The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Angel Oracle]

I don't think it'll be too hard for the Lakers to end up somewhere between #6 - 10 in next years draft. I am a huge supporter of trading Pau for someone's later first rounder. Same thing with Nash, but trading for whatever you can get....second rounders.

The trade has to match salaries within 15% to be allowed.

[Caralho]

You never know how the lottery can turn out.

Lakers could easily steal their way into a 4th or 5th overall pick.

Just make sure that Mitch Kupchak tells Jimmy Bob Buss to shut up when suggesting who to draft.

Jimmy Bob thought that Bynum would be an All-Star.

 

Bynum was an All-Star and a damn good player when healthy. He also dragged a busted leg up and down the court for the Lakers in the 2010 finals. It's easy to talk trash on Jim Buss but Bynum is not the guy to talk about.

[Ray McKigney]

Is this season over yet?

[SoWhat]

#RigginForWiggins

[Angel Oracle]

Bynum was an All-Star and a damn good player when healthy. He also dragged a busted leg up and down the court for the Lakers in the 2010 finals. It's easy to talk trash on Jim Buss but Bynum is not the guy to talk about.

Then something happened to that Bynum then, because he seemed to stop caring after that season, starting with the embarrassing display against Dallas in game 4 in 2011.

[Punk]

No one can stay healthy on this team.

[m0nkey]

#RigginForWiggins

I'd rather be #sorryforjabari

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Would be great if the kid Embiid could somehow make it to us.  Our next great center!

[Ray McKigney]

How many more games will they win this season? I'm going with 20. TOPS.

[Punk]

They will finish with 29 wins.

Edited January 1, 2014 by Primitive

[Angel Oracle]

I'm just hoping for 30 wins and to not set an LA Lakers record for most losses (30-52 in 74-75 season).

That should still give them a decent chance at a successful lottery and a top 3 or 4 pick. 

 

But with Bryant out until maybe mid-February, all bets for # of wins are off.

[St1ck]

I've never actively have rooted against any of my teams so that they can get a better draft pick, but that changes with this team. Even without Kobe, if the other guys remained healthy it would at least be fun to watch, but it's unbearable right now. 

[tennischmp]

I'm just hoping for 30 wins and to not set an LA Lakers record for most losses (30-52 in 74-75 season).

That should still give them a decent chance at a successful lottery and a top 3 or 4 pick. 

 

But with Bryant out until maybe mid-February, all bets for # of wins are off.

No way will 30 wins be good enough for top 4 pick. The number of horrible teams this year is crazy.

[Angel Oracle]

While the lottery balls are slanted towards the worst teams, it's not inconceivable for say the 8th-10th worst team to get lucky and draw a #4 or #5 pick lottery ball.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

We don't need to be top 4 to have a successful draft.  Smart or Exum (to name a few) would still be available at #5-6 and we could certainly use a young point guard to team with Kobe and whatever we pickup in free agency, along with Wesley Johnson, Xavier Henry, etc. who might return.  Throw in what we receive from Cleveland in the potential Bynum deal and we begin to get younger and more athletic.

[RePLAY]

lol facebook lakers fans calling for MDA's head....as if any coach could save this scrub team.

[Angel Oracle]

I just hope they don't extend a new deal to MDA.  

He isnt the answer in the long run for a successful franchise.

 

Meanwhile, the drive towards about the 8th worst record continues on.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

And now supposedly Jimmy Bob is asking for Dion Waiters and a future 1st round pick, in addition to Bynum's contract to waive, from the Cavs for Gasol.

 

Uhh Jimmy Bob, the Cavs may have done dumb things in the past.   Even they aren't THAT stupid to trade a young solid SG AND a future 1st round pick for a 33 year-old Gasol with an expiring contract.

This ain't the late 1970s when the Lakers railroaded the Cavs into taking Butch Lee for their 1979 1st round pick, which became #1 overall and drafting Magic Johnson.  

[St1ck]

Nice loss today. Should be another tomorrow night. Keep them coming.

[nate]

Too bad they couldn't do the Bynum trade.  Not being a repeat offender would have been good money wise.

 

That Kobe contract is such crap.  Lakers being run into the ground almost complete.

[Angel Oracle]

I do wonder about giving $48 million over two seasons to a guy who will be ages 36 and 37 in those seasons and in his 19th and 20th NBA seasons.    That is a lot of mileage, and maybe these injuries piling up is a true indicator of that.

[St1ck]

They should be able to hopefully pick up 5-6 losses on the upcoming Grammy trip. 

[Ray McKigney]

D'Antoni is the anti-christ.

[Angel Oracle]

I like Darryl Sutter's post-game pressers a lot better. 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

We are clearly headed for a top-5 pick.  Now we just need to not screw up the pick.  How would you list your top-5 players at this moment that you'd like the Lakers to select?