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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#21 » by Dr Aki » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:40 am

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ratra_1211 wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:we'll probably spend our pick on exum regardless of whether it's the #3 or #6 (assuming embiid/parker are gone)


AMENNNNN

one question though.. what if exum, jabari, wiggins, and embiid was not available? who would you pick?


I would pick Randle over Exum all day


then i would rage
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#22 » by TruSkool » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:40 am

ratra_1211 wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:we'll probably spend our pick on exum regardless of whether it's the #3 or #6 (assuming embiid/parker are gone)


AMENNNNN

one question though.. what if exum, jabari, wiggins, and embiid was not available? who would you pick?


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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#23 » by Speedlot » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:01 am

I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#24 » by Dr Aki » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:33 am

Speedlot wrote:I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.


- we dont have an al jefferson to trade
- klove aint got **** on prime KG
- kobe at 37yo coming off an achilles and a missed season isnt better than pierce at 30yo
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#25 » by Speedlot » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:51 am

Dr Aki wrote:
Speedlot wrote:I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.


- we dont have an al jefferson to trade
- klove aint got **** on prime KG
- kobe at 37yo coming off an achilles and a missed season isnt better than pierce at 30yo


-Al = PAU.
-You sure it was absolute prime KG?
-Oh heoo no.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#26 » by Asianiac_24 » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:30 am

At this point we would be lucky to get the 5th pick. If MDA loves Sacre so much, this is the time to play him.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#27 » by theFRANCHISE » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:38 am

I think the real story here isn't the players available in those past drafts, its who the GM's ended up draft with that pick. A lot of those guys aren't even in the league right now!!!
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#28 » by Dr Aki » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:26 pm

Speedlot wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:
Speedlot wrote:I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.


- we dont have an al jefferson to trade
- klove aint got **** on prime KG
- kobe at 37yo coming off an achilles and a missed season isnt better than pierce at 30yo


-Al = PAU.
-You sure it was absolute prime KG?
-Oh heoo no.


- lol no.
- prime, not peak
- time to wake up and smell the roses
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#29 » by One Love » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:17 pm

Lakers need to STOP winning the meaningless games... I know it's a lottery but we should be sitting in the 4th spot not the 7th... This is starting to piss me off... Stop playing Kaman & Hill & let's tank like a real team...
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#30 » by myersia » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:35 pm

Give me RANDLE!!!
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#31 » by TonyMontana » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:11 pm

One Love wrote:Lakers need to STOP winning the meaningless games... I know it's a lottery but we should be sitting in the 4th spot not the 7th... This is starting to piss me off... Stop playing Kaman & Hill & let's tank like a real team...


@#$%in MDA!! You can't fix stupid!!
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#32 » by ArC_man » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:59 pm

Speedlot wrote:I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.

Who's gonna be our Ray Allen and our Rondo?
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#33 » by EnigmaticProblem » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:01 pm

That was a horrendous win last night. The worst wins are the ones at the end of the year, 'cause everyone else is trying to lose, so the collaboration of the two works its way into a tenth overall pick instead of a top three one.

If Wiggins, Parker, Embiid, Exum and Randle are all gone. . . I would take a flyer on a high potential (high risk) player. Zach LaVine, possibly. Maybe Tyler Ennis? Hopefully Glenn Robinson III comes out this year? The one thing I absolutely do not want to see is us trade that pick to the Timberwolves for some Kevin Love package. Can't we just sign him next summer whilst keeping our pick?
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#34 » by Asianiac_24 » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:54 pm

Our coach is a **** (Please Use More Appropriate Word). Plays Sacre and other garbage over Hill and Kaman while we were actually trying to win, than playing Hill and Kaman while we are trying to lose. Just sit Hill and Kaman with some made up injury and TANK. It seemed like last week we were 4th in the tank race, now we are 7th with Detroit trailing right behind our ass.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#35 » by Speedlot » Tue Apr 1, 2014 12:26 am

ArC_man wrote:
Speedlot wrote:I feel like we are destined to be the celtics.. tank like biches all year. Get owned in the draft.(celtics got like 5th I believe) But assemble big 3 with our fading superstar. back to glory.

Who's gonna be our Ray Allen and our Rondo?

Well.. Nash shoots better than Ray. And Rubio can be packaged with the wolves... Or you know. Rondo could be our Rondo.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#36 » by EnigmaticProblem » Tue Apr 1, 2014 12:37 am

No one wants Rubio, especially for the contract he's going to demand. . .
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#37 » by RJM » Tue Apr 1, 2014 1:38 am

DwnShft2Xcelr8 wrote:The NBA should just rig this draft, like it's rumored they did the 2012 one for New Orleans to draft Anthony Davis. Professional basketball NEEDS the Lakers to be a playoff team. The NBA already ruined us by vetoing the CP3 trade, so it's only fair...



I'm only half serious. A part of me feels like the Lakers do NEED to be a playoff team in order to maintain high levels of interest, but another part of me just doesn't feel that damned entitled.


Honestly, I wouldn't even be mad. It would be perfect for Kobe to have Andrew Wiggins in his corner to continue on tradition. Once he arrives, the Lakers could either acquire Love or somehow draft Jahlil Okafor/Karl Towns next summer and build a brand new contender as Kobe rides into the sunset.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#38 » by EnigmaticProblem » Tue Apr 1, 2014 3:34 am

Luckily, our pick for next year is top-five protected. I'm not sure Kobe would be okay with another abysmal season, though he shouldn't have destroyed our salary space.
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Re: The 6th Pick 

Post#39 » by what would jack bauer do? » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:37 am

I love Smart for the direction the Lakers appear to be heading in. If you're looking to make K-love one of your centerpieces you need to surround him with great defenders. If I'm building a championship team I need to surround him with an elite shotblocker and an elite perimeter defender (and obviously an elite swingman- Kobe or Durant).

Defensively, Smart IMO is the combo guard version of Ron Artest. You need toughness like that to win a championship and it's something that's incredibly rare in the NBA these days. The kid's motor is indomitable.

And on offense Smart doesn't really stand out, he actually reminds me of Ray Felton if you're talking about half court offense and yeah... I dislike felton. But he separates himself from Felton in the open floor, once Smart gets a head of steam you're not stopping him. He's got an extra gear in the open floor that most players just don't have.

But I'm not looking at Smart for his offense, which I'd consider adequate for what we need next to a Kobe/Love or Durant/Love, I think the culture in LA needs a spark from the defensive side of the floor. Just think of how much Farmar improved with Crittenton pushing him, now imagine Smart pushing him and even playing alongside him. That would be infectious for the whole team.

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