Game 36: Los Angeles Lakers (11-24) @ Minnesota T'Wolves (23-14) - LOSS - 11-25

One Love · Post #4 » by **One Love** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:15 pm

Tough loss to Rockets last night... Hopefully thee boys respond in start ‘18 with a WIN Baby...

Post #5 » by **Klomp** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:21 pm

TyCobb wrote:Ouch

Do you know what these letters stand for?

Spoiler:

ROballer · Post #6 » by **ROballer** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:25 pm

TyCobb wrote:Ouch

Just think if KG didn't exist, this would have been the first season making the playoffs in their almost 30 years of existance. That **** is just absurd.

14 year drought
2 playoff series won in their entire history

But hey, I own Tyus Jones and I hope he molests our anus tonight. 8-)

Post #7 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:29 pm

Klomp wrote:
TyCobb wrote:Ouch

Do you know what these letters stand for?

Spoiler:

Do you know what these stand for?

GTFO

Post #8 » by **Slava** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:31 pm

I thought Zo was back for this one.

Post #9 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:31 pm

I love the fake rivalry Wolves fans have... almost as bad as Suns fans. Only Celtics fans can talk trash here... the rest of y'all... know your place.

Post #10 » by **Klomp** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:34 pm

ROballer wrote:Just think if KG didn't exist, this would have been the first season making the playoffs in their almost 30 years of existance. That **** is just absurd.

14 year drought
2 playoff series won in their entire history

That's what happens when a team routinely gets screwed in the draft lottery.

Best odds in 1992, end up 3rd (O'Neal, Mourning, Laettner)
Second best odds in 1993, end up 5th (Webber, A. Hardaway, Mashburn, Rider)
Third best odds in 1994, end up 4th (Robinson, Kidd, Hill, Marshall)

Hell we dropped two spots in 1995 from 3 to 5 (Smith, McDyess, Stackhouse, Wallace), but at least we ended up getting our guy to fall to us.

Post #11 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:34 pm

Slava wrote:I thought Zo was back for this one.

not 100% but I think he is supposed to get re-evaluated after the team gets back home

Post #12 » by **Klomp** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:35 pm

TyCobb wrote:I love the fake rivalry Wolves fans have... almost as bad as Suns fans. Only Celtics fans can talk trash here... the rest of y'all... know your place.

LOL

I'd wager 98% of it goes back to the team moving.

Beethoven · Post #13 » by **Beethoven** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 7:35 pm

Happy New Year! We got dis mofos

Post #14 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:01 pm

Klomp wrote:That's what happens when a team routinely gets screwed in the draft lottery.

Best odds in 1992, end up 3rd (O'Neal, Mourning, Laettner)
Second best odds in 1993, end up 5th (Webber, A. Hardaway, Mashburn, Rider)
Third best odds in 1994, end up 4th (Robinson, Kidd, Hill, Marshall)

Hell we dropped two spots in 1995 from 3 to 5 (Smith, McDyess, Stackhouse, Wallace), but at least we ended up getting our guy to fall to us.

Towns was a #1 overall pick. Wiggins was a #1 pick (though not your fault he sucks and LeBron forced the Wolves to take him). Williams was a #2 pick. Wes #4 pick. Three lotto picks traded for Butler. Mayo, Rubio, Flynn... y'all just suck at drafting.

Post #15 » by **Klomp** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:14 pm

TyCobb wrote:Towns was a #1 overall pick. Wiggins was a #1 pick (though not your fault he sucks and LeBron forced the Wolves to take him). Williams was a #2 pick. Wes #4 pick. Three lotto picks traded for Butler. Mayo, Rubio, Flynn... y'all just suck at drafting.

Williams was the No. 2, but a large gap between he and No. 1 Kyrie Irving. We had the top odds going into the lottery.
Mayo was traded on draft night. Kevin Love was a good pick.
Are you really saying trading for Butler was a bad trade?
The rest can be explained by the name David Kahn. He's not here anymore and hasn't been for almost five years. If that's the beef you have with this franchise, you need to catch up with the times.

Post #16 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:26 pm

Klomp wrote:
TyCobb wrote:Towns was a #1 overall pick. Wiggins was a #1 pick (though not your fault he sucks and LeBron forced the Wolves to take him). Williams was a #2 pick. Wes #4 pick. Three lotto picks traded for Butler. Mayo, Rubio, Flynn... y'all just suck at drafting.

Williams was the No. 2, but a large gap between he and No. 1 Kyrie Irving. We had the top odds going into the lottery.
Mayo was traded on draft night. Kevin Love was a good pick.
Are you really saying trading for Butler was a bad trade?
The rest can be explained by the name David Kahn. He's not here anymore and hasn't been for almost five years. If that's the beef you have with this franchise, you need to catch up with the times.

Yet you still hand out $148 mill to Wiggins over the next 5 years. I don't need to catch up with anything, incompetence is still rampant.

I don't have any beef with the Wolves org... like I said it's just funny when certain fanbases trash talk even if they feel a friendly relationship.

Post #17 » by **Klomp** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:36 pm

TyCobb wrote:Yet you still hand out $148 mill to Wiggins over the next 5 years. I don't need to catch up with anything, incompetence is still rampant.

How is Luol Deng doing?

Post #18 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:37 pm

Klomp wrote:
TyCobb wrote:Yet you still hand out $148 mill to Wiggins over the next 5 years. I don't need to catch up with anything, incompetence is still rampant.

How is Luol Deng doing?

Glad you brought him up. His contract is a whole lot worse than Deng's. At least Luol only negatively affects the team financially and not on the court too.

Leor_77 · Post #19 » by **Leor_77** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:49 pm

I think we need to explore bringing KCP off the bench. Maybe he will mesh with that unit more seamlessly.

Spanish_Laker · Post #20 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Mon Jan 1, 2018 8:52 pm

When will our losing streak end? Today could be a very good time to get a damn W. We just need to shut down KAT, play Bogut on him and try to slow him down. Their team is simply below-average without that guy.