[Game] Kings v. Lakers - 11/10/16 - 7:30 PT/10:30 ET
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(LA fan). Season's only 9 games long, so I'm not going to predict LA's playoff chances until about mid December at absolute earliest, but in preseason they looked more like a 25 win team. Trust me, it's a mini-miracle that they've played about 8 truly competitive 45 min games thus far with Swag and Lou playing such a big part. There's always a temptation to see greener grass elsewhere when you know your own team so thoroughly, but the Lakers are erratic in their own right. They just lost to Dallas at home without Dirk. This game was a microcosm too (down by 19). Don't get me too wrong, though, because a month ago, I was complaining and receiving complaints from friends about Luke liking Swaggy and Lou Will. I wanted both of em gone and he's using both like they're the top options. I was also griping about Mozgov and Deng and was still pessimistic about Randle's progression. Russell looked a lot better in Summer League, but Randle wasn't showing nearly this much only a few weeks back. So take that FWIW.
The most important change is pretty obvious and that's the essential move of finally nabbing a decent coach. That call I did very much make all Summer long. It's still not said enough yet because it's November that LA hit a grand slam in picking up Walton before he was off the market. It's like shades of Riley coming out of the announcing booth in 1981. Mike Brown, Mike D'Antoni, and Byron Scott and I'm pretty sure they all made off with extra money from the org for sitting at home. You don't have to tank to lose with those 3 coaches in a row not to mention how the Buss kids effed up in trading picks for Nash and by trading for Duh-wight and by paying Kobe 20 mill for a Viking funeral. Jeanie actually thought FAs would notice that gesture and sign here. Nope! Not in today's "marketless" league. I'm not confident that the Buss kids have learned from humiliations such as LMA telling them their presentation was an embarrassment. You still have hope that they'll screw up trying to sign Anthony Davis.
I do concede that the it's more than average fortune that two late draftees have effectively panned out as well as Randle and Russell (who's still inconsistent). Ingram looks like he needs a year or two to bulk up and work on his offense, but he's getting quality minutes every night in close game situations. Zubac looks pretty refined for his age. That's a lot of things that had to go right to make up for other mistakes. Where I'll kinda feed into your dismay is that considering Brown, D'Antoni, and Byron were coaches, they seemed to have survived the radiation....like roaches.
The most important change is pretty obvious and that's the essential move of finally nabbing a decent coach. That call I did very much make all Summer long. It's still not said enough yet because it's November that LA hit a grand slam in picking up Walton before he was off the market. It's like shades of Riley coming out of the announcing booth in 1981. Mike Brown, Mike D'Antoni, and Byron Scott and I'm pretty sure they all made off with extra money from the org for sitting at home. You don't have to tank to lose with those 3 coaches in a row not to mention how the Buss kids effed up in trading picks for Nash and by trading for Duh-wight and by paying Kobe 20 mill for a Viking funeral. Jeanie actually thought FAs would notice that gesture and sign here. Nope! Not in today's "marketless" league. I'm not confident that the Buss kids have learned from humiliations such as LMA telling them their presentation was an embarrassment. You still have hope that they'll screw up trying to sign Anthony Davis.
I do concede that the it's more than average fortune that two late draftees have effectively panned out as well as Randle and Russell (who's still inconsistent). Ingram looks like he needs a year or two to bulk up and work on his offense, but he's getting quality minutes every night in close game situations. Zubac looks pretty refined for his age. That's a lot of things that had to go right to make up for other mistakes. Where I'll kinda feed into your dismay is that considering Brown, D'Antoni, and Byron were coaches, they seemed to have survived the radiation....like roaches.
Nice note, actually. One thing I have done as a survival mechanism is to stay away from the forum periodically. Some of the comments are bothersome to say the least. I agree Boogie is not a leader. All the complaints that he is not a leader should be a clue. Can't someone else be a leader? Why not Rudy? Then we can complain about him. Why does there have to be a leader? Sometimes it is best to just turn on the tv and watch the game. Stay away from here during and after the game.
We need consistency. Constant change creates confusion.
We need consistency. Constant change creates confusion.
