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

[jdz101]

Luke Walton put randle on embiid and embiid showed him how to play basketball all night

Terrible coaching. Blind freddy could see randle had no chance.

[Adelaide Celt]

Even if the pick doesn't convey this season, it's nice to want them to lose every game again.

[CelticsElite]

Lonzo Ball did not play in the 4th quarter for the 2nd game in a row, finished with 2 pts 2 assists 5 rebounds. Shot 1 - 9, and 0-6 from 3

[Big333223]

Embiid 44pts / 14 rebounds / 6 assists

and 7 blocks

amazing


Lakers about to lose. Love it

Embiid finished with 46-15-7-7. He shot 14/20 overall, 2/3 from 3 and 16/19 from the line.

It's always a pleasure to see the Lakers lose. All the better to see something like this happen to them.

[rondofan1255]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

[Big333223]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

[CelticsElite]

Kings look very very bad. Its looking like it won't  be a disaster if it doesn't convey because  The kings are going to make it a top 2019 pick... trading the pick if a superstar becomes available again could also be a good option. Either way the pick is a great asset to have for free

[saltlover]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

Apology accepted.  I actually unfollowed Mark Deeks on Twitter over the summer when he praised
Sacramento’s free agency moves.  I am not remotely surprised they are horrible.  Also, with 14 players under contract for next year, this is their team.  The only risk with SAC if the Lakers pick rolls over is they win the top pick in the lottery.  Tough to see that not being a top 6 pick.

[celticsclay]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

Apology accepted.  I actually unfollowed Mark Deeks on Twitter over the summer when he praised
Sacramento’s free agency moves.  I am not remotely surprised they are horrible.  Also, with 14 players under contract for next year, this is their team.  The only risk with SAC if the Lakers pick rolls over is they win the top pick in the lottery.  Tough to see that not being a top 6 pick.

Good anyone have predicted that George HIll would fall off a cliff like this?

[saltlover]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

Apology accepted.  I actually unfollowed Mark Deeks on Twitter over the summer when he praised
Sacramento’s free agency moves.  I am not remotely surprised they are horrible.  Also, with 14 players under contract for next year, this is their team.  The only risk with SAC if the Lakers pick rolls over is they win the top pick in the lottery.  Tough to see that not being a top 6 pick.

Good anyone have predicted that George HIll would fall off a cliff like this?

Gordon Hayward?

That said, he posted some of the best numbers of his career at 30, which is somewhat unusual.  It was also in a smallish sample (49 games), and thus had a bit of an outlier feel to it.  I don’t think he’ll be this bad for the entire season, and ultimately wind up at his typical “average-NBA-Point-Guard” level.  But he’s not a good enough player to elevate his team from dreck to okay.

[kozlodoev]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

Apology accepted.  I actually unfollowed Mark Deeks on Twitter over the summer when he praised
Sacramento’s free agency moves.  I am not remotely surprised they are horrible.  Also, with 14 players under contract for next year, this is their team.  The only risk with SAC if the Lakers pick rolls over is they win the top pick in the lottery.  Tough to see that not being a top 6 pick.

Good anyone have predicted that George HIll would fall off a cliff like this?

He's on the wrong side of 31, and he's been anything but a sure thing over the course of his career. He pulled similar disappearing acts in 2013 and 2015 so sucking after a big year looks more like the norm than an aberration.

[celticsclay]

Fun game last night. Also Hawks beat the Kings 126-80, Kings now 3-11. What a fallback option!

Yeah. I was kind of bullish on the Kings this year. I thought if their young talent developed they might have an interesting core that could be competing for a playoff spot next season, assuming they added another top 5 pick this summer, but they look just awful right now. De'aaron Fox has looked like the only guy who might ever be better than a pretty good role payer and he's still probably 2 years away if he continues to develop.

So yeah, I'm pretty happy to look foolish about my Sacramento prediction so far.

Apology accepted.  I actually unfollowed Mark Deeks on Twitter over the summer when he praised
Sacramento’s free agency moves.  I am not remotely surprised they are horrible.  Also, with 14 players under contract for next year, this is their team.  The only risk with SAC if the Lakers pick rolls over is they win the top pick in the lottery.  Tough to see that not being a top 6 pick.

Good anyone have predicted that George HIll would fall off a cliff like this?

He's on the wrong side of 31, and he's been anything but a sure thing over the course of his career. He pulled similar disappearing acts in 2013 and 2015 so sucking after a big year looks more like the norm than an aberration.

I remember last year somebody was posting on here they didn't think the Jazz would necessarily trade him for IT.

[CelticsElite]

Saw this from another board

". Lonzo took an uncontested three last night that went a foot left of the basket and barely scraped the bottom of the backboard. Never seen that before. It was like watching Ben Wallace shoot from distance. Good luck getting that fixed. "

[CelticSooner]

Suns after not even trying last night go to Lakerland and win by double digits. Starting to feel a little better about this pick.

[CelticsElite]

Suns after not even trying last night go to Lakerland and win by double digits. Starting to feel a little better about this pick.

plus they’re benching Lonzo down the stretch. Weird. Lol. That team is falling apart