Next draft pick

-Spyda- · Post #1 » by **-Spyda-** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:10 am

The lakers have some draft picks for next draft?

Mirjalovic · Post #2 » by **Mirjalovic** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:10 am

Yes, top 3 protected

NBAWestFan · Post #3 » by **NBAWestFan** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:22 pm

Someone tell Clarkson and Young to chill

Last season I think they won some games at the end of the Season when
they should have lost them.

Sometimes losing helps you to Win.

Get a Top 3 pick will be a much better part of the future than
what will probably happen in free agency.

Help yourselves out again Lakers Play hard and play to win
but when it comes to it are these wins that important?

cashflo · Post #4 » by **cashflo** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:29 pm

We are in full tank mode! Look at the team's ahead of us.. No way we are catching or passing anyone of them! Right now we are bottom 4 and NO will pass us up no problem there. Philly might not win this year so we aren't getting the top spot(which we desparetly need). Brooklyn is the east so that is doable...

The Tank is Back!

Kings2013 · Post #5 » by **Kings2013** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:38 pm

cashflo wrote:We are in full tank mode! Look at the team's ahead of us.. No way we are catching or passing anyone of them! Right now we are bottom 4 and NO will pass us up no problem there. Philly might not win this year so we aren't getting the top spot(which we desparetly need). Brooklyn is the east so that is doable...

The Tank is Back!

The problem is its not readily apparent if Byron is on board fully with that tank like some other coaches might. He probably knows he's gone anyways and he is "old school"

Post #6 » by **Slava** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:48 pm

Kings2013 wrote:
cashflo wrote:We are in full tank mode! Look at the team's ahead of us.. No way we are catching or passing anyone of them! Right now we are bottom 4 and NO will pass us up no problem there. Philly might not win this year so we aren't getting the top spot(which we desparetly need). Brooklyn is the east so that is doable...

The Tank is Back!

The problem is its not readily apparent if Byron is on board fully with that tank like some other coaches might. He probably knows he's gone anyways and he is "old school"

Byron might be stupid on the basketball side but he's not going to disobey Kupchak's orders. If the management wants to tank, which is what I presume they had in mind when they offered Byron a 3 year deal, that's what he'll do. He's only going to look stupid doing it by playing veterans rather than go the Sixer way and play the rookies 40 mins each.

valmilton_fung · Post #7 » by **valmilton_fung** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:16 pm

Even if the Lakers get the worst record in the league they will only have a 64.3% of it landing in the top 3 and keeping it. This year needs to be 100% about player development. We shouldn't be focusing on wins on loses, but rather putting players like Russel, Randle, Clarkson, Nance, and even Brown for that matter, in positions to succeed. We are ten games in with a .200 win percentage and we have the 4th worst record in the league. Having the 4th worst record would give us a 37.8% chance of retaining the pick. I know its waaaay too early to predict this stuff, but it is clear we are going to stink, however, we can't depend on tanking because its just too unlikely that we will keep the pick.

slifersd · Post #8 » by **slifersd** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:20 am

We are going to tank, and we are going to tank hard, not because it's a good idea or smart thing to do, but because that's all this management knows and can do at this point. Jimmy is now in full blown swing hard for every pitch he sees, even if it's at his ankles mold. His job is depending on this. If he doesn't get enough talent to turn things around by next season, Jeanie is going to step in and take control from him. And the reality is, the Lakers appeal to FA is decreasing year over year, to the point where our management is now completely missing the point when they talk to FAs. Just look at what Aldridge said about his meetings with us if you want an example.

Desperate times calls for desperate measures. Even if our chance of keeping the pick is slim Jimmy is still going to force us to tank, because that high lottery pick next year is his only chance at turning things around (maybe) and keeping his ass in his position.

TylersLakers · Post #9 » by **TylersLakers** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:41 am

Wish people would just forget about the Top 3 pick. Ain't happening. Look forward to the 2017 Draft and develop Russell, Randle and Clarkson. Look forward to free agency, where hopefully we'll have a better game plan for free agents.

Sofa King · Post #10 » by **Sofa King** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:44 am

**** you Nash. That's relevant to this.

Spens1 · Post #11 » by **Spens1** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:04 am

Ben Simmons so we can get a boomer in and a future superstar S.F (a rarity for us really)

LApwnd · Post #12 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:03 am

Slava wrote:
Kings2013 wrote:
cashflo wrote:We are in full tank mode! Look at the team's ahead of us.. No way we are catching or passing anyone of them! Right now we are bottom 4 and NO will pass us up no problem there. Philly might not win this year so we aren't getting the top spot(which we desparetly need). Brooklyn is the east so that is doable...

The Tank is Back!

The problem is its not readily apparent if Byron is on board fully with that tank like some other coaches might. He probably knows he's gone anyways and he is "old school"

Byron might be stupid on the basketball side but he's not going to disobey Kupchak's orders. If the management wants to tank, which is what I presume they had in mind when they offered Byron a 3 year deal, that's what he'll do. He's only going to look stupid doing it by playing veterans rather than go the Sixer way and play the rookies 40 mins each.

he looks pretty stupid now, playing all these vets in hopes of getting any sort of winning.

Post #13 » by **Slava** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:07 am

LApwnd wrote:
Slava wrote:
Kings2013 wrote:
The problem is its not readily apparent if Byron is on board fully with that tank like some other coaches might. He probably knows he's gone anyways and he is "old school"

Byron might be stupid on the basketball side but he's not going to disobey Kupchak's orders. If the management wants to tank, which is what I presume they had in mind when they offered Byron a 3 year deal, that's what he'll do. He's only going to look stupid doing it by playing veterans rather than go the Sixer way and play the rookies 40 mins each.

he looks pretty stupid now, playing all these vets in hopes of getting any sort of winning.

IKnowRite?

AdonisDeMarion · Post #14 » by **AdonisDeMarion** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:12 pm

I'm just happy, well so far. I just want the rookies to get more PT

Post #15 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:46 pm

Not sure why guys are so ready to hop in the tank for a top 3 protected pick...

It's essentially throwing a season away for nothing. Can you imaging finishing the season with the 3rd worst record in the league only to have the team with like the 5th worst jump us and cause us to end up without a lottery pick?

It's a different situation than the last 2 seasons... We essentially would need to come in dead last to have a reasonable comfort level keeping the pick. That's not going to happen. This team has the talent to win a chunk of games this year and they will get it together at some point and put a string of games together.

Given that, I find tanking threads pretty irritating at this point. It's tanking for no clear reason... Which would be an absolute disaster for this franchise.

rzzzzz · Post #16 » by **rzzzzz** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:55 pm

Kilroy wrote:Not sure why guys are so ready to hop in the tank for a top 3 protected pick...

It's essentially throwing a season away for nothing. Can you imaging finishing the season with the 3rd worst record in the league only to have the team with like the 5th worst jump us and cause us to end up without a lottery pick?

Yep. Knicks fans were freaking when Lakers jumped them for #2 this year. But they seem to have made out OK with what's shaping into a really strong draft class. But you're right. Can't guarantee that every year. And this is a team with genuine young talent, along with a couple of deft veteran pick ups, not to mention one of the greatest players of all time. They got enough to at least contest for a PO spot.

BEazy · Post #17 » by **BEazy** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:30 am

Who is going to join this train wreck of a team in free agency? Bass has looked like a serviceable role player on every team he has been on and now he is an utter scrub on our team. Lou Williams is having the worst FG% of his career...Nobody is going to join this team...If we somehow end up with a top 3 pick I would say we're lucky as hell that we get another crack at picking a potential franchise player.

MelosSoreWrist · Post #18 » by **MelosSoreWrist** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:01 pm

Kilroy wrote:Not sure why guys are so ready to hop in the tank for a top 3 protected pick...

It's essentially throwing a season away for nothing. Can you imaging finishing the season with the 3rd worst record in the league only to have the team with like the 5th worst jump us and cause us to end up without a lottery pick?

It's a different situation than the last 2 seasons... We essentially would need to come in dead last to have a reasonable comfort level keeping the pick. That's not going to happen. This team has the talent to win a chunk of games this year and they will get it together at some point and put a string of games together.

Given that, I find tanking threads pretty irritating at this point. It's tanking for no clear reason... Which would be an absolute disaster for this franchise.

There is practically no chance the Lakers make the playoffs this year. Looking at the rosters around the league, the Lakers are a bottom 4 team. Of course the Laker fans are looking at next years draft. The potential of adding a real franchise player is the most appealing aspect of this season. Thats a clear enough reasoning for tanking imo. I get that its not a guarantee. But from my pov the Lakers potential this season is from the 2nd worst record to the 4th worst record. 76ers, Lakers, Nets, Blazers. How many other teams, do you think, will have a worse record?

Playing and developing the young guys while losing is the best option for the Lakers future.

ALL HAIL · Post #19 » by **ALL HAIL** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:29 pm

MelosSoreWrist wrote:Playing and developing the young guys while losing is the best option for the Lakers future.

Aren't they doing that already???

Clarkson and Randle have several 30 minute games under them already. Russell starts every game and is, consistently, given half the game to make something happen.

How many minutes should they be playing?

MelosSoreWrist · Post #20 » by **MelosSoreWrist** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:39 pm

ALL HAIL wrote:
MelosSoreWrist wrote:Playing and developing the young guys while losing is the best option for the Lakers future.

Aren't they doing that already???

Clarkson and Randle have several 30 minute games under them already. Russell starts every game and is, consistently, given half the game to make something happen.

How many minutes should they be playing?

I didnt say they werent.