Game Thread GAME# 9: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 3, 2018 - SATURDAY, 7:00 (PDT), NBCSNW

I was a Laker fan back then too. Loved Gail Goodrich and JW. But there was 22 years in between the Logo and the Black Mamba where I also hated them. (ie Show Time) My hate for the Lakers started in our first playoff series against them in 77'.

 

This is pretty interesting mhh

 

LMAO.

Who's gonna chide Magic for that shit roster he put around Lebron?

 

More here:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...hes-luke-walton-los-angeles-lakers-slow-start

Seriously, talk about a lack of self-awareness and unreasonable expectations.

Hey Magic, you gave Luke Walton the EXACT opposite of what he had when he coached GSW to a 39-4 start and you're blaming HIM?

Sure, LeBron fell in your lap. Lucky you. Then you surrounded him with guys who can't shoot, starting with the guy you drafted with the #2 pick the year before and then adding Rajon Rondo and Lance Stephenson. This is 2018, not 1982. 3-point shooting matters in today's NBA. You cobbled together a roster full of ill-fitting parts around LeBron and expect it to magically (pun intended) work. This is on YOU, it's not on Luke Walton.

BNM

 

LaVar? He's been suspiciously quiet. Probably trying to decide which horse he wants to bet on, Team Luke or Team Magic. He'll probably end up backing Magic. He was critical of Luke last year and if Luke's head is on the chopping block, it's in his best interest to cozy up to the guy swinging the ax.

BNM

 

Wouldn't surprise me if Lebron was the one pulling the strings behind Magic right now.

 

BTW, this could end up hurting the Blazers. Luke Walton is a players' coach. If the team thinks he's fighting for his job, they may come out inspired and focused to try to help him save it.

BNM

 

I hear Ty Lue is available...

BNM

 

I'm quite sure there was a meeting at some point this summer involving LeBron and Ball Sr. I'm sure he was ordered to shut the hell up form now on or he wasn't coming to LA.

 

Mhh Magic said: you can not beat Golden State with shooters, you need tough guys, and i think he's right at that point. But to have no shooters is pretty dumb, their best shooter is who? Hart or Kuzma?

 

No doubt. Even the LA media has been talking about ending the "16 straight streak". They will be focused and desperate. I would not worry if not for LeBron.
When he wants to take over a game he usually does. Someone for the Blazers needs to have a huge game to counter. Despite the Lakers record this will be a nice win for the Blazers if they can pull it off. Rondo always seems to kill us

 

You need two-way players to beat GSW. You're not going to out score GSW by surrounding LeBron James with Lonzo Ball, Rajon Rondo and Lance Stephenson. Anyone who believes that is delusional.

Both Paul George and Kawhi Leonard originally wanted to play for the Lakers. Both changed their mind. THOSE are the players you need around LeBron to beat GSW, not Lance The Headcase Stephenson. What's he going to do for you in the playopffs (if you actually make the playoffs), blow in Steph's ear?

BNM

 

Do you believe that is sustainable?

He's also shooting .556 from the FT line.

One is a short term anomaly. The other is the continuation of a long term trend. If you had to choose one as indicative of his shooting skill, which would you choose?

BNM

 

In both scenarios he is left wide open. Similar to Aminu. At some point he will be guarded at the 3 pt line

 

Good point.

Also, guys who don't shoot well from the shorter FT line, rarely shoot well from the longer 3-point line. Ball shot .451 from the FT line last year and is at .556 this year. At this point in their careers Shaq was a better FT shooter than Lonzo Ball.

BNM

 

I do. His shot is ugly has hell, but it works for him when he is wide open. I don't expect to see many at the end of games when he is guarded closely.