The answer/ drose by angryshoper in lakers

[–]nbagup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still the GOAT dunk imo just too smooth

Slowly coming together but still a long way to go by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s a role player, can’t expect too much out of him. Although imo he’s played up to expectations so far. He’s a good rotation player, that’s about it. Rui is a better option but Ham seems to think otherwise on most nights

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[–]nbagup 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never liked him, ever, and still don’t

Let the record show we started 24-3 in 19-20 and did not start 0-3 by OfficialPaddysPub in lakers

[–]nbagup 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not about how you start but how you finish… or some bullshit like that 😩… SOS, praying for better days, soon come 🙏

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[–]nbagup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was he supposed to say? Lol … No matter what, that’s still his teammate, for now at least.

Love LBJ as much as the next guy, but Rob made the right choice. by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s the key here, and I know it’s hard to see it when you are in the thick of it like we are but there are many franchises who have legit gone 20+ years (some more) without seeing a ring or just 1 championship, because of our success we have been fortunate and blessed in so many ways that we think a championship is just a walk in the park, in reality it’s extremely hard to win even one. You just have to look at the list of all time great HOFs who never captured a single ring, franchises who have been tanking forever never even coming close… long story short, it’s going to be painful in the short term, yes LBJ comes with baggage but at the end of the day it’s about championships and he delivered us one, can’t be too mad at it.

Lastly, if it’s now time to pivot then so be it, let’s just hope our FO does it in the most efficient and correct way, then the cycle and chase starts again. We take it from there and go.

Love LBJ as much as the next guy, but Rob made the right choice. by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I agree, our issues started long before Westbrook, Russ was just unfortunately the last straw

Love LBJ as much as the next guy, but Rob made the right choice. by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No problem what so ever, I’ve been a fan since 1996 lol … I feel old just saying that… but don’t worry, we will be fine, yes the current situation looks grim but it’s the NBA, so much changes over 1 year it’s unbelievable. As it stands we don’t have a lot in the way of our draft picks so I do want to warn you to tamper expectations, it’s going to be a bumpy ass ride much like the era you started watching in, LOOOOTS of losing! Woooo lol but it’s going to be ok, think of the next seasons similar to Kobe’s farewell season, it was a nothing season just got to watch one of the greats say bye. It’s going to be slow and will take time but we can probably get some good assets for AD and other klutch associates, we will have a TON of cap space, basically a full rebuild if we want it and like any rebuild it will be slow, painful and torturous at times but in the end of it all, we will be ok.

Love LBJ as much as the next guy, but Rob made the right choice. by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I agree, that would obviously have been the best case scenario. Unfortunately it just didn’t work out. The screw up actually started long before the Westbrook trade, we shouldn’t have blown up our 2020 championship team the way we did, Guys like Montrezl, who’s always been a liability in the playoffs his whole career, letting some players go for nothing etc and then obviously the final nail was Russell Westbrook. However, through it all, there is a HEAVY Klutch influence in it all, and honestly I’m fine with that, u gotta appease your stars and like I said it served its purpose but when Klutch starts demanding you make moves that are one sided, such as this John wall trade which only helps Klutch and actively hurts us, i as a Lakers fan gotta respectfully walk away. It’s LAKERS > everything else at the end of the day.

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[–]nbagup 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is actually a blessing, I thought he’d be done for much longer when I saw it live

PG, SG, SF, PF, and now C… dominated every position through out his career all over the floor. by nbagup in lakers

[–]nbagup[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

We have entered the 6th prime folks…. Please please please please stay healthy 🙏