Lakers

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:32 pm

OriginalAZ wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:35 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:33 pm Team Dinners at 4pm
At Golden Corral. Bingo night afterwards.

Hi ya Margie, how's the fricasse?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 5:45 pm

A dead Rascal battery?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:07 pm

Well, the ball movement will stop when it gets to #7, that's for sure.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:24 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:32 pm
OriginalAZ wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:35 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:33 pm Team Dinners at 4pm
At Golden Corral. Bingo night afterwards.
Hi ya Margie, how's the fricasse?

"Pretty darned good. You want some?"

"No, I - Hey Norm! I thought you said you was going ice fishing."

"A-a-after lunch."

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:03 am

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Aug 28, 2021 4:14 pm

Looks like the Geritol Lakers will be signing back Rondo.

This is getting comical.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:03 pm

Already a total mess.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:10 pm

Not a playoff team.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:46 am

Blown out by Chicago Bulls drops Lakers to 8-7. Anthony Davis thrown out of game for cussing out referee after Chicago inbounded the ball while Davis was still putting his sneaker back on. Combine that with Davis getting into Dwight Howard's face on the bench earlier this season and I think we've got a meaner, more discontented Davis on our hands.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:54 am

Between the Rams and the Lakers what a hot mess.

Hoping our Ladies and Men's Bball teams can get me through until next spring.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:08 am

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:54 am Between the Rams and the Lakers what a hot mess.

Hoping our Ladies and Men's Bball teams can get me through until next spring.

I am right there with you. Fucking depressing.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:17 am

They need to get Lebron back before they will be competitive. How would the Bulls be doing without DeRozen?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:23 am

What are the oldest teams in the NBA? Lakers top full list entering 2021-22 season
Team Average Age
Los Angeles Lakers 30.0
Brooklyn Nets 28.1
Utah Jazz 28.1
Miami Heat 27.9

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:46 am

Why the Lakers kept adding "older" pieces is beyond me. Obviously, keeping Lebron around makes sense but the mantle eventually goes to AD so surround him with guys that can play with him for a few years without needing friggin oxygen masks.

Geez.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:48 am

I'm not sure AD is a guy I want to hang the franchise on. Can he play a whole season without injury? I don't think so

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:51 am

84Cat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:48 am I'm not sure AD is a guy I want to hang the franchise on. Can he play a whole season without injury? I don't think so

Well, the Lakers invested like he is. Not like you are going to give it to Malik Monk.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:39 pm

Rumor is that LeBron is coming back Friday against the Celtics

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:18 pm

and then going back to Cleveland to close out his career

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:02 pm

84Cat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:17 am They need to get Lebron back before they will be competitive. How would the Bulls be doing without DeRozen?

With all of the albeit older name brand players (and leaders?) on the roster why does it still have to come down to Lebron returning? Nobody on LA's roster can slightly stem the impact of losing Lebron?

If anything, the ten past games without Lebron are showing us that AD, even in the best of health, can't lead a team. Either by losing his composure or getting walked all over by Giannis who threw 47 in AD's face last night.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:41 pm

Their defense last year was so good, it was constipating to watch. That was a lot to give up in return for this lineup.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:25 pm

The salaries the Lakers pay are just unreal for a bunch of old codgers.

2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers Salary Cap Totals.
Cap Type Total
Cap Holds $9,175,021
Total Salaries $165,375,931
2021 NBA Salary Cap Max $112,414,000

PLAYER 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Russell Westbrook $44,211,146 $47,063,478 $0 $0 $0
LeBron James $41,180,544 $44,474,988 $0 $0 $0
Anthony Davis $35,361,360 $37,980,720 $40,600,080 $43,219,440 $0

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:53 am

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:41 pm Their defense last year was so good, it was constipating to watch. That was a lot to give up in return for this lineup.

You're right about the D. Lakers've lost Schroder, Drummond, Kuzma, etc from last years lineup, all of whom quite often disappeared on offense but now looking back locked down a good D.

Lakers gave up 130 to an excited Celtics team in Boston last night. AD was very productive on the open floor (31 pts) but again the D is crap, at one 3rd quarter stretch giving up 6 or 7 baskets at the rim.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:20 am

Not bad for an old man

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:50 am

Sure, but he did that in arguably the easiest 3-game stretch of the schedule where they lost to Sacramento in 3 OTs.

Lake Show is garbage. Tear it down and rebuild.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:10 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:50 am Sure, but he did that in arguably the easiest 3-game stretch of the schedule where they lost to Sacramento in 3 OTs.

Lake Show is garbage. Tear it down and rebuild.

This was exactly my sentiment as well. For instance the other night LeBron and AD had massive games Vs a bottom feeding Pistons team and the Lakers still only won by 4 pts. What happens when the better teams out West slow down one or the other? Especially with AD playing like he never wants to step foot in the paint ever again?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:11 pm

Oye

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:48 pm

tests positive for COVID-19

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:41 pm

Lakers got kicked off ESPN this Friday night. That's just where things stand.

The funny thing is that the media and programmers couldn't see coming what literally every poster to a man here saw coming since last summer.

https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-lose-pr ... 45973.html

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:37 am

Man those blue (or whatever) uniforms looked horrible Vs the Clippers last night. Despite the Lakers good shooting, the defense caved in and let up too much to beat the Clips. Lebron scored 23 points, but for long stretches it didn't even seem like he was on the floor.

The only good news about falling to 12-12 is that seeds 4 - 10 are all between 12-10 and 10-11, meaning it only takes a good two week run to secure takeover a spot in the top half of the West playoff seeding.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:38 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:01 pm

"Now I feel better."

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:57 pm

Anyone with three brain cells could see that the Lakers made themselves less athletic and less willing to play defense with their offseason acquisitions.

Barkley is right about AD. You can’t point to him and say at least he’s holding his own, let alone that he’s carrying the team. Stat lines like 18 & 9 and 20 & 6 should be embarrassing to him and make him question his own heart.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:04 am

Vogel clearly doesn't deserve to take the hit for this, but I actually wonder whether, more and more, it's becoming the case that players need coaches who are former NBA players themselves. Maybe these nerdy ex-video splicers only get so much ear. Maybe Spoelstra got a little lucky and is an exception to the rule. Maybe Brad Stevens got off the bench in time.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:47 am

Vogel didn’t put together that team and doesn’t get out on the floor and half-ass it most of the time.

This isn’t college. NBA head coaches (unless they are also GMs) are not responsible for lineup construction or motivating individual players.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:45 pm

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:00 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:45 pm

Avery Bradley & Westbrook have entered into Covid protocols

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:56 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:37 pm

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-DA!-DA!-da-DA! Phoenix Suns!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:41 am

David Fizdale, filling in as head coach while Vogel is in protocols, lauded the Suns' play but added they have had the good fortune that the Lakers have lacked.

"They've had a lot of continuity and they've been very lucky," Fizdale said. "That's lucky to be healthy"

Ummm.... when you decide to construct your roster from all-stars from a decade ago and your only younger star is ALWAYS injured... you are not unlucky... you are stupid

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:45 am

Booker's been out like 3 weeks. Ayton missed a bunch of games. GTFO of here with that BS.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:01 am

Yeah… Suns went 6-2 without Booker and Ayton was also out during that stretch

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:53 am

As a Laker fan, that excuse sucks balls. The Suns are just a flat out better team than this octogenarian team that the Lakers assembled this year.

The future does not look bright at all...

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:46 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:41 am You are not unlucky... you are stupid.

It's not that your shirt doesn't match your pants. It's that your shoulders are narrow and waist is rotund. And you kind of get a doofus expression every time you relax your face.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:02 am

I almost feel bad for LeBron

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:49 am

What the fuck

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:09 am

The defense is worse. Giving up 138 to San Antonio should never happen

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:29 am

It's hard to watch because they look like the job performance I'm putting in.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:32 am

84Cat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:09 am The defense is worse. Giving up 138 to San Antonio should never happen

heh heh heh

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:06 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:15 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:06 pm

I remember Darren Collison, but I wasn't familiar with Stanley Johnson. I looked him up and he played for Arizona. I sort of remember him. He came with a ton of hype. On the floor, he wasn't very impactful. He mostly spent his one-and-done year having (but not using) his "NBA body", and carrying the promise of NBA potential one day. Then he got poked in the eye and disappeared.

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