2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (27-34, 10th Slot on 3/2)

[CelticsElite]

Wolves dismantled Lakers 121-104.

Taj Gibson was just killing it at the end.

loved every minute of the wolves winning. Great consolation prize for the night that’s for sure

[Adelaide Celt]

No doubt they're a mediocre team of mismatched parts. I still feel like they're one step above where we need them to be. We need them to be a step below mediocre. It will take a lot of good fortune to get that pick but I'm just happy we can want them to lose every game again now.

Needing them to win for the sake of losing their own pick and improving the Nets pick was unpalatable to say the least.

[SparzWizard]

Wolves dismantled Lakers 121-104.

Taj Gibson was just killing it at the end.

loved every minute of the wolves winning. Great consolation prize for the night that’s for sure

Hey if the Celtics lost on Christmas, gotta make sure LeBron and the Lakers both lose too so it softens the blow lol.

[konkmv]

Kuzma is better than ball but all are talking about ball... randle  and Clarkson are good players but they will be traded for space... Lopez bogut have no future there..  they will end somewhere between 4-9... we will see

[moiso]

Kuzma is better than ball but all are talking about ball... randle  and Clarkson are good players but they will be traded for space... Lopez bogut have no future there..  they will end somewhere between 4-9... we will see

Now they say that they will wait until the season is over to trade Clarkson.

[Celtics4ever]

Kyle Kuzma is cocky and rubs some guys the wrong way.

He also can play.

Bogut should had sign with the Celtics..his loss

I am glad he didn't. 

It's LA and I hope it tears their team apart.  As for the pouting the Lakers have a long history of pouting and culturally it is part of their team.

[Redz]

It breaks my heart to see them like this 

[Who]

They need a real PG. Need to move Ball to SG. They need more dribble penetration and playmaking in the halfcourt than Ball can provide. Keeping Ball at PG is making life harder for everyone else on the team.

[SHAQATTACK]

It breaks my heart to see them like this 

you ll get over it 

[Sketch5]

It breaks my heart to see them like this 

Nothing pick 2-5 in this years lottery wouldn't fix.

[Celtics4ever]

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They need a real PG. Need to move Ball to SG

34.9% FG  29% from the three.  48% from the three  10 PPG.  Ball would make a great SG for LA.

[KGs Knee]

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They need a real PG. Need to move Ball to SG

34.9% FG  29% from the three.  48% from the three  10 PPG.  Ball would make a great SG for LA.

Yeah, that was a rather bizarre statement.

Lonzo would be even worse as a SG. You cannot play a player like him off the ball. He literally brings absolutely nothing to the game on the offensive side of court when the ball is not in his hands.

[Who]

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They need a real PG. Need to move Ball to SG

34.9% FG  29% from the three.  48% from the three  10 PPG.  Ball would make a great SG for LA.

Yeah, that was a rather bizarre statement.

Lonzo would be even worse as a SG. You cannot play a player like him off the ball. He literally brings absolutely nothing to the game on the offensive side of court when the ball is not in his hands.

Ball gives them a secondary ball-handler and facilitator at SG. He still gives them all of his value in transition play at SG.

What it adds LAL is that it gives them a true dribble penetration threat which they currently lack in that starting lineup. As a result, everything they do is in front of a set defense. They do not move the opposition defense well enough. Without a defense scrambling = more contested shots. More contested jump-shots. That is because of Ball at PG. Move Ball to SG and LAL would get much higher percentage shots in the half-court.

Ball would be a major weapon in transition and as a secondary playmaker. Very rare to have a SG with his passing ability and ball-handling. He would be a weapon there. Just a different kind of weapon (not scorer/shooter).

Same type of weapon Ball is at PG really. Just at SG and with a better lineup configuration for the rest of the team to operate.

[KGs Knee]

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They need a real PG. Need to move Ball to SG

34.9% FG  29% from the three.  48% from the three  10 PPG.  Ball would make a great SG for LA.

Yeah, that was a rather bizarre statement.

Lonzo would be even worse as a SG. You cannot play a player like him off the ball. He literally brings absolutely nothing to the game on the offensive side of court when the ball is not in his hands.

Ball gives them a secondary ball-handler and facilitator at SG. He still gives them all of his value in transition play at SG.

What it adds LAL is that it gives them a true dribble penetration threat which they currently lack in that starting lineup. As a result, everything they do is in front of a set defense. They do not move the opposition defense well enough. Without a defense scrambling = more contested shots. More contested jump-shots. That is because of Ball at PG. Move Ball to SG and LAL would get much higher percentage shots in the half-court.

Ball would be a major weapon in transition and as a secondary playmaker. Very rare to have a SG with his passing ability and ball-handling. He would be a weapon there. Just a different kind of weapon (not scorer/shooter).

Same type of weapon Ball is at PG really. Just at SG and with a better lineup configuration for the rest of the team to operate.

Whatever gains the Lakers saw in transition would be lost ten fold in the half-court. You can't have a player like him playing off the ball because a defense can just park their big in the paint.

GSW did this to Tony Allen a few years back and it basically rendered TA unplayable in that series.

[CelticsElite]

Wolves dismantled Lakers 121-104.

Taj Gibson was just killing it at the end.

loved every minute of the wolves winning. Great consolation prize for the night that’s for sure

Hey if the Celtics lost on Christmas, gotta make sure LeBron and the Lakers both lose too so it softens the blow lol.

lol