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

[CELTICSofBOSTON]

I’d rather them be the worst team than the 4th or 5th worst so I’m not worried about them being “too bad”

[konkmv]

And how can you secure that?

[Androslav]

06.01.2018. odds (2.-5.)
per Tankathon

1st -  75,0% of getting the pick
2nd -  80,1% of getting the pick
3rd -   81,7% of getting the pick
4th -   69,6% of getting the pick
5th -   46,6% of getting the pick
6th -   15,2% of getting the pick
7th -   10,7% of getting the pick

[Darío SpanishFan]

Need to be careful now. They're almost the worst team in the NBA record-wise. That means the pick may convey to the 76ers if it's #1. Need to make sure it's between #2-5!

No need to be careful at all. Teams will start to heavily tank in a month (trades, buyouts, etc) and the Lakers have no incentive to do so.

I don't get the worrying in this matter. Nonsense. Even if they are the worst record, it puts us in a very good position to have the pick conveyed (you can read the thread and will see not many people expected it).

[SHAQATTACK]

way to Rock LA Hornets !

[SHAQATTACK]

Lakers longest losing streak in history is 10

They at 9

Lakers going for a all time record!   



Sunday ....GO HAWKS !

[TheTruth34]

Thank you to Danny for providing this next level schadenfreude.  I'm so throughly enjoying the Lakers horrendous season 

The Hawks are next on the schedule

[SHAQATTACK]

come on Luke baby

gift wrap that pick

[rondofan1255]

There go LAL's playoff hopes. 

Sources: The Los Angeles Lakers are releasing center Andrew Bogut. With Lakers at 11-27, this allows sides to part ways and Bogut to pivot toward signing with a playoff team.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/949696787157323778

[GreenEnvy]

I think the sweet spot would be 3rd. Unlikely to jump to 1 and very unlikely to move down to 6th.

But beggars can’t be choosers, so whatever happens happens.

[libermaniac]

Need to be careful now. They're almost the worst team in the NBA record-wise. That means the pick may convey to the 76ers if it's #1. Need to make sure it's between #2-5!

No need to be careful at all. Teams will start to heavily tank in a month (trades, buyouts, etc) and the Lakers have no incentive to do so.

I don't get the worrying in this matter. Nonsense. Even if they are the worst record, it puts us in a very good position to have the pick conveyed (you can read the thread and will see not many people expected it).

Agreed. Not only does it put in a very good position to have the pick conveyed (75% chance), it guarantees us picking no worse than 4th.

[Birdman]

Will Luke Walton be their coach next season? I think not

[bknova]

Will Luke Walton be their coach next season? I think not

That's interesting, because I think Walton has these kids playing hard.  They're just poorly constructed.  There aren't enough solid veterans on the team to keep these young players from going into a tailspin.  They're reeling right now and I don't think one win is going to pull them out of this funk. They're too young, too emotional.  There is no real leader on the court.

[Kevins Gamble]

Unless his team continues to get sand-blasted the rest of the way...I would be very surprised if they held Walton completely accountable for this Lakers team not doing well.

Up until Ball went out with that injury...everyone here was resigned to our pick not conveying this year because the Lakers were playing and competing better than any of us expected.

That wasn't months ago...that was like three weeks ago.  They've played two top teams in the league (Houston and GS) extremely tough...but seem to melt against Memphis and Charlotte.

He's been able to marshall a lot of effort from a team made up of promising rookies and some crappy picks from other regimes (not to mention manage the Ball reality show he got signed up for).  But as we all knew, it's difficult (if not impossible) to keep that going for 82 games.  How good would the Celtics look if we had the exact same team we have now, but no Kyrie, Hayward or Horford?  Just a bunch of rookies running around doing their best?  Would it be fair to blame CBS for their crap record, even though they were competing hard?

I agree...if they continue to get slapped around by the Charlottes at home, have comments to the media that they've quit and too many more "team meetings"...then it looks like he's lost the team and should be dumped.  But simply having a bad record and various losing streaks is pretty much what everyone expected from the Lakers this year.  Would be surprised if Laker management saw it much differently.

[KGs Knee]

Will Luke Walton be their coach next season? I think not

I suspect they'll keep him for a while longer. Unless Walton has totally lost the players , and they are tuning him out, there's no reason for Walton to take the blame for their poor record.