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Hey man, glad you got to go to a win and see that ridiculous shot! Good observations on the team. My feeling is they stick with Russ for the season. The more this works to any degree it allows them to save face, keep the picks, and restock next summer in a meaningful with, possible even with Russ on the team. (I can hear LT’s eye-roll from here).
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There’s your dang PG. Oh, what? We tried him before?
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Lakers don’t need any players who are racists, wife beaters, or wienie waggers. We need guys to complement James and Davis.
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Here here!!!
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He said “wienie waggers” huhhuuuhhhhhuhhhh…
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Re-evaluate from what? A borderline play-in team to a tanking team with no pick? DNP Turner and Buddy Mid aren’t fixing this mess.
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I tend to agree. Improve slightly, yes. Transform us? No. I think the roster is terribly assembled, again, but the Pacers trade doesn’t address the awful bench enough or the lack of size and shooting. It helps but is that worth making only draft day deals for mediocre talent for the next couple years? I have a lot of doubts.
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This roster is doing exactly what most folks expected them to do so far. Make the Indy trade or tear the whole thing down beginning with trading AD. I’ve been leaning toward the latter because mediocre is the worst position to be in the NBA.
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That’s my biggest fear. We trapped ourselves into this when we tinkered around the margins which led to breaking up a dynamic team to trying to make three ill-fitting pieces. Trades for guys we let walk, talent we developed let walk for nothing and a slot of self-inflicted bad luck won’t be undone by one trade. But the future could and in the name of fairly marginal improvements. I will say this, if we are going to trade it just makes it sillier the longer we wait. Just makes the process of integrating whomever more difficult. Makes me wonder why they dithered and feel like the part that’s the most broken (the front office) will panic trade in a couple weeks, get players who don’t fix enough, and basically mire us in mediocrity until the next decade.
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Here’s my biggest fear: the guy we’re counting on to fix this mess is the same guy who screwed it all up in the 1st place. And the biggest kick in the nutts is that we just rewarded him with an extension!
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Exactly.
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That’s tough to say about an all time great, albeit on the down side, like Lebron, but I suppose it’s pretty spot on.
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So I went to this game. My wife’s company has season seats and I got the hookup to take a close friend for his birthday. Here are my observations:
1. We’re not going to win many games when AD and Bron are the 4th and 5th best guys out there, but it happened. Lonnie Walker filling it up was nice but really didn’t feel like we were watching a star in the making or anything. If he’s your best guy, you’re probably not winning a whole lot. Nonetheless, the place was rocking. Regardless of how this season turns out, this’ll be a cherished memory. MATTY ICE BABY!!!!
2. Bron as an elite player is pretty much over. The energy, body language, and lack of pop was glaringly obvious, not just to a hater like me. Everyone in our row just groaned when he’d settle for jumpers. Or pound the air outta the ball. Or not be able to impose his will on a game. Hopefully there’s another gear he’s saving, but when the chips were down, he just looked like a decent NBA player. Years 21 & 22 are looking to be very painful. It’ll be another Russ albatross contract situation.
3. AD is either more hurt or just permanently jacked up. His movement just feels stifled, labored, and not at all fluid. His freethrows look pretty much perfect, so it’s hard to understand why the jumper is so broken. Anything outside 7′ seems improbable, and around the basket, if it’s not a dunk, it’s a coin toss. It’s gotta be in his head. He needs a good shrink, hypnotist, life coach, or something if he wants to secure another bag.
4. The Pels at full strength are a mile above this squad. Throw BI and Herb Jones on here and it’s probably not close. Zion started imposing his will late and there wasn’t anything anyone could do. He looked up one possession and saw Reaves guarding him and was at the rim before any of us could say “oh sh!t.” CJ is nice. Dude is underrated, to say the least. They could have 3 allstars and could challenge for a top record in the west. Their roster could compete with anyones, and if things break their way, could be a real contender.
5. Russ was fine. Not sure why he sat, but without his solid game, they’re not in it. His salary is the worst part of him. He can probably get himself a nice mid-level deal playing like this.
So it was a fun game, but the pieces on this squad just don’t fit any more. They’re old, overpaid, physically beat up, and poorly constructed. There’s maybe 4-5 guys who’ll be in the league in 2-3 years. That’s no way to win. Flipping for just a Turner and Hield wouldn’t make this bunch substantially better. They need a miracle.