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  1. KuzmoBall17

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    So Minnesota swept Suns who were supposed to be a contender
     
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    Last dominant team to win a Chip with three “stars” was the Dubbs. They drafted both Klay and Curry. They signed KD.
    My point is there hasn’t been a team that has won a Chip with three “stars” who’s built it via Free Agency since whom?
    The Flippers are trying it, as well as PHX( who are on the verge of getting stepped).
    We tried it with Westbrick and it failed miserably.
     
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    Minny, with three good defensive bigs, may give Denver a really good fight.
    Antman is also a very good defender who will make Murray’s life difficult.
     
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    I remember when people said this team up in Phoenix was going to be a problem. Interesting conclusion to that disaster.

    enjoy nba hell




    More importantly. ANT is a baaaad man.


    40 piece in the closeout
     
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    Hired the wrong coach.
     
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    Wizards and Nets are probably doubling the money they normally spend on their draft departments lol
     
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    Bye bye Phoenix.
     
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    I think I can safely say that Anthony Edwards has snatched the crown in terms of being the #1 non-Laker player I’d love to have as one of our future franchise cornerstones

    Like if we take a conservative approach to team building the next few years with a focus on trying to maximize our spending power whenever Edwards is due for a contract… I get it
     
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    LMAO at Durant. Cheated the game and joined a 73 win team to get 2 phony rings. Teamed up with his friends Kyrie and Harden to get more easy rings with the Nets, demanded out after 2 seasons and it not being easy enough, forced his way to Phoenix for another 3 star team up, yet another first round exit. Don’t cheat the game. What Durant did in 2016/17 is the single biggest b**** move in the history of the league, he ruined the league for 2 years. He is actually who people that hate LeBron think LeBron is, he is who they should actually be hating on. LeBron going to Miami with Wade and Bosh after years of playing the C Bags big 3 basically by himself seems like nothing compared to Durant joining a 73 win team that he was up 3-1 on and choked. Loser, weak, fragile minded, easy route seeking phony, made sadder by the fact that he was good enough to not have to go that route. I will enjoy watching him win nothing the rest of his career along with Harden and Chris Paul.
     
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    Edwards is sick (reminds me of MJ and Kobe). If we can't get Luka, i'll be ok with "just" antman ;)
     
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    He is having an awesome year but somehow I am thinking that he might not have the longevity of a guy like Kobe or MJ. Hopefully he won't be one of those vastly superior athletic freaks who ends out like Derrick Rose. We'll see. I would rather have Doncic, but it all depends on the rest of the team these days. Doesn't seem like one guy can be the man on any team any more.
     
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    Yeah that coach should NEVER have been fired for (your boy Westbrick that was dumped on him) and a pathetic fill out of the roster as a result … as a scapegoat. He coached us to a ring in a tough playoff situation that had a number of “name” players whining. And offensive chops or not the man could coach defense if not saddled with completely crap roster in that regard. You championing Ham over Vogel is on par with your white is black and the earth might be flat (Kyrie) defense of Westbrook as a player once he got to the Lakers. Zero credibility after seeing that play out IMO.
     
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    there's no player in NBA history who has played with as many star players as KD has. wonder which two he'll team up with next

    love seeing him and booker get swept
     
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    Blah,blah, blah, what are you? Vogel's defense attorney? He's a mediocre coach IMO, they shouldn't have hired him, but they did.

    Shrug...It's not my team anyway. I said what I said. WTF does Kyrie Irving have to do with Frank Vogel?

    Lol..you are still obsessed with Westbrook for some reason, get over it. He's not here anymore either.
     
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    vogel needs the right players to play his defensive schemes in order to have success. do the suns even have a single good defender?

    hiring him made no sense for that team
     
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    It was reference to your the earth might actually be flat logic why none of Russ sucking balls was his fault. And if you hadn’t been so cocksure and insufferable telling us we were wrong or there was a reason (LeBron/AD not enough games played with him) why we all had it wrong it would be easier to forget about it, same as other definitive (rarely couched as your “opinion”) proclamations you have an affinity for.
     
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    Oh..more Westbrook stuff. You bring that man's name up every week, around here for some reason. That's an obsessed level, of fixation with this guy.

    Same Ole same for me..dude played 44 games with Lebron and AD. The record was 22-22. And Frank Vogel still sucked..both are true, and both are irrelevant to the Lakers right now
    IMO.
     
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    Pathetic





    Beautiful



    love it
     
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    Meh … same ole same ole is right …. your takes on that were and are still nonsensical. But we agree on lots of other stuff and god knows I like beer so …..

    :Beertoast2:
     
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