OFFICIAL 2013-2014 LOS ANGELES LAKERS THREAD
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You defend Lebron etc through team defense anyway...and when it matters put Kobe on him, he owns Lebron
http://youtu.be/6XxsN8jITds -
Lake show will be much better this year. a lot of teams will be tanking this yr and a 5 or 6 slot is available.
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Cosign we will have a cohesion.. that we didnt have for a few reasons last year..
Injuries
multiple coaching changes/philosophy
Force feeding Howard
More than Capable back up guards
Scoring of the bench from dynamic players
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The lakers line up is pretty well rounded, I think yall main concern is whether D'antoni can coach the team to a championship level. But yall got the squad to contend now.
Really it was just the role players and bench that was looking shaky. Yall have the stars in place to compete. -
I had to read up on Johnson. I think he can be solid for us, he's a better defender than young and doesn't take many ill advised shots. Still don't wanna see him matched up against Lebron
If that's the case they should have kept ron. the sf position is deep. lebron, melo, george, durant, pierce.
False, were talking 16MM vs 4MM it was a no brainer -
We need a stretch 4 ASAP....
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I had to read up on Johnson. I think he can be solid for us, he's a better defender than young and doesn't take many ill advised shots. Still don't wanna see him matched up against Lebron
If that's the case they should have kept ron. the sf position is deep. lebron, melo, george, durant, pierce.
False, were talking 16MM vs 4MM it was a no brainer
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The lakers line up is pretty well rounded, I think yall main concern is whether D'antoni can coach the team to a championship level. But yall got the squad to contend now.
Really it was just the role players and bench that was looking shaky. Yall have the stars in place to compete.
No they don't they'll be a 7-8 seed and will suck defensively -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »The lakers line up is pretty well rounded, I think yall main concern is whether D'antoni can coach the team to a championship level. But yall got the squad to contend now.
Really it was just the role players and bench that was looking shaky. Yall have the stars in place to compete.
No they don't they'll be a 7-8 seed and will suck defensively
U mad our squad is ? on the bulls already? Stop hoping praying and begging lakers players like pau, artest, etc will be traded or released and join your ? ass bulls squad....
CARLOS ? IS WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR.
YA LAWWWWWWWWSTTT LITTLE ? , DEAL WITH IT. -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »The lakers line up is pretty well rounded, I think yall main concern is whether D'antoni can coach the team to a championship level. But yall got the squad to contend now.
Really it was just the role players and bench that was looking shaky. Yall have the stars in place to compete.
No they don't they'll be a 7-8 seed and will suck defensively
LOL when I saw you clicked reaction I knew you heavily disagreed with that. -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »The lakers line up is pretty well rounded, I think yall main concern is whether D'antoni can coach the team to a championship level. But yall got the squad to contend now.
Really it was just the role players and bench that was looking shaky. Yall have the stars in place to compete.
No they don't they'll be a 7-8 seed and will suck defensively
LOL when I saw you clicked reaction I knew you heavily disagreed with that.
Thunder
Clippers
Spurs
Warriors
Rockets
Grizzlies
^All will be better than the lakers.You can see my opinion causes mad feelins these emotional lames can't handle the truth.Lol @ the lakers being competitive next year they're gonna suck just like they did last year.Who's the lakers best defender now? Kobe? wes johnson? Lmao.Being a bottom seed and losing in the 1st round isnt being competitive -
white folks was heated when Kobe put that Fredrick Douglas quote out yesterday about the Trayvon Martin case
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As long a Nash and his invisible defense is there la in trouble. Yall should kept earl Clark and let him play with Hill and Pau.
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Cosign. Earl Clark was a big loss. Now that I think about it, who does the Lakers have as their PF? Hill hustles, but at the same time he's a hack and he's injury prone.
Mitch needs to pick up a stretch 4 or at least a forward that can run the floor. -
Clarke earned a opportunity don't know why he was allowed to leave. Young and Johnson are good pickups but not huge game changers. Defensively effort wise arrest gonna be missed. Its gonna be a long first half of the season cuz an Achilles takes a while to get back from
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Earl Clark got a bigger a payday from the Cavs so the Lakers let him walk. We couldn't have paid him that no way thus why we signing cats to minimum deals.
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SAS said D'antoni used to sh*t on Clark all the time and was not surprised he left.
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Dantoni is a buffoon
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Clark wanted that multi yr so he had to go somewhere else with that...As far as us not being competitive next yr I think the way things are shaking up if you make the playoffs in the west you have a chance thats how good the parity is. Now people we are targeting would be Odom, Vujacic, and Josh Powell. If Dr. Buss was here today he would of eliminated Odom by now for making him wait this long to decide. I know Kobe doesn't make anyone better but all of these former Lakers had their best seasons with the Lakers but it's just a coincidence. As far as our defense next yr...we should just plan on scoring...A LOT!!!
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agree, to be honest the spurs didn't play great defense the last 2years, they just scored efficiently and won games by not turning the ball over. offense can take you far if u limit mistakes .
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Kobe Bryant ahead of schedule
By Arash Markazi
ESPNLosAngeles.com
The Los Angeles Lakers not only expect Kobe Bryant to be back by the start of the regular season but believe he could be back by the preseason.
Lakers vice president Jim Buss told NBA TV on Thursday that Bryant is ahead of schedule in his recovery from the torn Achilles tendon he suffered in April. Buss expects Bryant to play in a preseason game.
"Well, we're in Vegas, and I would bet a lot of money that this guy comes back probably in preseason," Buss said during the Lakers-Milwaukee Bucks game at the Las Vegas Summer League. "He's real sharp in taking care of himself and he's not going to rush anything just to get back and prove a point. He's going to come back when he's right. He's a machine. He's inhuman. I see him coming back at the beginning of this season. I can't believe how much he's progressed so far."
Bryant previously had said he was ahead of schedule and would begin getting more active in his rehabilitation next month heading into training camp, which begins in October. The initial timetable for his recovery was six to nine months, and six months would have Bryant back sometime during training camp.
When Bryant does come back, he will be returning to a Lakers team without Dwight Howard, after the Lakers' pursuit of the All-Star center fell short when he decided to sign with the Houston Rockets.
Buss said Howard's decision will not set the Lakers back for long and the focus has quickly shifted toward making a big splash in free agency next summer.
"When we traded for him, we basically knew we were renting him for a year," Buss said. "We were prepared. [Lakers general manager] Mitch [Kupchak] and I, we had quite a few meetings. If he leaves, this is what's going to happen, this is what we're going to do, and if he stays, this is what's going to happen, this is what we're going to do. It's not like I didn't want him to stay, but we were very prepared, so it wasn't a shock to our system or the Lakers' fans or the Lakers' organization that if he left, he would put us in a bad spot. We were OK either way, because we prepared for it." -
Kobe, I know your not a human being but please slow down my dude... Kobe is that ? , he's about to prove he deserves more than 1 MVP this year if he can get his "Bionic Bean" on.... Can't wait to see Kobe yamm on D. Howard, you know if he gots any hops he's gonna try for it!
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We got two spots left and on the radar we got...
Vujacic
Odom
Powell
Douglas-Roberts
Shawne Williams
Not sure if any of them is a game changer at this point but I will say if we can get the best out of Odom he can be like Diaw was in his phx days except better -
I think next years team might be "deeper" than last yrs
Gasol/Kaman/Sacre
Hill/Kelly
Johnson/Young
Bryant/Meeks
Nash/Blake/Farmar
I put Farmar behind Blake but I do expect him to play a good amount, due to lots of rest for Nash and Kobe and Meeks will probably see time at the 3
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We got two spots left and on the radar we got...
Vujacic
Odom
Powell
Douglas-Roberts
Shawne Williams
Marcus Landry
Not sure if any of them is a game changer at this point but I will say if we can get the best out of Odom he can be like Diaw was in his phx days except better
I forgot about Landry he is showing up in summer league and we actually have 3 spots I just think we will leave one open
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