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| noahp45 wrote: | There is a reason lou has never been signed longer than a few years.
Also we needed to Tank so he had to go.
You dudes fall in love with every X laker that has a good game.
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Its a LG tradition. |
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lakersfever714
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| noahp45 wrote: | There is a reason lou has never been signed longer than a few years.
Also we needed to Tank so he had to go.
You dudes fall in love with every X laker that has a good game.
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We could have just benched Lou if we really wanted to tank and I highly doubt the Lakers were in any position to win many games even if Lou was trying his best. Stop making up excuses to justify for trading him away. It was a poor judge of talent by Magic. Period. Should we look at the rest of his signings and tradings too? Incompetent people need to go. Next man up.
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| The Lebrons wrote: | | Pau Gasol's Beard wrote: | | I got Milwaukee winning the whole thing this year. Warriors look done. |
On paper, they look like the team. They were dominant this year. But I don't trust their talent level. Middleton is their 2nd best player? Bledsoe? That just feels weak for a title team. |
First off, they have Giannis. I don't care what anyone says he is the best player in the NBA. That already is a HUGE advantage. What he does to collapse the defense on the drive is on another level. This means if you have shooters you have a huge advantage.
They have shooters. A lot of them. Bledsoe can shoot. Middleton can shoot. Lopez can shoot. Mirotic can shoot. Brogdon can shoot. You get the point. They all can shoot when he collapses the defense.
They play great defense. Really great defense. They have a top 3 defender in the league in Giannis. Bledsoe is a great defensive guard. A healthy Brogdon is a great defensive guard. Lopez has been great in the paint. Middleton can also hold his own on defense.
Not only that, while they don't have a second superstar, they have a lot of guys that can create their own shot. Pretty much everyone can create their own shot.
So sure, they don't have the fanciest team on paper. However, they have a damn good team. They built a team without looking for flash names. Something the Lakers should learn. Bucks are built PERFECTLY for the modern NBA, with a great coach, and the best player in the NBA (at worst top 3). I see them advancing to the finals quite easily. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | There is a reason lou has never been signed longer than a few years.
Also we needed to Tank so he had to go.
You dudes fall in love with every X laker that has a good game.
Zubac
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We could have just benched Lou if we really wanted to tank and I highly doubt the Lakers were in any position to win many games even if Lou was trying his best. Stop making up excuses to justify for trading him away. It was a poor judge of talent by Magic. Period. Should we look at the rest of his signings and tradings too? Incompetent people need to go. Next man up. |
There's no sugarcoating that trade, it was done to make the team worse. To get a better draft pick and have room for at least 2 max players. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| Treble Clef wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | There is a reason lou has never been signed longer than a few years.
Also we needed to Tank so he had to go.
You dudes fall in love with every X laker that has a good game.
Zubac
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We could have just benched Lou if we really wanted to tank and I highly doubt the Lakers were in any position to win many games even if Lou was trying his best. Stop making up excuses to justify for trading him away. It was a poor judge of talent by Magic. Period. Should we look at the rest of his signings and tradings too? Incompetent people need to go. Next man up. |
There's no sugarcoating that trade, it was done to make the team worse. To get a better draft pick and have room for at least 2 max players. |
and get Houston's first rounder.
Love Lou. Proud of him being a Laker.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | There is a reason lou has never been signed longer than a few years.
Also we needed to Tank so he had to go.
You dudes fall in love with every X laker that has a good game.
Zubac
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We could have just benched Lou if we really wanted to tank and I highly doubt the Lakers were in any position to win many games even if Lou was trying his best. Stop making up excuses to justify for trading him away. It was a poor judge of talent by Magic. Period. Should we look at the rest of his signings and tradings too? Incompetent people need to go. Next man up. |
Does Lou re-sign with us last summer if we had benched him after the All-Star Break in 2017? I think not.
However, let's say we didn't tank and simply lost the 2017 & 2019 picks...with the same draft position in 2018, we have a shot at Shai Gilgeous Alexander, and the current Clippers backcourt is ours (well, 2/3rds of it anyway). We'd have more cap room with these two and without Lonzo/Hart, as well.
There's no way to have predicted all this, but this is why you don't trade away your picks for a 38 year old player who takes your franchise cornerstone off the ball anyway. And to think we refused to include any more picks in a potential reworking of the vetoed CP3 deal. It all comes back to the Nash trade and the MozDeng signings. And Lamar who made the Nash trade possible with his unprofessionalism. |
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the Lakers Lou trade was a good idea. Only thing I hate is that apparently we could have got more for him.
we were rebuilding, needed to tank for better draft odds, and assumed we couldnt afford Lou anyways while trying to go a on 2 max FA mission.
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If I'm Lou, I'm kicking myself for signing such a paltry deal. He could easily have gotten double his deal.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| audioaxes wrote: | the Lakers Lou trade was a good idea. Only thing I hate is that apparently we could have got more for him.
we were rebuilding, needed to tank for better draft odds, and assumed we couldnt afford Lou anyways while trying to go a on 2 max FA mission. |
I thought that trading Lou was to force Walton into playing DLO more. I was wrong. |
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| AFireInside619 wrote: | | audioaxes wrote: | the Lakers Lou trade was a good idea. Only thing I hate is that apparently we could have got more for him.
we were rebuilding, needed to tank for better draft odds, and assumed we couldnt afford Lou anyways while trying to go a on 2 max FA mission. |
I thought that trading Lou was to force Walton into playing DLO more. I was wrong. |
no you weren't |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| AFireInside619 wrote: | | audioaxes wrote: | the Lakers Lou trade was a good idea. Only thing I hate is that apparently we could have got more for him.
we were rebuilding, needed to tank for better draft odds, and assumed we couldnt afford Lou anyways while trying to go a on 2 max FA mission. |
I thought that trading Lou was to force Walton into playing DLO more. I was wrong. |
The same people lamenting trading Lou are the ones who are whining that Lou was holding DLO back. |
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| LakerSD wrote: | https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1121468860899758080?s=21
Aww so cute  |
The bromance is still strong. I guess he's not regretting his decision. Let's see what happens after 4 more years of first round playoff exit. If he's ok with being known as never winning a championship or never even making it to the finals, then so be it. Rot in OKC.
Maybe next year the Lakers will replace OKC in playoff standing. That would be so sweet.
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| Username wrote: | | AFireInside619 wrote: | | audioaxes wrote: | the Lakers Lou trade was a good idea. Only thing I hate is that apparently we could have got more for him.
we were rebuilding, needed to tank for better draft odds, and assumed we couldnt afford Lou anyways while trying to go a on 2 max FA mission. |
I thought that trading Lou was to force Walton into playing DLO more. I was wrong. |
The same people lamenting trading Lou are the ones who are whining that Lou was holding DLO back. |
Was it about DLO?
I thought it was some about JC too? |
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1121468860899758080?s=21
Aww so cute |
The bromance is still strong. I guess he's not regretting his decision. Let's see what happens after 4 more years of first round playoff exit. If he's ok with being known as never winning a championship or never even making it to the finals, then so be it. Rot in OKC.
Maybe next year the Lakers will replace OKC in playoff standing. That would be so sweet. |
"He's one of the best human beings I've ever been a part of"
this makes perfect sense now |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| levon wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1121468860899758080?s=21
Aww so cute |
The bromance is still strong. I guess he's not regretting his decision. Let's see what happens after 4 more years of first round playoff exit. If he's ok with being known as never winning a championship or never even making it to the finals, then so be it. Rot in OKC.
Maybe next year the Lakers will replace OKC in playoff standing. That would be so sweet. |
"He's one of the best human beings I've ever been a part of"
this makes perfect sense now |
PG13 spoke the truth, compare to strippers, RW looks like a Saint. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1121468860899758080?s=21
Aww so cute |
The bromance is still strong. I guess he's not regretting his decision. Let's see what happens after 4 more years of first round playoff exit. If he's ok with being known as never winning a championship or never even making it to the finals, then so be it. Rot in OKC.
Maybe next year the Lakers will replace OKC in playoff standing. That would be so sweet. |
He’s not signed for 4 more years, he likely leaves before then.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:48 pm Post subject: Yurt |
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| If S.A. wins the series they play GS right? |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: Yurt |
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| defense wrote: | | If S.A. wins the series they play GS right? |
Nope. POR side of the bracket |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Yurt |
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| KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | | defense wrote: | | If S.A. wins the series they play GS right? |
Nope. POR side of the bracket |
They really need to match up seeds
Brackets are lame |
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| Denver isn’t forreal. But I can’t really talk about them.. their young players are much more promising than ours. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Yurt |
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| defense wrote: | | KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | | defense wrote: | | If S.A. wins the series they play GS right? |
Nope. POR side of the bracket |
They really need to match up seeds
Brackets are lame |
Blame Houston for being the 4th seed.
But the brackets are interesting IMO since we’ll get the GSW/HOU matchup early and a new team will get to participate in the WCF. |
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| Sigh, a first round game 7. Bring on round 2! |
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| Spurs Nuggs series is noice! |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Spurs are so respectable.I m jealous. |
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