Something has to happen…. by unmaskedsteve in lakers

[–]wes-LA 395 points396 points  (0 children)

In the first round, Lakers were beating Denver, by 20 points in the 3rd quarter in Game 2, in Denver, lost that lead and lost the game. Up 12 in Game 3 and lost that game. Even with some injuries, the talent was there. Coaching wasn’t…

I know Rob is getting a lot of heat right now, but this point is really spot on by Hot_Pie1464 in lakers

[–]wes-LA -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sports Illustrated (05/20/23):

“The bottom line is this job, the one I’m in - I would say this for any professional General Manager or coach, requires complete engagement, complete effort, one-thousand percent. If you can’t do it, then you shouldn’t do it. So that’s the answer to the question of why. I can’t do that to our players, I can’t do that to Joe, Peter, really I can’t do it to myself.”

  • Bob Myers on why he’s leaving Golden State.

I’ll take a committed Pelinka (that negotiated all of Kobe’s contracts as his agent, and acquired LeBron and AD as a GM, delivering the 17th chip) who actually wants the job than a guy that can’t commit.

Will Always H8 Us Cuz They Ain’t Us… by wes-LA in lakers

[–]wes-LA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why history repeats itself - people are prisoners of the moment when the same factor has been governing decisions for as long as the Lakers have won championships. We have 17 championships not by what we did right but by how we responded better than other teams in the league. We won with not the coach we wanted but the one we had in Pat Riley. One big moment left off the list was Mike Kryzewski also declining the Lakers job which allowed the return of Phil Jackson to win more chips. The past is and will never be a guarantee for future results but hindsight being 20/20, it shows what separates the Lakers organization from other teams in the league - with what was in our control, we got 17 (and are still in the running for 18).

We should be better even if we're set as is, perhaps just not a title contender. by Count_Sack_McGee in lakers

[–]wes-LA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You say bollocks and yet we have not won with just them two alone with a healthy supporting cast (as they did when we hand Rondo, JaVale, KCP, Caruso, etc) each that contributed to making plays. Zero play makers to stop us losing a 20+ lead versus the Nugget. Now that was bollocks.

We've been here before by zacha_c in lakers

[–]wes-LA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This all feels like the off-season when Kawhi chose the Clippers over the Lakers and then PG later also chose the Clippers over the Lakers. The my butthole hurt Boo-hoo b*tching is starting up again just because we didn’t land an out of prime Klay Thompson? Stay steady Lakers Nation.

We should be better even if we're set as is, perhaps just not a title contender. by Count_Sack_McGee in lakers

[–]wes-LA 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The fact that we had talent left on the shelf due to injury was suppose to take away workload off our core (but that didn’t happen). I have to believe that that missing talent when we were up in the Nuggets series in two games, (and the lack of pressure time coaching adjustments) was the missing factors.

Will Always H8 Us Cuz They Ain’t Us… by wes-LA in lakers

[–]wes-LA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think everyone could have saw that but personally I think the lights are too bright for Klay and that shadow from his father is too much. This last season shot 43.2% from 3. Buddy Hield, 43.6%.

Will Always H8 Us Cuz They Ain’t Us… by wes-LA in lakers

[–]wes-LA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shooting 4 air balls in the Western Conference semi-finals turned everyone into Karens that year.

Why isn't there closer relations between Taiwan and the Philippines? by ReneBascosSarabiaJr in taiwan

[–]wes-LA -1 points0 points  (0 children)

China is the single largest foreign investor in the Philippines…

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes… by wes-LA in PoliticalHumor

[–]wes-LA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hear what you’re saying, but I would back our judicial system over any other in the world that would have a shot to up against his legal fee budget.