Randle injured, taken off court on stretcher, in 1st game for Lakers

[Tr1boy]

Is this the same leg injury woj was talking about at the draft?

[moiso]

Is this the same leg injury woj was talking about at the draft?

He had a foot problem previously.  Was there a leg problem also?

[fairweatherfan]

Now the Lakers are gonna win the lottery and draft their next great center. This sucks!

I could totally see this. They lose Dwight Howard and realize their mortality. Only to be revived by the franchise-changing player in the 2015 Draft. Making me mad already!

It stinks - they'll be able to put a top big alongside Wiggins after their guaranteed lottery win last season.  Somebody take a crowbar to Smart, we need to keep up!

[manl_lui]

Now the Lakers are gonna win the lottery and draft their next great center. This sucks!

I could totally see this. They lose Dwight Howard and realize their mortality. Only to be revived by the franchise-changing player in the 2015 Draft. Making me mad already!

It stinks - they'll be able to put a top big alongside Wiggins after their guaranteed lottery win last season.  Somebody take a crowbar to Smart, we need to keep up!

so they're drafting Jahill Okafor?

[gpap]

Now the Lakers are gonna win the lottery and draft their next great center. This sucks!

Nah, the Cavs will somehow end up with the number 1 pick.

Adam Silver will reveal a hidden rule in early May that any team out of Ohio that wins more than 50 games in one season automatically wins the lottery.

[Fafnir]

I don't see how Randle going down makes the Lakers worse, for this year. His development will certainly take a hit, but he's not ready make a positive impact for a team yet.

[fairweatherfan]

I don't see how Randle going down makes the Lakers worse, for this year. His development will certainly take a hit, but he's not ready make a positive impact for a team yet.

Yeah, not the way he played last night at least.  Looked lost before the injury.

[Fafnir]

I don't see how Randle going down makes the Lakers worse, for this year. His development will certainly take a hit, but he's not ready make a positive impact for a team yet.

Yeah, not the way he played last night at least.  Looked lost before the injury.

Yup, his game in college was overpowering the opposition. That's not going to work for him in the NBA, he'll need a lot of time to adjust.

The Lakers are still going to be bad enough to get a good lottery pick of course, but I don't think this injury changes much either way for this season's win totals.

[RMO]

Is next year's draft expected to be any good?

[D.o.s.]

There's a couple of very nice prospects at the center position.

[Tr1boy]

Is this the same leg injury woj was talking about at the draft?

He had a foot problem previously.  Was there a leg problem also?

Your right. Was this injury on the same leg?
I wonder if the foot anything to do with it

[Endless Paradise]

It was the same leg.  No one knows if it was related to the foot injury yet, though.

[prov1ml34]

And with that injury the Lakers may have become the most depressing team in the NBA from a fan's perspective.

Yet still have THREE nationally televised games in the first 4 days of the season, especially after coming off one the worst records in franchise history. SMH

[Tr1boy]

It was the same leg.  No one knows if it was related to the foot injury yet, though.

I hope he recovers. But im glad ainge didnt draft him. Who knows what would of happened if he came for that 2nd workout

[fairweatherfan]

And with that injury the Lakers may have become the most depressing team in the NBA from a fan's perspective.

Yet still have THREE nationally televised games in the first 4 days of the season, especially after coming off one the worst records in franchise history. SMH

B...b...but Kobe!

Yeah, it was really bizarre seeing them getting an opening night game, let alone 3 in the first 4 days.  Thank God for League Pass.  And at least we got to see Kobe get elbowed in the face for his continuing service as Captain of the Titanic.