Optimism Thread 2015/2016

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  1. lakersyunowin

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    At the moment I think I agree. But that could very well change in a few weeks *optimism*
     
  2. Lakers2015

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    I don't know man, but I'm still not in favor of tanking. If we lose enough games to qualify for the top three pick fine, but we need to at least try and win some games. Try to get better.
     
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    We're still scoring 100+ points a game despite Byron's shenanigans.
     
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    I'd say the wolves are too. We were blowing them out with Rubio having a career day.
     
  5. sirronstuff

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    We have too much talent to not overcome the coaching and be a bottom 3 seed. How much more than that? Who knows, but we should be better than last year.
     
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    Byron said he received "feedback" from players on how to decrease fatigue they experienced. Shorter practices + shoot-arounds on the horizon
     
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  7. sirronstuff

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    They are too tired to man up? That's just pathetic.

    "Coach, we are too tired to get back on defense. "

    Please call the wahmbulance!

    /sarcasm.......sorta
     
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    To state the obvious, tanking is not an option this year. There's a decent chance we lose the pick even if we end up with the worst record. The odds aren't good enough to justify a tank.
     
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    How many losses will it take to get rid of Bscott?
     
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    Sixers and Nets are right there with us
     
  11. therealdeal

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    I think you all are missing the point of the optimism thread.

    There's at least 10 threads full of b****ing and whining and complaining. Go hang out over there if tanking is all you can talk about.
     
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    could someone find some doom on houston and harden shooting...it would give me some reliefe on kobe shooting %
    on other side very good game by randle...he is realy improving from game to game...but still has to work on his game,he is so far one dimensional,he must to ad jump shot,few times he had nice clean look and he still took it to the rim.
     
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    Optimistic that Thibs will be coaching us sooner than I expected.
     
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    Julius Randle. That is all.
     
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    Seeing Julius start to crack into beast mode makes watching these types of games tolerable. I like the future with Randle having energy out there.
     
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    At least we're not as bad as the rockets right now (although our competition has been weaker but this is the optimism thread)
     
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    Optimism for today: Houston is also 0-3.

    That's all I got... unfortunately.
     
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    I'm optimistic that the friendly press will soon be ripping BScott a new one without remorse after his recent blaming of the press for the number of 3 pointers we are taking.
     
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    In what alternate universe did Byron Scott come up with the idea of talking about 4 point shots as maybe a good idea? Did he have some good mushrooms that day?
     
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    Julius Randle. Wow.
     
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