WMC 24-25: Seasonal Highs And Lows!

It’s not about being spoiled and not appreciating that we have big names on this team. It’s that we WASTED the big names. We won by playing bigger and stronger than everyone, and players like KCP, Kuz, and Caruso allowed us to do that, so we got rid of them. Now, we have no future when LeBron retires, no picks, no assets, we MUST win the title now, that’s why they went all in on Russ. So you can’t have it both ways if you’re the Lakers, you can’t be cheap on the fringes and whine about luxury tax while you have probably the last truly great year of LeBron James, if you’re gonna go all in, go all in. Context matters, I’ll watch teams like the one with the kids and know that 19-20-some wins is meeting expectations, THIS team sucks because they’re mediocre, and there’s almost nothing worse. They made a point at the end of the I Love Basketball podcast the other day that we continue to be .500, we were like -3-3, 5-5, 8-8, 12-12, etc, etc, etc. We are mediocre, it is what it is.

 

That's true too. I actually said the same thing about being mediocre earlier. It's not that we're horrible, we're not. We're so mediocre and it hurts to watch.

 

We are mediocre because our best defender and second best player has been out for a month! We had the 7th best D in the NBA before AD went down and the 27th since he’s been out.

 

I don’t have the tweet in front of me that mentions the defense number that you quoted above but there was a big increase in offense mentioned in it since AD went down.

 

But like I said, those bad teams, at least they were trying. At least the kids were fun to watch grow. This team isn't fun to watch. They're quite the opposite. They are infuriating as they often show about as much effort as a sloth post climax. I can stand a team that tries, but just isn't good enough or athletic enough. What I can't stand is a bunch of guys who are playing like, "I am a star (even though most of them are well past that point in their career), and I am above trying hard."

But the rotten cherry on this elephant diarrhea sundae with pube sprinkles is it was completely self inflicted. The stars (AD and Lebron) who we should be happy we have and enjoy rooting for, are the same two knuckleheads who came up with this masterplan.

 

I expected to lose this, at Denver is almost never a win, but god damn, show some pride. It only gets tougher from here too, shouldn’t have messed around when we had a cake schedule and blew games to OKc, Houston, etc.. But sure, AD and Nunn are gonna save us haha. Blow this crap up, trade for anything and everything, rearrange these deck chairs on the titanic.

 

This season can’t end soon enough. There are no trades on the horizon that will make this roster championship material. This is like a bad dream that I can’t wake up from.

 

Seriously, all that rest and THIS effort?