Bear Down Wildcats

I was disappointed with both Lebron and AD. When your 2 best players stink it up that's a big problem.

I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Nuggets are too tough. Lakers going down in 4.

CardiacCats97 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:49 pm I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Or not

Well that was disappointing. Got to have some urgency. Maybe losing game 2 was the end. The Nuggets are good but have some freaking pride

Reeves and others need to make more shot attempts. As the assist leader and good rebounder LeBron can easily facilitate this.

Welp, that’s it.

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 8:05 pm

CardiacCats97 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:49 pm I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Or not

How clever. Congrats.

EastCoastCat wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:58 am

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 8:05 pm

CardiacCats97 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:49 pm I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Or not

How clever. Congrats.

Congrats on what? Being a Lakers fan who had faith? My bad

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 6:43 am

EastCoastCat wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:58 am

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 8:05 pm

CardiacCats97 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:49 pm I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Or not

How clever. Congrats.

Congrats on what? Being a Lakers fan who had faith? My bad

No, my bad. Thought you were slamming my expectations which were obviously wrong.

Actually it is my fault according to my son who is a huge Lakers fan. He left the room during the 4th quarter saying my “bad mojo” was the reason the Lakers we’re playing so awful.

EastCoastCat wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 6:50 am

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 6:43 am

EastCoastCat wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 5:58 am

CardiacCats97 wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 8:05 pm

CardiacCats97 wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:49 pm I expect the Lakers to win their home games.

Or not

How clever. Congrats.

Congrats on what? Being a Lakers fan who had faith? My bad

No, my bad. Thought you were slamming my expectations which were obviously wrong.

Actually it is my fault according to my son who is a huge Lakers fan. He left the room during the 4th quarter saying my “bad mojo” was the reason the Lakers we’re playing so awful.

I've been using the "my bad mojo" angle for decades. I trot it out to intermediate my witness of the game as it goes south. Surely it's all about me, right? I use it to justify altering media.

Turn the sound off.
Change the channel, and neurotically return.
Switch to radio.
Just check the score online.

We are such strange creatures.

Got another half like the first one in ya LeBron? Well, do ya?

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 7:18 pm Got another half like the first one in ya LeBron? Well, do ya?

Nope and this is the end of the road for the purple and gold for 2023. They can't even get a rebound this half

Denver won the 3rd qtr 36-16. Hopefully the Lakers find a way to win the 4th qtr and make this a game

I bet they will.

Happy to see AGordon making a larger impact on the game.

It's over. Put this team out of it's misery

Wait for it ......

They really let these guys push off now. What is the defense supposed to do?

2 point game...4 seconds left. Perfect NBA ending

AG!

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 8:07 pm Wait for it ......

Dud

Murray has just killed the Lakers again

I don't even like LeBron but I'm proud for the old fart.

LeBron is 38. I remember a day of work when I was 40, and how it ended with the sun going down: a gut-busting 10 minute dash back across a steep-ass unit dead on the contour through ravel, blowdown, and sloughing soil as unstable as a vertical beach to reach a landing perched on the edge of a cliff. It's one thing to have it through half the day. But it's a bitch at the end when explosive lower body strength is required. Back at my trailer that night I was pretty proud.

Still an asshole, LeBron is a stud.

Lakers got what they deserved. Congrats to the Nuggets who were clearly the better team.

As for Lebron, I haven't been his biggest fan during his career but have to admire what he can still do. 40/10/9 when your team was on life support was pretty damn impressive. AD...not so much.

Although the NBA/networks would have preferred Lakers-Celtics, the Nuggets and the Heat are really the 2 best teams during these playoffs and deserve to be in the Finals. Both teams are playing at a championship level.

I’m also not a LeBron fan, and even as a Lakers fan I never viewed the Covid Bubble championship as anything but a weird anomaly. But this season I think proved his greatness. I went into the year hoping it was his last and now I’m hoping he runs it back for one more.

Isn't he coming back for at least 2 more so he can play with his son?

Believe the NBA CBA was just ratified, so the one and done rule is still in effect.

Merkin wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 11:34 am Isn't he coming back for at least 2 more so he can play with his son?

Believe the NBA CBA was just ratified, so the one and done rule is still in effect.

Yeah except he said he has a lot to think about concerning his future last night after the game. We all saw that he didn't have anything left in the tank by the 4th quarter.

84Cat wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 11:45 am

Merkin wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 11:34 am Isn't he coming back for at least 2 more so he can play with his son?

Believe the NBA CBA was just ratified, so the one and done rule is still in effect.

Yeah except he said he has a lot to think about concerning his future last night after the game. We all saw that he didn't have anything left in the tank by the 4th quarter.

Too much and too long grinding to even make the playoffs. Was really impressive by Lebron and the whole team I thought.

Next year the team looks pretty darn set with the bench as well. Much more support.

Good fast frenetic game vs Dubs. AD may have left his nuts on the court. Dude looked hurt baad.

Draymond Green is really good at his assignment. But he is an insufferable cunt.

Letting Steph get wide open for a 3. Bold strategy Cotton.

Draymond put a shoulder into that screen. Dude executes.

Draymond is powerless to keep his hands and arms away from the face/head of the guy he defends. At least 3 times the slo-mo replay showed him hacking slapping dragging across the head/face, and was only what we could see in the 2h replays. I'm shocked that he hasn't been put in the ICU.

I am in awe of what he’s doing. Oldest player in the league and still one of the best.

Peace out LeBron, you are a beast.

LeBron will bend him over and fuck him til the blood comes out of his socks.

Reminds when he was with the Cavaliers but don't remember who the coach was. Just give the ball to LeBron. 4 out, and let LBJ ISO. The "roll the ball out" coaching strategy.

Probably when I finally lost interest in the NBA. Which started with the Lakers having only 2 people on offense, Kobe and Shaq. Everyone else just stand out of the way.

I sure miss Showtime. And hard to admit it now, the Celtics then.

Shams vs Woj as the good book foretold…

Merkin wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 5:22 pm Reminds when he was with the Cavaliers but don't remember who the coach was. Just give the ball to LeBron. 4 out, and let LBJ ISO. The "roll the ball out" coaching strategy.

Probably when I finally lost interest in the NBA. Which started with the Lakers having only 2 people on offense, Kobe and Shaq. Everyone else just stand out of the way.

I sure miss Showtime. And hard to admit it now, the Celtics then.

Tyronn Lue. All I ever remember of him is LeBron and friends using him as a towel rack during a game.

LeBron loves nothing more than having a coach he can tell what to do, which is obviously why he wants JJ.

If the Lakers are actually serious about Hurley I have to assume that they don't give two shits about what LeBron thinks since they probably expect him to be gone anyways.

As long as LeBron is a Laker the Laker coach is just a prop. Anyone with a patina of competence will do to fill the role of human shield, figurehead, scapegoat, grist, sideline warm-up band.

Make it so

Should’ve hired Dawn Staley.

mmm hmmm

Has he ever coached anything?

He got this job cause he's LeBron podcast buddy right?

Ugh