The Show Must Go On: 2013-14 Los Angeles Lakers thread

[Regular_P]

Gary Payton? Karl Malone? (Payton was pretty much done, but Malone had something left and the training staff fukked up with him, we would have won the ship that year if he was healthy and Kobe didn't have the Colorado shyt) Pau Gasol? Dwight Howard? Chris Paul? (fukk yeah imma count him cause that trade was completed and signed off on by everyone but Stern).

I don't agree he could have gotten more for Shaq. I don't know what all was out there but I remember he tried to get Dirk and Mark Cuban told him to fukk off. Shaq was coming off a terrible finals and made it known he wanted out. You gotta remember at the time people were still looking at Lamar Odom as a Magic Johnson-lite and at the very least, a guy who would potentially be a 20 pt/10 rebound player when he hit is peak.

One thing about the Lakers job is there is more pressure here to win than ANYWHERE, probably anywhere in sports period but maybe the Yankees. There's not a lot of patience to sit around and build through the draft. I mean look at how many Lakers fans STILL don't wanna tank despite the fact that this team is clearly has no chance to do shyt this year. The ticket prices are high as fukk and the team needs to provide people a reason that they are that way. They need to keep the celebrities at courtside. They need to keep stars on the court. Mitch has done a fukking amazing job of always finding a way to keep it that way. Shaq leaves, and after a couple of down years he builds a competitive team and steals Gasol like a thief in the night to put the icing on the cake. When the Kobe/Gasol era is slowing down he unloads a piece of shyt in Bynum to get the best big man in the game with the goal that he would be the next centerpiece to build around. Nobody knew he would turn into such a bytchmade ho. Same with Nash.. all they REALLY needed from him was that 30 mins a game. With Kobe like he did last year, if Howard had played to his peak and Nash was healthy...and of course Mitch would have had Phil as our coach too, so you know it would have been a wrap.

There's probably more pressure to win for the Lakers because they share a building with the Clippers and that team is a legit contender.

 

[IGSaint12]

OKC seems to be looking to trade for a shooter. Kaman or pau, for a first rounder this year. Do it mitch.

 

[PTBG]

Executives think Pau Gasol is the most significant player with a strong chance to be dealt, Thomsen writes. The likehihood of a Gasol deal has grown as the Lakers have dropped further from contention, Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding writes, identifying Chris Kaman, Jordan Hill and Steve Blake as other prime trade candidates on the Lakers.

Sam Smith of Bulls.com hears the Suns, who’ve been pursuing Gasol and his expiring contract, aren’t looking for short-term help and would prefer to trade for a player who can be a mainstay for years to come.

 

[Lakerman0834]

this is why teams will be garbage. You got a good core right now not take a deal on a player that can help you advance. You never wat can happen next year all over a pick that may be a bust.

 

[Trojan 24]

this is why teams will be garbage. You got a good core right now not take a deal on a player that can help you advance. You never wat can happen next year all over a pick that may be a bust.

It seems like a lot of these teams are more concerned with not helping the Lakers then they are improving their team. Bunch a fakkits. Trading the Lakers some late 1st isn't gunna reverse our fortunes. That's why all these teams ain't ever gunna win shyt

 

[PTBG]

Despite being one of the greatest to ever grace an NBA court, back in 1998, Kobe Bryant was nothing more than a talented rookie fresh off his senior year in high school.

And make no mistake, former Los Angeles Lakers players took advantage of that.

According to TMZ and Cedric Ceballos, former players like Eddie Jones (and Ceballos himself) used to haze Bryant by making him chase balls down, get bags off the plane in the freezing cold or make food runs – at 2 A.M. But it wasn’t just current players harassing Kobe (who apparently took it all in stride) as Laker legends like James Worthy, Kareem and Wilt Chamberlain all gave Bryant grief.

“We’d make him chase balls into the stands of the huge arenas, or take bags off the plane in the freezing cold. Or we’d say, ‘I need coffee from Starbucks and donuts from Krispy Kreme’ — and it’d be 2am in a town we just arrived in.”

Yep – even Kobe Bryant had to go through the rookie torture. Sounds like he avoided the dreaded pink backpack treatment though, something Sacramento Kings rookie Ben McLemore couldn’t.

Bean took the hazing in stride. No wonder why he is cold blooded and calm on the court.

 

[Reid2Achieve]

Bean took the hazing in stride. No wonder why he is cold blooded and calm on the court.

Hmm..I've read the opposite. That he didn't take that hazing shyt from the vets and was abrasive right from the start as a rook

 

[PTBG]

"When Bryant's extension was announced, Bryant made it crystal clear he'd been told by Lakers management that not only would the team be able to re-sign Gasol this summer despite Bryant's huge numbers, but also be able to add an impact free agent," Aldridge noted.

Dammit Kobe. Lakers FO keeps on getting worse day by day. fukk this FO if Pau is still here in the summer of 2014.

 

[Trojan 24]

Dammit Kobe. Lakers FO keeps on getting worse day by day. fukk this FO if Pau is still here in the summer of 2014.

fukk what Kobe wants, should have took 15mil if he wanted Gasol to stick around.

 

[PTBG]

fukk what Kobe wants, should have took 15mil if he wanted Gasol to stick around.

I like Kobe, but he really has limited and killed us financially, which is why we need to kill it with the 1st round pick we get in the lottery, that's really the only and best way possible to get a franchise player for us right now. If we are trying to get Love, than it looks like we might have to do the same thing we did this season and sign a bunch of players to 1 year deals or trade for an expiring contract, have no clue what's gonna happen. Western Conference is already deep as fukk, and will get even tougher next season and our 1st round pick next season is only top 5 protected and than in 2 years its unprotected and goes to the Suns. But, as long as Pringles is coach, team has no future.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Signing Pau would be disastrous. Say bye to Love and the Lakers as a Franchise. At least 20+ years of irrelevancy.

 

[Trojan 24]

I like Kobe, but he really has limited and killed us financially, which is why we need to kill it with the 1st round pick we get in the lottery, that's really the only and best way possible to get a franchise player for us right now. If we are trying to get Love, than it looks like we might have to do the same thing we did this season and sign a bunch of players to 1 year deals or trade for an expiring contract, have no clue what's gonna happen. Western Conference is already deep as fukk, and will get even tougher next season and our 1st round pick next season is only top 5 protected and than in 2 years its unprotected and goes to the Suns. But, as long as Pringles is coach, team has no future.

If Kobe took a reasonable deal, we could have been sitting pretty for next year. Although I still don't think we could have built a contending team for next year. But it would have given us some flexibility.

Now we just have to wait till Love comes really, hopefully we can pick up some solid rookies this draft.

If Kobe wants to stay after 2016 he better take a 2/10 type deal

 

[-DMP-]

Kobe really believe in him and gasol like that. Them days is over dog.

-DMP-

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Kobe really believe in him and gasol like that. Them days is over dog.

-DMP-

lmao, long over.

It's his career, he can do the right thing or he can fukk himself over. Either way, the Lakers are going to move on from the Kobe era eventually so he could make it easier on himself or harder.

 

[PTBG]