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:X Lakers 13/14 Thread: 6th Draft Slot "Locked Up" :BYE: (1 Viewer)

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Nice to see the Lakers having a horrible season and totally out of it for a change.

Let's get some fresh blood in there.
I remember thinking this way about the Bulls during the Jordan era. I was 8 years old.
Yeah, note to self: bring more "maturity" to my sports watching.

I really never have that sense in the NBA that any team can make it to the finals.
You are correct. That's the way the NBA rolls. If you want a more wide open approach, the NFL is the place to be. A vast majority of the years, I'm satisfied that the best team holds the NBA championship crown, or at least one of the 2 or 3 best. I prefer the NBA approach, but I don't think one way or another is the best, just different.

 
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So who are we looking at drafting out of the 6 spot? Will the Lakers deal that pick (or the player they're instructed to take there) for something else?

 
So who are we looking at drafting out of the 6 spot? Will the Lakers deal that pick (or the player they're instructed to take there) for something else?
I would guess Wiggins, Embiid, Parker, Exum, and Randle would be the top 5.

That leaves Gordon, Smart, and Vonleh as the next in line. I'd go either Smart or Gordon.

It doesn't matter though. The Espn draft machine keeps giving Wiggins to the Lakers every time I've done it.

 
Yo Mama said:
So who are we looking at drafting out of the 6 spot? Will the Lakers deal that pick (or the player they're instructed to take there) for something else?
I would guess Wiggins, Embiid, Parker, Exum, and Randle would be the top 5.

That leaves Gordon, Smart, and Vonleh as the next in line. I'd go either Smart or Gordon.

It doesn't matter though. The Espn draft machine keeps giving Wiggins to the Lakers every time I've done it.
They know how the ping pong balls will play out.

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?
Tonight's a big one. They really need this loss vs. the Jazz.

I was at the game last night. Happy I got the chance to give Gasol a standing O for what he's done for the team in case he's not back next year. I hope he does come back. I doubt they'll have many better options for the money.

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?
Tonight's a big one. They really need this loss vs. the Jazz.

I was at the game last night. Happy I got the chance to give Gasol a standing O for what he's done for the team in case he's not back next year. I hope he does come back. I doubt they'll have many better options for the money.
Hopefully SwaggyP gets food poisoning. Unless he goes off, I can't see the Lakers winning tonight.

Any thoughts on Exum vs. Randle?

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?
Tonight's a big one. They really need this loss vs. the Jazz.

I was at the game last night. Happy I got the chance to give Gasol a standing O for what he's done for the team in case he's not back next year. I hope he does come back. I doubt they'll have many better options for the money.
Hopefully SwaggyP gets food poisoning. Unless he goes off, I can't see the Lakers winning tonight.

Any thoughts on Exum vs. Randle?
Young tweaked his ankle towards the end of the game last night and didn't come back. I could see him sitting this one out.

Also Utah is tanking just as hard as the Lakers are, so who knows? Could be a 2 to 0 score on a freak bounce.

 
So we for sure have the 6th pick? No chance moving up or falling down?
No - title is a little outdated. And the pick will be determined by lottery balls, but for tracking purposes it's more simple to assess the draft slots as if the lottery plays out per the odds.

Right now, Lakers are 5th, and could possibly move up to 4th if they lose to the Jazz tonight and Spurs Wed.

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?
Best PG available between Exum and Smart. Every contender except Indy has a guy that can change the game at guard. And assuming the guy won't ever leave LA, I imagine most PGs have longer careers than big men in general.

 
Laker loss tonight puts us squarely in Dante Exum range. Do we take him, and pass on Randle, Gordon, and Smart?

Who needs the playoffs?
Best PG available between Exum and Smart. Every contender except Indy has a guy that can change the game at guard. And assuming the guy won't ever leave LA, I imagine most PGs have longer careers than big men in general.
If those are the choices they'll take either Exum or Randle.

 
If they didn't have reason enough to fire pringles before, last night should have sealed the deal. How the #### do you go out and win that game?

 
Hard to blame D'Antoni or Nick Young when management set the tone for how the team would handle the idea of tanking when it didn't move Gasol, Hill or Kaman.

 
Lakers/Suns should of made that Gasol trade back at the deadline, maybe then the Suns wouldn't be out of the playoffs and Lakers would be in a better position ping pong ball wise.

 
Lakers/Suns should of made that Gasol trade back at the deadline, maybe then the Suns wouldn't be out of the playoffs and Lakers would be in a better position ping pong ball wise.
For the 6 millionth time - the Suns didn't want the deal because Gasol was injured and not playing at the time. It had nothing to do with the Lakers. And as it turns out, the Suns were right not to do so if their goal was winning playoff games, though the injury that ultimately closed out the season for Gasol wasn't the one he had at the trade deadline.

 
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So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.

 
I don't like Noah vonleah's game. MArcus smart is the right pick. I bet they take Gary Harris. Black dog for later.

 
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
Man Exum is going to be a perfect fit in Orlando!! :thumbup:

 
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tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
Man Exum is going to be a perfect fit in Orlando!! :thumbup:
Yep. Magic are going to be a really fun team to watch if Exum is all he's cracked up to be.

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:

 
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tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?

 
Lakers are insignificant for a few years no matter who they get in the draft. Phil knew that and made the smart move to get the hell out of dodge. Time for LA fans to become Clips fans!

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?
There was no market for these guys - why is that so hard for you to understand?

Besides that, they didn't even play the last two weeks - particularly the last two games, which, had they been losses, would have given the Lakers a solid shot at the 4 spot by default. Keeping Gasol and Kamen had nothing to do with that.

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?
There was no market for these guys - why is that so hard for you to understand?

Besides that, they didn't even play the last two weeks - particularly the last two games, which, had they been losses, would have given the Lakers a solid shot at the 4 spot by default. Keeping Gasol and Kamen had nothing to do with that.
But Hill played, and had 39 (17 of 26 shooting) and 20 in those two games.

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?
There was no market for these guys - why is that so hard for you to understand?

Besides that, they didn't even play the last two weeks - particularly the last two games, which, had they been losses, would have given the Lakers a solid shot at the 4 spot by default. Keeping Gasol and Kamen had nothing to do with that.
But Hill played, and had 39 (17 of 26 shooting) and 20 in those two games.
They might actually want to keep that guy around, and it's a bit easier to do if he ends the season on your squad. Besides, there was no market for him either. I don't think the Nets even offered a 2nd rounder for him - they just went and signed Collins instead. Didn't hear of anyone else interested.

Guess they should have just sent the whole team to the D League.

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?
There was no market for these guys - why is that so hard for you to understand?

Besides that, they didn't even play the last two weeks - particularly the last two games, which, had they been losses, would have given the Lakers a solid shot at the 4 spot by default. Keeping Gasol and Kamen had nothing to do with that.
But Hill played, and had 39 (17 of 26 shooting) and 20 in those two games.
They might actually want to keep that guy around, and it's a bit easier to do if he ends the season on your squad. Besides, there was no market for him either. I don't think the Nets even offered a 2nd rounder for him - they just went and signed Collins instead. Didn't hear of anyone else interested.

Guess they should have just sent the whole team to the D League.
Perhaps you have inside sources, but there were rumors that multiple teams (Suns, Nets, Cavs, Mavs) were on Hill near the deadline. Nets and Hawks were also rumored to be on Kamen. And of course Gasol had value and could have been dealt to any number of teams before the deadline.

 
tommyGunZ said:
So Exum won't be a Laker, and Randle is likely out as well. :sadbanana:

Glad we held Pau, Hill, and Kamen when trading them for a bag of Doritos would have both saved us $ and likely resulted in a better draft pick.
:rolleyes:

Why do you care about how much the Busses would have saved - obviously they didn't.

Nobody wanted Gasol, Kamen or Hill enough to make a deal. :shrug:
Is that you, Jimbo?

Perhaps we were asking for too much?
There was no market for these guys - why is that so hard for you to understand?

Besides that, they didn't even play the last two weeks - particularly the last two games, which, had they been losses, would have given the Lakers a solid shot at the 4 spot by default. Keeping Gasol and Kamen had nothing to do with that.
But Hill played, and had 39 (17 of 26 shooting) and 20 in those two games.
They might actually want to keep that guy around, and it's a bit easier to do if he ends the season on your squad. Besides, there was no market for him either. I don't think the Nets even offered a 2nd rounder for him - they just went and signed Collins instead. Didn't hear of anyone else interested.

Guess they should have just sent the whole team to the D League.
Perhaps you have inside sources, but there were rumors that multiple teams (Suns, Nets, Cavs, Mavs) were on Hill near the deadline. Nets and Hawks were also rumored to be on Kamen. And of course Gasol had value and could have been dealt to any number of teams before the deadline.
Really? Name them. And when you do, be sure to detail exactly how the Lakers were going to avoid getting stuck with non-expiring contracts they didn't want that add up to the $20M Gasol was making.

I heard Hill could have been had for a 2nd rounder and nobody wanted to pay up. How much less were the Lakers supposed to get to make those deals happen? Similarly for Kamen.

 

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