The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Lou]

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

I'm no expert in karate tournaments, but that move seems illegal. 

[Angel Oracle]

13 hours ago, Tank said:

is there some kind of award we can give someone for being so self-congratulatory?

[Angel Oracle]

17 hours ago, Lou said:

end of 1Q:

Lakers  43

Suns  17

Struggled in the 4th quarter (outscored 28-16), but still prevailed by 10.

Three straight wins after four straight losses, now 27-7 with two more hopefully probable wins coming Friday and Sunday to conclude the week

[Tank]

8 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Zack Morris Is Trash

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Another game, another chance to rest starters early wasted.  Up 20-25 pts in the 3rd against the Pelicans and we couldn't close them out with our second team.  Once again, Lebron and AD had to come back in.  I think Darren Collison would be a huge boost.  He can run alongside Lebron and provide shooting that Rondo can't consistently, can run the team and get his own shot, and isn't a loss defensively.  When can we get this dude to sign on the line which is dotted?

[Stradling]

This is the type of team we have.  We traded away depth and it got us a super star.  With that comes the rational thought that the super stars will carry a bigger piece of the burden.  It sucks, but it is what it is.  

[Lou]

we had plenty of depth last year.

yeah, I'm good with this team 

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, Lou said:

we had plenty of depth last year.

yeah, I'm good with this team 

Yep.  

[HaloMilliVanilli]

If we can't improve the roster, I'm fine running with this team of course.  Collison improves us if we can get him.

[Angel Oracle]

Block party last night, 20 of them (second most in franchise history), 19 of them between AD, McGee, and Howard

They've already won more games than they won in any season from 2013-14 through 2016-17.  

29-7 now, undefeated so far against teams not at least 8 games over .500, taking care of business when they should and rarely ever dominated in a game even by the best teams so far

AD has stupid athleticism for a guy nearly 7 feet tall.   Some of those alley oop dunks are gravity defying.

Edited January 6, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Lou]

The Los Angeles Lakers are keeping Dwight Howard around.

Los Angeles plans to guarantee Howard's $2.56-million contract for the rest of the season, ESPN's Dave McMenamin reports.

The Lakers have until 5 p.m. ET Tuesday to waive Howard, but they don't intend to do so, according to McMenamin.

After agreeing to a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies over the summer, Howard quickly opted for a non-guaranteed deal with Los Angeles, which was in need of a backup center after DeMarcus Cousins tore his ACL.

Howard's non-guaranteed pact would have allowed the Lakers to part with him with ease, but the 34-year-old veteran has capitalized on his opportunity. Howard is averaging 7.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks while playing exclusively in a bench role this season with L.A., which currently sits atop the Western Conference standings.

[Angel Oracle]

5 hours ago, Lou said:

The Los Angeles Lakers are keeping Dwight Howard around.

Los Angeles plans to guarantee Howard's $2.56-million contract for the rest of the season, ESPN's Dave McMenamin reports.

The Lakers have until 5 p.m. ET Tuesday to waive Howard, but they don't intend to do so, according to McMenamin.

After agreeing to a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies over the summer, Howard quickly opted for a non-guaranteed deal with Los Angeles, which was in need of a backup center after DeMarcus Cousins tore his ACL.

Howard's non-guaranteed pact would have allowed the Lakers to part with him with ease, but the 34-year-old veteran has capitalized on his opportunity. Howard is averaging 7.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks while playing exclusively in a bench role this season with L.A., which currently sits atop the Western Conference standings.

He's definitely earned that.    This is a different Howard from the first go around, very energized.   Winning does help with that, no doubt.

[AngelsLakersFan]

On 1/4/2020 at 5:21 PM, Stradling said:

This is the type of team we have.  We traded away depth and it got us a super star.  With that comes the rational thought that the super stars will carry a bigger piece of the burden.  It sucks, but it is what it is.  

They need to figure out a way to keep the offense moving without Lebron on the floor.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Hopefully that's not the end of the Lakers season.

[Lou]

10 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Hopefully that's not the end of the Lakers season.

I assume you're referring to AD. He's making the road trip

[m0nkey]

50 minutes ago, Lou said:

I assume you're referring to AD. He's making the road trip

Season over!

 

 

[Lou]

What a bust 

[St1ck]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28446487/mri-negative-lakers-anthony-davis-bad-fall

[AngelsLakersFan]

Thank god

[Angel Oracle]

On the bright side to the road trip, they nearly beat a solid Pacers team on the road, without AD.

Knicks are a bunch of hack artists.   TWO flagrant fouls, including a flagrant 2?    

Speaking of the Knicks, who's the worst owner in team sports?    The Marlins' Jeffrey Loria, or the Knicks' James Dolan?     Neither has sniffed any success in at least a decade, and can't even sniff being a .500 team.

Edited January 8, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

LBJ is on a roll.   35/7/16, leading them to a 15 pt win in Dallas without AD

Greek Freak’s brother even got in the game for two minutes.

Speaking of which, it’s clearly a two player race for MVP as the halfway point approaches: Greek Freak and LBJ.

[Lou]

On 5/13/2019 at 8:55 AM, Angel Oracle said:

Rob Pelinka, the NBA's answer to Dumbpoto!

 

On 5/20/2019 at 2:16 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Rob Lowe Pelinka is a scuzbum.   NEVER, EEEEVER hire an agent to be a GM? 

The Busses do not know how to run a franchise, and their dad has to be rolling over in his grave.  

 

On 5/28/2019 at 11:41 AM, Angel Oracle said:

Rob Lowe Pelinka hiring was a total joke.  He was an agent!   Other than negotiations, what does he know about how to work in an NBA FO? 

The ENTIRE FO needs to go, and the Busses need to stay TOTALLY out of signing or trading for players, outside of approving those transactions.

 

Anyone care to guess who the new VP of Basketball Operations is?

[Angel Oracle]

I missed being bumped.   Thanks Lou

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I missed being bumped.   Thanks Lou