Official Whine, Moan, Complain Thread 19/20-CLOSED "WE CHAMPS!"

Cat flopping or cat taking a dive?

 

Bucks grab 78.3% of the defensive rebounds available when Brook is on the floor , only 73.4% when he's off.

Total rebounds % 53% with him on the floor , 51.5% without him .

Bucks are 1st in the league in def rebounding % and 4th in the league in total rebounding %


Brook lack of individual rebounds isn't a problem at all...

 

Kuz at center, when did that ever work?

 

Another pretty bad loss; team is officially struggling, I'd say.

 

-losing record to teams below .500
-mem didnt score 100+ in 5 straight, we give 100+
-this is a bad 3pt shooting team but yet there was like 3-4 straight possession in the 4th where they shot all 3s

 

So frustrating to continue losing to teams that we have no business losing to.

Wizards
Nets
Spurs
Grizzlies
Orlando x2

Why? Because of poor free throw shooting, stupid turnovers, lack of defense, and poor half court schemes. Did I leave anything out?

Doesn’t matter how talented we are and how much potential we have, if we can’t sure up these deficiencies on a more consistent basis, superstar or no superstar, we’ll be a first round exit and that’s with the expectation of actually making the playoffs.

 

It's not poor half court schemes so much when the shots are there and the players effing miss them. Of course it's Luke's fault for everything around here.

Yeah Christmas flame suit on for all the Luke haters.

 

Well like I always say everyone deserves the blame when we lose just like they deserve the praise when we win. Luke is part of this team, so he and his staff are just as guilty as everyone else on this team. And our half court sets are trash 80-85% of the time. With all the playmakers on this team we still revert back to Lebron or Ingram iso ball. No movement, no cutting, no passing.

The frustrating thing is that we are capable of it and can sometimes do it for a good portion of the game to get the lead, then, we stop playing defense, start turning the ball over, go back to iso play and when/if we do get fouled we miss 50-55% of our free throws. This happens even in the wins we get. Bad habits stem from coaching, bad play is on the players. We see both with this team.

They have to get it together or we’re not going anywhere.

 

typical

 

Why did it happen to be the Kings to beat us at the buzzer..... Fml .... Stupid decision for Luke to put a center out there if we're switching everything. Also why the f*** did we pass the ball to one our worst free throw shooters in Ingram. Kcp was out there

 

More Puke excuses coming up...

 

Just played so dumb down the stretch. Kuz’s dumb foul, BI’s missed FT, Luke going with Tyson the entire 4th quarter. So pissed right now.

 

My WMC:

- Free Throws (again for like the trillionth time)
- Lonzo's random calf cramps
- Brandon Ingram (just in general, but also his selfish ISO ball)

 

Long story short: F the NBA.

Long story:

Spoiler: TLDR

At this point, I'm no longer looking at the roster, the stats, etc. to judge how great they can be because they don't matter, the reason being is they are the Los Angeles Lakers, where politics is the name of the game. Unfortunately for us Lakers fans, the NBA is a mafia with the small-market teams in charge. For some reason, some entities within are making the effort for the Lakers to not succeed at all--the referees, for one, are the minions doing most of the dirty work, and two, the owners, jealous of the Lakers' success.

Even if our players make 11-of-10 FTs, the calls will simply favor the opposing team especially down the stretch. Hell, even at Staples Center there is not even a tiny hint of homecourt advantage. Other teams will simply catch up at some point during the game with the help of the zebras. On the other hand, the Lakers get no help when playing catch-up, even at their homecourt. Any attempt to call out the officiating would be futile.

No owner/GM out there will give the Lakers what they want, let alone what they fairly deserve. Even players who specifically want to play for the Lakers have no power whatsoever to make it happen. These teams will simply ask for the moon in return and reject any transaction that favors the Lakers just to show the world they showed consideration. What they actually get in return is laughable for the most part.

The only hope for possibly winning games is Lebron, and he is out for the time being (and some Lakers fans are even happy right now about this development SMH). With the team in this exact predicament, I don't see any wins until he returns.

Folks, the odds do not favor our beloved Lakers as they are dealing with the entire system. Another thing not going for them is the media. When you have BSPN ranking your team 9th before the season started and pundits giving a 48-win rating, that gives the NBA plenty of incentive to make sure the team doesn't get more wins than that.

These being said, we're f'n screwed.

 

feels like last season when they didn't have a vet finisher like lebron to close out these games

crazy what a difference that makes