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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (16-29, 5th Slot on 1/20)
« Reply #1455 on: January 25, 2018, 03:02:12 AM »

Offline rondofan1255

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Two weeks until the trade deadline!
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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (16-29, 5th Slot on 1/20)
« Reply #1456 on: January 26, 2018, 02:24:00 PM »

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Two weeks until the trade deadline!

First, a thank you to Sacramento for knocking off Miami, who always seems to find a way to screw us.

I miss the old trade deadline. I have a conference the week of Presidents Day every year and, on that Thursday, during the afternoon meetings, a lot of people started to get really fidgety. The internet at the conference site is crap and you could always tell who was following the trade deadline news.

Mike

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1457 on: January 26, 2018, 03:58:19 PM »

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I like to think of myself as an optimist so with roughly 35 games left in the season a lot can still happen.  As long as the Lakers don’t pull away and stay within 2 or 3 games of the bottom group I’m still hopeful.   

Lakers need to get back to their losing ways, and the trade deadline can’t come me soon enough as well as the buyout market.

There is talk of Randle and Clarkson potential trades, but I would also keep an eye on Lopez, Caldwell Pope, and Brewer as potential buyout candidates as all are in the last year of their contract.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1458 on: January 26, 2018, 04:13:30 PM »

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Well, Last time I posted thoughts about us not having a chance to get in the top 5, they ended up there..here is hoping it works again. Lakers look like they will stay between 6-12 for the remainder of the year barring any injuries or trades.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1459 on: January 26, 2018, 10:34:40 PM »

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Terrible night for the pick. Reaching towel throw status once again.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1460 on: January 26, 2018, 10:38:46 PM »

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Terrible night for the pick. Reaching towel throw status once again.

Yeah. We need Lonzo back
"Gimme the ball, gimme the ball". Freddy Quimby, 1994.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1461 on: January 26, 2018, 10:39:38 PM »

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I blame myself.  Its clear that they are too good to be a bottom 5 team.  Shouldn't have tried to fool myself.  Oh well.  At least Tatum is awesome.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1462 on: January 26, 2018, 10:58:39 PM »

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Barring an injury, this is a lost cause!

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1463 on: January 26, 2018, 11:26:08 PM »

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I blame myself.  Its clear that they are too good to be a bottom 5 team.  Shouldn't have tried to fool myself.  Oh well.  At least Tatum is awesome.

Oxymoron? They are still an awful basketball team with no clear direction. Whether the pick conveys or not, Lakers still suck!
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Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1464 on: January 26, 2018, 11:29:17 PM »

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I blame myself.  Its clear that they are too good to be a bottom 5 team.  Shouldn't have tried to fool myself.  Oh well.  At least Tatum is awesome.

Oxymoron? They are still an awful basketball team with no clear direction. Whether the pick conveys or not, Lakers still suck!

They are still bad but just not bad enough is what I'm saying.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1465 on: January 26, 2018, 11:32:00 PM »

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Not good but far from over.

At least Tatum is awesome.

The SAC pick could be awesome. The 2019 draft is weak talk is just that, for now.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1466 on: January 26, 2018, 11:40:30 PM »

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Terrible night for the pick. Reaching towel throw status once again.

There's still a lot of season left.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1467 on: January 27, 2018, 12:34:51 AM »

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Terrible night for the pick. Reaching towel throw status once again.

There's still a lot of season left.
exactly

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1468 on: January 27, 2018, 02:11:41 AM »

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Terrible night for the pick. Reaching towel throw status once again.

There's still a lot of season left.

Which is unfortunate because its wouldn't surprise me if the pick continues to get worse.  Lakers are 8-2 in their last ten, the best in the league and the same as the warriors. Alot of people are relying on them dumping salary to get bad, but Jordan Clarkson is too expensive to dump without giving up an asset which the Lakers won't want to do and there is no reason to give away Randle because they can hold onto his rights in case they strike out this offseason. They dont have any incentive to just cut guys because they want to look good by winning as much as possible to pursue players this offseason. Their schedule is relatively soft the rest of the way (after being very difficult the first half). A bunch of crappy teams are about to start tanking. Honestly I'm at the point where I'm about ready to root for wins so they dont give a 6-9 pick to the 76ers.

On the bright side there is always lottery luck which we are about due for and even if the pick doesnt convey we have Kings 19' pick. Given how bad the kings are and their lack of cap space this summer we will get an excellent pick eitehr way.

Re: 2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (18-29, 9th Slot on 1/26)
« Reply #1469 on: January 27, 2018, 06:08:27 AM »

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We should be rooting for the Lakers to win at this point. The likelihood that the pick will convey to Boston has been pretty low and continues to drop. The worst case scenario for the Celtics is that the Lakers pick falls at 6 (or 1 obviously but that won't happen) because then Philly will get a high pick such as Jaren Jackson or Colin Sexton. Despite the Fultz debacle, Philly could well be Boston's biggest competitor in the coming years and I don't want to see them get another outstanding young player. Ideally the Lakers will fall off a cliff, but that seems to be increasingly unlikely. I'd prefer the Lakers to be good, the Kings continue to suck, and then we can either package the Sacramento pick or take another young stud a year later.