Trolling at an all time low at this point. Worse than that corny Luol Deng BS from a month or so ago because it's the Clippers. Is Zu averaging 20 and 10 right now or something? Nope. Zu is over there doing 9 and 8 and shooting way worse from the field as a Clip, but this is a thing? Smh
Now, this is something to troll about.. " I fully expect to be coaching the Lakers again next season. " - Luke Walton
And another dumb W. Gonna end up with the #2 pick again. This is how it happened last time, right? They kept winning down the stretch when they were supposed to be tanking and ended up keeping the pick and drafting Zo. I'm good with Morant, but I mean come on....Zion..
uh zu is averaging 9 and 8 in only 19 minutes. why cant you just admit it was a horrible trade. zu making 1.9 mil next year. what it shows is the ineptness of this front office though. They did this deal to bring someone else in. which is why it was a 2 for 1. They couldnt get anyone to sign here. Pretty sad.
Are we really arguing about the FO being inept because they traded a 3rd string C that will never be anything more than a spot player because he is too slow to switch anything on defense? Made me lose some respect that West was trolling the Lakers over him. He knows Zu sucks in the modern NBA, but he's so bitter he just has to troll. Call the FO inept for assembling the worst shooting team in the NBA around a ball dominant drive and kick player. At least they tried to do something different. I can give them a pass for creativity. If they don't target shooters as priority 1 next year, then yeah, time for the FO to go Call the FO inept for the PR debacle surrounding Anthony Davis. That shit is how to create a toxic workplace 101. Call the FO inept for not firing Luke earlier. He doesn't keep the veterans accountable and they should have seen it 20 games into the season.
And one can even understand why they built the team the way they did. It was a year in which they wanted to lighten the load on LeBron, which is what they even said many times before the season, because they knew this year was a throw away for him. If you put a bunch of shooters around LeBron, well, then he's out there doing all the work to get the ball to those guys for what still amounts to nothing at the end of the rainbow. They still would've been heading home early. Of course, they had plenty of help in how public the AD stuff became. Not hard to see that, especially given the recent report that they made a run at Jimmy Butler before he was traded to Philly. We're just now hearing about that. And Magic came down on Luke 3 or 4 games into the season, so he either saw or heard how things weren't being taken care of. But we know Jeanie has been staunch in her support of Luke, so that may actually be the biggest fault right now within the org..that Jeanie is meddling like her father once did.
Free throws don't make the ESPN highlight reel like slam dunks so no one under the age of 40 gives a shit
You can call him a 3rd stringer but he was better than many of our other options Yep the FO is inept for a multitude of reasons.. the AD trade fiasco among them Yep the FO sucked at bringing in talent, none of these "vets" are worth a warm six pack Yep the FO sucked at managing Luke. Clearly Luke was told to give MeBron wide berth and not hold him accountable... at all. Clearly he did not get to choose which worthless tired vets arrived. Clearly Magic has zero coaching/managing magic so I blame him far more than Jeannie As far as West goes, he got royally screwed by the Lakers he passionately loves.. twice. So? YOU would be bitter too. As of today he clearly can still do his job far better than Jeannie/Magic/Pelinka So let him gloat... he's in the playoffs, we're not
If Zu were doing 20 and 10 and playing 30 minutes a night, OK..fire away, old troll Jerrah. I mean, Zu would still be a retro-fit center that can't do what needs to be done by 5's in this era, but at least the counting stats would be impressive and it'd make sense on it's face. But right now, Zu isn't doing anything special and he's shooting worse as a Clip. West just looks corny in this leak. Starting to be clear why the Warriors said, " buh bye " and didn't bring him back. Already know he talked his way out of Lakerland years back. Yeah, he's a bitter. He really doesn't know how to be anything else. Bitter is his sort of his normal state..he was that way before he overstepped his station and talked his way out of Lakerland.
And don't forget the 3pt shot, which is essentially the new slam dunk. Free throws may not get you on the highlights, but miss some big ones and you'll be a centerpiece of the lowlights
Clippers are going to have to show me something this summer. I'm still waiting for their 1st major FA addition..they drafted Blake and Jordan, and traded for CP3. Show me the baby. I'm still waiting for their 1st NBA championship, so the party that they're throwing right now is corny. Yeah, ok, you made the playoffs..now, hand over your 1st round pick for doing so. Lol Let's see what happens this summer because both Jerry and Popovich wanted to talk to LeBron about joining their orgs last offseason and both got turned down - while we're talking about teams striking out and no one wanting to join certain teams. The only major FA the Spurs have ever landed is Aldridge and he's wanted to be traded out of there twice already. Whole lot of glass houses out there
The Lakers may not come back to old glory until Joey Buss becomes the president and controlling owner and promotes Ryan West to GM.
Yeah you know everything. I know Jerry. I know and worked with his son David. I also watched him hide in the tunnel during games unable to watch the Lakers play because he cared so much it tore him apart. He should have retired then. Yes, I agreed that he's bitter. No, I have no interest in defending him beyond noting the facts above, and not caring if he gloats. Jeannie/Magic give him plenty of reasons to in his own twisted melon Yes I agree that he and the Lakers left on sour terms. Yes, I agreed that he is bitter. Decades later and I daresay for the rest of his natural years he'll remain that way. No I didn't expect Zu to become AD or put up those monster #'s. No one did but you it appears. Could Zu have contributed as much or more than Javale or Tyson? Do not wager against that one.
Still aside from Steph Curry breaking 3pt records, they NEVER make the news reels. No sex in anything but throwing the ball straight down and then swinging from the rim for 40 seconds.
Yeah no one is pretending to be a Clippers fan for that suckitude is a yawning abyss. I thought that Ballmer would step it up but from the floor pretty much everything is up. And squandering Griffen, Jordan and CP3 only proves they remain clueless
the point of the zubac deal is not that hes some huge difference maker that makes us contenders and he pushes us over the edge etc etc The point is you traded away a cheap piece that could have been a contributor next year. one that could have possibly emerged as a more commanding piece. One whos ceiling isnt set in stone. for what? For muscala? the front office targeted muscala and thought hed be a good fit. The same way they targeted the other 1 year free agents we got this year. If you wanted to possibly bring in someone else, you couldve just cut Beasley. The move has no positive angle at all. There is not one argument that could be given that says this was a positive move for the lakers at the time. you have to know how to build a supporting cast. This front office office is banking on another max guy coming and that's it. It's more than that, its building a winning culture, its knowing what free agents you need, its building chemistry. Zubac is getting 1.9 million next year. Laugh all you want but find me a cheaper option with a higher ceiling. Not to mention well have 0 centers on this roster after this year when free agency hits. Since our goal seems is to take up payroll with 2 max guys. Then you have to fill the roster out with cheap vets and guys in house like zubac. we just traded him away for no reason. and that's the issue and definitely should make laker fans question whether magic and pelinka know what they're doing.
i definitely question if trag especially knows what he's doing i think pelinka gets a considered voice but that's it