Los Angeles Lakers Thread - The Inagural IST World Champions

[Adelaide Hawk]

I said it last season.. Luke Walton is useless

we are a shambles of a team.

lonzo the only bright light lately..


lamelo got 10 and 9 and gelo 19 points in their lithuanian debuts its lit

I don't know if he's useless, but I am continually mystified by his rotations. People keep bringing up his 24 wins in a row as caretaker coach of GSW, but Steve Kerr was still the coach and the Warriors won a record 73-9 that season, I think I could have coached 24 wins for the Warriors with the splash brothers shooting the lights out.

I'm not here to witch hunt Walton, if the Lakers think he's the man for the job, then I'll back him in. However, there'd better be a master plan that will reveal itself later on, because right now I'm going nuts watching us play.

We used to have a golden rule that when a shooter was hot, you left him on until he started missing. Yesterday, we had Ingram, a guy still 50/50 with his shooting, hitting 4 from the field including 2 3s. He's taken off after 6 minutes and hardly puts up a shot for the rest of the match. I don't understand. Also, for the first 34 minutes, Kuzma was on the court for only 9 of them. Once again, I just don't understand.

Also, Randle and Lopez both in the starting 5 so Lopez can hit 3 pointers? I'm totally confused about what we are doing.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

This season just gets more depressing with each round. Lou Williams 40 to 3/4 time including a 26 point 3rd quarter.

 

[Carl Hooper]

50 points for Lou...

but we dont need shooters huh


tuh


and I dont think Luke is useless either.. he's played and worked with some good coaches so he surely knows what hes doing. as you said, I just can't understand ANY of his rotations fml

hear about Jamil Wilson? we didn't sign him because a bitch accused him of giving him herpes and is currently fighting legal troubles around it lmaoo we are a circus

 

[Danger in Texas]

3 game winning streak

This team needs Lonzo

 

[Carl Hooper]

lonzo the lakers mvp without a doubt

 

[Carl Hooper]

Ingram just said the word confidence about 30times in his post game interview haha

its pretty much the only thing holding him back right now from being an all star in this league.
he looks amazing when his mid range is fallin too

I need kuzma to find his stroke tho for fantasy reasons smh

 

[Danger in Texas]

Ingram just said the word confidence about 30times in his post game interview haha

its pretty much the only thing holding him back right now from being an all star in this league.
he looks amazing when his mid range is fallin too

I need kuzma to find his stroke tho for fantasy reasons smh

If Ingram can build both his confidence and his strength, he'll be our top scorer easy

Luke really needs to recognise Kuz's talent

 

[peternorth]

Unstoppable now

 

[Carl Hooper]

If Ingram can build both his confidence and his strength, he'll be our top scorer easy

Luke really needs to recognise Kuz's talent

he needs to start Kuz but still give Nance plenty minutes.

give Nance, lopez's minutes

 

[Danger in Texas]

he needs to start Kuz but still give Nance plenty minutes.

give Nance, lopez's minutes

Not sure if we should be playing Nance as the starting center

Reckon Randle would be a better start at center than Nance for the time being

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I agree ..... more minutes needed from Nance and Kuzma. I just cannot believe Kuzma has slipped out of our starting 5.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

It's hard to get a focus on individual form with scoring.

Last three games:
Lonzo 5, 18, 9
Clarkson: 4, 5, 19
Ingram: 15, 26, 4
Kuzma: 9, 10, 18
Lopez: 18, 4, 8
Nance: 10, 14, 2
Randle: 22, 0, 23

It's nice to share the scoring around, but it would be nice to have 2 or 3 players who we could count upon for 20+ scores.

Having said that, it's nice to win 4 in a row.

 

[peternorth]

So deep and versatile

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

So deep and versatile

.... and so difficult to know who to trade and let go next season.

 

[Carl Hooper]

lmaoo

if you watch the games you know randle and Clarkson playing for themselves

randle is dumb as s**t

id be trading them both before all star break

 

[stewie griffen]

So deep and versatile

Priceys mum?

 

[Danger in Texas]

lmaoo

if you watch the games you know randle and Clarkson playing for themselves

randle is dumb as s**t

id be trading them both before all star break

Gut feel says Randle and Clarkson are both gone during Feb

Don't mind Clarkson as a role player off the bench, but it seems to be clear he's on the move

 

[Carl Hooper]

Gut feel says Randle and Clarkson are both gone during Feb

Don't mind Clarkson as a role player off the bench, but it seems to be clear he's on the move

yesh Clarkson is very handy off the bench but his attitude and lack of 3pt consistency ehhh hes replaceable- hart doing well for a rook.

anyway if we lose randle and Clarkson.. WE BETTER GET A CENTER

 

[Danger in Texas]

yesh Clarkson is very handy off the bench but his attitude and lack of 3pt consistency ehhh hes replaceable- hart doing well for a rook.

anyway if we lose randle and Clarkson.. WE BETTER GET A CENTER

Yeah I'd definitely like to keep Hart, is the ideal role player type now that his scoring's lifted as the year's gone on

IMO Noel is very much a possibility, not sure how I'd feel about that, he's the type that would work well with Kuz

 

[Carl Hooper]

Yeah I'd definitely like to keep Hart, is the ideal role player type now that his scoring's lifted as the year's gone on

IMO Noel is very much a possibility, not sure how I'd feel about that, he's the type that would work well with Kuz

Noel is trash tho?!

how is he better than a roy hibbert?
is he even gettin minutes at Dallas lmaoo

we need something a little better than a nerlens

 

[Danger in Texas]

Noel is trash tho?!

how is he better than a roy hibbert?
is he even gettin minutes at Dallas lmaoo

we need something a little better than a nerlens

That's the problem, he's not that good. He's better than Bogut though, Luke might start him and Kuz

I'd be looking to start Kuz at all costs if we trade Randle, tbh. Don't trust Nance as the starting C

 

[peternorth]

Id be sad to see russ or clarko gone. But if we want to progress we must. They are the biggest assets in a squad of so much talent. Teams will be knocking down the door to secure our guys.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Gary Payton II ..... what's the point?

 

[Carl Hooper]

smh...

 

[Danger in Texas]

His offense in the G league was horrible

I don’t get it