Lakers offseason thread: Renovation era

[Mic-Nificent]

Celtics won it their first yr. shut up and get out.

Lets not also forget that the Miami Heat didn't have a bunch of players who skill sets complimented each other so well.

Miami also ran into trouble consistently because they had/have undersized bigs who can be taken advantage of by some teams.


And all that shyt people are talking about the age of the Lakers backcourt ignores the effectiveness of the Lakers back court.

Steve Nash lead the league in total assists last year (despite playing with bums), is one of the best shooters in the league, and is the best at running the PicknRoll.

Kobe Bryant came in 4th in MVP voting last season, and could have led the league in scoring if he wanted.

Both of those guys will now have MUCH less of a burden on the offensive end of the floor playing together.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

How do you know if the Thunder have better chemistry if we haven't seen LA in action yet? nikka shut up. Like someone said, Boston had no chemistry issue their first year.

Well, to be fair, the Thunder will have better chemistry than the Lakers just off the strength that their core has been playing together for a while now. The Lakers chemistry will be much better than some are giving them credit for, but it's not gonna be like OKC.


With that said the Thunder had better chemistry than just about every team in the league last year, but that didn't help them against Miami.

A lot of the trouble L.A. had with OKC last season they shouldn't have next year. OKC isn't going to be able to take advantage of L.A. in transition of L.A.'s offense is more efficient.

 

[Bilz]

Celtics won it their first yr. shut up and get out.

They struggled through every series until they got to the finals

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

2 more months til the war begins. heats loaded up, GOAT franchise loaded up and still da bast, see yall nikkaz in June.

 

[Bilz]

Them posting in this thread is just a sign of how dope this team could be...If this team wasn't shyt and had not chance of doing damage this upcoming season they wouldn't have shyt to say.

Notice none of this chemistry bullshyt was being thrown around when people thought Dwight was going to Brooklyn.

Notice how nobody was talking about Nash being when everyone thought he was going to the Knicks or Mavs.

Notice how nobody had jack shyt to say about Dwight's back until he was traded to the Lakers (in August) even though he had the surgery WAY back in April.

The shyt about his back in particularly funny considering that he was playing with a fukked up back a good chunk of the last season. BEFORE his surgery during his final game of that year, Dwight scored 20 points, pulled down 22 rebounds, dished out 6 assists, and had 2 blocks.......with a bad back.


The only valid critisisms I've seen for this team is the lack of depth at the point, the potential for injuries to our older players, and Mike Brown's general ineptitude.

I was posting the same way in 2005. You're reaching with that fear nonsense. I think everyone on either side has to see the team in action before making any definitive claims about what the team can do.

While it's true that the roster has a lot of superstar names, it's important to note that it's 2012-2013 for this team and not 2004-2005 like Mitch wishes it was. Most of these guys are on the wrong side of 30 and the one superstar with youth is coming off a significant injury.

It should also be noted that Lakers fans were some of the loudest critics of Steve Nash's age and Dwight Howard's injury and diva behavior.

 

[Broke Wave]

Peep the Avi brehs


We ready

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

^ Edit: Jacked, you should change your name to GOATWave since it's all Lakers related now.

Brehs, there's nothing to discuss other than what time the parade gon be. GOAT franchise gon do the talkin for us.

 

[TheNig]

They struggled through every series until they got to the finals

you suck at trolling.

 

[Luke Cage]

matt barnes to the clippers possibly. Next Season will be the goat rivarly season between clippers and lakers. sheit yall might see each other in the playoffs this time.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

^ Edit: Jacked, you should change your name to GOATWave since it's all Lakers related now.

Brehs, there's nothing to discuss other than what time the parade gon be. GOAT franchise gon do the talkin for us.

i like your confidence my xhabashi breh


too bad we have the king on our side

 

[IGSaint12]

I was posting the same way in 2005. You're reaching with that fear nonsense. I think everyone on either side has to see the team in action before making any definitive claims about what the team can do.

While it's true that the roster has a lot of superstar names, it's important to note that it's 2012-2013 for this team and not 2004-2005 like Mitch wishes it was. Most of these guys are on the wrong side of 30 and the one superstar with youth is coming off a significant injury.

It should also be noted that Lakers fans were some of the loudest critics of Steve Nash's age and Dwight Howard's injury and diva behavior.

I don't remember laker fans being the loudest critics if you can back up your claim with actual posts that would be great. What I remember is that most laker fans still wanted dwight if we could get him, and laker fans didn't really care about his back issue maybe it was his bytch behavior but he's our clown center now. In addition most laker fans didn't even have nash on the radar. I don't remember anyone trashing nash about his age considering he was still top 5 productive for the pg position and last season was one of his most efficient shooting seasons of his career. His age is being overblown to be honest.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

I was posting the same way in 2005. You're reaching with that fear nonsense. I think everyone on either side has to see the team in action before making any definitive claims about what the team can do.

While it's true that the roster has a lot of superstar names, it's important to note that it's 2012-2013 for this team and not 2004-2005 like Mitch wishes it was. Most of these guys are on the wrong side of 30 and the one superstar with youth is coming off a significant injury.

It should also be noted that Lakers fans were some of the loudest critics of Steve Nash's age and Dwight Howard's injury and diva behavior.

Virtually nobody was saying jack shyt about Dwight's back injury. All anybody was talking about was him acting like a bytch.


As for the the players age, like I said earlier the shyt that people are overlooking is how productive those players still are. Neither Nash nor Kobe qualify as old AND Washed up. They're both old but still elite players at their position.

I can't speak on what other Lakers fans have said about Nash's age. My only problem with Nash has been and still is that he's a wack defender.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

i like your confidence my xhabashi breh


too bad we have the king on our side

"Kings lose crowns, Gawds stay Gawdly."

 

[Bilz]

you suck at trolling.

Nah, I'm not even trolling on this honestly. People often use Boston as the example for teams being able to come together and win titles but they won against a Lakers team that had just come together that year as well.

The Celtics limped through those playoffs and since they eventually won, people remember a team coming together and dancing on all competition. The Heat cruised through most of the playoffs and had a shytty finals and people remember a team that had no chemistry and needed more time together.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Nah, I'm not even trolling on this honestly. People often use Boston as the example for teams being able to come together and win titles but they won against a Lakers team that had just come together that year as well.

The Celtics limped through those playoffs and since they eventually won, people remember a team coming together and dancing on all competition. The Heat cruised through most of the playoffs and had a shytty finals and people remember a team that had no chemistry and needed more time together.

That's a poor example...The only addition to that team was Pau Gasol. Every other starter on that team had been there before.