Lakers Now With 30 Losses - Most in Western Conference

[Tiesto_Lakers]

Embid is OVER rated... The two players that will have the BIGGEST impact in the NBA are Parker (6'8" next Melo that plays defense and shares the ball) & Exum (6'6" PG next Carter Wiliams with a lightening quick first step and court vision)... The consunsus TOP 5 is as follows:

1. Parker
2. Wiggin
3. Embid
4. Randle
5. Exum

The only two players that are FRANCHISE PLAYERS are Parker & Exum (Wiggins is struggling in college)... I have a feeling Exum will drop to us & we will pick at #4...

Wiggins hasn't struggled at all...had one bad game against OKState but he's leading his team in scoring and doing it efficiently...also plays within the offense and is unselfish.

Huge fan of Parker too, but lacks the athleticism that Wiggins has. More offensively polished than Wiggins but has less potential.

[Michael Lucky]

People get disillusioned quickly when it comes to the comparisons. The fact is Kansas doesn't run their offense through their guards unlike Duke where Hood and Parker have to provide all of the scoring. In fact if we're just going to go on offensive efficiency and scoring then Hood is playing a whole lot better than Parker right now.

[cashflo]

Tank , struggle , injuries etc.. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that we could go into next year with a high draft pick and some money to spend.

The question is how do we add to that ..

The obvious would be moving Pau, Hill or Kaman for a 1st rounder without adding payroll(hard to do but possible)
Developing young players under cheap contracts (Marshall,Kelly)

I do hope the front office takes a god look at the coaching situation because I just don't have faith in D'Antoni.

BTW I would take Pau back next year on a hometown discount..

[The Skyhook]

Another factor we should be aware of is that D'Antoni probably wouldn't be a fan of Embiid one bit...would probably sit him behind Ryan Kelly because he can't "shoot."

Wiggins is my dream pick because he has the potential to be the most athletic player in the league. He reminds me of Paul George so much, just a bit shorter.

I get the feeling that the Lakers will get rid of D'Antoni going into the future. At most I give him one more season. If we stand pat during free agency this summer there is a good chance next season could look very similar to this one and having D'Antoni be the scape goat of a losing season would be idea. Lets just say that the Lakers are fortunate to select first in the draft and they do take Embiid, its hard to see the Lakers sticking with D'Antoni as he just isn't the right guy to develop a special player like Embiid.

[The Skyhook]

For the pro tank guys. Sure we have the most losses in the West but I see us staying where we currently are or even sliding down the tank ladder. The teams ahead of us have some tough games ahead which will most likely result in losses while we play Charlotte on Friday and then don't play until next Tuesday where we take on Minnesota.

[cashflo]

For the pro tank guys. Sure we have the most losses in the West but I see us staying where we currently are or even sliding down the tank ladder. The teams ahead of us have some tough games ahead which will most likely result in losses while we play Charlotte on Friday and then don't play until next Tuesday where we take on Minnesota.

The Bobcats don't scare me one bit.. We always seem to lose to them.