Ninja Scooter
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I believe the one to Cleveland is lottery protected.
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2012-13 Dec NBA Season |OT|Runnin' in da mouf of Serg Abaka daily.
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I believe the one to Cleveland is lottery protected.
Black Mamba
Member
It's okay. The other fans needed this because come march hey are gonna be feeling ill knowing the lakers are rolling into the playoffs poised to win it all.
So long as konex shuts the fuck up.
So long as konex shuts the fuck up.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Iron E Man
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RG3 should just go to every Wizards game and they'll go undefeated.
Red Blaster
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The Frankman
Banned
I am so sad I miseed Lakaz-GAF blowing up after the loss. Live up to that frontrunning Chicken Little stereotype guys!
Black Mamba
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Enjoy the 5th pick, blaster. Your salty teams will be best of all.
Dominican Power
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Congrats Konex you fucked up the night of fans in LA and Miami
Getting the 5th pick is better than having AVENGERS expectations and not winning
Getting the 5th pick is better than having AVENGERS expectations and not winning
Red Blaster
Member
damn you think we'll get that high
not so sure with the Lakers being only one game behind
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
lol what a bitch
Psychological Intellect
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laker fans made my night tonight.
The Frankman
Banned
... I've been trying to tell people that for years...
That white guy tried to swoop in after he failed to give RGIII a shake, I wonder what happened
Yep thats going to fix their defense
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Look at my tag, that should tell you what I think of Lebron.
Gully State
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Best defense is a good offense...
Most of us are pretty reasonable....
Anyway, Pau and Dwight both need to play better defense. Dwight probably hasn't fully recovered yet and let's just give Pau the benefit of doubt that it's his tendinitis that affected his game, but there's no denying that he's a delicate flower.
Not panicking until end of Jan if things don't improve.
#3 in rebounds and #2 in differential.
It is not a problem as long as Pau put his big boy pants on.
If he's benched for worse rebounders, that number will dip.
Black Mamba
Member
Turnovers are the team's main problem...
Everything else has been good or okay besides fts. But even that isn't an overall negative since they shoot so many.
It's no surprise that they have won easily with sub 15 tos
Everything else has been good or okay besides fts. But even that isn't an overall negative since they shoot so many.
It's no surprise that they have won easily with sub 15 tos
Phil had the clout to take Shaq out of games. I can't believe folks have forgotten how Kobe got his "closer" reputation. Shaq used to be on the bench late in tight games so they wouldn't foul him...
Tragicomedy
Member
OKC quietly winning six in a row. When you go 30 for 34 from the FT line (in an away game, no less), you know you have it wrapped up.
Dwight Howard should pay attention. Why doesn't he have Nash teach him how to shoot FTs? It's the easiest shot in the game.
Dwight Howard should pay attention. Why doesn't he have Nash teach him how to shoot FTs? It's the easiest shot in the game.
Red Blaster
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Sancha saying we'll all eat our lunch later on reminds me of when he still insisted the Lakers were better than the Mavs in the midst of them getting swept
FT practice is boring. If he wanted to improve or just maintain his previous level he would have.
Aw man, Cherry is a man down. I think he may have posted an inappropriate picture in here...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502743
(might be NSFW? but no one is at work and the OP's pic didn't get taken down yet)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502743
(might be NSFW? but no one is at work and the OP's pic didn't get taken down yet)
Black Mamba
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Like I said, yours will be best of all.
Tragicomedy
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True. It's just a shame since it's such an easy shot to master. Pure repetition. I went from being a 55% FT shooter as a freshman to right under 80% as a sophomore. All I did was shoot ~100 a day. And I wasn't getting paid millions like Dwight Howard.
I am perfectly reasonable.
Too many people on this board are letting their disdain for the Lakers interfere with coming to what should be a painfully logical conclusion. Hack-a-XXX makes for an inferior product. There is no way to argue against that. A game with no intentional fouling is more watchable and more likely to produce an outcome in which the team that is better at executing its normal offense and defense wins the game than a game that includes intentional fouling.
If anyone wants to argue against that, feel free, but you won't do well.
A lot of people in this thread get some kind of sick humor out of spouting worthless platitudes like, "Want to know how to fix it? Make your FTs." As though their testicles will increase in size by telling other people to man up. It's a very Tea Party-esque philosophy that should have no place here considering the level of rational discourse we try to promote in this thread, but what can you do?
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Dwight said that he shot thousands of free throws in the lockout offseason with a new shooting coach which immediately preceded a major drop in his FT%.
It may just be him BSing since he is mental and not very truthful, but he might have just fucked up his form.
It may just be him BSing since he is mental and not very truthful, but he might have just fucked up his form.
Tragicomedy
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Dat terrible comparison.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think Kobe is the real reason the Lakers offense is so clogged up. He shoots way too many shots at far too inefficient a percentage. It's no coincidence that all four other Lakers starters were in positive scoring differential tonight and the black mamba was in the negative. He's truly an offensive black hole, and really sucks the life out of their flow. It was even worse when Nash was on the court.
Red Blaster
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I don't get it, other lakers-age have already relented that the team is garbage and they just wanna see kobe break records or some shit while you comparatively keep fucking that chicken believing a team that gives up 110+ points at home to league bottom offenses and blows double-digit leads because of a d-league center and Tony Douglass is gonna amount to anything; your junk squad literally threw out their entire gameplan 2 weeks into the season and now this new one isn't working and you magically think a 40 year old defensive sieve with a broken leg is the magic bullet
but then again you literally whined that since Dwight is awful at free throws they should change the rules
Assuming he's telling the truth, can't he just go back to his old form then?
I don't think this team is garbage at all. The thing is, when you put 3 elite players together, it takes a while for the team to work. It took the Heat a season, a luxury the Lakers don't have since they are an old team. They have a couple months to put it together at most. It hurts even more that they wasted the training camp with Mike Brown only to panic 5 games in. Should've fired his ass after the playoffs.
Should've never hired him.
It'll be like shaq and kobe in 04
You know I'm with you cause we you know I think games right now don't mean a shit regardless of how bad the team looks, but you have absolutely nothing to back your irrational confidence
poised to win it all? lol
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I would think so, but maybe he keeps messing with it in a failing attempt to get to 70% or maybe the constant changing of his shot has messed up his muscle memory.
He probably can. Shaq worked out how to go back to his college FT form when he was in PHX, and i believe it was his best FT Shooting year ever. Basically, he stopped trying to work on "the perfect form" and just worked on getting a few key basics right.
It was his second best year ever at almost 60%
It's entirely do able.
Shaq apparently was coached for many years to work on the perfect form to get him up to 75-80% oh his FT's, so shooting coaches kept "completely rebuilding his form". Which is why he never got good with it. Wouldn't be surprised if diwght was the same.
Black Mamba
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Linsivvi so panicking? I don't care what others think, anyway. People here said things like Miami wouldn't make the finals two years ago or the west wins the finals no matter what last year or nearly all of gaf claimed spurs would beat okc and were sure of t two game in (yeah I ended up right on the last two). So I don't care if some or most or all of lakers-age is panicking.
I will wait til I see Nash and pau play a month together before I make my mind up on this team.
I've been right the last two years about them so not gonna change now. I said they couldn't beat okc last year and I said they'd be too tired to make the finals in 2010. This team hasn't gotten a chance to really play so I hold off on judgment.
Do you even watch Orlando games at this point?
Wow, LeBreezy is really a bitch.
I agree with you 100% Pretty sure the Lakers will be in the Finals. But fuck a hack a Dwight rule.
Best case scenario is you take 1 game off OKC before you get bounced in the first round.
Black Mamba
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Lakers will go on some kind of winning streak that will scare everyone and then lakers age will puff their chest out. My comment was on the perception of gaf to come, not mine. Nash hasn't played so there is no evidence either way.
I think Miami is the best team in the league and are simply bored. I've seen that script too many times firsthand.
I think lakers and grizz are the only teams with a chance to take them out based on matchup. But that I'm not sure lakers are that good to even get there or do it until I see them.
Yeah I remember that year. Dwight shouldn't have fixed what wasn't broken. He could get by at 60% and he shouldn't have changed his form.
Assuming he's telling the truth.
Yeah, i said it earlier, but Tim Duncan is a good example. He's a career .689 FT shooter. Not amazing, but you never even question the topic of FT shooting and TD. Just doesn't come up. Dwight hovered around that 60% mark, and it would probably be the same, a non-issue.
It's when guys hover around 50% and under that they get in trouble.
i.e. dwight, DJ, reggie evans, blake last year.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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You really think the Spurs have no chance to beat the Heat if they get out of the West considering that their offense is built around threes and the Heat can't defend the three point line? Really?
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