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How important is it to you that the team wins Pre Season games?
Very important
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Fairly important
30%
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Not very important
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:21 pm    Post subject:

Chronicle wrote:
I want the Lakers to win every game

And it is important to establish a winning identity

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:51 pm    Post subject:

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Well when the genius decision was made to hire Mike Brown I believe we went 0-8 and it ended up being pretty indicative of how that season went.


Your memory must be pretty bad, because the coach they had before Brown didn't exactly have stellar preseason records either.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:57 pm    Post subject:

I like the way Phil used to not care about preseason games until the last 2 where he emphasizes that the team should win those games and he plays the lineups we would see during the regular season in those last 2 games and scrubs that won't make the team gets cut. I hope Byron would do the same
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:50 pm    Post subject:

russell highlights are more important tehehe
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:08 pm    Post subject:

Phil's teams if I remember correctly had pretty bad pre season records also.

That said, the Lakers have something to prove every time they step on the court, summer league, pre season, whatever. Yes they need to win a couple games this preseason, it's important.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:08 pm    Post subject:

i'd love for the rookies to click and we go out there and dominate while they are playing. i won't be worried if they go out and continue to not play well, but it would be nice to see some progress.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:13 pm    Post subject:

For a relatively young team who will have 22 of their first 33 games on the road I'd say it's more important than usual. Obviously the manner in which they play is more important, but a few preseason wins will do good for their confidence
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:58 pm    Post subject:

Not too important to win, but it is important to show growth. If the lakers continue to suck as they did with the jazz thats going to be bad for the rest of the season.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:20 pm    Post subject:

madddogg wrote:
Not too important to win, but it is important to show growth. If the lakers continue to suck as they did with the jazz thats going to be bad for the rest of the season.


They played the Jazz almost dead even until the 4th quarter collapse so lets not pretend it was a "blowout" because of the score.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:42 pm    Post subject:

it's all in the details. Win not important.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:45 pm    Post subject:

ringfinger wrote:
Don't care about wins. No one should.

The real question should be -- how important is playing well in the preseason?

To me, it's important.


I was fine until the 4th quarter. I think that should be expected though.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:54 pm    Post subject:

ringfinger wrote:
kwase wrote:
Well when the genius decision was made to hire Mike Brown I believe we went 0-8 and it ended up being pretty indicative of how that season went.


So what you're saying is that preseason has nothing to do with regular season then?

Because we did not go 0-8 when Mike Brown was hired.


What was it then?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:01 am    Post subject:

kwase wrote:
ringfinger wrote:
kwase wrote:
Well when the genius decision was made to hire Mike Brown I believe we went 0-8 and it ended up being pretty indicative of how that season went.


So what you're saying is that preseason has nothing to do with regular season then?

Because we did not go 0-8 when Mike Brown was hired.


What was it then?


Browns second season. First season was the lock out season.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:15 am    Post subject:

It's not important. What is important is team chemistry and how certain players play together.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:49 am    Post subject:

Fairly Important due to that 0-8 preseason with Mike Brown. I just want at least 3 wins depending on how much time our starters/main rotation guys play.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:55 am    Post subject:

diando wrote:
Fairly Important due to that 0-8 preseason with Mike Brown. I just want at least 3 wins depending on how much time our starters/main rotation guys play.

I'm pretty sure there were years where we sucked it up in preseason, then won a championship.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:59 am    Post subject:

Its not too important, but if we arent competitive, thats a bad sign
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:59 am    Post subject:

SuperboyReformed wrote:
diando wrote:
Fairly Important due to that 0-8 preseason with Mike Brown. I just want at least 3 wins depending on how much time our starters/main rotation guys play.

I'm pretty sure there were years where we sucked it up in preseason, then won a championship.

0-8 Preseason? I don't think so but show your facts if I'm wrong.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:01 am    Post subject:

If Upshaw was playing instead of Sacre we might have gotten the win. I don't know why Byron keeps trotting out Sacre out there. He's barely an NBA player.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:53 am    Post subject:

Rivershow wrote:
If Upshaw was playing instead of Sacre we might have gotten the win. I don't know why Byron keeps trotting out Sacre out there. He's barely an NBA player.

I agree completely, I knew the game was lost once Sacre stepped on the court.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:57 am    Post subject:

Where is the "completely irrelevant" option?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:26 am    Post subject:

They are on the 5 year plan.....immediate results are not to be expected when you are planning to contend in the future.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:46 am    Post subject:

For me not important at all. I must admit i didnt even look at the scoreboard in these two games. Hard to believe but its true.
I want to see them playing as a team and to see progress for Randle, Clarkson and DLO. Also it would be great to see some minutes for Upshaw. Just to see what he can do.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:50 am    Post subject:

On paper, it's not very important..

BUT,

Wins give you some energy and positive vibes no matter what. Whether it counts or not, you're winning. To have that energy carry into the beginning of the regular season would be real nice. Especially with the younger guys, I'd imagine it feed their hunger to wanting more.

So while it's not very important, there's still a certain amount of importance that I believe, matters.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:43 pm    Post subject:

The Lakers need to show that they can win games period. Because we were not good the last several years I would like to see how the team performs against real competition. Somebody has to win the pre seasons games, I would rather win the games than lose the games. This team needs confidence and belief that they can win.
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