**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[lovehateself]

Sounds like the coach doesn’t have cojones

 

[SORIANOTRON]

LJ loves his hero ball, but doods also get caught standing around and watching.

he can PASS too

 

[CP1708]

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

Good thing I didnt place that prop bet of 350-0 on DraftKings in 2002, I would be heated tonight.

 

[darthska]

Russ playing well why y'all crying at every single thing he does

-foe

 

[had pants]

 

[had pants]

 

[pmatic]

Still mind-blown by the stupidity and carelessness from last night.

 

[geno90221]

Still mind-blown by the stupidity and carelessness from last night.

Complete idiots

 

[tupac003]

They better win Wednesday because Friday we are gonna get embarrassed by the Bucks.

 

[pmatic]

Very painful.

 

[Lizakers]

F’n pacers beat us at the buzzer at home up 17th in the 4th

Pathetic

 

[darthska]

F’n pacers beat us at the buzzer at home up 17th in the 4th

Pathetic

8-12?

-foe

 

[Lizakers]

8-12?

-foe

Lol not so fast. Lakers killer Jerami Grant coming to town

 

[DLF]

Still mind-blown by the stupidity and carelessness from last night.

I saw it coming with about four minutes left. When the Lakers were playing the waste time game, I knew what was gonna happen. This is all on the superstars and the coach

 

[pmatic]

I saw it coming with about four minutes left. When the Lakers were playing the waste time game, I knew what was gonna happen. This is all on the superstars and the coach

 

[DLF]

Lol.

First time watching a laker game this year huh P?

 

[DLF]

I’m so proud of myself for not having any emotions when Nembhard hit that shot. Such a long journey from caring about preseason games to now losing a “heartbreaker” and not caring

Da Pelinka/Buss/Russ effect

 

[Lizakers]

No one wants to say it but relying on 38 year old Lebron in the last 5 minutes of a close game isn’t going to end well. He takes lazy, old man, tired legs shots (20 foot fadeaways, bad layups, 1 on 1 ball stopping ISOs) and can’t move on D. But hey it’s good for business

 

[tupac003]

Another thing...

We hadn't had Russ close the past couple of games.

Why now?

 

[grittyman]

Was at the game last night…didn’t even realize it was Chick Hearn night, they were giving away these keychains that play audio of his catch phrases.

Anyhow, obviously it was a game the Lakers should have won but gave away. Like Bron said there were a lot of things that they did wrong down the stretch…himself included. Wasn’t crazy about the Dennis/Russ pairing down the stretch but I guess you needed 17 in there for his defense and 0 had it going

Would like to see some sort of continuity with the closing lineups now that mostly everyone is healthy.

 

[king j]

Reaves should be in the closing lineup

Reaves
Dennis
LW4
Bron
AD

 

[tupac003]

I'm gonna be honest,

If we continue to play Bron ball to close games, I don't want him in the closing line up.

Watching him hold the ball and the guys just standing there....smh

 

[king j]

Who do you replace him w/in the closing lineup? Troy Brown?Russ?JTA?Pat Bev?

 

[tupac003]

I don't know...

But what I know is over the past few years in the last 5 min of a game unless its a blow out, the offense just gets stagnant with Bron on the floor.

Obviously bron is always gonna close games. I'm not stupid.

But for him to have the basketball IQ he has, it seems he forgets it the last 5 min of games.