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Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
stan francisco wrote:Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
No, let's not. Talent, yes. But compare the ages of that talent before firing Luke.
Ball just turned 15, just started getting zits
Ingram is 14, still breast feeds
Kuzma is 16, watches sponge bob, drinks formula
Randle is 17 and in his second grade of NBA school
Hart is 12, just recently started his first NBA game
Jim and Mitch locked up $40M+ cap space in Moz and Deng in perpetuity, B Scott taught our talent all the wrong crap for two years and spread a sour Kobe-only-eats culture.
Yeah, let's fire Luke. Patience is a virtue.
Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
JGOJustin wrote:Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
This is the problem right here.
Where do you see this surplus of talent at lol???
Spanish_Laker wrote:JGOJustin wrote:Spanish_Laker wrote:Worst record in the Western Conference with arguably more talent than the Jazz, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Kings and Grizzlies. Fire Luke Walton please!
This is the problem right here.
Where do you see this surplus of talent at lol???
Except for the C (and maybe PF) position, I see the Lakers better than all those teams in every single position.
JGOJustin wrote:Spanish_Laker wrote:JGOJustin wrote:
This is the problem right here.
Where do you see this surplus of talent at lol???
Except for the C (and maybe PF) position, I see the Lakers better than all those teams in every single position.
Really?
I'm not coming into the Lakers sxn and "troll" or anything by the way. I've called the Lakers the most interesting team for me in the league this year, have caught every game. but this talent thing, just isn't the case, especially in the NBA where top end talent matters. More talent than ALL those teams? At EVERY SINGLE POSITION? That's a gigantic stretch.
- Rudy Gobert (Who's been hurt), Donovan Mitchell, Alec Burks, Rodney Hood, are all better than every player on the Lakers.
- Blake Griffin, Lou Williams, Austin Rivers, DeAndre Jordan, have been better than everyone on the Lakers team this year.
- You guys May have more talent than the suns, but again, Devin Booker is better than everyone on the Lakers team. TJ Warren is better than every player on the Lakers right now.
- I'll give you the kings, mavs, and grizzlies though.
But yeah, I just don't see this vast amount of talent that the Lakers have, that you're alluding to. Other than Kuzma and Randle, we aren't even sure if anyone else on the team is good yet. By any metric, just about every single player on the team is a below average player (Right now) and that to me is the issue, not walton's coaching.
I do think the Lakers have some intriguing pieces, but virtually none of them are good right now.
TKainZero wrote:Landsberger wrote:TKainZero wrote:This team was a veteran backup pg away from being a playoff team
That's a stretch.... unless that PG is Harden.
No
Any vet backup pg that can calm the team down and take them throu a tough stretch
Lonzo is going to be great, and is already awesome But relying on a rookie for 48 mins a game as the only floor general is a recipe for disaster
It was doomed from the start
Still could use the backup pg
KAT4PREZ wrote:TKainZero wrote:Landsberger wrote:
That's a stretch.... unless that PG is Harden.
No
Any vet backup pg that can calm the team down and take them throu a tough stretch
Lonzo is going to be great, and is already awesome But relying on a rookie for 48 mins a game as the only floor general is a recipe for disaster
It was doomed from the start
Still could use the backup pg
I'd hate to break it to you, but there is no way in hell the Lakers make the playoffs this year.lol
jigga_man wrote:KAT4PREZ wrote:TKainZero wrote:
No
Any vet backup pg that can calm the team down and take them throu a tough stretch
Lonzo is going to be great, and is already awesome But relying on a rookie for 48 mins a game as the only floor general is a recipe for disaster
It was doomed from the start
Still could use the backup pg
I'd hate to break it to you, but there is no way in hell the Lakers make the playoffs this year.lol
No worries. If anyone wanted to know what non playoff team looks like it would be T'Wolves fan (4th longest streak going in the four major sports).
In all seriousness, if this board is going to participate in a manufactured rivarly, it doesn't make sense to do it with the least decorated franchise in the NBA.
Sedale Threatt wrote:It's hard to argue when you put it like that. But it's still been such a massively disappointing season. I never thought we would contend for a playoff berth or anything like that. But like a lot of us, I did hope/expect this would mark a turning point, where we finally started to compete a little bit and see some progress after being stuck in the wilderness these past few years. Granted, injuries have been a factor. But to see us still treading water, a game away from last place in the entire damn NBA ... holy sh*t, man. And then to not have a pick in what's supposed to be a draft top-heavy with the superstar talent that we're still lacking, it's beyond demoralizing. I guess I'll try to take your sig to eart. (This is not something I've uttered very many times over the years as a fan of both teams, but thank goodness for the Vikings.)
Klomp wrote:TylersLakers wrote:Target Center is PACKED with Lakers fans including me!
Packed....
