The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Lou]

On 11/6/2019 at 1:07 PM, HaloMilliVanilli said:

Ha!  Kuzma has got to do something about that hair.  Not a good look. 

it looked good in Class Act

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Kuz n' Play?

[Angel Oracle]

Toronto doesn't seem to miss Kawhi much, now 7-2 after stopping the Lakers' seven game winning streak.

Siakam took over late.   Dude shoots a lot of 3's for a 7-2 post player.    He's also possibly the first New Mexico State alum to do much in the NBA since Sam Lacey in the 1970s.  

Another trip double for LBJ (including 15 assists)

[Angel Oracle]

Best record in the NBA (11-2), granted the schedule has been easier lately.

Just like old times, top two teams today?    Lakers and Celtics

LBJ the NBA MVP so far?    Leads the league in assists by a ways, and 13th in scoring.

Edited November 18, 2019 by Angel Oracle

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Thank you to the NBA for giving us an easier schedule in November to try and get some cohesion.  December will be tough, we likely won't have Avery Bradley, so we will find out what we're made of.  Dallas, @Denver, @Utah, @Portland, Minnesota, @Orlando, @Miami, @Indiana, @Milwaukee, Denver, Clips, @Portland and Dallas (Atlanta on the road is also in there).  Still trying to figure out what combinations of players to put together.  It's nice to win again!

[Angel Oracle]

Fortunately, the latest is that Bradley may well be back by the second week of December, not too far into that tough December schedule.

[Angel Oracle]

Andddd, another Lakers win, 12-2 record heading out on the road

AD with 34, LBJ with 25/11/10 and becoming the first player ever to triple double against every NBA team

AD/LBJ also going 5-10 from behind the arc

[Jay]

Lakers look pretty smooth out there.

Showtime is back in L.A.?

 

[Angel Oracle]

December schedule will be a good test, for sure.

[Angel Oracle]

Andddd, another 4th quarter rally, outscored N.O. 35-21, LBJ scoring 16 of the 35.  

AD and LBJ had 70 total between them.

16-2, as the difficult December schedule approaches, and I hope that Bradley is back soon, because the defense takes a hit without him.

[Stradling]

Last night was game one of five games in eight days.  It’s gonna be tough this week.  

[fan_since79]

Lakers were +23 when Caruso was on the floor. Very important cog in the winning machine. The team's intensity stepped up and they played good defense. Love his energy.

[Lou]

On 10/14/2019 at 10:31 AM, failos said:

I have a feeling the Pelicans will have a better season than the Lakers

i agree

[failos]

46 minutes ago, Lou said:

i agree

Touché

[failos]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Lakers were +23 when Caruso was on the floor. Very important cog in the winning machine. The team's intensity stepped up and they played good defense. Love his energy.

He’s my favorite player not named LeBron or Davis

[Lou]

Jrue Holliday is a very good basketball player.

 

Bruin 

[Lou]

On 8/23/2019 at 6:54 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

This might be the hardest Laker team to ever root for.. yes, even more so than all the shitty ones in the post Kobe years.

 

On 8/24/2019 at 2:52 PM, Lou said:

You know what teams were hardest to root for? The non-playoff teams. I found no joy in watching the last few years of Laker basketball.

I think people will change their minds once they have a chance to watch AD play. He is phenomenal. 

 

On 8/24/2019 at 3:03 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

But I'll feel like a dirty little whore

update?

[Brandon]

The Lakers are winning and he still feels like a dirty whore.

Good win tonight because it was a blowout the whole way. I keep waiting for Dwight Howard to come back to earth, but he is super solid off the bench.

[Billy_Ball]

Ohtani at the Lakers game tonight (with the Wizrds' Rui Hachimura) Lakers SHOtime!

 

Edited November 30, 2019 by Billy_Ball

[Angel Oracle]

What happened to the Wizards?   They were good recently for a few years.

It was so one-sided last night, that both LBJ and AD got the 4th quarter off.

it will be even better once Bradley returns.

17-2, one of the best starts in franchise history, but now the schedule toughens in December.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Really fun watching last nights game, except for the first 4 minutes or so.  Lots of turnovers and uninspired play.  Vogel calls a timeout and the rest is history.  Enjoy watching this team play D when they are locked in.  Good rotations, feet moving, challenging everything.  That can win us a chip!  Does watching and rooting for this team make me feel like a dirty little whore?  Nope.  Why, because we traded away all the young players we drafted?  How about the 99-01 champs?  Signed or traded for Shaq, Kobe, Horry, Fox, Shaw, Rice, Harper, etc.  Didn't care then, don't care now.  It's the name on the front that I care about, not the back.

[Stradling]

This is a helluva a team, that being said it feels like they are one guy away.  Someone to team with Kuzma on the 2nd team.  

[Brandon]

They're not one guy away. They have the best defense in the league, Lebron gets his, and AD is playing at a MVP level. 

Their record isn't a fluke and it doesn't look like anyone can beat this team in a seven game series.

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Brandon said:

They're not one guy away. They have the best defense in the league, Lebron gets his, and AD is playing at a MVP level. 

Their record isn't a fluke and it doesn't look like anyone can beat this team in a seven game series.

I absolutely hope you are right.  They haven’t had the toughest of schedules yet.  

 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Bradley coming back helps that depth.  We can go back to Bradley/Green/Lebron/AD/McGee, then Rondo/Caruso/KCP/Kuzma/Dwight coming off the bench as needed.  We have good facilitators (Lebron, Rondo, Caruso), good scorers (Lebron, AD, Kuzma), good D on bigs (AD, Dwight, McGee), good D on smalls (Bradley, KCP, Green), good team D.  This team could use one more shooter but one can only ask for so much with roster construction as it is.