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.@RicBucher: Hiring JJ Redick would be a mistake by the Lakers.
“I’m praying that they do this because it would be the most comical thing that we’ve ever seen.” pic.twitter.com/7A5VM5rfg4
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.@JoyTaylorTalks: I think it's a mistake for the Lakers to hire JJ Redick and expect him to be Pat Riley. pic.twitter.com/XQDV8P7vvy
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Anthony Edwards confirms the rumors pic.twitter.com/LE6xP66DDk
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 17, 2024
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Will become the face of the league at some point.
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“If it’s JJ [Redick], you’re going to have a cynical locker room.” 😳 @ThisIsUD on the Lakers’ head coach search. pic.twitter.com/ufJZbJjrma
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 14, 2024
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This seemed to be the difference between this game and the previous 11. We never let up for 48 minutes. We made a concerted effort to keep Gordon from killing us on the boards again (3rebs, 0 offensive) which was huge. No meltdown at crunchtime. We hit the timely shots & the Nuggs didn’t.
And this is what has frustrated me about this team this year..they don’t bring those 3 things every night. When they do, they can hang with anyone. Just stay focused on this 1 game Mon, don’t worry about the past or the future..just stay in the moment.
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This is the basic problem between the Nuggs and the Lakers. We have to play damn near flawless basketball for 48 minutes…the Nuggs don’t.
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ESPN Sources: Juwan Howard has agreed to join the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant coach. Howard spent six NBA seasons as a Heat assistant before returning to Michigan for five years as head coach. Howard arrives as part of Jordi Fernandez’s first staff. pic.twitter.com/RMjNVgpiel
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 26, 2024
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That’s a relief. I say make a statement and let Phil coach this last game. Why put off the inevitable when you know Busslinka will throw Darvin under the buss anyway?
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“It’s just 1 game”..nah…it’s 9 games in a row. They have zero fear of us and the damn crowd is chanting Who’s Ur Daddy.
Our depth is supposed to be our strength but we only had 1 guy off the bench with a shot ATTEMPT. That’s crazy. DeAndre Jordan had a bigger impact than any of our reserves…think about that.
They only shot 6 free throws which seems great. Then I look & see they only had 4 turnovers. That kinda tells me we aren’t being aggressive enough on D. Gotta break some eggs to make an omelet.
7 turnovers from Lebron. Can’t talk about playing perfectly and then come out and do that.
Not sure what the answer is…our guys have acknowledged they have to be perfect just to have a chance…that’s damn near impossible and a whole lotta pressure.
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LeBron also did the majority of his damage in the first half and looked like he was going through the motions in the second half until about halfway through the 4th quarter. We can’t take a quarter off against this team.
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Bron looked tired to me and that’s usually when he makes alotta turnovers. And this is coming of 3 days rest…
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Another thing…AD falls on the floor alot trying to get foul calls. Joker took advantage of that a few times going back the other way while AD was still trying to get up on his feet. I’m gonna try to keep a count on that tomorrow.
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Freakin Joker walks in the arena dressed as a damn cartoon character and then busts our azz for 32/12/7…the disrespect
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These games have pretty much all come down to late game execution. Focus & attention to detail. Every time it’s close down the stretch, the Nuggs have had the answer. None of all this other analysis will matter if we can’t correct the crunchtime issues.
“It’s a combination of a couple different things. That’s why I mentioned consistent discipline with our execution, make sure we get the right shots that we know makes us that much more hard to guard,” Ham said of the late-game problems. “And give them credit. They had different guys step up and make big shots for them. We’ve had unfortunate turnovers, unfortunate missed blockouts. And they’re a championship team. So, you have to do the little things.
“The intangibles have to be on point.”
Old John McKay line when asked about his team’s execution after a bad game…
“I’m in favor of it”
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One minute you’re talking about the 6th seed with a week’s rest and the next you’re looking at needing to win 2 road play-in games just get your foot in the door. Don’t blink….
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Remember when Klay was washed up and almost out of the league? Yeah me neither lol
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AD told us 3 weeks ago that seeding didn’t matter to them. Just play who’s on the court against you and let the chips fall where they may. Can’t control how many games these other teams win or lose in this final week. All this hand-wringing & conjecture…lol. If you’re going into the postseason worrying about ducking & dodging certain teams then you ain’t gonna get that ring anyway. Hell, we could get to #6 and end up with #3 Nuggets as the reward in the 1st round. I almost rather see us in the play-in without the week off to possibly disrupt the groove we’ve been in. LET’S ROLLLLL!!!!!!!
By the way….anybody still wish Doc Rivers was coaching us???
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Ric Flair!
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It’s a war of attrition. Nobody feels bad for the Lakers injuries. Lakers won’t feel bad if the Nuggets have a rash of injuries on the way to the conference finals.
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Well said, Mongo. One game at a time. Just keep winning.
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I understand we want the highest seeding possible and avoid the play-in, but the matchup seems like the more important piece and it’s something we have little control over. How good is that 6th seed if we end up facing the Nuggs as the 3rd seed in the 1st round? I would almost rather face GSW & PHX in the play-in games and then face a #1 seeded OKC in the 1st round. The trick is to avoid DEN & SAC as much as possible….imho
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It’s going to get complicated, Mongo, but I love how we’re playing. Let’s win out the next 10 games and finish 50-32, 18 games over .500. That will get us the #7 seed.
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KD, Book, Beal
Luka, Kyrie
Steph, Klay, Draymond
Lebron, AD2 of those 4 groups will be gone after the play-in if the standings hold. West is a cold piece.
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What’s remains unsaid is some of these series are going to be epic battles. Never seen the West deeper or tougher.
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How do I know this? Because AD said it himself last week. They don’t care about the play-in or the seeding. They believe they can flip the switch and make another run like last year from any position. The 10 teams were decided weeks ago so they knew they were in the tournament unless something really crazy happened. It’s a dangerous mindset (which he probably shouldn’t have said out loud) IMHO because they had some very favorable matchups and you can’t count on that happening again. And bad habits developed over 82 games don’t just suddenly disappear.
But if they don’t care then why should I give a damn?
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There’s no question that’s where we are right now, Mongo.
Jamie and I were just saying the same exact thing on today’s podcast. Lakers are #10 and they’re going to spend the rest of the season getting rest for James and Davis to keep them fresh and trying to integrate our injured defenders into the starting lineup and rotation.
Goal now is get healthy. Will probably have to beat the Warriors and Mavs to get out of the Play-In and then win the #8 seed to meet the champion Nugget in the first round of the playoffs.
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Ya’ll realize we are only up 3 games on Houston. We very well could miss the PO’s.
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Can’t see us falling out of play-in. We’re too good for that.
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I care but am not really invested. Don’t see a way for us to beat Denver Or Sacramento in a 7 game series soooooo…
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