Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers (0-0) @ Portland Trail Blazers (0-0) - LOSS - 0-1

Fedor · Post #41 » by **Fedor** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:08 am

Some pretty **** calls but what a game so fa

kblo247 · Post #42 » by **kblo247** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:09 am

TyCobb wrote:Lonzo is too much of a defensive monster to not start. Cant wait till this Rondo starting experiment is over.

He is also conversely too much of a offensive liability to start. Rondo shoots the 3 better, free throws better, and finishes at the rim largely better. He’s also much quicker and more decisive in the half court about ball delivery and where to go. Ball doesn’t have the onions to tell Lebron where to go and holds it too long at times which is why Ingram gets off rhythm like last year. Rondo is the better player and starter right now based off merit and play

Sushisensei26 · Post #43 » by **Sushisensei26** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:12 am

This feels pretty great to be honest. I’m grinning.

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H00PDREAMS · Post #44 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:12 am

Yeah, that pretty much sumsbit up.

kblo247 · Post #45 » by **kblo247** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:12 am

I wish we could pay Tayshaun Prince to teach Ingram how to defend with his length

TKainZero · Post #46 » by **TKainZero** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:15 am

Yuk

Rondo/McGee both with 2 fouls before the 2nd quarter

Ball will be able to have a good run this game.

And... let’s look at this backup center spot

kblo247 · Post #47 » by **kblo247** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:15 am

This is when Luke should yank Ball for them falling apart and hold him and Hart to a higher standard. Hart did some **** stuff too there.

crazy8ights · Post #48 » by **crazy8ights** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:16 am

Hart got the jitters tonight eh

TKainZero · Post #49 » by **TKainZero** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:17 am

So... when lebron is not on the court. This is still a lottery team

H00PDREAMS · Post #50 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:17 am

A Curry is on the court uh oh.

Sedale Threatt · Post #51 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:17 am

This will be the challenge all year, keeping everything from plunging into the toilet when LeBron sits. Cannot have that.

H00PDREAMS · Post #52 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:18 am

kblo247 wrote:This is when Luke should yank Ball for them falling apart and hold him and Hart to a higher standard. Hart did some **** stuff too there.

That's a reactionary statement. Needs to play through it.

TKainZero · Post #53 » by **TKainZero** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:19 am

Stauskus?!?!??

Sedale Threatt · Post #54 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:20 am

Hart playing like complete garbage.

Ball so hard · Post #55 » by **Ball so hard** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:21 am

Shooting will be an issue this year. Every single one or our shooters appears to have taken a step backward.

Post #56 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:21 am

Ball way too passive. Just dumping it off with little impact in the halfcourf.

crazy8ights · Post #57 » by **crazy8ights** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:21 am

Everyone nervous or something

H00PDREAMS · Post #58 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:22 am

Ball fuccn up.

Mamba Mentality · Post #59 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:23 am

Second unit was really timid. Too much Lance ball.

kblo247 · Post #60 » by **kblo247** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:23 am

H00PDREAMS wrote:
kblo247 wrote:This is when Luke should yank Ball for them falling apart and hold him and Hart to a higher standard. Hart did some **** stuff too there.

That's a reactionary statement. Needs to play through it.

No it’s a truth statement. They play through it when they are not trying to win like in years past. He played through it regardless of what the hell he messed up last year.

Phil would yank Fish, Fox, and Horry in his first year in la and they were starters before he came. Did it for AC, Rice, and Harper. Over time those three tightened up and made less mistakes to the point Rice and Green we’re watching Fox and Horry close. Then Harper was watching Fish. They didn’t play through it, they earned it.

Ball is supposed to be the general when Bron and Rondo sit, hell some want him to start. But he’s not decisive in what he wants to do and caused the O to stall. People call for hart over kcp but kcp has less brain freezes, ball stoppages, and blown rotations. Hold them to a standard of a starter if you think they are good enough to start and trying to make them win