1 Year Ago Today

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #1 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 1:20 pm

The Lakers acquired Dwight Howard which led to one of the most epic offseasons in NBA history. Never have I been so pumped about a team's chances of winning it all, and it ended up being the most disappointing season ever.

Big difference between last year's offseason and this year's.

ROballer · Post #2 » by **ROballer** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 1:24 pm

Meh..

Gek · Post #3 » by **Gek** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:19 pm

I was more pumped when we signed chris paul tbh.

Post #4 » by **crazyeights** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:42 pm

Gek wrote:I was more pumped when we signed chris paul tbh.

I wasn't, because we traded a great big tandem and all our eggs were in Bynum's basket. We'd have basically had one season to make it work before his inevitable breaking down or departure...all this with Mike Brown as our head coach. Really don't see him being the right guy for CP3.

Gek · Post #5 » by **Gek** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:57 pm

That future though.

Post #6 » by **crazyeights** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:00 pm

That's what I'm saying though, I wonder if we'd have have had trade pieces or the capspace to really surround Paul with anybody but Bynum and Kobe....I guess we could have traded Bynum for someone other than Dwight Howard......hm.....

Kobe System · Post #7 » by **Kobe System** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:10 pm

One year ago today, I thought Dwight is a beast. Turns out he is only a baby.

Wavy Q · Post #8 » by **Wavy Q** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:13 pm

i didnt ask for that feel OP

Doormatt · Post #9 » by **Doormatt** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:14 pm

stunnar0b · Post #10 » by **stunnar0b** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:30 pm

crazyeights wrote:
Gek wrote:I was more pumped when we signed chris paul tbh.

I wasn't, because we traded a great big tandem and all our eggs were in Bynum's basket. We'd have basically had one season to make it work before his inevitable breaking down or departure...all this with Mike Brown as our head coach. Really don't see him being the right guy for CP3.

Rumors were that Dwight would be coming next. So it would've been cp3 Kobe and dh12, not bad going forward.

Post #11 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:28 pm

I was more excited about the steve nash acquisition since the lakers didn't give up anything that would hurt them on the court in the upcoming season. getting dwight was cool but i was never really all that excited about it cause i was a big bynum homer and i was perfectly happy going into the season with bynum at center.

most exciting moves for me were 1. shaq signing, 2. malone/payton

leeprettyp · Post #12 » by **leeprettyp** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:59 pm

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/dwight-howard-twitter-burn/

Man stuff like this is exactly why over the past month I'm happy this clown is gone. What a loser!!!!

Everybody been pretty much saying the same thing on Twitter and social medias to Dwight and he lashes out at that woman. She had a nice comeback for his azz tho. Man he really must've been a headache in that locker room last season.

Post #13 » by **crazyeights** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:07 pm

leeprettyp wrote:http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/dwight-howard-twitter-burn/

Man stuff like this is exactly why over the past month I'm happy this clown is gone. What a loser!!!!

Everybody been pretty much saying the same thing on Twitter and social medias to Dwight and he lashes out at that woman. She had a nice comeback for his azz tho. Man he really must've been a headache in that locker room last season.

nice.

BEazy · Post #14 » by **BEazy** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:47 pm

To be honest I was really pumped when we got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown. Now that was epic.

DEEP3CL · Post #15 » by **DEEP3CL** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:09 pm

I wasn't going nuts over it. Cause I knew the risk of dealing for him was going to bite us in the azz. And it did. But oh well it's over time to move on.

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #16 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:52 pm

ScHoolBoy B wrote:To be honest I was really pumped when we got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown. Now that was epic.

I don't think anything can top that day. Everyone knew we'd instantly become a title threat and stay that way for many years.

BEazy · Post #17 » by **BEazy** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:41 pm

Tiesto_Lakers wrote:
ScHoolBoy B wrote:To be honest I was really pumped when we got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown. Now that was epic.

I don't think anything can top that day. Everyone knew we'd instantly become a title threat and stay that way for many years.

Yup, and that's when the whole entire league had to adjust to our moves. I was amazed at how worried the rest of the other teams were at that point.

Dr Aki · Post #18 » by **Dr Aki** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:19 am

i was thinking **** stern, he killed the cp3-dwight future

One Love · Post #19 » by **One Love** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:41 pm

I wonder which Yers were on our roster at the end of that season (before Hoawrd) and who is still here today... Is it only Kobe, Pau & Blake (before Nash & Howard pickups)... Allot of turnover...

The Laker Kid · Post #20 » by **The Laker Kid** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:07 pm

1 year ago today, Jetset wet his pants since he had a man crush on Dwight