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Joe Pesci Star Player
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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If you love Nance like Walton does, start Kuzma over Lopez.
Who do we play next? Philadelphia? Scratch that. |
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2019 Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Joe Pesci wrote: | If you love Nance like Walton does, start Kuzma over Lopez.
Who do we play next? Philadelphia? Scratch that. |
Lopez should be the starter for the rest of this year but he should be playing no more than 22 mins. Kuz should start and get 32 mins. Nance gets 16 mins at back up PF and Randle should get 26 as backup C.
I don't know why Luke struggles with this so much. |
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NBALakerLegends Star Player
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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2019 wrote: | Joe Pesci wrote: | If you love Nance like Walton does, start Kuzma over Lopez.
Who do we play next? Philadelphia? Scratch that. |
Lopez should be the starter for the rest of this year but he should be playing no more than 22 mins. Kuz should start and get 32 mins. Nance gets 16 mins at back up PF and Randle should get 26 as backup C.
I don't know why Luke struggles with this so much. |
I like this minutes distribution for both winning and development. |
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socalsp3 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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prediction: Lakers lose 10 straight then Luke finally decides to start Kuz. |
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AFireInside619 Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Mitchell is starting tonight against OKC and he has 27 points so far. I know I'm looking at only 1 stat and I'm currently not watching the game, but so are a lot of the people who are voting on the WC Rookie of the Month. Kuz needs to start if we want to see him win it again. |
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epak Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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AFireInside619 wrote: | Mitchell is starting tonight against OKC and he has 27 points so far. I know I'm looking at only 1 stat and I'm currently not watching the game, but so are a lot of the people who are voting on the WC Rookie of the Month. Kuz needs to start if we want to see him win it again. |
Don led them to the win! :p |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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epak wrote: | AFireInside619 wrote: | Mitchell is starting tonight against OKC and he has 27 points so far. I know I'm looking at only 1 stat and I'm currently not watching the game, but so are a lot of the people who are voting on the WC Rookie of the Month. Kuz needs to start if we want to see him win it again. |
Don led them to the win! :p |
The Thunder won the game. Mitchell finished with 31 on 11-22 from the field, 5 of 12 from 3, and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. |
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parsons777 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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adkindo wrote: | epak wrote: | AFireInside619 wrote: | Mitchell is starting tonight against OKC and he has 27 points so far. I know I'm looking at only 1 stat and I'm currently not watching the game, but so are a lot of the people who are voting on the WC Rookie of the Month. Kuz needs to start if we want to see him win it again. |
Don led them to the win! :p |
The Thunder won the game. Mitchell finished with 31 on 11-22 from the field, 5 of 12 from 3, and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. |
That kid is hammering people, last 3: 31/3/3 on 55/50/85 ROY? |
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LandsbergerRules Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:39 am Post subject: |
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2019 wrote: |
Lopez should be the starter for the rest of this year but he should be playing no more than 22 mins. Kuz should start and get 32 mins. Nance gets 16 mins at back up PF and Randle should get 26 as backup C.
I don't know why Luke struggles with this so much. |
_________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
-from Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those Who Knew Him |
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Chronicle Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Randle and nance should not be playing much together if randle is at the C. that combination never works. Randle/kuzma works better, as does randle/lopez _________________ Kobe |
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Joe Pesci Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:13 am Post subject: |
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2019 wrote: | Joe Pesci wrote: | If you love Nance like Walton does, start Kuzma over Lopez.
Who do we play next? Philadelphia? Scratch that. |
Lopez should be the starter for the rest of this year but he should be playing no more than 22 mins. Kuz should start and get 32 mins. Nance gets 16 mins at back up PF and Randle should get 26 as backup C.
I don't know why Luke struggles with this so much. |
He struggles with the part that knows ALL of Randle’s 26 minutes at center MUST be with Kuzma. He knows this, so he chooses instead to go with the Siamese-twin group rotation of bigs, instead of staggering minutes to insure Randle is ALWAYS on the floor with Kuzma (a shooter). |
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PHILosophize Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:11 am Post subject: |
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START THE KOOZ. _________________ one dog goes that way the other dog goes the other way |
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activeverb Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Chronicle wrote: | Randle and nance should not be playing much together if randle is at the C. that combination never works. Randle/kuzma works better, as does randle/lopez |
That's pretty much the way it's been.
Randle has played 500 total minutes this year. He's only been on the floor with Nance for about 10 minutes, according to 82 games He's played about 450 minutes with Kuz. |
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DrDent Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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PHILosophize wrote: | START THE KOOZ. |
You know, Luke's issue with now choosing to not start kuz kinda reminds of the last dragon / Bruce Leeroy scene with his master but it would be more like:
Luke: Master, I do not understand. I can't get the right player to help space the floor correctly!
Master: There is one place you have not looked. And it is there, and only there, you will find him!
It's like...duuuuude...answer right in front of you! |
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PHILosophize Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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DrDent wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | START THE KOOZ. |
You know, Luke's issue with now choosing to not start kuz kinda reminds of the last dragon / Bruce Leeroy scene with his master but it would be more like:
Luke: Master, I do not understand. I can't get the right player to help space the floor correctly!
Master: There is one place you have not looked. And it is there, and only there, you will find him!
It's like...duuuuude...answer right in front of you! |
Perfectly stated.
START THE KOOZ!! _________________ one dog goes that way the other dog goes the other way |
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PHILosophize Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:20 am Post subject: |
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we should be ashamed of ourselves to let this thread dip to the second page
START THIS MAN. _________________ one dog goes that way the other dog goes the other way |
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RoyalPurple8 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:23 am Post subject: |
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If Kuz will start that is okay. To be honest Im fine with him coming off the bench as well. I think coming off the bench only will make him better in the long run. |
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NBALakerLegends Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Kuz needs to start. He can score against 1st units and 2nd units. He needs more touches on offense and Randle/JC run their two man game in the 2nd unit way too often for Kuz to get the amount of touches he deserves.
Kuz and Clarkson are clearly our two best offensive weapons. They should not both be coming off the bench. What other team even has their best scorer coming off the bench, let alone top 2? |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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NBALakerLegends wrote: | Kuz needs to start. He can score against 1st units and 2nd units. He needs more touches on offense and Randle/JC run their two man game in the 2nd unit way too often for Kuz to get the amount of touches he deserves.
Kuz and Clarkson are clearly our two best offensive weapons. They should not both be coming off the bench. What other team even has their best scorer coming off the bench, let alone top 2? |
I'm ok with JC off the bench as we need that creator with the 2nd unit (and he should be playing more minutes a game, especially last night). Kuz, would love to see him start. We need offense so badly with that first unit. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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NBALakerLegends Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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yinoma2001 wrote: | NBALakerLegends wrote: | Kuz needs to start. He can score against 1st units and 2nd units. He needs more touches on offense and Randle/JC run their two man game in the 2nd unit way too often for Kuz to get the amount of touches he deserves.
Kuz and Clarkson are clearly our two best offensive weapons. They should not both be coming off the bench. What other team even has their best scorer coming off the bench, let alone top 2? |
I'm ok with JC off the bench as we need that creator with the 2nd unit (and he should be playing more minutes a game, especially last night). Kuz, would love to see him start. We need offense so badly with that first unit. |
Agreed, that was what I was implying. My bad, might not have been as clear as I thought. Kuz should start since we already have another nice offensive weapon coming off the bench in Clarkson. |
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h2omike Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Start the Kuz! |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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If Kuz could donate 15% of his irrational confidence to Nance it would be helpful. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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justsomelakerfan Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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socalsp3 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Why is Kuz still on the bench? LNJ isn't exactly shutting guys down on defense. Kuz is probably a better defender right now. |
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3baller Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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socalsp3 wrote: | Why is Kuz still on the bench? LNJ isn't exactly shutting guys down on defense. Kuz is probably a better defender right now. |
Watched some of the highlights last night and it seems like 2 of Kuz's blocks came from 2 KP jumpshots. |
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