Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1473 Location: Colton, CA
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:14 pm Post subject: All Time Laker Disappointments - Players who didn't come through
As Steve Nash makes news by saying this is his last year, it made me think of other players who excelled elsewhere, but came to the lakers and bombed died to injury or age.
Put all those players on a team in their prime and they would have made a great team! Let's make the best team we can from these players.
So . . . here are the rules. The player must have excelled in another setting. The drop off of their game had to happen when they came to the Lakers. The Lakers were depending on them and got burned.
Here's my all time team, what's yours?
PG - Steve Nash future HOF
SG - Aaron McKie
SF - Cedric Ceballos
PF - Karl Malone future HOF
C - Benoit Benjamin
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: All Time Laker Disappointments - Players who didn't come through
japanesebeef1 wrote:
As Steve Nash makes news by saying this is his last year, it made me think of other players who excelled elsewhere, but came to the lakers and bombed died to injury or age.
Put all those players on a team in their prime and they would have made a great team! Let's make the best team we can from these players.
So . . . here are the rules. The player must have excelled in another setting. The drop off of their game had to happen when they came to the Lakers. The Lakers were depending on them and got burned.
Here's my all time team, what's yours?
PG - Steve Nash future HOF
SG - Aaron McKie
SF - Cedric Ceballos
PF - Karl Malone future HOF
C - Benoit Benjamin
Malone was great for us as a 3rd/4th option.
Ceballos was great for us too.
Malone played great defense in the Western Conference Finals against Duncan and Malone was playing with one leg!. He literally shut down Duncan better than Shaq ever had.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: All Time Laker Disappointments - Players who didn't come through
japanesebeef1 wrote:
As Steve Nash makes news by saying this is his last year, it made me think of other players who excelled elsewhere, but came to the lakers and bombed died to injury or age.
Put all those players on a team in their prime and they would have made a great team! Let's make the best team we can from these players.
So . . . here are the rules. The player must have excelled in another setting. The drop off of their game had to happen when they came to the Lakers. The Lakers were depending on them and got burned.
Here's my all time team, what's yours?
PG - Steve Nash future HOF
SG - Aaron McKie
SF - Cedric Ceballos
PF - Karl Malone future HOF
C - Benoit Benjamin
You really expected something from Ben-wa?
All mine are 4s: Spencer Haywood, Maurice Lucas ,Dennis Rodman.
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 2634 Location: Orange County
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:32 pm Post subject:
Add Vlad "space cadet" Radmanovich and JR Rider to that list please. _________________ "Love me or hate me; it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved for the exact same reasons."
Dwight Howard - guy had a chance of being immortalized, instead chose to play second fiddle to Harden. LOL
NVE - Cancun.
Eddie Jones - got Glen Riced.
Magic - too short a career (couldve won 2-3 more)
Karl Malone - hunting-gate
Aaron Mckie/Jim Jackson
Kwame Brown - cake episode
Lamar Odom - initiating from out of bounds
Pau Gasol - quit after the last championship run
Cedric Ceballos - gone fishin'
Steve Nash - unable to play _________________ "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."
Isaiah Rider
Shammond Williams (Although not much was expected. There was some hype around him.)
Vlade Divac (Wasted our MLE in 2005 on him) _________________ Good Laker book I recommend, "The Biggest What-If's in Lakers History" http://www.amazon.com/Biggest-What-Ifs-Angeles-History-ebook/dp/B00BB3OEC0
Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 12228 Location: The Two One Three
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject:
I don't know why you would put Ced Ceballos on your list. He had his best years with us. He was our lone star during our down years. The only thing that was disappointing was Lake Havasu....and possibly Flow On.
Kwame Brown. We gave up Caron to get him. But, we did end up with Pau for him. So, I'll give him a pass.
The 2 that come to mind are Howard and Nash. For obvious reasons. _________________ The butter's hard and the eggs are chillin' in the dark.
Karl Malone was good for the Lakers until the injury to his leg, shouldn't be on any lists IMO. _________________ Back to Back Yeah, Yeah...and you know that!
- Magic
I don't know why you would put Ced Ceballos on your list. He had his best years with us. He was our lone star during our down years. The only thing that was disappointing was Lake Havasu....and possibly Flow On.
Kwame Brown. We gave up Caron to get him. But, we did end up with Pau for him. So, I'll give him a pass.
The 2 that come to mind are Howard and Nash. For obvious reasons.
I love Cedric Ceballos... but he put himself over the team. it's disappointing. _________________ "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."
Dwight Howard - guy had a chance of being immortalized, instead chose to play second fiddle to Harden. LOL
NVE - Cancun.
Eddie Jones - got Glen Riced.
Magic - too short a career (couldve won 2-3 more)
Karl Malone - hunting-gate
Aaron Mckie/Jim Jackson
Kwame Brown - cake episode
Lamar Odom - initiating from out of bounds
Pau Gasol - quit after the last championship run
Cedric Ceballos - gone fishin'
Steve Nash - unable to play
Are you (bleep) kidding me? You put Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom on this list? They won us two championships you fool
You should have your account removed for listing those two
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Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 12228 Location: The Two One Three
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:52 pm Post subject:
Drifts wrote:
EchoZulu wrote:
I don't know why you would put Ced Ceballos on your list. He had his best years with us. He was our lone star during our down years. The only thing that was disappointing was Lake Havasu....and possibly Flow On.
Kwame Brown. We gave up Caron to get him. But, we did end up with Pau for him. So, I'll give him a pass.
The 2 that come to mind are Howard and Nash. For obvious reasons.
I love Cedric Ceballos... but he put himself over the team. it's disappointing.
But, the OP mentioned having a drop off in their games when with the Lakers. Sure going AWOL was disappointing, but Ced had career years with us. _________________ The butter's hard and the eggs are chillin' in the dark.
Dwight Howard - guy had a chance of being immortalized, instead chose to play second fiddle to Harden. LOL
NVE - Cancun.
Eddie Jones - got Glen Riced.
Magic - too short a career (couldve won 2-3 more)
Karl Malone - hunting-gate
Aaron Mckie/Jim Jackson
Kwame Brown - cake episode
Lamar Odom - initiating from out of bounds
Pau Gasol - quit after the last championship run
Cedric Ceballos - gone fishin'
Steve Nash - unable to play
Are you (bleep) kidding me? You put Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom on this list? They won us two championships you fool
You should have your account removed for listing those two
Pau Gasol
Lamar Odom
_________________ "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."
I don't know why you would put Ced Ceballos on your list. He had his best years with us. He was our lone star during our down years. The only thing that was disappointing was Lake Havasu....and possibly Flow On.
Kwame Brown. We gave up Caron to get him. But, we did end up with Pau for him. So, I'll give him a pass.
The 2 that come to mind are Howard and Nash. For obvious reasons.
I love Cedric Ceballos... but he put himself over the team. it's disappointing.
But, the OP mentioned having a drop off in their games when with the Lakers. Sure going AWOL was disappointing, but Ced had career years with us.
LOL. I didn't read the last line. _________________ "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."
Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 12228 Location: The Two One Three
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:57 pm Post subject:
And btw OP, when did Benoit ever excel?
Speaking of Benoit, Doug Christie who came along with him, belongs on your list. He was touted coming out of Pepperdine and was pretty good for the Kings while doing next to nothing for the Lakers. _________________ The butter's hard and the eggs are chillin' in the dark.
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