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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:57 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.

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Durant right now: "man, if you take that Lou/Bass/Huertas nucleus and add me, that's a team there."


Yes, I bet he is pretty excited about joining our 14 win team. If the plan is to sign Durant, we better have a plan B.


No Lakers fan screaming "YAY FOR THE TANK" in one breath should ever have Durant as ANY realistic scenario for this team next year with their next.

Cause we aren't getting one with the other.

That really isn't true.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.


no this was a BIG loss. TEAM TANK all the way. We can pretty much do what we want from now on, win out or play Lou and Huertas more than Clarkson and DLo, whatever... winning some $%^& game against the Knicks wouldn't have affected ANY free agent one way or the other
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
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Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:59 pm    Post subject:

Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:01 pm    Post subject:

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Geezus christ, after nearly (bleep) up they still get the shot.

I thought we want to lose this game? Guys make up your mind.


Only the typical losers.


I'll put it like this- I'm always happy when THE SHOW wins, but i'm not exactly angry if we lose.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:03 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


you really don't get it, do you? or you're trolling...

we would have been w/in 2 of PHX and 3 of Brooklyn. Now we have most likely sealed off Brooklyn and PHX would have to lose just about every game to pass us. Big loss tonight, big time... get those lotto balls
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:03 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


Phoenix plays the Lakers 2 more times. And were only 3 games worse than them. If we beat them twice, very good chance we fall to #3 in the pecking order. Then you are basically hoping either Phoenix or the 76'ers win the lottery so we can stay #3.

You make it seem like there's no difference between being the #2 worst or #3 worst. But there is when only a top 3 pick is protected.

Phoenix could very well lose every single game they play the rest of the season.
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Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


Phoenix plays the Lakers 2 more times. And were only 3 games worse than them. If we beat them twice, very good chance we fall to #3 in the pecking order. Then you are basically hoping either Phoenix or the 76'ers win the lottery so we can stay #3.

You make it seem like there's no difference between being the #2 worst or #3 worst. But there is when only a top 3 pick is protected.

Phoenix could very well lose every single game they play the rest of the season.


I've been watching Phoenix play since getting Brandon Knight back.

In order for us to beat that team we'd have had to blown out the Knicks tonight.

It didn't happen.


Everyone seems to assume this team is better than it actually is whenever they get a little confident streak after an upset.

We saw it last year which actually started with us beating the Celtics, and then we went on a losing streak, we saw it THIS YEAR when everyone was panicking cause we beat the Celtics and then we went on to lose about 19 of our next 21 games.

This team is NOT ... that good, and people need to realize that.

We aren't underachieving, it's not a 'phase', we are poorly coached, poorly managed, and barely competitive, our youth having solid games and Kobe looking like Kobe are the only thing to look forward to this season, cause a consistent solid product on the court will not be one of them.

So everyone needs to let go of their fantasies that this team is actually something at this point, or that Durant wants to come to this wasteland at ANY point for the next 5 seasons, and just realize what the team is.

That will make the stress level go down a lot more before anyone assumes this team will suddenly be "too good" to not be the 2nd worst team in the league.

Russell had to score 37 for us to beat the Nts by 6, Our big three of Youth needed to ALL score above 20 for us to beat Orlando by single digits.

Time to wake up.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:08 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


nevermind. its my bad. i thought u were smarter then this.

but join with VLF and continue
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Byron reiterating that winning comes first development come second and the new guys can't expect to play if the second unit is playing well.

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Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


nevermind. its my bad. i thought u were smarter then this.

but join with VLF and continue


Russell had to score 37 for us to beat the Nets by 6, Our big three of youth needed to ALL score above 20 for us to beat Orlando by single digits. Even Phoenix nearly beat the Warriors last night cause they came out without caring.

Truth hurts. But it's time to wake up.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:12 pm    Post subject:

MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Jim99187 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Plaza234 wrote:
Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

Plaza234 wrote:
MJST wrote:

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
.


Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


nevermind. its my bad. i thought u were smarter then this.

but join with VLF and continue


Russell had to score 37 for us to beat the Nets by 6, Our big three of youth needed to ALL score above 20 for us to beat Orlando by single digits. Even Phoenix nearly beat the Warriors last night cause they came out without caring.

Truth hurts. But it's time to wake up.


u just dont get it.

if we would have won with Russell/Clarkson/Randle playing mins in the 4th nobody would care that much about tank and the win.

people are pissed cause we almost won with no 3 core guys playing and players like Huertus/Bass/Lou playing.

I am done here, but please continue
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:14 pm    Post subject:

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Good tank loss.

Entertaining, but still a loss to secure a top 3 pick.



The "tank" people really need to realize...

That WE are the 2nd worst team in the league

we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.

We are NOT catching Philadelphia.

Even AT the 2nd worst record in the league, it is a literal 'coinflip' whether our pick lands top 3.


So losing isn't gonna make us "more safe" as we're a coinflip now and we'll remain a coinflip as we'll remain at 2.


So while it may help the people that want us to lose to tuck in thinking "oh another loss, closer to the pick!"

The reality is..we're remaining at 2nd, and it will remain a coinflip, a near 50/50 chance whether we keep the pick or not.

We could lose every single game for the rest of the season and it will STILL be a coinflip whether our pick stays top 3.

We aren't "safe" and won't be till the pick is announced.

Till then our chances at 2 are our chances indefinitely.. a coinflip.




our future was on fire tonight: Huertus/Lou willams and Bass

so happy scrubs like Russell, Clarkson and Randle didnt play

its not about philly catching us but its about us not catching Suns or Nets


They aren't catching us. Never were. Only if they leap over us in the lottery, which is possible, as it's a lottery. The Bulls could not make the playoffs this year and get the number 1 pick.

Now imagine that, a team that wins 45 games winds up with the first pick and the team that lost the 2nd most games in the league falls to 4th and loses their pick.

That is why it's called a lottery.


Now which end would you rather be on? The 45 win team that barely misses the playoffs but young guys play amazing and they get the 1st pick and they take that progress AND pick to try to pursue free agents... or the team that was a laughing stock, loses their pick, and still tries to land free agents.


Cause that stands a chance of happening too, it's a lottery for a reason and our chances of keeping the pick are essentially a coinflip. So both those realities can happen.

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we are in NO danger of not being the 2nd worst team in the league.
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Phoenix has 17 wins.
Brooklyn has 18 wins.
Lakers have 14 wins.

If the Lakers win a few, and one of those other teams lose out - we could fall to #3. Then if an outside team wins the lottery, we drop down to #4 and lose the pick.

It's imperative to stay worse than Phoenix and Brooklyn. And a win tonight would have been very bad IMO.


Phoenix has Brandon Knight back, Brooklyn is playing better than us, and we aren't winning 4 more games this year.

Do we look like an 18 win team?

I don't think so. Us winning 16 would be a sheer achievement.


nevermind. its my bad. i thought u were smarter then this.

but join with VLF and continue


Russell had to score 37 for us to beat the Nets by 6, Our big three of youth needed to ALL score above 20 for us to beat Orlando by single digits. Even Phoenix nearly beat the Warriors last night cause they came out without caring.

Truth hurts. But it's time to wake up.


u just dont get it.

if we would have won with Russell/Clarkson/Randle playing mins in the 4th nobody would care that much about tank and the win.

people are pissed cause we almost won with no 3 core guys playing and players like Huertus/Bass/Lou playing.

I am done here, but please continue


No sir, you just don't get it.

So I'll repeat what's been abundently clear all year and it's up to you to face the reality of it.

"Everyone seems to assume this team is better than it actually is whenever they get a little confident streak after an upset.

We saw it last year which actually started with us beating the Celtics, and then we went on a losing streak, we saw it THIS YEAR when everyone was panicking cause we beat the Celtics and then we went on to lose about 19 of our next 21 games.

This team is NOT ... that good, and people need to realize that.

We aren't underachieving, it's not a 'phase', we are poorly coached, poorly managed, and barely competitive, our youth having solid games and Kobe looking like Kobe are the only thing to look forward to this season, cause a consistent solid product on the court will not be one of them.

So everyone needs to let go of their fantasies that this team is actually something at this point, or that Durant wants to come to this wasteland at ANY point for the next 5 seasons, and just realize what the team is.

That will make the stress level go down a lot more before anyone assumes this team will suddenly be "too good" to not be the 2nd worst team in the league.

Russell had to score 37 for us to beat the Nets by 6, Our big three of Youth needed to ALL score above 20 for us to beat Orlando by single digits.

Time to wake up."

Truth hurts, but that doesn't make it any less true. How you deal with it, is up to you.


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Why did Ireland ask Russell how the Lakers came back in the game? He was watching from the sidelines like the rest of us were. Russell was a good sport about the question but that was cringeworthy.
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^ do y'all really have to requote each other? For those of us who are not interested in that discussion it is a lot to scroll through...
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:17 pm    Post subject:

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Why did Ireland ask Russell how the Lakers came back in the game? He was watching from the sidelines like the rest of us were. Russell was a good sport about the question but that was cringeworthy.


Both his and Randles interviews were pretty funny in that "there's nothing really to say" way
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Why did Ireland ask Russell how the Lakers came back in the game? He was watching from the sidelines like the rest of us were. Russell was a good sport about the question but that was cringeworthy.


Because our bench began to play well and the Knicks are a terrible team.

But it was softball questions anyway.


TDRock wrote:
Treble Clef wrote:
Why did Ireland ask Russell how the Lakers came back in the game? He was watching from the sidelines like the rest of us were. Russell was a good sport about the question but that was cringeworthy.


Both his and Randles interviews were pretty funny in that "there's nothing really to say" way



One of these days I expect Kobe to hit a game winner off of a Russell pass and Ireland will go to Clarkson after the game and ask how he set the play up....
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:28 pm    Post subject:

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Why did Ireland ask Russell how the Lakers came back in the game? He was watching from the sidelines like the rest of us were. Russell was a good sport about the question but that was cringeworthy.

The instant reaction is always the same too, for 1/2 a second his face cringes, because he has to be thinking; "What is wrong with this clown"?!!
Then he gets is composure and looks up trying not to laugh, or punch him.

I want to know how many times in Kobe's career he has wanted to slap Ireland!!!
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:17 am    Post subject:

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what happened to the young guys development? What is byron trying to achieve with this (bleep)?


Lou Will has single handledly screwed that up.

This is why his injury was a good thing. A shame that it only lasted for like a week instead of the rest of the season.

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