2 undeserving max guys if they get melo
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
it would be super funny if melo went from ny to la
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
i'm telling you they're banking on someone forcing a trade there
it's always happened!
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
So a sign and trade w gasol or Nash?
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
I look at the Lakers and I see a team that hasn't developed young talent since Jerry West left. That's not Buss Jr.'s fault. At some point he has to cut the cord on Kupchak, a bad GM who has also won a few titles. It's not an enviable position. To call Buss Jr. incompetent because ... of the Nash trade? What?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea why I'm defending this guy because i could not give a fuck but it doesn't make sense to me.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
i've never heard anyone in the media say a single positive thing about lil buss
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
it seems like anyone with sources in the lakers thinks he's basically incompetent
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
To call Buss Jr. incompetent because ... of the Nash trade? What?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:55 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
giving mike d'antoni a three year contract?
yeah he just overpaid kobe and set the lakers back two years too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
kupchak is bad too tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
not developing young players when you're constantly picking outside of the lottery is a pretty minor issue imo
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
its a pretty essential skill for winning in todays nba imho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
The length of the coach's deal doesn't matter. He rolled the dice on an available veteran coach and struck out. He's been better than Mike Brown or Rudy Tomjanovich or Magic Johnson.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:54 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i agree with this, bad way to run things but it's all they know.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
except for the part where phil jackson wanted to come back xp
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 12:02 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
there are franchises (the lakers are one of them) that can survive without really "developing" young talent imo
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
but they did develop kobe so...
I don't think Phil Jackson was healthy for that team and I thought it was smart for them to go in another direction. But I don't think any new coach can actually coach the team until Kobe retires. D'Antoni is a decent assistant coach for Kobes.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
i feel like its hard if you dont have a guy or two on a rookie contract contributing to fill out yr roster, like you dont need to find an allstar but its hard to have depth if you dont find contributors in the draft
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
http://sportsgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Dwight-Howard-Trash-Talks-Mitch-Kupchak.gifhttp://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/584308572.gif?1337660468
― 46. BEETLEJUICE, "乒乓" (1988) (Spottie), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
remember when the lakers were in the 2013 playoffs?
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
i thought those were warm up exhibitions for the spurs
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
5 on 5 drills.
― 46. BEETLEJUICE, "乒乓" (1988) (Spottie), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
what does howard say there
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
I'll beat your ass yous a bitch according to a google result
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
ill beat yr ass looks like it could be right but the last word isn't bitch
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
poor put-upon mitch kupchak
― Clay, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
d'antoni probably my frontrunner for COY right now tbh
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 November 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
you'd think stotts would be getting quite a bit of consideration right now
― Clay, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
oh man thinking about it how awesome would it be if the lakers had let kobe walk hed go to another team and be super motivated to get revenge and for sure declare publicly thats what he was up to and then take 30 shots a game while shooting sub 40% and playing no defense and getting injured a lot
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
― k3vin k., Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
lol stop
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
what the lakers have overachieved and it's largely due to d'antoni's system. someone like stotts is an obvious choice but i have a harder time attributing that to coaching as opposed to their best players just playing better
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
stotts is a really good coach.
i'm not sure at a game under .500 how much the lakers have overachieved anyway
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Everyone always wants to give coach of the year to the .500 team that should be .300 but I'll take Vogel or Pops.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah i mean pops should probably be in the lebron category of "should win it every year unless something crazy happens" but coaches can only do so much with the rosters they've got, this lakers team is a bunch of jokers and they're .500 in a tough conference
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/paying-electric-bills-bynum-host-thanksgiving-dinner-two-191508958--nba.html
this is awesome
― Clay, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
aw i thought that was gonna be andrew from the url :(
very cool though
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 November 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
@tomhaberstrohThe Spurs haven't been down by more than 15 points during any game this season. Average team has 48 total minutes of such time.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
wow the nets are a fucking train wreck, for the love of god
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
jordan farmar looks like kyrie in this game
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:11 (ten years ago) link
that whole teletovic thing didn't really work out huh
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
too bad the nets couldn't sign Dwight last summer
― Aimless, Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link
andrew bynum looks totally cooked btw. i'd be shocked if he ever gets a deal longer than a year for the rest of his career.
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
the cavs are a mess. no offensive system at all, a pretty crappy roster all things considered.
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
Now, the Sixers have decided to formalize Iverson's meaning to the franchise and honor his excellent career. As announced Wednesday, the franchise will retire his iconic No. 3 jersey on March 1.
― Clay, Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
funny how mike brown's return to cleveland corresponds with the departure of offensive systems
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
I am 7 rows behind the basket at the nets lakers game.Both crowd and team are totally demoralized
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
i straight up dropped kg for blatche in my fantasy league today
― Clay, Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
a couple more weeks like this from Terrence Jones and the Rockets may not be looking hard for a PF anymore
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link