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Those two losses were do to playing highly athletic wings and guards and got worked. Now how do you feel?

 

Like you are overreacting. It's November

 

Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein will be sidelined at least 10 to 14 days because of a right soleus strain, the team announced Saturday evening.

The soleus is a muscle located in the lower part of the calf
I am waiting for revenge in Vegas if Lakers will win vs San Antonio

 

This is the smartest take in here. One thing they have in common with OKC is vibe Chemistry. They all like each other.

For yall real Lakers fans in here and I say real cause yall endered this. This is the best chemistry I’ve seen since


Deangelo Russell Jordan Clarkson Julius Randle and Brandon Ingram.

all those guys really liked each other and were close.

I compare this to Reaves Luka and Ayton. All relatively the same age. And they all really like each other.

 

We will never get Divenchenzo no way Minnesota will help us.

You have to target teams who are young and want to get their draft pick back.

New Orleans traded their first round draft pick away. They’d be wanting to get theirs back. Those are the trades you target. You have the beautiful 2028 first round draft pick unprotected. You gotta go get it.

Jones effective 3-2 3-D

what does Memphis have? They are looking to tear it down.

curious to see what Washington wants to give up for Keyshawn George.

We have Dalton Kinect to package.

Sac won’t help us with s***.

I won’t deal with Miami.

Brooklyn has a guy Noah Crowlnley they have Zaire Williams. Some young Legs’s. They would like to acquire picks.


Charlotte Bridges is he available??? And what would it take. We’ve dealt with them before. What do they want??? 2028 unprotected pick Knect Hachimura what does it take?? Gotta figure it out.

Indiana Neismith they are in play for a number 1 pick do they want to acquire more picks. So Rob really needs to call around and survey the league. We need young wings.

 

And Hey at least we’re not the Clippers.

 

How many times are you gonna say they like each other? Ok, they like each other. Nice.

The only question that matters is can they compete for a title together. I don’t give two s***s about anything else.

 

The Bubble team had as much or more, but this year is probably higher.

 

Why even watch the regular season? You ring is only thing guys talk all that but if you really mean it …. how sad. Halliburton (or Luka) goes down in Game 7 and now the whole season was worthless. Chemistry isn’t overrated along with talent in team sports. And from a fan perspective there’s enjoyment seeing it …. far more than not.

 

Thank you LT Laker Fan you said it best. He doesn’t get the significance of Team Chemistry. I remember Jerry West saying when we were getting swept by Utah and San Antonio. He can’t trade Fox or Horry they gotta gell. Well 3 championships later 3 peat. Players have to like each other Chemistry is the most important. Look at the Dodgers.

What I remember is The OKC Thunder always pulling for each other. And then Austin talking about how guys go out together. That s*** is huge.

Now you’ll say Shaq hated Kobe but there was the mutual respect and they did like each other.

Austin and Luka really have bonded. That’s a big deal and it extends on the court. Especially when I hear Austin say Ayton is the first to tell the team he has to be better if he had a bad game. Taking accountability. Ayton never did that in his career. Especially not in Phoenix.

that means we have a great locker room. Like I said we would for him. Theres buy in.

Golden State had great chemistry. With Curry and Klay they all liked each other. 3 championships. Now Durant had his issues but they built it.

this team is building something take notice. I don’t know if it’s NBA championship but definitely Western Conference championship and who knows anybody can get hot. I’ve seen it before.

We’ve steamrolled a Tim Duncan in his prime it can happen.

Luka and Reaves are on some I don’t give a f***. Enjoy this.

and regardless this is fun. We got Luka for Anthony Davis let that set in. Davis looks like Patrick Ewing his last season on the Knicks. And we got Luka Jordan in 1993.

Thank Nico and enjoy. The season is fun and the team is entertaining. We’ve seen the fun 1994 Lakers with Nick Van excel and Eddie Jones and Cedric Ceballos. Guys are playing with Joy. I can enjoy that.

 

I’m with the two of you. This whole “the only thing that matters is a ring” is hubris. Life is about the journey not the destination. That’s what makes it all worth it, building up to a ring and going through adversity and over coming it together. Camaraderie is hugely important.

It’s why the best athletes love the process and not the outcome. Giannis spoke about it one year after getting knocked out of the playoffs, it’s not just a worthless year. It’s all a part of the journey.

 

Win or go home mother******s… I’m old I need more rings

 

How and how long do you show those off around town when you ..... errr .... the Lakers win one?

 

The most entertaining part of their last game…

 

Team chemistry is overrated.Sure it helps but there have been dynasty teams that didn’t particularly like each other and would fight each other. Would you rather have it? Sure but it’s not a prerequisite for greatness

 

I think you forget where you are sometimes, LT.

 

How to get fired 101. Wow.

 

Winning without appreciating the journey is useless and perfect for entitled brats. The other thing to consider is that the league itself will do everything in it's power to keep any team from becoming a dynasty. Start watching closer to what happens to Oklahoma if they win another ring this year. The league will figure out a way to spread that wealth.

If we win a ring with Luka, you can bet your arse they will do something to stop us too. They always have, they always will.

Nobody is going to have a dynasty anymore and that means nobody is going to win every year. Every team is going to have down times and have to rebuild to get back to the top.

Might as well enjoy the ride. And I will say, that I experienced the Lakers in the early days when we got destroyed by the C Bags. We lost year after year, we lost when it appeared we had finally broken through and everyone said we would win. We lost. Then the C Bags dynasty finally fell apart and we were finally going to win it all, then we lost again!! It was F'ing devastating. Then we won, that was a ring for the ages. The relief was immense, the appreciation was more than that. It took us years after trading for Jabbar to finally build a great team around him and then we had our dynasty team of the ages. Showtime spoiled us. So too, did the Shaq and Kobe years. Since then we have a bunch of fans who just want to win and don't appreciate the journey. You all think you are owed rings and they are not earned. Your loss.

 

I practice what I preach in my own life. Pleasure is in winning titles.