More Painful Season: This or the Previous Season?

Love&Peace · Starting Rotation Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 490

I cared about 2013 more than any other season I had watched before.

I was just so convinced that they were a team of destiny. After the all star break every game was so exciting i was addicted.
Kobe throwing out 10 Ast game like it was candy, hitting every clutch shot against the raptors.

That whole season was filled with highs and lows; one of the best nights of the year was when the lakers played the pistons.

My roommate (Huge Heat/James fan) watched as Lakers barely survived with a late bucket by Kobe and said to me "It's sad that the lakers playoff hopes almost died tonight." I told him "Well like it or not man, the lakers aren't dead yet." The ultimate low was when Kobe went down. I was just devastated and couldn't believe it was ending the way it did.

That team had a chance to win, there is still no doubt in my mind about that. This season is just kind of lame, so whatever.

70sdude · Star Player Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 4567

This season was far more painful, in numerous ways. It's the 4th season in a row without a deep playoff run. Hope is further dashed for rebuilding around a somewhat recovered or consistent Kobe, and now he clutters up more cap space. Lost near-term and mid-term hope is worse than the prospect of needing sustained patience.

SDLakersFan · Star Player Joined: 01 Apr 2012 Posts: 2044

Last season was tougher because we started the season with geniuine hopes of a ring. Fired Mike Brown, looked like Phil was back. Then I'll be damned...

- hired D'antoni
- Nash falls apart
- D'antoni vs Gasol / Jamison
- Crybaby Howard vs Kobe drama
- more injuries
- realization that we could miss the playoffs
- realization it'd be worst cuz we had no picks

the only bright spots were Earl Clark looking like a legit future talent and Kobe somehow performing in prime condition.

After the Kobe injury it was a dark scary time for Lakers fans worldwide.

Then the offseason, Howard leaves. Then that last second report that he changed his mind...which was false. Earl Clark leaves. No Gasol trade.

Ugh

This season I had low expectations, it was just fun watching our young guys develop and compete.

kcxiv · Star Player Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 3911

Last year was worse. They had a chance to go deep in the play offs then kobe goes down. Not to mention the (bleep) going through the season.

This year, i expected them to be really really bad. I didnt get mad becuase they lose. WHen you have a coach who lost the team in the middle of last year and a team that going into the season had like 1-2 guys with more then one year contracts, how can it now be bad? really bad?

This season, i dont even count it. Yes, its the lakers, yes blah blah blah, but we know it wont last, it will get fixed.

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

This season for me was just an extension of last season. But I was more prepared for it than last season. I was genuinely hoping that we hit good with Dwight Nash and Jamison with a still top 7 Kobe.
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LakerBlue · Star Player Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 3433

LoLakers13 · Star Player Joined: 14 May 2011 Posts: 1777

Last season was a nightmare. We woke from the nightmare and realized that reality (this season) is even worse.

Texas_Pete · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:11 am Post subject:

Easily last season. Who expected Howard to not wanna play pick & roll with arguably the 2nd best pick & roll PG in NBA history? Who expected Nash to break his leg and miss a ton of games? Who expected Kobe to blow his Achilles on a move we've seen him do hundreds if times? Who expected Howard to not mesh with Nash and Kobe - then walk - leaving $30M on the table?

I had high expectations last year. This year? Not so much. When it was known that Kobe wasn't coming back 100% - then he got hurt again - and played only 6 games, my expectations for this year went out the window.

I'm content with this year. We had a team this year that was mostly fun to watch (offensively) and we got a chance to evaluate players worth keeping next year and beyond. On top of that, for the first time since we drafted Bynum, we have the opportunity to draft a really good player. This bodes well for our future.

Chobe Bryant · Sixth Man Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 39

Last season was an extreme disappointment, but this season with Kobe going down but while signing the biggest contract in the NBA, you can kiss the Laker's championship hopes goodbye WITH Kobe as it's marquee player. Let's face it - he's too old and potentially damaged/broken. He'll still be a decent player, but it won't be enough with the LeBrons and Durants of the world. Absolutely any hope has been wiped clean when Kobe signed the dotted line.

Rebuilding is not going to take a single year. Especially with Nash laughing (& limping) all the way to the bank.

I would do everything I can to keep the lottery pick, NOT trade for Kevin Love (as much as I like him), and rebuild the standard NBA way i.e. through the draft, & developing young talent.

Lakers fans aren't used to this. However, it's the new era. The Jimmy Buss era. We can expect more of the same next year. The only difference is that we'll have a high lottery pick providing the hope for the future that this season was sorely missing.

DShotMaker1824 · Star Player Joined: 16 Feb 2012 Posts: 8768

This season because of what happened last season.
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lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38777

Last year was when the wheels came off the bus. This year the Lakers bus is on 4 cinder blocks...

Mike@LG · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:36 am Post subject:

Last year.

Kobe's injury wrecked the championship window.
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Fruscas · Star Player Joined: 12 Mar 2013 Posts: 5130

pio2u · Retired Number Joined: 26 Dec 2012 Posts: 54570

WORST season in Laker history.

Only consolation is that Gang-Green & Knicks missed the playoffs too.

1st time in history all 3 have missed the playoffs in the same season.

lakers0505 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10701

Easily last season, the Kobe injury late especially.

I knew we were going to be bad this season, it was only question of 8th season bad or lottery bad.

xxsicrokerxx · Star Player Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 2205

Last year easily because we had high expectations last year that went no where fast. This year we had low to no expectations. PLus last year's Kobe injury was much heartfelt then the one he sustained this year.

petergr · Star Player Joined: 03 May 2012 Posts: 1523 Location: kiki

Last season...too much drama about whose team it is. This season it is expected because of the cap killing contracts of Kobe n Gasol and too little talent.

MAJIC · Star Player Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3320 Location: OC

JIFISH · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:10 pm Post subject:

Last season I remember going to bed one night certain we were going to replace Mike Brown with Phil Jackson, only to wake up the next morning and read that the Lakers had hired Mike D'Antoni, because they believed he would be a better fit for our roster of players than Jackson.

Like everyone not named Mitch or Jim, I knew there was no longer a chance of winning a championship that season. That was definitely the most disappointing moment in all my years as a Lakers fan.

And I blame everything that went wrong both that season and this one on that one night.
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K28 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 10038

I didn't fall asleep during last year's games. Right up until the point that Kobe got hurt...I thought we had a chance. When Kobe went down...we all knew it was over.

lakeshowtacular · Starting Rotation Joined: 22 Jul 2010 Posts: 704

Losing Dr. Buss. Losing Kobe to injury after he was played into the ground. Watching the uncomfortable machinations of DH12 and Pau try to play basketball together at the same time, on the same team was distressing to say the least. Last year by a long shot. I thought we would be competing for the best record and a ring, only to realize that the sum of the parts were far less than what I expected.

Plus this year we had Swaggy P to keep me watching. Love that kid.
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