2011-12 Los Angeles Lakers Thread

Originally posted by sincalfaithful:

We still need depth if we're aren't moving any of the current core

They should try to move Gasol for more athletic wing players.

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by sincalfaithful:
We still need depth if we're aren't moving any of the current core

They should try to move Gasol for more athletic wing players.

Iggy

the second one is better

Those are both ghey as f**k.

Originally posted by StOnEy333:
Those are both ghey as f**k.

Damn Stoney! Nash is a f**kin boss!

Stoney's jealous of Nash's boss level 10 dominance in all things not his wife.

The Lakers have reportedly dropped their demands for a contract commitment from Dwight. They feel like he won't be able to leave the extra $25M on the table that his Bird Rights will earn him, and Brooklyn won't have the cap space next summer to sign him outright as it is. There's some speculation that the Lakers are concerned about his back, but if that were truly the case I think the Lakers would have pulled out of negotiations by now. It's not like you can get an assurance that a back problem is going to be okay.

This is just me trying to put 2 & 2 together, but I think the negotiations right now are at a point where they're haggling over what bad contract the Lakers are going to take back. I think Dwight ends up on the Lakers, because ultimately, Bynum is the best offer that Orlando's gonna get.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
The Lakers have reportedly dropped their demands for a contract commitment from Dwight. They feel like he won't be able to leave the extra $25M on the table that his Bird Rights will earn him, and Brooklyn won't have the cap space next summer to sign him outright as it is. There's some speculation that the Lakers are concerned about his back, but if that were truly the case I think the Lakers would have pulled out of negotiations by now. It's not like you can get an assurance that a back problem is going to be okay.

This is just me trying to put 2 & 2 together, but I think the negotiations right now are at a point where they're haggling over what bad contract the Lakers are going to take back. I think Dwight ends up on the Lakers, because ultimately, Bynum is the best offer that Orlando's gonna get.

This might be the end of me...

It's almost unfair how good the Lakers are going to be offensively. Nash is going to take an enormous amount of pressure off of Kobe; don't be surprised to see his efficiency numbers jump across the board. His ability to set up big men on the pick n' roll is disgusting, equaled by his ability to find the smallest of passing windows when diving into the lane. Gasol and Bynum will be getting a ton of easy baskets. There's no real worry about playing the free throw game in the last minute if the Lakers are holding on to a small lead - Nash is clutch at the line, especially when it counts.

If Mike Brown is smart, he'll leave the offense alone and let Nash run the show.

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

It's almost unfair how good the Lakers are going to be offensively. Nash is going to take an enormous amount of pressure off of Kobe; don't be surprised to see his efficiency numbers jump across the board. His ability to set up big men on the pick n' roll is disgusting, equaled by his ability to find the smallest of passing windows when diving into the lane. Gasol and Bynum will be getting a ton of easy baskets. There's no real worry about playing the free throw game in the last minute if the Lakers are holding on to a small lead - Nash is clutch at the line, especially when it counts.

If Mike Brown is smart, he'll leave the offense alone and let Nash run the show.

There's a thread on a Laker forum about who will shoot the technical FT's, and who will get the ball at the end when FT's clinch it. Percentage wise, it's clear Nash should shoot them. But I just can't see that going down smooth. This is Kobe's team. No question about that. He's always been that guy for the Lakers. Is it right to just hand that off to Steve like that?

Originally posted by H41L5ATAN:

LOL

Originally posted by StOnEy333:
There's a thread on a Laker forum about who will shoot the technical FT's, and who will get the ball at the end when FT's clinch it. Percentage wise, it's clear Nash should shoot them. But I just can't see that going down smooth. This is Kobe's team. No question about that. He's always been that guy for the Lakers. Is it right to just hand that off to Steve like that?

It shouldn't even be a debate. Nash is arguably the greatest FT shooter in the history of the game. I don't think Kobe's ego is so big that he's gonna let that get in the way of putting almost automatic points on the board.

MJ was the Bulls default FT shooter, but not when Steve Kerr was on the floor.

Some guys signature on realgm:





Dudes are quick with that s**t.