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I would've loved to have included LO on the 2k18 all-time team... but Byron was a starter with 3 rings, and D-Fish had 5 rings, so it would've been a hard push.
Always wondered what it would've been like to see LO playing next to Shaq. LO's kind of versatility on D and his just-emerging outside game, next to the big beast in the middle? Yeesh. |
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| This would be nice! |
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| kevin61 wrote: | | activeverb wrote: | He's on the short list of best players in NBA history to never make an all-star team:
Lamar Odom
Serge Ibaka
Mike Conley
Marcus Camby
Rod Stickland
Cedric Maxwell
Ron Harper
Sam Perkins
Jason Terry
Byron Scott
Michael Cooper
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Not seeing any HOFer's there. I guess making at least one All Star team is a pretty good predictor. |
Not necessarily. Tom Chambers made 4 all-star games and is not in the hall of fame. Walter Davis made 6 all-star games and is not in the hall of fame. |
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It would be good for Lamar, he may or not know it but he needs all the motivation he can get...
I'm in...
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| Is there a chance he makes the team? |
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splashmtn
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| trablos wrote: | | I really wish he didn't take that trade so personally. Yes he was a big part of our two titles, but I think he let it effect him way more than it should have. At least Pau stuck it out for two more years and kept it professional. |
trab, there was no way he wasnt going to take it personally.
think about it. him and pau were HOT about that trade.
pau never felt the same afterwards. as he should've felt.
when you put that much effort into winning and being a great team. then to be traded even before you start declining is a lot to handle. Especially with LO. Thats just his personality. He really found a home here and a family, etc. I told people that traded killed him. no its not the FO's fault or anything like that. Thats what happens when people put more stock then they should in other things. when you lose that thing you lose everything. You can't do that, not even for other loved ones as crazy as that sounds. there is a reason why I say people should always remember we are all blessing for one another. But there was never a guarantee that we will be here all the time forever for each other. we are supposed to have a good time with the time we have with one another. that goes for family friends, enemies..loll. and everyone inbetween. when it comes to things like a house being flooded by this lasted storm or a house burning down in a Cali wild fire. those are things. the pictures...by now you should've had those puppies backed up in the cloud some where, this aint 1982 lol. even being on a team with friends. there are no guarantees. so dont act like there are. ride the good times wave until it goes down again. and have a ball while you're doing it. |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Is there a chance he makes the team? |
wouldn't that be hilarious IG? what if LO was seriously training. Not the stuff we saw on instragram and other outlets about him training just to get into shape. but lowkey training to get back in and he was ready. so he comes out in practice killing everyone. out there in the one game warmup not missing anything. luke looks at jeanie, jeanie looks at magic and pelinka and they all shrug and say...let him play once. and he balls out. |
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| Hey, they let Metta hang around. |
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| splashmtn wrote: | | trablos wrote: | | I really wish he didn't take that trade so personally. Yes he was a big part of our two titles, but I think he let it effect him way more than it should have. At least Pau stuck it out for two more years and kept it professional. |
trab, there was no way he wasnt going to take it personally.
think about it. him and pau were HOT about that trade.
pau never felt the same afterwards. as he should've felt. it. |
In some ways, it's weird. Lamar was 32; he'd already been traded once, and he already left a team as a free agent. He wasn't a kid, and he'd been around the NBA long enough to know that teams cut guys all the time. I could see him being pissed, because that's a normal human reaction, but it was odd how flummoxed he became by it. |
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| activeverb wrote: | | splashmtn wrote: | | trablos wrote: | | I really wish he didn't take that trade so personally. Yes he was a big part of our two titles, but I think he let it effect him way more than it should have. At least Pau stuck it out for two more years and kept it professional. |
trab, there was no way he wasnt going to take it personally.
think about it. him and pau were HOT about that trade.
pau never felt the same afterwards. as he should've felt. it. |
In some ways, it's weird. Lamar was 32; he'd already been traded once, and he already left a team as a free agent. He wasn't a kid, and he'd been around the NBA long enough to know that teams cut guys all the time. I could see him being pissed, because that's a normal human reaction, but it was odd how flummoxed he became by it. |
Depression and mental illness I suspect were factors. I remember reading he was already in a bad state because of some robbery or incident that he witnessed in NY. He's a sensitive soul. |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Is there a chance he makes the team? |
Dude, be realistic.
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slavavov
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The Lakers should totally do this. They're a class organization, and i feel like that Laker team was the family unit Lamar never had when he was a kid.
It almost reminds me of how the 49ers signed Jerry Rice just so he could retire as a 49er, since he played his last few years with, of all teams the Raiders.
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audioaxes
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isnt something like this reserved for HOF level players?
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| True Lakers Fan wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Is there a chance he makes the team? |
Dude, be realistic. |
Dude, he's a favorite among Laker fans. Let the man dream. Anyway, I'm sure someone said the same thing you said at this same time last year (regarding something outside of sports) |
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It almost reminds me of how the 49ers signed Jerry Rice just so he could retire as a 49er, since he played his last few years with, of all teams the Raiders. |
Sorry to veer a bit off topic, but I got a chance to meet Jerry Rice a few months back at the celebrity golf tourney in Rancho Santa Fe. He was a cool guy, the only one CARRYING his own bag and smoking a cigar most of the time while he was playing.
No slouch on the golf course either...he was extremely friendly and cool to my girlfriend and I when he could have chosen not to be and thus I am a Rice backer now 100%.
Very cool guy, Jerry Rice, Hall of Famer!
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
It almost reminds me of how the 49ers signed Jerry Rice just so he could retire as a 49er, since he played his last few years with, of all teams the Raiders. |
Sorry to veer a bit off topic, but I got a chance to meet Jerry Rice a few months back at the celebrity golf tourney in Rancho Santa Fe. He was a cool guy, the only one CARRYING his own bag and smoking a cigar most of the time while he was playing.
No slouch on the golf course either...he was extremely friendly and cool to my girlfriend and I when he could have chosen not to be and thus I am a Rice backer now 100%.
Very cool guy, Jerry Rice, Hall of Famer! |
Definitely agree. He also might have been the only other athlete to match Kobe's work ethic when it came to training and taking care of his body. I only caught his last few years with the 49ers, so I can only imagine how dominant he must have been in the 80s and early 90s.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
It almost reminds me of how the 49ers signed Jerry Rice just so he could retire as a 49er, since he played his last few years with, of all teams the Raiders. |
Sorry to veer a bit off topic, but I got a chance to meet Jerry Rice a few months back at the celebrity golf tourney in Rancho Santa Fe. He was a cool guy, the only one CARRYING his own bag and smoking a cigar most of the time while he was playing.
No slouch on the golf course either...he was extremely friendly and cool to my girlfriend and I when he could have chosen not to be and thus I am a Rice backer now 100%.
Very cool guy, Jerry Rice, Hall of Famer! |
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| MIMLaker wrote: | I would've loved to have included LO on the 2k18 all-time team... but Byron was a starter with 3 rings, and D-Fish had 5 rings, so it would've been a hard push.
Always wondered what it would've been like to see LO playing next to Shaq. LO's kind of versatility on D and his just-emerging outside game, next to the big beast in the middle? Yeesh. |
Total missed opportunity by 2k but alas.
That aside, I hope LO comes back in this capacity.
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No brainer  |
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Classy.  |
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| Lakers#1Team wrote: | | kevin61 wrote: | | activeverb wrote: | He's on the short list of best players in NBA history to never make an all-star team:
Lamar Odom
Serge Ibaka
Mike Conley
Marcus Camby
Rod Stickland
Cedric Maxwell
Ron Harper
Sam Perkins
Jason Terry
Byron Scott
Michael Cooper
Amazing how many Lakers are on this list |
Not seeing any HOFer's there. I guess making at least one All Star team is a pretty good predictor. |
Not necessarily. Tom Chambers made 4 all-star games and is not in the hall of fame. Walter Davis made 6 all-star games and is not in the hall of fame. |
Odom Perkins Terry Scott and Cooper should all be in the hof
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| audioaxes wrote: | | isnt something like this reserved for HOF level players? |
No
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And I remember this one
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