G18 - Lakers (4-13) @ Pistons (3-14) - 7:30 PM EST

[tradez401]

We gave up a first round pick & Greg Monroe in order to sign Josh Smith to the largest contract in franchise history.

Man..




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and that is truly sad...smith needs to be our 1st priority in finding suitors to take a gamble on his contract...it'll relive us from alot of pressure

[DBC10]

Sooner we stop the Smith run away freight train show, the better this team in the long run. Short term I don't believe we'll be better, it'd be more watchable, sure, but not significantly better.

This gets us closer to Mudiay anyways. Let's go...

[pistons773]

Just watched the game (recorded). It's getting hard to watch this sh.t. It's just depressing. Are we tanking? Wish I could believe that was be reason for this dysfunction.

[Ghost]

What are the odds on SVG having a heart attack by mid season?

I'd say about 0.

[princeofpalace]

Does Drummond have an injury we don't know about? Why pull him in the third and never bring him back into the game?

I don't think Drummond is injured. I think hat he was pulled because he wasn't playing hard and SVG is grasping at straws for anything that works. Its so hilarious to me that guys like Monroe/Drummond have much shorter leashes than Josh Smith- who makes this team far worse than Drumroe does.

[BigFatBob]

This guys SVG has these Pistons looking bad man! I don't care what anyone says, Cheeks at least had our Pistons playing competitive ball. I knew it was a bad idea to sign this guy as our coach/gm. I freaking knew it! Our owner is an idiot as well!

no offense Tune, but your post sound so emotional

[kurtis48239]

Watching NBA tv and chris webber made a comment that an old kobe is playing with much more energy than a young pistons team.Hes not talking about skill,but energy.Thats pretty damn pathetic if you ask me.

[ImHeisenberg]

We gave up a first round pick & Greg Monroe in order to sign Josh Smith to the largest contract in franchise history.

Man..

Joe Dumars' desperation knew no bounds. In his pathetic attempt to save his job, he set this team back three years (at least).

[Snakebites]

Man, the preseason talk about playoffs for this team is embarrassing in retrospect.

Even I thought they'd get CLOSE to the playoffs.

[dVs33]

http://www.thescore.com/nba/news/647847

The quotes from last night are very telling.
I'd be very surprised if there aren't trades on their way.

[Whisper]

One can only hope.

[ImHeisenberg]

Man, the preseason talk about playoffs for this team is embarrassing in retrospect.

Even I thought they'd get CLOSE to the playoffs.

SVG referenced the pre-season after the Lakers games, basically saying that players were too concerned with their personal numbers that they're not playing "free".