2011-12 Los Angeles Lakers Thread

Nov 26, 2011 at 7:22 PM

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Feels good to be making this thread.

I don't have the basketball time/energy that I used to, so I'm not gonna do a crazy long write up or anything. But I do expect either Baron Davis or Rashard Lewis to be Lakers at the beginning of the year, and I expect us to run the offense through the post a lot more than we have in years past. If we don't get Baron, I think Blake will start over Fish, who should have been put out to pasture long ago.

Go Lakers!

Nov 26, 2011 at 7:29 PM

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let's.do.this

Nov 26, 2011 at 8:42 PM

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Good lord its good to be back baby! And I'll take Shard over Baron but would welcome both. Blake should start and Mike Brown will not play favorites and realize this I hope.

Nov 26, 2011 at 9:34 PM

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It's real...it's really coming back...great Tebow, thank you

Nov 26, 2011 at 9:52 PM

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Shorter season should help an older team like the Lakers.

Championship time !!!!!

Nov 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM

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Originally posted by susweel:
Shorter season should help an older team like the Lakers.

Championship time !!!!!

Older roster...new coach...new offense...beware

Nov 27, 2011 at 9:23 AM

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People are saying that Kobe looks a lot younger after his platelet rich plasma therapy in Germany this summer on his knee. I'm sure not having a perpetually rolled ankle helps too. Stephen A. Smith said that people have told him that he's dunking on people and going between his legs and all that good stuff.

Nov 27, 2011 at 9:56 AM

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I predict they will go 82-0 and become the first team to do so in a 66 game season.

Nov 27, 2011 at 9:56 AM

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Lakers suck!!!

Nov 27, 2011 at 5:27 PM

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Highlight reels from each rookie. Both are remarkable at their niches in the league. (Goudelock = shooting, Morris = court vision)

Nov 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM

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Originally posted by socalfan21:
Good lord its good to be back baby! And I'll take Shard over Baron but would welcome both. Blake should start and Mike Brown will not play favorites and realize this I hope.

How would Lewis fit? Artest, Barnes, Odom, Gasol, Bynum......Lewis?

Nov 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM

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Older roster + no Phil Jackson = early exit from the playoffs. Well.. maybe that is wishful thinking.

Nov 28, 2011 at 9:20 AM

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LA9er.

How is this gonna affect us? I was listening to some radio show and they said that the Lakers are gonna be the biggest losers from this deal. They didn't go into too much details, but they basically said we will have to cut or trade away either LO, Gasol, or Bynum, under the new salary cap.

Is this true?

Nov 28, 2011 at 1:45 PM

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Let's Go!!!!!

Nov 28, 2011 at 2:20 PM

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Originally posted by TheG0RE49er:
LA9er.

How is this gonna affect us? I was listening to some radio show and they said that the Lakers are gonna be the biggest losers from this deal. They didn't go into too much details, but they basically said we will have to cut or trade away either LO, Gasol, or Bynum, under the new salary cap. Is this true?

No. I'll give a more detailed explanation of how I think the new CBA will effect us before I go to bed tonight. This deal actually worked out pretty decently for us, IMO.