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Deathstroke
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| GoldenThroat wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | That would be successful, my number has always been 32. If we win more than that, I will be dancing down the street naked. |
32 was my prediction before the season as well. But IMO, they showed themselves to be capable of more prior to the injuries. They weren't just hot from the field or something, they were legitimately outplaying good teams frequently enough to raise my expectations. |
I had the same expectations and agree that when healthy they are capable of more. Problem is we seem to have an injury bug as usual. FO really needs to look at investing more money in the training staff |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 11:28 am Post subject: |
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| Deathstroke wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | That would be successful, my number has always been 32. If we win more than that, I will be dancing down the street naked. |
32 was my prediction before the season as well. But IMO, they showed themselves to be capable of more prior to the injuries. They weren't just hot from the field or something, they were legitimately outplaying good teams frequently enough to raise my expectations. |
I had the same expectations and agree that when healthy they are capable of more. Problem is we seem to have an injury bug as usual. FO really needs to look at investing more money in the training staff |
If we can avoid any more key injuries, then once this tough stretch of the schedule is behind us we need to go on a few 3-5 game winning streaks to have any chance of competing for a playoff spot. When healthy, I think we can do it just based on what we've seen already, especially when you factor in the kind of in-season improvements that young teams can make.
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| Quote: | | Mike Trudell: D’Angelo Russell (knee) met with team doctors in Los Angeles yesterday and has been cleared for on-court basketball activities. 2 hours ago – via Twitter LakersReporter |
This is definitely encouraging. I hope he's back up to 100% asap. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
Especially if we can win at least 1 and possibly steal even 2 of these next 3 games. Houston is going to be tough, Phoenix is winnable, and New York is a possibility. We'll see what happens. 11-15 or 12-14 would put us in good position to surge when our key players are back healthy. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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| SoCaLjAy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
Especially if we can win at least 1 and possibly steal even 2 of these next 3 games. Houston is going to be tough, Phoenix is winnable, and New York is a possibility. We'll see what happens. 11-15 or 12-14 would put us in good position to surge when our key players are back healthy. |
Yep. The fact that we are 10-13 with the roster not healthy in most of those games is amazing.. |
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Lucky_Shot
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Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt  's back  |
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Inspector Gadget
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Lucky_Shot wrote: | Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt 's back |
Coincidentally, Calderon is 41% from 3pt land. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt 's back |
Coincidentally, Calderon is 41% from 3pt land. |
Thats why i want to see all three guys start. How do you stop Randle with so many 3pt shooter around him?
It also keeps the bench intact.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Lucky_Shot wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt 's back |
Coincidentally, Calderon is 41% from 3pt land. |
Thats why i want to see all three guys start. How do you stop Randle with so many 3pt shooter around him? |
Randles game has fallen off since Russell got injured, it's no secret why the team talked about missing Russell cause he brings everyone together. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
It would be awesome if we get them both back at the same time
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| Andre2K wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
It would be awesome if we get them both back at the same time |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Andre2K wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
It would be awesome if we get them both back at the same time |
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Its not just DLO.....we also lost HIS backup in Calderon.....then we also lost Swaggy
Im tellin you Huertas should NEVER see the court......he has no offensive game at all.....turns the ball over a ton.......and plays no defense
No wonder why we are losing |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| JH from Hemet wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Andre2K wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | GoldenThroat wrote: | | Target date for his return is Monday vs. Sacramento. Same is probably true of Nick Young. |
That would be amazing if it's true. |
It would be awesome if we get them both back at the same time |
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Its not just DLO.....we also lost HIS backup in Calderon.....then we also lost Swaggy
Im tellin you Huertas should NEVER see the court......he has no offensive game at all.....turns the ball over a ton.......and plays no defense
No wonder why we are losing |
Honestly though, if we never see Calderon either, we'd be better for it. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Lucky_Shot wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt 's back |
Coincidentally, Calderon is 41% from 3pt land. |
Thats why i want to see all three guys start. How do you stop Randle with so many 3pt shooter around him?
It also keeps the bench intact. |
I want to frame this post. Julius Randle becomes a very dangerous player when you surround him with shooters. His game was taking off to start the season. He's getting slammed for his play right now, but he's really the only offensive threat in the starting lineup. That's tough for a guy with an on-and-off shot.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Monday is gonna be the start of our season with Young and Russell returning and (hopefully) and we make our run. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Lucky_Shot wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | Dlo is 14th in 3pa on 37%
Nick is 17th in 3pa on 41%
We really need our 3pt 's back |
Coincidentally, Calderon is 41% from 3pt land. |
Thats why i want to see all three guys start. How do you stop Randle with so many 3pt shooter around him?
It also keeps the bench intact. |
That's an interesting lineup. Calderon, DLo, Young, Randle, Mozgov
This would also probably lead to Deng getting DNP-Coach's decision a lot. He doesn't fit well with the fast-paced bench also (or any NBA lineup it seems). |
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| GoldenThroat wrote: | | Fingers crossed. I'm gonna be bummed if we're in mid-April with 35 wins and wondering what could have been. Although that would still be a successful season, IMO. |
I was expecting 27 wins and 30~32 wins as an absolute best case scenario.
If we are at 35 wins in mid April(and it seems very likely we will be able to even with injury problems), I will be absolutely thrilled with the rapid progress we are making.
At the same time, I can't help to think what this laker team would look like if 1) Dlo, NY were healthy and Deng could contribute at all.
All of sudden, 8th seed seems very moderate expectation. 
I was/am fascinated by idea of Fultz/Dlo backcourt but there's nothing like a
PO basketball with Lakers in it. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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With all this anticipation lets hope DLO shakes the rust off real fast. Nick Young too.
Just organizing the offense, making the opposing defense think twice about clogging the middle, and allowing that bench unit to play intact again will do wonders for this team's ability to compete.
After this whole ordeal I hope someone tells DLO to take it easy on the heavy squats. Don't go past 90 degrees! Keep it under a half ton!! |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Monday is gonna be the start of our season with Young and Russell returning and (hopefully) and we make our run. |
pretty sure the start of our season was 24 games ago |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| 2019 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Monday is gonna be the start of our season with Young and Russell returning and (hopefully) and we make our run. |
pretty sure the start of our season was 24 games ago |
Deng disagrees. |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Luke Walton said Nick Young and D'Angelo Russell went through shootaround today. They are out for tonight, but were cutting today. |
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| GoldenThroat wrote: | @taniaganguli
Luke Walton said Nick Young and D'Angelo Russell went through shootaround today. They are out for tonight, but were cutting today. |
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| Quote: | | Walton wants to see Russell/Young go through a competitive practice before playing; at least 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 going all out, cutting, etc. |
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