Game 9 : Oklahoma City Thunder (1-6) @ Los Angeles Lakers (5-3) - 10:30 PM

Revived · Post #41 » by **Revived** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:05 am

I don’t understand this because there are two players running at SGA already here.

NoseBleedLakers · Post #42 » by **NoseBleedLakers** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:06 am

Outscored 35-24 in the fourth :nonono:

The "easy" part of the schedule to start the season is over with, now time for the tougher games to start.

I'm sure there will be more head-scratching L's like this this season.

Ckay · Post #43 » by **Ckay** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:06 am

THE F@CK?

TylersLakers · Post #44 » by **TylersLakers** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:07 am

Not gonna lie - I hate this team. The Westbrook trade stained it from the very beginning and now I’m just mad basically every game when I watch. Gross. Them turning it on and turning it off is infuriating and we basically rely on LeBron to save us 90% of the time.

Gross. Never felt this way about a Laker team in my entire time watching the Lakers. I preferred the young Lakers more, I preferred the 2013-2014 Lakers more, the teams with Smush Parker more, etc.

Other than a Westbrook trade, I can’t see myself enjoying this team as long as he’s apart of it.

TylersLakers · Post #45 » by **TylersLakers** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:08 am

Revived wrote:

Read on Twitter

I don’t understand this because there are two players running at SGA already here.

Watch the game. Russ does dumb **** like this at least 5-10 times a game.

SweetTouch · Post #46 » by **SweetTouch** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:13 am

What the **** did I just watch

LAKESHOW · Post #47 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:14 am

We have literally destroyed the chemistry of a championship team. All we needed was a small change, instead we dumped everyone for Old Dogs who can't learn new tricks

Pythagoras · Post #48 » by **Pythagoras** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:23 am

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Pythagoras · Post #49 » by **Pythagoras** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:24 am

Sure would be nice to have Otto Porter right now, lol.

Post #50 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:36 am

Do we think Bradley and AD can defend an entire team themselves?

We suck... It's a weird mix of players... But it's hard to believe we suck this bad...

I watched the first half... AD, Dwight, Bradley, Ellington, Mello and even Westbrook, all looked solid, how did it go so wrong?

Post #51 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 5:37 am

TylersLakers wrote:Not gonna lie - I hate this team. The Westbrook trade stained it from the very beginning and now I’m just mad basically every game when I watch. Gross. Them turning it on and turning it off is infuriating and we basically rely on LeBron to save us 90% of the time.

Gross. Never felt this way about a Laker team in my entire time watching the Lakers. I preferred the young Lakers more, I preferred the 2013-2014 Lakers more, the teams with Smush Parker more, etc.

Other than a Westbrook trade, I can’t see myself enjoying this team as long as he’s apart of it.

I felt exactly this way about the Glove/Malone Laker team... Only, they were winning games easily most nights.

Dr Aki · Post #52 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 6:16 am

Mamba Mentality · Post #53 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 6:17 am

Russ isn’t a winning player, plain and simple. He makes the dumbest decisions with the ball, can't shoot for ****, gets tunnel vision when he does make a couple shots, and plays some of the worst off ball defense on the team. I still can't believe how many people continue to defend this guy with a straight face knowing how conducive he is to losing. We’re only about a year removed from absolutely exposing him in the playoffs, he was literally one of the main reasons we beat the Rockets so handedly in the second round.

This roster as a whole is dog **** as I had predicted months earlier. DJ shouldn’t be in the league, Rondo is strictly on this roster based on reputation, Baze is a bozo who somehow is worse than Danny Green at finishing around the rim, and Monk is a traffic cone on defense constantly looking over his shoulder. The only guys I’ve been content with are Reaves and Melo, even though the latter has been a terrible defender in his own right. THT, Nunn, and Ariza can’t come back soon enough even though I don’t think they’re gonna be the difference makers that are gonna push us over the top.

SweetTouch · Post #54 » by **SweetTouch** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 6:28 am

They are winning by a lot

What was working

Tracymcgoaty · Post #55 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 6:46 am

I hate this roster with a passion i've never felt before.

I think i would fight at least half the roster and get my ass beat everytime....But i would fight them. Because i hate this roster.

Tell me this was all a bad dream and all our trades never actually happened?

LAKESHOW · Post #56 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 8:23 am

We need to face the trade deadline with Bold intentions

Jedi32 · Post #57 » by **Jedi32** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 8:41 am

I expected a slow start with the roster turnover. I actually had us pegged to be under .500 at this point in the season. We're going to have growing pains but I believe Bron, AD, Westbrook will figure it out.

Hans1984 · Post #58 » by **Hans1984** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 8:53 am

We can't even beat this OKC team. This team stinks and it won't get any better unless we make some major trades.

mcscotty · Post #59 » by **mcscotty** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 10:54 am

Hans1984 wrote:We can't even beat this OKC team. This team stinks and it won't get any better unless we make some major trades.

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. We're hog-tied.

Landsberger · Post #60 » by **Landsberger** » Fri Nov 5, 2021 2:18 pm

The only trade that would bring in true change would be Davis IMHO. Every other piece we have we'd have take on as much trouble as we send out.

I don't know how any decent basketball mind puts Jordan, Westbrook and Melo on a team in meaningful roles and expects cerebral basketball.

This was a swing for the fences move that was obviously orchestrated by LeBron. He's got his fishing buddies on the team now.... looks like they will get a good chance to go fishing early this year.