Flex Luger
Job Is Finished
And the frot office supposedly got rid of bad locker room guys like Nick and Russell but shyt it seems like thing are worse.
Ballers Wanna Ball, Rollers Wanna Roll, But We're Taking All--The Official 2017-2018 Lakers Thread
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King Biko
A King With A Concubine
don't panic *french montana voice*
I wanna see my boy ingram become a star but this pic don't really tell the story at all. None of those players were as featured or had usage rates as high as ingram at that point. Not saying he won't be better but ijs
Torrential
LWO
Giannis didn't have a high usage his second year? He was the franchise player for his team early on
Torrential
LWO
call things dumb when u listen to weird cac clown music, brehs.dumbest chart I've seen in awhile
I still know Ingram will never be as good as Giannis or anyone else on that list.
and how petty must you be to neg me off liking a response in a thread I had no plan on posting in
19.6%; lotta guys had higher usage rates than him on the Bucks that season. Ingram is 21.7% this year with four guys ahead of him.Giannis didn't have a high usage his second year? He was the franchise player for his team early on
As a non-Laker fan but a Laker sympathizer, the biggest problem y’all have is talent and certain players with egos too big for their ability (Clarkson for example). Lakers played really well in a lot of games they lost until Lonzo went down. Then shyt hit the fan as the team concept they had turned into iso ball and the result was ugly. Now nikkas are clearly playing for themselves and are frustrated with losing. You have a lot of young players and young players by and don’t know how to deal with losing since they had to win all their lives to even get to the NBA level. Looks like those frustrations have taken over.
The Lakers would be good to acquire a mature veteran who can help stabilize and mentor this group cuz if the coaching staff are the only voices trying to hold it together then it won’t work. One of the players has to step up as a leader.
Also, this roster is made up of players that don’t compliment each other well. There isn’t a coach in the league that could make this group successful. Losing skids happen sometimes and when they do it can get ugly. Coaches are always first to get blamed but really, what else could Luke Walton do with a bunch of guys who are the same height, with the same skill set, same mentality and most importantly the same age (young).
As for Luke Walton, I think the biggest thing he’s doing wrong right now is letting the slump get to him as well. He’s looking like he doesn’t know what to do out there and it sends the wrong message to the team. He needs to watch his body language because players pick up on that. If the players don’t think their coach feels they’re good enough to compete then then the players will lose faith themselves.
The Lakers would be good to acquire a mature veteran who can help stabilize and mentor this group cuz if the coaching staff are the only voices trying to hold it together then it won’t work. One of the players has to step up as a leader.
Also, this roster is made up of players that don’t compliment each other well. There isn’t a coach in the league that could make this group successful. Losing skids happen sometimes and when they do it can get ugly. Coaches are always first to get blamed but really, what else could Luke Walton do with a bunch of guys who are the same height, with the same skill set, same mentality and most importantly the same age (young).
As for Luke Walton, I think the biggest thing he’s doing wrong right now is letting the slump get to him as well. He’s looking like he doesn’t know what to do out there and it sends the wrong message to the team. He needs to watch his body language because players pick up on that. If the players don’t think their coach feels they’re good enough to compete then then the players will lose faith themselves.
O.T.I.S.
Veteran
You hit the nail on the head, especially that last bolded part.
I honestly think Magic needs to hold a meeting with the team and be like "look... If you want to pout and not put any effort on the floor except only when you touch the ball, then I am personally expecting Luke to sit you and I will personally see you get shipped tf up out of here asap"..
Too many Dwight Howards on this fukking team right now. Only play hard when they get theirs first.
Luke was deadass only putting in nikkas that played hard on defense.. Thats when you get to see the floor. Once the injuries came he HAD to put certain people out there, they went into iso ball/tank mode, and everyone looked like shyt except the ones content with getting blown tf out because they got to start or got their shots up.
The "Let's Now Start Hating On Kyle Kuzma" bandwagon is revving up huh?
nikkas loved at first, then started hating on Clarkson, Randle, Russell, Ingram....and I guess it's now Kuz' time now
nikkas loved at first, then started hating on Clarkson, Randle, Russell, Ingram....and I guess it's now Kuz' time now
O.T.I.S.
Veteran
I'm definitely not one of themThe "Let's Now Start Hating On Kyle Kuzma" bandwagon is revving up huh?
nikkas loved at first, then started hating on Clarkson, Randle, Russell, Ingram....and I guess it's now Kuz' time now
Kuz is just a rookie. I was just expecting him to come back to earth soon and he needs to be able to do more on the floor if he can't score.
He's still a steal imo
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Y'all are the Wizards before they got their shyt together, when they had McGee, Blatche, Young, Arenas, Crittenton, and a bunch of other losers and Wall went from doing his stupid dance to being miserable.
It's early in the process, so it's easy to rearrange the furniture as far as the players go, because management is still new as is Walton.
The players are young dumb and selfish. Randle playing for a new deal. Clarkson's way too gassed up. The team has vets but they're bitter because they never play. KCP turned into a knucklehead. Zubac is Hernangomez West.
2nd half, try like hell to ship off Lopez to any contender who might need him, value be damned. KCP too. If not, reduce their roles too.
Y'all got a lot of youngins. It's an open audition besides probably Kuzma, Ball and Ingram to see who should even be here next year.
It's early in the process, so it's easy to rearrange the furniture as far as the players go, because management is still new as is Walton.
The players are young dumb and selfish. Randle playing for a new deal. Clarkson's way too gassed up. The team has vets but they're bitter because they never play. KCP turned into a knucklehead. Zubac is Hernangomez West.
2nd half, try like hell to ship off Lopez to any contender who might need him, value be damned. KCP too. If not, reduce their roles too.
Y'all got a lot of youngins. It's an open audition besides probably Kuzma, Ball and Ingram to see who should even be here next year.
