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Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET

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Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#1 » by ducler » Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:30 pm

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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#2 » by Kupchak9 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:02 am

We gotta lose this one.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#3 » by cashflo » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:49 am

Kupchak9 wrote:We gotta lose this one.

Are we officially tanking?... tankathon has is at bottom 5 right now.. but I think we are also 4gms from playoffs!
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#4 » by Dr Aki » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:55 am

miami and phoenix just won, we just gonna throw away those hard-earned gains?
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#5 » by Kupchak9 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:57 am

Seriosuly, we're getting gifted by the basketball gods with these freakish wins from Miami and Phoenix. We have to capitalize.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#6 » by larry14r » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:17 am

By tomorrow night we're going to have the third worse record in league if Phoenix can still a game in Toronto.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#7 » by danfantastk32 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:12 am

We are only 1 loss behind the 8th-seed Nuggets (we have like 5 more losses) ...but it looks like the Nuggets are about to beat the Clippers. So they will be up 2.

Feels really weird to tank when your 2 games out. But I gotta say....this team still needs more help/talent. We should be miles from the playoff race. This team ain't beating the Warriors in a series EVER. You could sit Klay and Steph...and we'd still get boat-raced. Yeah...our guys will improve....but we're not on the same planet. A few PG's (ones at UCLA) look REALLY REALLY good.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#8 » by tugs » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:20 am

Every team's goal is to get better and aim for wins, regardless if they'll make it to the finals or get pummeled in the first round of the playoffs. No tanking for me.

Side note: Is it really a lost season that no one's bothering to makr GTs anymore?
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#9 » by Crooked-I » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:30 am

Mavs have had our number this year. We've looked horrible against them this season and i'm sure this game is going to be no different.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#10 » by danfantastk32 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:04 pm

tugs wrote:Every team's goal is to get better and aim for wins, regardless if they'll make it to the finals or get pummeled in the first round of the playoffs. No tanking for me.


I have to disagree. While I think a few teams have other goals (Take the Clippers of 15 years ago)...most teams want to win a title. Going from 17 wins to a title is not a 1-year proposition...and I would argue that this squad is not good enough, even 2-3-4 years down the line. Tanking is a tool, set up by the league. It just is. It completely rewards teams with a top pick. We also don't have the luxury of saying "damn....6th pick. The 3rd pick woulda been better". Nope. It's top-3 or nothing for us.

You mention teams wanting to get better....well what makes us better? A top 3 pick (either as a player or a GREAT trade chip) sure seems like it would help the cause. And again.....it's not a top-3 pick vs the #7 pick....it's top-3 or NOTHING.

If you don't wanna tank, that's your prerogative. That's how you feel, and that's cool. But I will argue the "logic" behind it. The league is set up to reward teams that tank. Especially ones with a top-3 protected pick.

If this owner wants to make some moves that help bolster this teams chances of a playoff run....then I am for that. Now I agree that we have "value" we can attach to our wins (Playoff experience...the ability to call ourselves a "playoff team" to future FA's, etc). But if we're just gonna sit pat, then I think our chances of a playoff berth are much less tham our chances at a pick, if we subtly tank.

Sorry.....but I see zero value in getting 28 wins, vs getting 21 wins for this team. All that does is badly damage the team's real long-term goal...which is another title.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#11 » by MrWaffles » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:19 pm

This game is a must L.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#12 » by SashaTheMachine » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:22 pm

We are gathered here today to see the Lakers lose.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#13 » by Slava » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:40 pm

I get to watch the Lakers live so little that I'm watching this instead of Green bay vs Atlanta.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#14 » by Slava » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:40 pm

Ingram at PG again.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#15 » by BEazy » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:06 pm

I had to turn away from this Green Bay game and watch this. I see we gave up close to 30 points against the Mavs. Wonderful...
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#16 » by Slava » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:07 pm

Seth curry tearing us a new one again.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#17 » by Crooked-I » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:09 pm

Man the rook gets no calls.
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Post#18 » by MrWaffles » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:10 pm

Tank fam, it's looking good!
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Post#19 » by Slava » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:11 pm

MrWaffles wrote:Tank fam, it's looking good!


Stop posting. This is not the thread for that.
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Re: Game 48: Los Angeles Lakers (16-31) @ Dallas Mavericks (14-29) - 3:30 PM ET 

Post#20 » by Crooked-I » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:16 pm

Moz can't score on a scarecrow in the post. Get Zubac in there and get him some post touches.
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