShotMaker1824 Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Jackobe wrote: | 1. championship
2. Kobe stays healthy
3. Kobe wins Finals MVP
4. Russell wins ROY
5. Randle becomes the face of the franchise
It's off-season, let me have my dreams please. |
+1 _________________
"Through the legs to the left, through the legs to the right, we don't run them Laker plays, we just Kobe fadeaway..."
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BigBallerBrand Star Player
Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 5785 Location: LA
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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1. 2.0 to be banned
2. 2.0 to be banned
3. 2.0 to be banned
4. 2.0 to be banned
5. 2.0 to be banned
thankfully, it looks like 24 took care of that _________________ Billions Billions Billions |
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Goldenwest Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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5a. Buss family truly takes a back seat and Mitch is the architect of the franchise.
5b. The clippers mysteriously disappear from LA and almost simultaneously a new Sonics franchise is born in Seattle. |
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Smoothness101 Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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1. Hibbert back to form (borderline All-Star)
2. Kobe relatively healthy (60 games)
3. Upward projection/improvement from core young trio
(Randle's jumpshot/Clarkson's control/Russell's decision-making)
4. A pleasant surprise from somewhere else (Nance/A. Brown/Upshaw/trade/etc.)
5. Optimistic 35 wins (floor 25 wins) |
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City_Dawg Retired Number
Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 46878 Location: Coming soon and striking at your borders.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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1. Player development- I wanna see the kids play ( and fail, which is fine), they need as many opportunities as possible
2. Kobe- Just get through the season healthy.
3. Byron- Can an old dog learn new tricks? The fact his last few campaigns have been worse than disastrous can't sit well with him.
4. .500 record- Specifically, at or around .500
5 City_Dawg newest LG mod- It'll be the shortest mod stint ever since I would just go JD-mode and ban all the idiots-er posters that irritate me
CD 2016! _________________ *sighs*
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Fishlakers Star Player
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 2044 Location: Southern California, Laker Land
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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1. Defense
2. Defense
3. Defense
4. Defense
5. Kobe stay healthy _________________ Game 3 Victory in Denver . Mostly they were talking about Fisher's speech, the kind that might one day be put on T-shirts and repeated on the corner of 11th and Figueroa, words fit for a parade, his Lakers stepping into their destiny. L.A. Times 2009 |
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ringfinger Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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1). Kobe to accept a future bench role and stay, on the cheap, with the Lakers in a Paul Pierce role beyond this season
2). D'Angelo Russell shows us some of the talent we know he has in him
3). Randle stays healthy and has a great season
4). Clarkson proves he's the real deal
5). Nance and Brown show promise as potential role players for the future |
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RichD Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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1. Russell in the rookie of the year discussion
2 . Randle looking like the player we hoped he could be by year 2
3. Clarkson being Clarkson (in the good ways)
4 . Hibbert in the discussion for defensive player of the year
5. One of our other rookies being a big surprise like Clarkson was last year. |
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Lowest Merion Retired
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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ringfinger wrote: |
4). Clarkson proves he's the real deal
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I stuck by the rules and kept it to five, but if expanded further, I would have added this one. For this rebuild to work, it would quite helpful if Clarkson works out the way I believe most of us hope he does. |
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Lowest Merion Retired
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers_Jester wrote: | Lowest Merion wrote: | 5. Scott is fired at the conclusion of the season, if not sooner. |
U think we have a shot at kevin ollie? |
Probably a question for Yin... |
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Cap's Elbow Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:56 am Post subject: |
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Lowest Merion wrote: | Lakers_Jester wrote: | Lowest Merion wrote: | 5. Scott is fired at the conclusion of the season, if not sooner. |
U think we have a shot at kevin ollie? |
Probably a question for Yin... |
I think Ollie turned the Lakers down already. |
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Lowest Merion Retired
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:04 am Post subject: |
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He did by agreeing to an extension. Doesn't mean you can't ask the same girl out on a date twice. |
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