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King Nupe
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| I think Jim Buss' 3 year window should be revisited. With 3 rookies in the Starting Lineup, they will need more time to develop. He should remain VP |
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: Jim Buss Credit Thread.... |
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| King Nupe wrote: | Let see....
Drafts Randle
Drafts Jordan Clarkson (Nba ALL ROOKIE)
Nabs a 1st round pick for Lin
Gets the number 2 pick in the draft.
Potential
Clarkson
Kobe
(Insert)
Randle
Okafor/Towns
With KD becoming a free agent
Btw, Clarkson, Randle and 2015 pick are on rookie contracts.
That will leave us money to sign a Free agent.
Shall we sing his praises or give the credit to Mitch? |
As I have always said YOU GOTTA TRUST IN JIM BUSS!!!!!!
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Gatekeeper wrote: | OP must be new to the process, Jimbo is the eternal whipping boy on LG.
All credit for our draft successes goes to Saint Mitchell d'Kupchak. He apparently has a magic wand he waves in times of dire need, and POOF all our problems go away. |
It's not like it hasn't happened. |
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep up the good work Jim and Mitch. |
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| 55 wrote: | | Batguano wrote: | | kwase wrote: | Knock it off! 
And I never tell the mods to close a thread, but this is ridiculous! You don't credit someone for making a team so bad that you end up with high draft picks! |
Yet how many "Blame/Fire Jim Buss" threads would have popped up had we lost the pick...?  |
Jim controls bouncing balls... |
Wouldn't that be Jeannie?
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | 55 wrote: | | Batguano wrote: | | kwase wrote: | Knock it off!
And I never tell the mods to close a thread, but this is ridiculous! You don't credit someone for making a team so bad that you end up with high draft picks! |
Yet how many "Blame/Fire Jim Buss" threads would have popped up had we lost the pick...? |
Jim controls bouncing balls... |
Wouldn't that be Jeannie? |
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ch3cky0selff00
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Idk.. Phil's at kind of an advanced age.. I don't think there's a lot of bouncing going on. |
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking of Jeannies Playboy pose
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ch3cky0selff00
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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yeah..
so was I. duh. |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| ch3cky0selff00 wrote: | | Idk.. Phil's at kind of an advanced age.. I don't think there's a lot of bouncing going on. |
Wobbling? |
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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It's going to be tough for the folks who long to make Jim their pin cushon. But you could make a strong case that Jim and Mitch took a chance to get Dr Buss one last shot at a ring and when that came up snake eyes, Jim took the heat and never made excuses. Now he and Mitch have weathered the storm and are back in a position to really do something less than three years after LA was the unanimous favorite to win the title.
You could also make the case Byron did what it took to protect the pick while developing a rookie guard, his specialty, to the result of his making first team all rookie despite being drafted in the 2nd half of the 2nd round.
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audioaxes
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i dont blindly hate on Jim Buss but come on... he did not plan on us tanking and getting the #2 pick |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 5:33 am Post subject: |
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Jim hired new posters?
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leor_77
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| In the real world, you can get credit by being lucky, and so he deserves some. |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| Jim will get credit if the pick is a bust, Mitch will get credit if turns out great |
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Can't we just all be happy for our FO? It's been a hellish 2 years and this was finally a breath of fresh air.
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| audioaxes wrote: | | i dont blindly hate on Jim Buss but come on... he did not plan on us tanking and getting the #2 pick |
No but he planned on putting the team in position to potentially get a #2 pick.
He could have just traded the pick outright. But he didn't. He signed off on a deal including protections in the event we couldn't improve the team via free agency.
He should get credit for that. |
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bum2
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:46 am Post subject: |
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You don't get credit for this...you get credit for building a contender.
But, this is a good first step for everyone and not the day for any negativity. |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| bum2 wrote: | You don't get credit for this...you get credit for building a contender.
But, this is a good first step for everyone and not the day for any negativity. |
Sure you do. As you said, it is a good first step. That's what he gets credit for.
There are a lot of other teams who don't even make a good first step. How many teams that are not in contention can say they've got 3 very promising rookie prospects and boat loads of cap space? Not many. |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:55 am Post subject: |
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I said it in the past and I'll say it again. Jim asked for a 3 year window and if in that time the team wasn't a contender he'd step down.
Look at what he's done objectionably. We have a young roster, the makings of a solid bench.
If Randel pans out and we get Okafor, and it looks like we may, that young roster is something to build around. If we don't get Okafor, Towns is just as good a first round pick. We won't lose either way.
Kobe's coming off the books along with Nash giving the organization money to go after another max. The future of the Lakers looks bright.
Give Jim a chance. Let's see what next season reaps. I was looking at 2017 and it looks good to go then.
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| bum2 wrote: | You don't get credit for this...you get credit for building a contender.
But, this is a good first step for everyone and not the day for any negativity. |
Sounds good to me.
Congratulations to the Lakers. |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| This offseason is exciting and the prospects for next seasons are good, and the offseason for next season looks promising as well. |
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| Rawr wrote: | | Any ownership that signs off on bidding 3.5million for Boozer and paying Hill $9,000,000 deserves to have a lot of questions asked. |
$3.5 mil is cheap for the service that Boozer provides.
$9 mil is trade bait that may or may not work still.. and it's a team option and we needed to meet the league min salary.. makes sense. |
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NomisR
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Gatekeeper wrote: | OP must be new to the process, Jimbo is the eternal whipping boy on LG.
All credit for our draft successes goes to Saint Mitchell d'Kupchak. He apparently has a magic wand he waves in times of dire need, and POOF all our problems go away. |
Unless Jim stands in the way of Mitch's magic, which is why it's Jim's fault. |
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