GT: Bulls @ Lakers 2/9/14 12:30 PT

[DEEP3CL]

Oh well we lost but Kaman looked damn good. To answer SchoolboyB post on why MDA went away from Pau and Caveman earlier this season. ...it was because it was working and he saw we would've won a lot of games playing with a formula we had won with.

It would've went against what he was trying to win with. ....small all the damn time.

A few notes on the Bulls. ....

Looking at them even if Rose was there I see them as a first or second round out. Their lack of solid interior play will cost them and outside of Rose they don't have a quality scorer off the ball who can create for others also.

Their defense is okay but a team like the Pacers would obliterate them to shreds with the front lines they could use. Especially if Drew gets his head right.....cause he use to smash Noah anyway.

[digcom]

surely we cant win this game from here

We'll lose this but I'm still nervous about like the last 15-20 games of the season. I feel like Farmar, Meeks, Young, and Henry will all be back at some point and they could play .500 basketball again, ruining our chances at a top pick

You do realize that our pick won't be that high anyway right? I mean you young'ins kill me with this thinking that we're getting a super high pick. We'll be about the 8th to 11th at best.

You guys are in denial and fooling yourselves if you think we're gonna get a number 1-4 pick.

i dunno....i really wouldn't be surprised if the the lakers' pick is between 4-7. milwaukee, orlando, and philadelphia are virtual locks to finish with worse records and the lakers schedule for the remainder of the season is pretty brutal.

[milesfides]

Kendall Marshall is more like Jose Calderon than Rondo.

[gotokyo]

We'll lose this but I'm still nervous about like the last 15-20 games of the season. I feel like Farmar, Meeks, Young, and Henry will all be back at some point and they could play .500 basketball again, ruining our chances at a top pick

You do realize that our pick won't be that high anyway right? I mean you young'ins kill me with this thinking that we're getting a super high pick. We'll be about the 8th to 11th at best.

You guys are in denial and fooling yourselves if you think we're gonna get a number 1-4 pick.

i dunno....i really wouldn't be surprised if the the lakers' pick is between 4-7. milwaukee, orlando, and philadelphia are virtual locks to finish with worse records and the lakers schedule for the remainder of the season is pretty brutal.

If we had lost those last two games against philly and cleveland, we'd be tied for 3rd worst record in the entire league right now.


But you know.... We're kidding ourselves if we think a top 5 pick is realistic

[leeprettyp]

Mike Bresnahan ‏@Mike_Bresnahan

Nash on his injured knee: "I don't think it will be a long-term effect at all." Acknowledged, though, that nerve in his knee was "on fire."

KEVIN DING ‏@KevinDing

D'Antoni believes Nash will be OK to play Tuesday vs. Jazz.


Man gotta feel for the guy

[ArC_man]

I feel for Nash, but I feel like this might be the last straw.

[EArl]

Please retire Nash.

[Pierre The Poet]

I feel for Nash too...he's just not gonna make it...like he barely made contact with Hinrich. And when I say that Nash should retire, it's not even just for a selfish Laker reason, it's also for his quality of life. If he really damages his nerves who knows how his body will be for the rest of his life.

[jigga_man]

You do realize that our pick won't be that high anyway right? I mean you young'ins kill me with this thinking that we're getting a super high pick. We'll be about the 8th to 11th at best.

You guys are in denial and fooling yourselves if you think we're gonna get a number 1-4 pick.

i dunno....i really wouldn't be surprised if the the lakers' pick is between 4-7. milwaukee, orlando, and philadelphia are virtual locks to finish with worse records and the lakers schedule for the remainder of the season is pretty brutal.

If we had lost those last two games against philly and cleveland, we'd be tied for 3rd worst record in the entire league right now.


But you know.... We're kidding ourselves if we think a top 5 pick is realistic

I don't think some people realize how close the lottery race is. Lakers have 3 more wins than Philly who is second last right now. I've never seen so many teams in the lottery whose records are so close. One week can change the whole order 2 through 8.

[Pierre The Poet]

If Nash plays well tonight again I hope we look to trade him asap. He has some value right now and is looking healthy. Who wants Nash? Any takers?

I don't think any team is that stupid

See Toronto

Just don't think they'd do it. Nash is about to break any second now.

[Pierre The Poet]

i dunno....i really wouldn't be surprised if the the lakers' pick is between 4-7. milwaukee, orlando, and philadelphia are virtual locks to finish with worse records and the lakers schedule for the remainder of the season is pretty brutal.

If we had lost those last two games against philly and cleveland, we'd be tied for 3rd worst record in the entire league right now.


But you know.... We're kidding ourselves if we think a top 5 pick is realistic

I don't think some people realize how close the lottery race is. Lakers have 3 more wins than Philly who is second last right now. I've never seen so many teams in the lottery whose records are so close. One week can change the whole order 2 through 8.

Some of these teams are pathetic and need to step it up. We've got Ryan Kelly and Sacre starting. Kings have Rudy Gay, Isaiah Thomas, and Demarcus Cousins. Cavs have Kyrie Irving and Deng. It's unacceptable. At some point, I gotta believe that some of these "All stars" will have some pride and start winning some games.

[Edrees]

If we had any of those players on our team we'd have like 15 more wins, except maybe deng would only have given us 4 or 5 more. it's ridiculous that these teams are so bad

[Anklebreaker702]

Wasn't able to post yesterday but this is why I don't want D'Antoni as coach. He has every excuse why he can play productive players especially prototypical type big men. Hill & Kaymen are always in the dog house with him, and for what?

As soon as they perform he either turns a blind eye or looks for any excuse once they slow down they get buried on the bench again.