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

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  1. fabfourlakers

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    My WMC is Lonzo and Ingram not playing. And that means they'll probably not play against OKC as well....we missed a golden opportunity to ride a 5-game winning streak into OKC and show PG13 exactly what he'll be dealing with if he comes to play for us.

    I'm just annoyed at how unfortunate we've gotten over the past month with injuries to key players/starters. I'm annoyed at how little depth we have in the backcourt...Magic/Rob fricking do something!!! We're getting killled without Lonzo!
     
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    I'm not even mad. Knew we were going to lose. But man as soon as it looks like it is finally all coming together with great momentum, damn injuries happen.
     
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    We need to learn how to play without Lonzo, it looks like a pick up game at the YMCA without Lonzo and Ingram running the offense. I'll continue saying it, we need a veteran back up point guard.
     
    alam1108, Jan 15, 2018
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    It’s safe to say that Ennis and Caruso are a complete waste of roster space on this team. They don’t even belong in the NBA. Barely belong in the G-League.
     
    raviator, Jan 15, 2018
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    80% of the roster is a waste of roster space. The tragedy in that is players go in an out of the percentage so you can't know which player to kick out of the planet any given game.
     
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    I agree with this. George Hill would be really nice as a backup PG for us. I wish he'd taken that offer before we signed KCP. KCP has actually been really decent outside of that stretch when he was in and out of jail, but George I think would be more valuable. Of course, George has been hurt and in and out of the lineup, but one other player who can actually run an offense would make this team look so much better.

    During our win streak we looked our best when Lonzo got the wheels turning, then sat early and let the more talented 1st unit get some offense on their own through Randle or Lopez. Then Lonzo can pick up the 2nd unit with his play and keep them viable. It'd be nice if we had someone who could fill that latter void without having to rely so heavily on Lonzo.
     
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    not having a competent backup pg has probably cost us 3-4 games so far.
     
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    George Hill would have been nice. We could have started both Hill and Ball and then stagger one of them to play with the second unit.
     
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    Rondo woulda been nice since he was realistically a one year deal stop-gap option. Hill is fantasy cause he clearly wanted that bag... And you obviously don't give a player like Hill that kind of contract till you recruit and lock up stars on the roster. You exceed the cap ceiling and pay taxes only when you have stars on long term deals on the payroll.

    Oh and Zo ain't durable... You better get your frail a** into the gym this summer.

    And the Lakers are trash... How you going to get yo a** handed to ya by the Conley-less, hapless Grizzlies...Twice!

    /Rant
     
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    yea hill was all bout the $, he used us to leverage a longer term deal
     
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    Brook Lopez is back to sucking
     
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    Everyone kind of sucks with Zo and Ingram out. The offense and defense are both non-functional. Not making excuses for anyone, but Lopez with Randle in the starting lineup looked good before Zo and Ingram went down. We actually had decent spacing for a change. I mean did you see that starting lineup Luke put on the floor last game? Putrid. Ennis just stinks.
     
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    WMC right? 4 in a row we win. Wow things looking up again because we have everyone back and off of the brutal December schedule and starting to play decent. Then Lonzo and BI out next game ..... two of our vital and most talented players needed for offense and defense so we lose to the Grizzlies. Boom the whole team is s*** again. Blow it up we suck. And the vibe on LB sucks. Small margin for sky is falling vs team is young and a whole lot of positives even though we have weak points like no credible back up PG.
     
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    My WMC before tonight's game: Lonzo not playing AGAIN versus the Thunder, which also means we're about to be 0-9 without Lonzo. My goodness..
     
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    Bust
     
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    Zo doesn't need to be on the court for Lopez to hit wide open shots. He was getting those kinds of looks with Zo on the court and without. Now collectively as a team, your absolutely right, we need Zo back in the worst way. But Brook has got to give us more on that side of the court especially when both Zo and Ingram were out against Memphis.

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    I don't disagree with you Battle. He should be giving us more no matter what. But damn that first unit was bad last game. Hopefully with Ingram at least in there we will be better today but of course the competition is a lot better. I just think everyone looks pretty terrible without Lonzo. Only good game we managed to play was that 2x OT in Houston when Ennis looked like a legit NBA player. He hasn't since.
     
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    So much for being competitive and fun every night.
     
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    I missed the game but I'm hearing Kuz and KCP got hurt. How bad is it?
     
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