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everybody has to pick a past or present Lakers player they think they play most like.
I call Mike Penberthy
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I call Mike Penberthy
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This thread has been gold.
This guy from the 909 seems to have it right. The team is decimated with injuries all year on top of their age getting up there and thin bench. Not a recipe for contender status.
Then you have a coach who has a roster not really suited at all to his coaching strengths. A coach who can't use post players. A post player in Howard who has limited post moves to begin with but can still be effective when put in the right positions. Stan Van Gundy made him look decent in the paint. Unfortunately Howard is out there at 50% health and he also seems to not care anymore [which could be due to a number of reasons: touches, Bryant, injuries, coach etc.].
When Pau was healthy, he was out on the 3-point line launching threes and looking apathetic as well as pathetic at times.
Nash is decent but he really is nowhere near the Nash we know and hated. He can still hit some jump shots but he isn't dicing and darting through the lane off PnR's like he used to. He can't create on that level anymore.
Bottom line is the team isn't going to the playoffs and if they do it will be another Dallas series type sweep or 5 game first round exit. Bryant's elbow injury could be the final straw.
What in the world are they going to do next year? Fire D'Antoni? There's no way they can do that even though he has a roster that is pretty much the opposite of what his strengths are. Keep Dwight? I don't want that guy back regardless if he's injured or not. Unless they get a new coach to actually utilize Howard, it won't make much sense to bring back the team as constructed. Bryant and Howard don't seem to be meshing too well, and Pau on the other hand is the odd man out. If they can get a coach who can make it work, I could see bringing back the roster as is.
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The hell is going on in this thread 
All of that nonsense after a loss everybody shoulda been expecting.
All of that nonsense after a loss everybody shoulda been expecting.
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Real talk I'm a 6 foot 3 Steve Nash mixed in with a little bit of Matt Barnes.
FIFA is the only ps3 game I play.
I incorporate a lot of that soccer type anticipation and vision into my passing. Sometimes too much because the guy I'm leading has no Idea I'm thinking that far ahead but when I play with dudes I tell them, keep cutting...ima throw the ball where you end up not where you are 
What I mean by a little Matt Barnes that is that I can def be a liability on defense, but I give it my all. If you do get right past me, you'll be tired as hell because ill be up in your face making you work for everything. And without the ball I'm constantly moving like ray Allen. I tell dudes that guard me:
I may not always get the ball, but ima make damn sure that when I do you are tired as hell. Keep chasing me
FIFA is the only ps3 game I play.
I incorporate a lot of that soccer type anticipation and vision into my passing. Sometimes too much because the guy I'm leading has no Idea I'm thinking that far ahead
but when I play with dudes I tell them, keep cutting...ima throw the ball where you end up not where you are What I mean by a little Matt Barnes that is that I can def be a liability on defense, but I give it my all. If you do get right past me, you'll be tired as hell because ill be up in your face making you work for everything. And without the ball I'm constantly moving like ray Allen. I tell dudes that guard me:
I may not always get the ball, but ima make damn sure that when I do you are tired as hell. Keep chasing me
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Should've just hired him from the beginning and even if we were 20-62 we wouldn't really be worrying about Dwight... Dwight came out and said he wanted to play for Phil...
Should've just hired him from the beginning and even if we were 20-62 we wouldn't really be worrying about Dwight... Dwight came out and said he wanted to play for Phil...
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Would they really fire D'Anphony after one year right after they did that with Brown? That's a lot of money they still owe to two coaches and then to have to pay another coach.
Phil aint comin back after how Buss did him. Smh.
That's why I feel like the near future to end Bryant's career might be a monumental waste with D'Anphony coaching guys who don't play to his strengths. I still have faith in the core but there would need to be a coaching change to make it click. You absolutely cannot make Howard your franchise guy and his coach be D'Anphony. No way.
Phil aint comin back after how Buss did him. Smh.
That's why I feel like the near future to end Bryant's career might be a monumental waste with D'Anphony coaching guys who don't play to his strengths. I still have faith in the core but there would need to be a coaching change to make it click. You absolutely cannot make Howard your franchise guy and his coach be D'Anphony. No way.
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^ I don't think it's realistic to think they could fire D'Antoni either... though I guess if Dwight comes through in the negotiations and says he will only play for Phil, it could get interesting. Jeanie could probably fix some of the damage that Jim did, though I'm not clear on their roles in the organization after their dad's passing.
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I'll be Smush and I aint passing it to no one.
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SMH at Buss
You go from Mike Brown to D'Anphony... the same D'Anphony who was known to not be able to utilize post players. When you have Gasol and Howard. When you have older vets who cannot run and are mostly slow. When you have limited outside shooters that Nash can distribute the ball to.
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Real talk I'm a 6 foot 3 Steve Nash mixed in with a little bit of Matt Barnes.
FIFA is the only ps3 game I play.
I incorporate a lot of that soccer type anticipation and vision into my passing. Sometimes too much because the guy I'm leading has no Idea I'm thinking that far ahead
What I mean by a little Matt Barnes that is that I can def be a liability on defense, but I give it my all. If you do get right past me, you'll be tired as hell because ill be up in your face making you work for everything. And without the ball I'm constantly moving like ray Allen. I tell dudes that guard me:
I may not always get the ball, but ima make damn sure that when I do you are tired as hell. Keep chasing me
Im always cutting
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I just realized I basically play like Pau Gasol
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Ill do the same.
Nobody gives two ***** bout your opinion either
Ive met dwight before. Gave him daps and kept it moving. So dont speak on what you dont know.
Your on nt too so all you jus said applies to you to. Actin like you a gm thinking anybody important read that ish.
In done with this. Keep being on Dwight and keep acting like your a gm.. which no one else sees besides nt.
Do you.
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I just realized I basically play like Pau Gasol
You soft like terry cloth.
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You guys are cool and all because you're Laker fans... but god damn some of y'all need to talk a walk outside the confines of your own room.
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Keep it going guys.
This is forever funny.
This is forever funny.
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Phil is oiling the gears nicely. But as I said before, I wonder if Jim will have the cojones to admit when he's wrong and make the right hire with Phil in the offseason. Maybe a severe spanking in the playoffs will convince/force him to do so.
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Real talk I'm a 6 foot 3 Steve Nash mixed in with a little bit of Matt Barnes.
FIFA is the only ps3 game I play.
I incorporate a lot of that soccer type anticipation and vision into my passing. Sometimes too much because the guy I'm leading has no Idea I'm thinking that far ahead
I may not always get the ball, but ima make damn sure that when I do you are tired as hell. Keep chasing me
Im always cutting
You on my team then bruh
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Lol
Man I left to go play ball at around 1145 or so
I come back in here and those guys are still goin at it
Im definately staying neutral but I think its funny as well
Most important tho, this thread boils down to everyones opinion and freedom of speech etc
Arent we on the same team tho?
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ESPN NBA analyst Hubie Brown comments Lakers' struggles, Dwight Howard's health. - espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8876071
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Hopefully Jim will fall back and let Jeanie run the team.
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he means incisions. hes a doctor bReal talk I'm a 6 foot 3 Steve Nash mixed in with a little bit of Matt Barnes.
FIFA is the only ps3 game I play.
I incorporate a lot of that soccer type anticipation and vision into my passing. Sometimes too much because the guy I'm leading has no Idea I'm thinking that far ahead
I may not always get the ball, but ima make damn sure that when I do you are tired as hell. Keep chasing me
Im always cutting
You on my team then bruh
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