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I know. That’s why for you it’s so great you have all those OTHER things that “could” not work out well to worry about. And undoubtedly remind everyone about even if we are looking good and winning and near the top of the West during the season ….. because “it’s not the playoffs.”

 

green and butler both liked/vouched for Kuminga.

 

Good read. It ultimately points to the reason I'm higher on the offseason than some are and that's that the changes to our overall approach to team building are there. I'm not going to call it miraculous yet (need to see how we actually look on the floor), but I think by the end of the season we're going to see a better team than many think.

 

There are things they have to work on. lol. Its not like they were in the finals last year and established. Its a brand new team. So all i am saying is for fans to be patient. Its also possible they could be the best team in the West. The difference is a returning team knows its players and rotations, We still have that to figure out.

 

Yeah I had added to my post before seeing this. Thanks for proving my point.

 

Take your own advice … how bout that?

 

I am lol. Why you think i preach patients?

 

I don’t know …. you seem unqualified to do that when you WILL be reminding everyone during the season that it is not the playoffs. Book it.

 

Regular season tells you about your teams. The playoffs pushes a you to a different level which is different than regular season. ex Lakers had a shot to win the title if healthy however the concern would not have been health it would have been the speed and physical nature of the playoffs. That would have been the concern. Not Luka and Austin being injured.

 

I give up. For now. Thanks so much for the explanation how this fan thing works.

 

Dang bro..why does everyone have to be on the same page, and see things the same way? It doesn't work like that in real life, why should Lakers Fandom be that way? This isn't the optimism thread.

Things almost never turn out to be as great as hoped, or as bad as predicted, it's always somewhere in the middle.

Then you have those special seasons that produce a Championship, but those are rare and should be celebrated and cherished.

 

With all the constant Kuminga talk, I forget we signed Thybulle and Williams. If they can play a full season and the playoffs, the defensive wing situation is better. I'd rather just sign another big and play Vando and Thiero, but that's probably not going to happen.