Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

I like that color way on these jerseys, we should get one for the real league instead of that ugly purple and black pinstripe ones

 

Just a quick reminder that our scouting department is better than yours

 

Antonio Brown

 

If you dish crap, they won't even get your name right.

 

Bad ending but untill last 5min it wasnt so bad,it is more that luke didnt draw any action and ingram went iso,and we realy missed kuzma shooting,no big that can stretch,so they packed the paint and contested his midrange shots,plus no defense so we didnt have any transition were he could take advantage

 

i've been thinking the same. it's hard to go to the finals 5 straight times, much less win 4 of 5. the mental and physical toll is substantial. some undeserving team is going to beat them, imo. why not us?

#tradeforanallstaryesterdayplz

 

When is Rondo coming back?

 

A Laker has currently the most all star votes. I’m pretty happy about that.

 

Precisely. IMO (almost) everybody is overreacting right now. We have had tons of injuries to key players, had a huge overhaul of the team and are relying to a significant degree on 20-year olds. No wonder they are struggling.

I expected a LOT more from Ingram, but am still sure he'll get there and become an all-star. Ball can be frustrating as hell some nights, but he also is just so damn talented. How many players can you name who were this good at D and with such high BB IQ at this age? I am still willing to give those guys some more time.

From our young core it's Kuz and Josh who have performed better relatively to expectations and draft position, but both (1) were steals if the draft which nobody can deny and (2) are more seasoned than BI and Ball. Their play allows us to give a little more time to the two 2nd pics. I will be really worried if they still play similarly after the ASB, assuming the team is finally healthy for a few weeks and can develop some chemistry.

 

we're on the verge of being championship contenders for the next 5-10 years, and all I see is b****ing and moaning.

PEOPLE

We have LEBRON FREAKING JAMES on our team. What could possibly go wrong.

 

him being injured.

 

besides that

 

we've had bad second halves of Decembers for years now.



Not to make excuses but if you had told me we would play this second half of December without LBJ for 4 of the games I would not have held much hope for a winning record

Still going from 4th to 8th sucks and it's up to the kids to put us back. The line-up for the next 7 games can't get much better in the West with 4 Eastern teams and 5 home games. The only "playoff" team is DET who are 8th in the East with a losing record. The road games are all Western teams and challenges. If we get LBJ back in time for DET or UTA we should be able to get 5 wins.That would make us 26-19 or .577 which right now would put us 5th or 6th in the West. Crawl our way up from there. If Magic would light a fire under Luke's a** and the team's and the youth hold the fort the first 4 games we'll get LBJ back for UTA we could run the table.

NYK
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@UTA
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DLo's finally living up to his potential in NJ. Maybe it's hope for our youngsters to just be patient? Let's pray trade partners have these rosy glasses at least.

 

hmmm...optimism...i guess it doesn't get a lot worse than losing to the knicks at home? i mean, expectations are now through the floor. any and every game could be a loss, so anything but will be glorious!

 

LOL not feeling the spirit of the thread.