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dabask11
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| K2 wrote: | Well, Byron's no stranger to 18-64 and 19-63 teams in his career, I still think he can help this club, just didn't consider him helping to get a Top 5 spot en la loteria de la NBA.
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Well his last 2 teams ended up with a great pick after his first year. |
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Don Draper
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Meanwhile, in Vitti's office:
Hmm, Appling got injured? Appling...Apps...Apples. I'll bake him an apple pie! |
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KeepItRealOrElse
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Draper wrote: | Meanwhile, in Vitti's office:
Hmm, Appling got injured? Appling...Apps...Apples. I'll bake him an apple pie! |
hahahaha man |
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Nightwalker
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| angrypuppy wrote: | | To be fair, they will be slightly better once Lin, Young and Clarkson heal up... but with the exception of Kobe, this might be a worse team than last season. |
Top five pick here we come. |
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Hard_Butter
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| angrypuppy wrote: | | To be fair, they will be slightly better once Lin, Young and Clarkson heal up... but with the exception of Kobe, this might be a worse team than last season. |
Throw in X, Kelly, and (maybe) Nash too.
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13th Man
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave20 wrote: | | Don Draper wrote: | | Dave20 wrote: | Lakers schedule is brutal. First 15 games, vs HOU, @PHX, vs LAC, @ GS, vs PHX, vs CHA, @ MEM, @ NO, vs SA, vs GS, @ ATL, @ HOU, @ DAL, vs MEM, vs MIN
This is a 25 win team at best, None of these players except Kobe would start on any team in the league. Wes, Ellington, and Price belong in the d league and Hill and Boozer are bench players. Scott was set up to fail with this roster. |
Haha, we could easily start 0-15. |
I have us going 1-13, win vs MIN. This will be one of the worst teams in the NBA for sure. Even the 76ers and Bucks are playing better defense with Noel and Henson as rim protectors. |
By the 15th game, Wiggins would have come around. Oh no..  |
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Don Draper
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Byron already learning to disregard his medical staff's advice. Good. |
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Hard_Butter
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Draper wrote: | Meanwhile, in Vitti's office:
Hmm, Appling got injured? Appling...Apps...Apples. I'll bake him an apple pie! |
You know, all joking aside...the dude's been the trainer ever since I can remember. That's 30 plus years. I think it's time for some new blood. Clean house. Let's get rid of whatever bad juju is stinking up the place.
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angus
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Stage is well set now for Linsanity...
He will not disappoint if given at least a chance to run the 1st team offense, which now should happen due to this past week if Scott is not incredibly stubborn and just tests giving Lin a chance to be trusted to get comfortable with playing true PG (along with Davis with significant time with the starters).
I mean, zero 3 ptrs in 5 attempts.
You will see a completely different team soon, and flashes of this Sunday.
Kobe needs to learn to play more off the ball and Lin is the best hope of distracting some attention and then artfully feeding him; if they don't trust Lin as their only hope for this now, they'll learn soon. |
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KeepItRealOrElse
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| angus wrote: | Stage is well set now for Linsanity...
He will not disappoint if given at least a chance to run the 1st team offense, which now should happen due to this past week if Scott is not incredibly stubborn and just tests giving Lin a chance to be trusted to get comfortable with playing true PG (along with Davis with significant time with the starters).
I mean, zero 3 ptrs in 5 attempts.
You will see a completely different team soon, and flashes of this Sunday.
Kobe needs to learn to play more off the ball and Lin is the best hope of distracting some attention and then artfully feeding him; if they don't trust Lin as their only hope for this now, they'll learn soon. |
HAHAAHAHAHA i read this first line and laughed immediately; didnt even read the rest. do hope he balls tho |
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angus
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Laugh now, concede to me later.
Is there another hope for this team being a contender/playoff team this year? |
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13th Man
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I chuckled at that as well. |
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13th Man
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13th Man
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not about Linsanity, we'll see what happens when/IF the entire team is healthy. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| angus wrote: | Laugh now, concede to me later.
Is there another hope for this team being a contender/playoff team this year? |
Wake up and smell the coffee. Lin sure as hell isn't good enough to make the Lakers a playoff team in the Western Conference. This team isn't even mediocre. |
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ghostowl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| angus wrote: | Stage is well set now for Linsanity...
He will not disappoint if given at least a chance to run the 1st team offense, which now should happen due to this past week if Scott is not incredibly stubborn and just tests giving Lin a chance to be trusted to get comfortable with playing true PG (along with Davis with significant time with the starters).
I mean, zero 3 ptrs in 5 attempts.
You will see a completely different team soon, and flashes of this Sunday.
Kobe needs to learn to play more off the ball and Lin is the best hope of distracting some attention and then artfully feeding him; if they don't trust Lin as their only hope for this now, they'll learn soon. |
you do realize that Lin's strength is penetrating to get to the rim, and he can't do that if our system doesn't believe in "3's" and the lane becomes crowded right? |
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13th Man
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| The only saving grace is a healthy team if we can ever get to that point. |
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LakerDan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Draper wrote: | Meanwhile, in Vitti's office:
Hmm, Appling got injured? Appling...Apps...Apples. I'll bake him an apple pie! |
Thanks man, that made my night.
We are all going to need some comedy relief for the 2nd straight year, so thanks again. |
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Dave20
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| angus wrote: | Laugh now, concede to me later.
Is there another hope for this team being a contender/playoff team this year? |
No chance with this roster. Much better chance at keeping the top 5 pick then making the playoffs. |
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angus
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| 13th Man wrote: | | It's not about Linsanity, we'll see what happens when/IF the entire team is healthy. |
It is about Linsanity.
What other hope is there beside the comeback of the penetrating PG getting hot (who will probably end up also being our best 3 pt shooter) to draw off some attention from defenses having laser focus on Kobe. You have nothing else promising with the players we have, so all you can say is that Lin is not that good.
I'm a fan, but it seems very obvious it will happen to me in Lin's development, and there was no room for that with Harden and Howard or to even try letting Lin take the lead. You'll see. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| training camp seemed to be going well at 1st then the injuries. i guess better now than during season. i just want the games to be competitive at least to have something to look forward to. hopefully by this time next week we can notice some kind of positive difference. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Well you'll have all season to dissect how Byron Scott and Kobe are destroying Lin's game. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| dave miller, striking resemblance to me of Mini Me from Austin Powers |
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autoprt
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| i know top picks are a good thing but i can understand why coaches aren't big on them. ideally it would great to get a 4 year college player but they are very rare because the ones with the most talent go pro after 1 year instead of staying and maturing. |
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Christopher C
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Draper wrote: | | pio2u wrote: | Ellington couldn't buy a basket from the Easter bunny!!  |
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I've been watching and playing basketball since the 1990s and I don't think I've ever heard that one. Well done, pio2u. |
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