Help needed

cashflo · Post #1 » by **cashflo** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 2:35 am

So we are 0-5 to start the season and I couldn't help but look in the garage and take a peak at the tank. After last season I retired it and hoped I would never take the canvas off of it again. In looking at all the teams in the league it's hard to see a team that is worse than us. For sure we are the worst in the west but are we better than the Sixers or the Magic in the East? And if so those teams are going to get some wins just because they are in the East. We are in even worse shape because all of the teams in the league still get up to play the Lakers and teams are going to want to kick us while we are down. Please help and talk me off the Tank ledge!

Laker_Kid · Post #2 » by **Laker_Kid** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 3:43 am

yea... i get ya. but its still too soon. like kobe said. we lost 5 straight but who's to say we cant win the next 5. haha. i know its kobe's competitive nature talking but he's got a point.

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dAdo dA dEvil · Post #3 » by **dAdo dA dEvil** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 4:06 am

Keep your hopes high. There's still 77 games left. Injuries screwed us at the start of the season. Give it some time and we will find a way to win.

SlimShady83 · Post #4 » by **SlimShady83** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 6:40 am

Just wait until Nick Young comes back b4 you start crying ... He'll fix all our problems:) ...

HAHA.

ROballer · Post #5 » by **ROballer** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 6:54 am

We're getting help

In June 2015

indilakeshow · Post #6 » by **indilakeshow** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 7:19 am

Its always possible Byron Scott gets fired. Keep hope alive.

ChokeFasncists · Post #7 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 8:38 am

Boozer off the bench, start Davis or Kelly

Doormatt · Post #8 » by **Doormatt** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 8:43 am

what would be the point of winning? were 100% not making the playoffs, that should be obvious. its not like last season where we owned our pick, if we dont tank this season we will not have a pick and that will be devastating.

there is no logical argument against tanking, we need to keep our pick because we desperately need talent.

ROballer · Post #9 » by **ROballer** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 8:44 am

indilakeshow wrote:Its always possible Byron Scott gets fired. Keep hope alive.

I always said Scott is a **** coach and we made a mistake,and we're gonna be in search of a coach for the 3rd offseason in a row in 2015

That being said,hope he sticks around,his tanking abilities are much appreciated

One Love · Post #10 » by **One Love** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 4:52 pm

I know it is early but we are a bad team... I struggle with rooting for wins or losses as I think it will take 50 wins to make the playoffs... The worst we do incentives and motivates the FO to be more aggressive in the offseason... This sucks...

Fresh360Waves · Post #11 » by **Fresh360Waves** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 10:15 pm

indilakeshow wrote:Its always possible Byron Scott gets fired. Keep hope alive.

I was on the Lionel Hollins train the whole time during the off season, but I don't think Scott will get fired anytime soon tho. Who would we replace him with anyways?

Edrees · Post #12 » by **Edrees** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 11:00 pm

It's not really fair to blame this on scott, our talent on this team is absymal, and we lost our draft pick to injury.

That being said, even if Nick Young comes back chances are someone else will get injured by then, so I don't think we'll improve.

ChokeFasncists · Post #13 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 11:22 pm

For this kinda team, the schedule has been horrible. They need more time to gel

ArC_man · Post #14 » by **ArC_man** » Thu Nov 6, 2014 11:46 pm

Scott is the shadow tank commander, why would we want to fire him? He's been doing a magnificent job keeping us in contention with Philly.

laduane1 · Post #15 » by **laduane1** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 8:41 am

Can not keep firing coaches. Takes time. If the lakers are 2-30. Then we shall see. But our schdule has been hard so far. A win will put some spring in there steps.

Doormatt · Post #16 » by **Doormatt** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 9:14 am

Edrees wrote:It's not really fair to blame this on scott,

i wouldnt blame Scott for the lack of talent on this team, but i would blame him for the lack of any coaching or offensive system. Dantoni was a better coach.

desertlakerfan · Post #17 » by **desertlakerfan** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 4:11 pm

Doormatt wrote:what would be the point of winning? were 100% not making the playoffs, that should be obvious. its not like last season where we owned our pick, if we dont tank this season we will not have a pick and that will be devastating.

there is no logical argument against tanking, we need to keep our pick because we desperately need talent.

Been saying the same thing since the offseason "big moves" of signing Lin and picking up Boozer off amnesty, yet we still had homers trying to argue this was a playoff caliber roster.

This team is really bad, it should be obvious we're tanking this year. Don't worry about Kobe getting upset, he's taken his hush money and is content to chase the scoring title while we rebuild.

TaylorTag · Post #18 » by **TaylorTag** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 5:15 pm

Doormatt wrote:
Edrees wrote:It's not really fair to blame this on scott,

i wouldnt blame Scott for the lack of talent on this team, but i would blame him for the lack of any coaching or offensive system. Dantoni was a better coach.

People still don't realize that Scott was hired to be the fall guy the next 2 years cause the Lakers are going to be at the bottom with little hope of improvement?

Tee212 · Post #19 » by **Tee212** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 5:29 pm

dood we lost a 9mil starting pg, a good draft pick, nick, replaced pau with boozer that never played with kobe before, injuries to players that supposed to learn to gel with the kobe system, and kobe hasnt played in 2 years. we played quality teams on the west...a 0-5 start sounds about right.

ItsThatEasy · Post #20 » by **ItsThatEasy** » Fri Nov 7, 2014 5:47 pm

Lakers612 wrote:
Doormatt wrote:
Edrees wrote:It's not really fair to blame this on scott,

i wouldnt blame Scott for the lack of talent on this team, but i would blame him for the lack of any coaching or offensive system. Dantoni was a better coach.

People still don't realize that Scott was hired to be the fall guy the next 2 years cause the Lakers are going to be at the bottom with little hope of improvement?

Exactly