Lakers Last 6 Years

[pegasus]

The team was on a 49-win pace before he got hurt. Do you think 49 wins would get them into the playoffs?

Keep in mind this is his first year with a bunch of twenty-two-year-old Rejects.

Please respond objectively and not like a moron. Thank you.

Do you really think they were able to keep that pace for the whole season especially after enjoying a very favorable schedule until January? And they were ahead of the eight seed only by like 2 games when Lebron got hurt.

They lost several winnable games after he came back, and they were not lost because Lebron was still recovering. He flat out choked in crunch time; turnovers, missed FT's, missing shots/lay ups, getting blocked, etc.

And those "rejects" played very well for the most part, despite being shopped around and thrown under the bus constantly.

[AlternativeAcc.]

FROM WORST FRANCHISE IN HISTORY TO 4 SEED

[TheCorporation]

FROM WORST FRANCHISE IN HISTORY TO 4 SEED

B-b-b-but he play with this amazing core!

And while he got hurt while playing for a newly constructed team of 22-year old Summer League champions they managed an abysmal 6-12 during the
KIng's absence.

[TheCorporation]

Do you really think they were able to keep that pace for the whole season especially after enjoying a very favorable schedule until January? And they were ahead of the eight seed only by like 2 games when Lebron got hurt.

They lost several winnable games after he came back, and they were not lost because Lebron was still recovering. He flat out choked in crunch time; turnovers, missed FT's, missing shots/lay ups, getting blocked, etc.

And those "rejects" played very well for the most part, despite being shopped around and thrown under the bus constantly.

Come on man let's be real for a second here. LeBron had a horrible core of starting players, and this was literally their first season together.

If you take away their rocky 2-3 growing pains start then they actually were on a 56 win pace...

[tamaraw08]

All trolling aside, LeBron does get *some* benefit of the doubt considering he did get injured for a good portion of the season. If he had played at minimum 70 games the Lakers probably make the play offs. The AD debacle set things back some though and that's on LeBron.

Some? I think it was a major setback. Yes, Lebron's injury was crucial but from being 6th best in defense for Dec/Nov 29 games, they were 29th worst in Feb and I don't think that's just bec they missed Lonzo. Myopic fans only see Ingram's offensive rise but collectively, they just stopped working hard, mostly a step late in rotation etc.

[Smoke117]

The Lakers have been so bad that the fun in hating them started to wane. Luckily, LeBron joined the team and made it easy again. That guys narcissism is out of control.

[clipps]

Just here checking up on the NBA

[DMAVS41]

So which of those picks were bad?

Randle at #7
Russell #2
Ingram #2
Lonzo #2
Kuzma #27
Zubac #32

Lonzo is the only one that's debatable, but we've seen how bad this team has been without him this season. 25 - 22 with him and 6 - 18 without.

You have shat on every one of our picks, yet turn around and call us idiots after one of them gets traded or not re-signed (Randle, Russell).

None of them were bad in and of themselves, however...

The problem is...the idiot franchise had to salary dump Russell because of the horrible Deng / Mozgov contracts.

They let Randle walk for nothing...and for no reason that makes any sense for a team not trying to contend in year 1 and should have wanted to keep trade assets.

And, the Lakers should never have had to take Ball because they never should have had to trade Russell like I said above.

So, this team should look something like;

Russell / Ingram / Randle / Hart...and then some version of trading the number 2 pick in 2017...or trading down to draft Lauri or Isaac.

That is what is missing from this roster. The idiots salary dumped a guy that is only 22 years old now averaging 21/7/4 and leading a team to the playoffs. And, to be fair, I think Russell is a tad over-rated now, but dumping him was a mistake...even with the luck of getting a nice player in Kuzma back.

That is what Lakers fans are missing. If they don't sign the idiotic Deng / Mozgov contracts...and don't essentially dump Russell / Randle...then they don't take Ball at 2 in 2017 and they have a much better team and likely a much better asset than Ball going forward.

Ingram / Kuzma / Ball / Hart...while I actually still am high on them overall, simply isn't good enough given the position the Lakers have been in the last 6 years.

[warriorfan]

McBronald Fam getting shook right now