Anyone Else Starting To Forget What A Winning Lakers Team Looked Like?

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

It's starting to drift away. All those times we took winning for granted and presumed a deep playoff run every year. A prime Kobe and pau. Guys like Odom coming off the bench. Shaq and the crew of vets and so on.

With the possibility of Byron coming back this is getting downright depressing. I was around for the 1990s post Magic rebuild (and of course Showtime) and I always remembered the Lakers still being exciting.

If Byron returns this is just too much to stomach. I'm starting to forget what winning felt like. I guess this is what it feels when doves cry (Artist formerly known as Prince voice).

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danzag · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:01 pm Post subject:

If the Lakers retain Byron Scott I'm not watching this team anymore.
I can't believe that our front office has doubts about firing the worst coach we ever had.

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nomoreshaq · Star Player Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 5142

yes. i've forgotten. i think every august or so i get excited and delusional about the lakers and am pumped to see the first game but i've pretty much checked out by thanksgiving. it's sad.

kobe's last game was the first time in years i felt the magic again.

Arrow X · Rookie Joined: 10 May 2015 Posts: 2

Yes. The fact that I consider if we get 30+ wins next season a major improvement...

Gatekeeper · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:04 pm Post subject:

You need to fix the root of the problems currently ailing this franchise. As long as ownership feels the need to have a hand in making basketball-related decisions, we're in for a rough ride as a collective fanbase.
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sublimedominion · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:05 pm Post subject:

Yes
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yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

All we look forward to is the lottery.

New coaches.

Begging free agents to join a sinking ship.

And so on.

Doesn't the Buss family have one ounce of pride? They are still raking in millions off the back of their father who worked so hard to put this together.
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yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

The last memories of the lakers being on top is game 7 from 2010. Crazy how far we are from that mountain top.
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Capt.Skyhook · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:10 pm Post subject:

It's not that I have forgotten what winning looks like, it's that I have accepted losing. That's much worse.

PLATNUM · Star Player Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 7230 Location: L.A.

An actual TEAM would be a great start. We have a bunch of dudes just thrown together at the moment. No stability. No culture. Hard to win when there's no direction. Sad.
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KobeRe-Loaded · Franchise Player Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 14944

Losing is part of the process. We as fans have been spoiled for a long time especially the ones that became fans during the 3-peat Lakers.
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55 · Franchise Player Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 12092

Don't lose hope and faith - we're a winning organization and have won so much for you to feel like this.
It will all turn around, just takes a bit of time.

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The Logo · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:15 pm Post subject:

A typical rebuilding process takes more than five years; look at the Knicks, they've been losing seemingly forever, and they're supposed to be a big market team. Patience is a virtue, we're essentially going into what can be argued as Year 1 or Year 2 of Rebuilding.

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KeepItRealOrElse · Retired Number Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 32767

yea. being at the complete opposite end of the spectrum is the disorientating thing. Once we get back to competing game-in and game-out, then I'll find my bearings as a sports fan

FreakofNature · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:17 pm Post subject:

It starts with ownership, and the coach.

Buss kids are not selling, I wish they would be hands off, and hire Ettore Messina as coach.

Possibly hire Calipari as coach and also allow him to "consult" with Mitch on whom he gets to coach.

City_Dawg · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:20 pm Post subject:

Best thing about Kobe's last game was being able to feel good about the lakers again.

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RestEasyBlackMamba · Star Player Joined: 24 May 2015 Posts: 3061

Makes me appreciate the winning times a lot more.

Dave20 · Franchise Player Joined: 15 Jun 2013 Posts: 11333

I still know what it feels like. We've been so fortunate as fans over the years winning with Kobe, Shaq, and Pau. It's a cycle every team goes through it. I might be the exception but I'm loving the youth movement.

It's fun to me watching the young guys develop and get better every year. It doesn't matter to me if we win 30 games next year as long as JC, Dlo, Randle, and hopefully Ingram develop the right way. Despite the bad coaches they hired the Lakers Front Office has been great at drafting players. I see light at the end of the tunnel. It might take 3 years to get there but I think we will.

Power Gasol · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:24 pm Post subject:

EZ-Ryder · Starting Rotation Joined: 11 Jul 2013 Posts: 846

Lol. We were 45-37 in 2012-13. Relax.

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