2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (27-34, 10th Slot on 3/2)

[liam]

Ingram is such a bad defender. Lilliard noticed they put Ingram on him and knew he could shoot from wherever he wanted

Yeah, it was a bad call by walton...

[Quetzalcoatl]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

[trickybilly]

Great Loss!

[liam]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

Right now the Lakers are playing hard but they were playing hard at the beginning of last year too. They were 10-10 twenty games in. The Lakers right now are 3-5.

[MattyIce]

http://bleacherreport.com/post/nba/727abc28-3bee-4187-94dc-523497c9d122

Nance with broken hand. That'll hurt their already terrible D for awhile.

not gonna lie, i'm not dissapointed

[liam]

http://bleacherreport.com/post/nba/727abc28-3bee-4187-94dc-523497c9d122

Nance with broken hand. That'll hurt their already terrible D for awhile.

not gonna lie, i'm not dissapointed

Nance is leading the Lakers in rebounds and steals. He'll be hard to replace.

[obnoxiousmime]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

Right now the Lakers are playing hard but they were playing hard at the beginning of last year too. They were 10-10 twenty games in. The Lakers right now are 3-5.

But last year the entire organization was hell-bent on tanking enough to draft Lonzo Ball. This year they will lose their pick so they have no motivation to tank.

[Rondo9]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

Right now the Lakers are playing hard but they were playing hard at the beginning of last year too. They were 10-10 twenty games in. The Lakers right now are 3-5.

But last year the entire organization was hell-bent on tanking enough to draft Lonzo Ball. This year they will lose their pick so they have no motivation to tank.

Did the Lakers call Luke Walton while they were winning and tell him to lose?

[liam]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

Right now the Lakers are playing hard but they were playing hard at the beginning of last year too. They were 10-10 twenty games in. The Lakers right now are 3-5.

But last year the entire organization was hell-bent on tanking enough to draft Lonzo Ball. This year they will lose their pick so they have no motivation to tank.

I guess they benched Mozgof and Deng like half way through the year, but a lot of these young teams start off less than terrible and then once the playoff push starts they sink like stones.

[CelticsElite]

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=178621&start=17925

Laker fans starting to panic about Ingrams inability to do anything and lack of development. And also worrying about lonzos shooting form lol. Click the link and read for a good laugh

Meanwhile on the east coast, both brown and Tatum are very efficiently scoring and defending to make the Celtics #1 ranked defense.

[tazzmaniac]

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=178621&start=17925

Laker fans starting to panic about Ingrams inability to do anything and lack of development. And also worrying about lonzos shooting form lol. Click the link and read for a good laugh

Meanwhile on the east coast, both brown and Tatum are very efficiently scoring and defending to make the Celtics #1 ranked defense.

Don't see much overall panic.  A few posters can make a lot of noise. 

[saltlover]

1.) It's so great to root against the Lakers

2.) I loved at halftime when they showed Lopez & Nurkic's stats where they had a combined 37 points but only 3 rebounds

3.) Lakers do not look particularly impressive

Right now the Lakers are playing hard but they were playing hard at the beginning of last year too. They were 10-10 twenty games in. The Lakers right now are 3-5.

But last year the entire organization was hell-bent on tanking enough to draft Lonzo Ball. This year they will lose their pick so they have no motivation to tank.

I guess they benched Mozgof and Deng like half way through the year, but a lot of these young teams start off less than terrible and then once the playoff push starts they sink like stones.

And it’s not like benching Deng and Mozgov was a huge detriment.  Deng has played only 13 minutes this season, and Mozgov has been less than good for Brooklyn so far.  Ultimately the Lakers will want to play their kids to get them experience.  They’d prefer the kids win, but they’re not going to sit them except for occasional benchings to teach them a lesson.

Maybe Deng will get some playing time with Nance out.  Regardless, the Lakers aren’t tanking, but they’re not winning either.  We saw the same thing with Brooklyn last year — the goal is to let the kids play, period.

[slamtheking]

still figuring the Lakers will have a bottom 5 record by the end of the season.  However, I'm wondering what would be more torturous for the Laker fans in the end:
1) finish with the worst record but post lottery end up with the #2 pick and see that go to the C's
2) have a great season where they just miss the playoffs and jump up in the lottery to #2 and see that pick go to the C's
3) have their pick come out #1 in the lottery and have it go to the Sixers.

I would think 1 or 2 would hurt them worse at this point since they must have come to terms with giving up a prized pick in a deal that has come back to haunt them.

[CelticsElite]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21270884/los-angeles-lakers-lonzo-ball-scores-no-points-worst-offensive-game-nba-career


Lonzo Ball 0 pts. Lol

[Darío SpanishFan]

Let's see how much is out Larry Nance (broken hand). He was standing as one of the best team defenders, and they're very important for young, struggling teams.