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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1230 on: January 07, 2018, 07:13:14 PM »

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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1231 on: January 07, 2018, 07:50:26 PM »

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Will Luke Walton be their coach next season? I think not


That's interesting, because I think Walton has these kids playing hard.  They're just poorly constructed.  There aren't enough solid veterans on the team to keep these young players from going into a tailspin.  They're reeling right now and I don't think one win is going to pull them out of this funk. They're too young, too emotional.  There is no real leader on the court.

You think this team is playing hard? 5 of their last 6 losses have  been complete blowouts. They've quit..

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1232 on: January 07, 2018, 08:43:41 PM »

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Will Luke Walton be their coach next season? I think not


That's interesting, because I think Walton has these kids playing hard.  They're just poorly constructed.  There aren't enough solid veterans on the team to keep these young players from going into a tailspin.  They're reeling right now and I don't think one win is going to pull them out of this funk. They're too young, too emotional.  There is no real leader on the court.

You think this team is playing hard? 5 of their last 6 losses have  been complete blowouts. They've quit..

None of this is Luke Walton's fault, it's Magic's and Rob Pelinka's. I find it farcical that neither have been criticized once. Just because you are a charming legendary NBA player doesn't give you a free pass in any role you take afterwards, it was Magic's decision to public criticize Russell (a 20 y.o kid) as 'not a leader' and then drafts an overhyped highly flawed kid with the second pick and tells the world before he's even played an NBA minute 'I expect your jersey to be in the rafters one day'...and not one media presence calls him incompetent. Look at Dennis Smith Jr and Donovan Mitchell and what they are both doing in the first half of their NBA season, they didn't all of a sudden improve exponentially in the space of 6 months they were both always this good as Ainge was seriously considering drafting both.

The squad they've given Walton is full of player who; A) don't want to be there and B) know they are going to be let go in a season to make way for PG or another max player. Where are the vets to help players grow because it's not Deng who is being held against his will or Bogut who they just cut. Randle knows he isn't going to be resigned and has always had work ethic issues, Ingram can be invisible in games and so on, Walton was loved at GSW and is apparently hated at Lakers...only difference Lavar and management.

Although I am enjoying this and I hope the Lakers continue to be incompetent for the foreseeable future.
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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1233 on: January 07, 2018, 08:44:00 PM »

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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1234 on: January 07, 2018, 10:18:53 PM »

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Hawks seem to be fine with the worst record. Lakers probably get the W tonight.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1235 on: January 07, 2018, 10:23:22 PM »

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Atlanta only scored 3 pts so far in the 2nd. They couldn't be more obvious that they're tanking

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1236 on: January 07, 2018, 10:25:17 PM »

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Atlanta only scored 3 pts so far in the 2nd. They couldn't be more obvious that they're tanking

The Hawks don't have any talent on that team...

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1237 on: January 07, 2018, 10:29:26 PM »

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Hawks is a gritty team despite being terrible. Don't count them out so quickly. They reminds me of Brad's first year with the team.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1238 on: January 07, 2018, 10:39:08 PM »

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Sweet jeebus, Atlanta is so awful. I am painfully watching this game on a super slow night at work, and I just want to drink everything in sight out of sheer boredom and basketball disgust. Hopefully the Lakers still trade Randle and Clarkson so they get worse and stay at the bottom of the barrel.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1239 on: January 07, 2018, 11:00:35 PM »

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Belinelli would be decent for the DPE

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1240 on: January 07, 2018, 11:16:09 PM »

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Gonna be 3rd/4th worst after tonight

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1241 on: January 07, 2018, 11:39:54 PM »

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Gonna be 3rd/4th worst after tonight

Honestly there are going to be ups and downs with this pick, Lakers had a hard schedule so they lost a lot now they have an easier schedule, so they'll win. Everyone will drive themselves crazy if you keep checking the lottery odds after every game (we are only half way through the season!). You are better off checking in on them once every few weeks.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1242 on: January 07, 2018, 11:53:35 PM »

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Can't let them drop to #1, but got to stay between 2-5. Such a tall task.


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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (12-27, 4th Slot on 1/7)
« Reply #1243 on: January 08, 2018, 12:54:28 PM »

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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (11-27, 2nd Slot on 1/5)
« Reply #1244 on: January 08, 2018, 12:58:02 PM »

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Can't let them drop to #1, but got to stay between 2-5. Such a tall task.

75% chance the pick conveys if they're the 1 seed,  i'll take those odds.  Plus the pleasure of watching the Lakers implode.