Lakers are a non-playoffs team before tonight.
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2012-13 Oct/Nov NBA Season |OT| Mavericks Attempt To Defend Title
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Lakers are a non-playoffs team before tonight.
fredrancour
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Touche. In hindsight how well marc developed makes me forget how horrendous the trade seemed at the time.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought this! lol
Damn that shit is eerie...
shira
Member
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
There is no way it's just a coincidence that as soon as Brown is fired Morris and Artest look like respectable NBA players. Is it?
If Blake comes back and steals Morris' minutes I'm gonna be pissed too. Blake isn't better than him at.. anything right now. For real...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr4qWAIz-BI&feature=player_embedded
"Have you ever heard of career builders dot com?" Holy shit ahahah
If Blake comes back and steals Morris' minutes I'm gonna be pissed too. Blake isn't better than him at.. anything right now. For real...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr4qWAIz-BI&feature=player_embedded
"Have you ever heard of career builders dot com?" Holy shit ahahah
i won't be surprised if blake plays well under D'antoni though
#whynot
Black Mamba
Member
Let's not overreact to one game. Morris looked like shit previously. Blake deserves the right to earn the spot with good play.
I want to see Morris be consistent with this. But it would be really good if he can be because the Lakers could use some speed.
Yes, a guy that is shooting 50FG% from three-point range and was #9 in all of the NBA last year in 3PT% made an "insanely lucky" shot. "Insanely lucky", uhhuh.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
The only thing Blake has on Morris right now is outside shooting. Morris' D is noticeably better than Blakes. Look at the job he did on Tony Parker. Blake couldn't dream of playing TP like that...
Blake also doesn't drive the lane for shit. He is not about that life. And I'll take my chances with Morris guarding the D Will's/Westbrooks/Rondo's/CP3's of the league over Blake any day right now.
Why kill this kids confidence? Why fuck up a good thing for an old player who has had 3 year to show us something and never has? I mean really... we need to milk this shit for all it's worth.
Blake also doesn't drive the lane for shit. He is not about that life. And I'll take my chances with Morris guarding the D Will's/Westbrooks/Rondo's/CP3's of the league over Blake any day right now.
Why kill this kids confidence? Why fuck up a good thing for an old player who has had 3 year to show us something and never has? I mean really... we need to milk this shit for all it's worth.
Yeah, that game was on Howards stupid fouls and Kobe's "defense". But for all intents and purposes we should have won that fucking game...
After pre season laker fans on lakersground were saying under nash he was going to be the next goran dragic
Black Mamba
Member
Morris' defense had been really bad off-ball until last game. He wasn't very good on TP, but TP missed some shots he normally makes.
Not that Blake is any good on defense. Morris' on ball D is actually pretty decent so far, maybe even good. But off-ball it's been a disaster. But it seems he's improving.
haha it's puddles, man. Though, Green was shooting like shit that night. 2/12 before that shot, I believe. Wasn't lucky, but damn he made one while he was cold. MWP had a chance to seal it with a corner 3 and missed. Thems the breaks
The way he followed parker off multiple screens is something blake will never ever be able to do. Atleast he made him work, and that's the least you can ask for against parker. Blake on the other hand is cowdung.
Black Mamba
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marathonfool
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Feel bad for Roy because I know how much he loves basketball. Not so much for Kahn. The Timberwolves doctor should get as much bad mouthing as any of the Portland doctors. Blazers were trying to save Roy's quality of life by the end of it.
So he was losing his man on the defensive end...for a rookie is that much of a counter argument? I can forgive lapses in judgment once in a while as that can easily be rectified with practice. Lack of athleticism on the other hand is a no no. Duhon especially is the worst. Against the spurs and suns, he would get stuck in between screens disrupting our whole defense.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Told ya'll Mike Dan Tony was going to lead us to the promised land. League better be on watch out. Lakers making a run for dat playoff spot.
Black Mamba
Member
I really hope this is the year we get the hallway series. 7 straight home games would be amazing.
Dominican Power
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theignoramus
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danny green is money from three. it was your boy's hubris that left him open.
KidA Seven
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theignoramus
Member
the Czs got blown out by 20 by a D1 level nba team? lol.
who woulda thought the Czs, Nuggets and Indiana would be playing like .500 (or sub.500) teams out the gate.
who woulda thought the Czs, Nuggets and Indiana would be playing like .500 (or sub.500) teams out the gate.
You late with this. I've been saying it for years.
Possibly.
He only stopped playing with a skirt once he saw all of his teammates die around him.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
It's called a kilt
The world doesn't revolve around you
Good thing I'm only talking about GAF.
Wake up from my cold induced coma to see how much the Rockets lost by. Look at box score. Yep. Stat line looks about right. Jeremy Lin is still a bad basketball player. Kobe continues to destroy the Rockets. Appears the entire starting 5 had fun running through the Rockets.
At least Chandler Parsons appears to be waking up from his coma and Terrence Jones needs to play more. Was his first significant amount of minutes all season. That could've been in garbage time tho.
Love analyzing box scores because Comcast Sports Net and the Rockets are a bunch of idiots. On the plus side looks like I missed the usual Laker age Plan the Parade posts.
At least Chandler Parsons appears to be waking up from his coma and Terrence Jones needs to play more. Was his first significant amount of minutes all season. That could've been in garbage time tho.
Love analyzing box scores because Comcast Sports Net and the Rockets are a bunch of idiots. On the plus side looks like I missed the usual Laker age Plan the Parade posts.
CherryWoodFuton
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So my cousin from Canada is coming down and wants to know everything about the Heat. Should I show her Flo Rida's musical masterpiece?
CherryWoodFuton
Member
She asked me if it's right to root for the home team. She lives in Toronto. Hahahaha
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
The Lakers are a bigger underdog this year than the Bucks so yea, join me on the hope I mean HYPE train. Chuu Chuuu
iamshadowlark
Banned
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
The upside to this Brandon Roy injury is that Lee and Shved continue to get minutes.
Unfortunately, Josh Howard does, too.
Unfortunately, Josh Howard does, too.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Love our front office. So much win compared to the Dolphins and Marlins (FUCK YOU LORIA!!!!!) front offices
Future PhaZe
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I'm pretty disappointed in the Timberwolves FO. Roy shouldn't be playing ball right now.
LegendofJoe
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You need Gerald Henderson, we need draft picks. Call Kahn and I'll call Cho.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Some 5 other teams cleared him and offered him contracts, too, man.
LegendofJoe
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I've been thinking about tanking strategy this morning and I've decided that winning a decent bit this year won't hurt us long-term. I'm not all that excited about any of the players in this year's draft outside of Shabazz. The odds of winning the lottery and taking him are going to be slim no matter how much we lose.
I'd rather our team get a taste of winning and competing this year in order to 1, make our tradeable vets look good, and 2 to show our young guys what they need to do in order to compete. At the end of the season when we inevitably miss the playoffs our young guys will figure out that hard work alone isn't enough to win a championship. You need talent, and to get the best chance at that in a place like Charlotte you need lots of draft picks. At that point, or better yet before the season is over, we should trade Henderson, Sessions, Gordon, etc, for the best draft picks they will fetch. Hopefully, with protections that will give us a good shot at being able to use them in the 2014 draft. Ideally, I'd like to have 3 1st round picks in that draft: Our own early lottery pick, the Blazers pick, and another late lottery pick.
The Blazers pick will be top 12 protected this year and next. I think the odds are good that we'll have this pick in 2014.
The Pistons pick is top 14 protected this year and top 8 protected next year. As things look now I don't think we'll be getting that until 2015.
That means we're going to need one more first round pick for 2014. And as I said earlier Henderson, Sessions, and Gordon are our best tradeble assets. But someone has to be willing to give up a 2014 pick for them, which will probably be a tough sell. I've got my fingers crossed though.
I'd rather our team get a taste of winning and competing this year in order to 1, make our tradeable vets look good, and 2 to show our young guys what they need to do in order to compete. At the end of the season when we inevitably miss the playoffs our young guys will figure out that hard work alone isn't enough to win a championship. You need talent, and to get the best chance at that in a place like Charlotte you need lots of draft picks. At that point, or better yet before the season is over, we should trade Henderson, Sessions, Gordon, etc, for the best draft picks they will fetch. Hopefully, with protections that will give us a good shot at being able to use them in the 2014 draft. Ideally, I'd like to have 3 1st round picks in that draft: Our own early lottery pick, the Blazers pick, and another late lottery pick.
The Blazers pick will be top 12 protected this year and next. I think the odds are good that we'll have this pick in 2014.
The Pistons pick is top 14 protected this year and top 8 protected next year. As things look now I don't think we'll be getting that until 2015.
That means we're going to need one more first round pick for 2014. And as I said earlier Henderson, Sessions, and Gordon are our best tradeble assets. But someone has to be willing to give up a 2014 pick for them, which will probably be a tough sell. I've got my fingers crossed though.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Wii U? Lol