The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[fan_since79]

RIP John Kundla, Hall of Fame coach.

He guided the Minneapolis Lakers to 5 NBA championships. He died today at the age of 101.

http://abc7.com/sports/hall-of-fame-coach-john-kundla-who-led-lakers-to-5-nba-titles-dies-at-101/2244593/

[Angel Oracle]

Kundla was the first great NBA coach, leading the Lakers to 5 titles before Auerbach won his first.   R.I.P. Coach Kundla.

 

[HaloNArizona]

L.A. Agrees To Two-Year Deal With Tyler Ennis

The Los Angeles Lakers have been looking to bring in a backup point guard for the past couple of weeks. After striking out on veteran Derrick Rose the Lakers have found their guy and it is a familiar face.

According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne the Lakers have agreed to a two-year deal with Tyler Ennis to return to the team:

 

Lakers have agreed to a one-year minimum contract with Tyler Ennis. Team option on Year 2, per league source.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 25, 2017

 

http://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-news-l-a-agrees-to-two-year-deal-with-tyler-ennis/2017/07/25/

 

[Angel Oracle]

Rose is injury prone anyway.   Ennis showed some promise a year ago.

[Angel Oracle]

Pacers file a tampering complaint against the Lakers over PG.

Valid?  Or Sour Grapes over needing to trade PG?

Uhh, Pacifier Pacers, Victor Oladipo is an AS caliber player.  It's not like you traded PG for gumballs!

[Tank]

Lakers fined for tampering with Paul.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20520132/los-angeles-lakers-fined-500000-tampering-nba

[Angel Oracle]

Only a fine sounds good.   $500k is chump change for a rich franchise.

Now stop being little whiny babies, Pacers!   Just STOP it!

[nando714]

Bogut a laker 

some vet presence 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Bogut a laker 

some vet presence 

Especially on the defensive end, as Lopez is meh there.

[Angel Oracle]

No more Asleep at the Switch Mitch or Jimmy Bob

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Nice deal for a vet backup center who could give you an insurance policy if need be, but more importantly knows the system that Luke runs and can help facilitate in practice and during games (coach on floor type).

[Angel Oracle]

Reporting day arrives!   Less than a month until the season starts!

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Stoked!  Think I'll get NBA TV to stream games out of market.  Haven't seen a ton of games over the past few years (live just outside of Portland).

[nando714]

Some nice competition at the 5

lopez (starter)

bogut, Bryant, and zubac fighting for time 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Man Kuzma is a baller.  

[nando714]

On 10/3/2017 at 8:53 AM, hangin n wangin said:

It's mind boggling that 26 teams passed on Kuzma. Kid is legit.

He reminds me of Klay Thompson every time I see him play. 

Drafted Lonzo ball on my fantasy b-ball squad lol

[Angel Oracle]

33 hours until opening tipoff!

Looks like everyone available will play, including Ball, Bogut, and Randle.

Let the new Lakers era begin, with a win!

[HaloNArizona]

On 10/3/2017 at 8:53 AM, hangin n wangin said:

It's mind boggling that 26 teams passed on Kuzma. Kid is legit.

I read several articles after the draft (which I cannot find right now) that stated Kuzma was the steal of the draft.  Even the OCR posted about this on Oct 2

 

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/02/steal-of-the-draft-kyle-kuzma-forcing-his-way-onto-floor-for-lakers/

 

 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Let's start the season on a high note and kick some Clippers ass tonight!!

[Corona]

That was one of the worst games I’ve ever seen. Ball and Ingram need to hit up Justin turners juice dealer and put on some muscle. 

[nando714]

Why is Deng seeing any minutes at all?

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I didn't watch the game and looking at the stat line obviously Ball didn't do great but I do like seeing only 2 TO's.  If it wasn't for his dad's big mouth there wouldn't be nearly as many articles talking about how bad his first game was because he'd be just another rookie who struggled.  There's already an article discussing his dad calling out Beverly as being a nobody.  Going to be a long season in Laker land but they knew what they were getting into when they drafted him (and his dad).

[tennischmp]

Sloppy game with many easy misses. I thought Ball passed the ball well, no one hit the open shots. 

And why is Randle only playing 18 minutes? 

[nando714]

Lonzo bouncing back nicely tonight so far 

[tennischmp]

Where's the defense?