OFFICIAL NICK YOUNG THREAD....He signed for 1 year with GSW....Goodbye Swaggy

LakerLogic · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 17886

^We need to bench him.

kobe_luver · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:55 pm Post subject:

Hope he twists an ankle or something minor that keeps him off the floor for the last 3 games.

foshowtime · Star Player Joined: 08 Nov 2012 Posts: 4448

After tonight, I want him gone

kobe_luver · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:02 pm Post subject:

Hard_Butter · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:05 pm Post subject:

I might be a bit peeved at tonight's W, but I won't ever chastise a player for wanting to win. I still want Swaggy back.
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K28 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 10038

He did what he was supposed to...he tried to play well and win the game.

Contrast the Jazz and how they intentionally quit playing hard.

Tark the Shark · Star Player Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 3510

Garbage low IQ player thatvwanted to continue gunning because he's too stupid to do otherwise. MDA is also at fault for keeping him in. I hope he goes takes a $5M offer and leaves. He's a good player on a bad team, but today proved he's still a low IQ player. He wasn't willing to sacrifice personal accomplishment for the greater good of the team.

kobe_luver · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:12 pm Post subject:

CBaller8 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:14 pm Post subject:

I missed the game but see that Nick had himself a big game. What do you mean by gloating? Nick is usually a happy, confident dude.

K28 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 10038

Games like this are why the Jazz have never won anything, and this group of young guys they have now will never win anything. They let up and purposely lost the game. They're losers.

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msb212 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:16 pm Post subject:

mixtim · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 965

oh my God,such a cruel day when Nick Swaggy (bleep) Young,the man who erased Michael Jordan off all the records book,the player who makes Kobe Bryant look like a journeyman,will bolt
We are screwed for eternity then

Keep praising this losing clown,keep praising him

msb212 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:18 pm Post subject:

LakerLogic · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 17886

It's easy to play well when the other team wants to lose. That's like dominating your handicapped little brother in one on one. He's a scrub player who can put up some points from time to time.

kobe_luver · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:19 pm Post subject:

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waterman40 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:34 pm Post subject:

Not in tank mode? I'd say with pretty much everyone missing big chunks of games, from Kobe, to Gasol, to Henry, to Farmar.

Then you have MDA having the team jacking 3's, NOT playing Kaman, NOT trading Gasol.

This was quite a "competiive" tank. They let journeymen at best players play their hearts out, and they won just enough games to not be awful.

The reason they didn't go 76ers tank mode is the Lakers are not really identfying any 1 player they want. Picking, 4-7th doesn't really matter, he will still be a player the team can use.

Also there is the player factor - the players themselves hate to lose, and its hard for them to just play bad or not give it a good effort. As Nick Young said, losing means (essentially) the team gets a better draft player, more of a chance you or one of your teammates loses their job to the rookie. Hence, players have a built in incentive to try not to lose.

venturalakersfan · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:39 pm Post subject:

leor_77 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 21920

Stop blaming him, guys. Seriously. Even, D'Antoni or Mitch - There was no way to predict that they'd (Meeks/Young) have big games. This team has sucked the whole year.