MMC
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I'd want to, but at the same time, I want to keep them nice for as long as I can.wear them every day
I'd want to, but at the same time, I want to keep them nice for as long as I can.wear them every day
Kuzma off the bench is good, having some legit scoring off the bench will be massive in a series against real competition.Javale is starting over Kuzma.
Gonna be awkward if the clippers don't even make the WCF after everyone here picked them to win the championship.This board told me the Lakers weren't a good team. What do you mean we made the WCF?
People are just very upset and mad.This board told me the Lakers weren't a good team. What do you mean we made the WCF?
Rob Pelinka is living proof that good things happen to bad GM’s.
must be nice to have A.D. confidently fall into his lap
They only had to do that to get him a year early. AD wanted to go to LA and nowhere else. Hence lap dance.I have no particular opinion on Pelinka, but how does trading 3 good young players, and 3 draft picks (including a #4 overall) constitute "falling into his lap?"
This isn't like Orlando winning the draft lottery the year after they won the lottery for Shaq. That's "falling into your lap." Getting AD required actually having to pony up something significant, which means there's some risk involved. Who's to say it wouldn't have gone the same way the Paul George deal went for LAC with a meek playoff performance and a 2nd round flameout?
People forget that Magic and Pelinka and the Busses ran the Lakers into the GROUND 2013-2019
They missed the playoffs 6 straight years which was a RECORD for LA
They basically disappeared off the face of the earth
So I don't want to hear excuses now that they're good again because we Lakers fans had to put up with a lot of shit beforehand with D'Antoni and then byron Scott and Luke Walton (who still can't coach in Sacramento). I hear a lot of complaining about how good the Lakers are now, who cares? They were TERRIBLE for 6 years. The universe has righted itself.
Well the points to consider were that : in AD they were getting one of the top 5 players in the league and AD only wanted to play with the Lakers. Easy to give up on the young guys and draft pick when maybe one might end up a top 25 player......... and would be 2 years too late for Lebron.I have no particular opinion on Pelinka, but how does trading 3 good young players, and 3 draft picks (including a #4 overall) constitute "falling into his lap?"
This isn't like Orlando winning the draft lottery the year after they won the lottery for Shaq. That's "falling into your lap." Getting AD required actually having to pony up something significant, which means there's some risk involved. Who's to say it wouldn't have gone the same way the Paul George deal went for LAC with a meek playoff performance and a 2nd round flameout?
People forget that Magic and Pelinka and the Busses ran the Lakers into the GROUND 2013-2019
As a Laker fan I'm surprised you missed the guy that did the most damage to the franchise - Mitch Kupchak.
Too many people are leaping to criticize them especially if Denver gets back into this seriesThis is our year