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re: 2015 NBA Draft Lottery Results
Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:19 pm to NorthGAVol
Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:19 pm to NorthGAVol
Good for the Lakers getting a good pick today. I hope they look like a decent franchise again within a few years.
Isn't all their bad luck of their own creation? Kobe's contract, the D'antoni and Nash experiment, letting Howard go instead of prioritizing him as their future, letting Pau walk instead of trading him (functionally trading Pau for Boozer), refusing to humble themselves and bring Jackson back and picking up Scott instead... all of these are bad coaching and personnel decisions that would hurt any franchise.
It seems to me the Lakers are where they have tried like hell to get over the last five years... near the bottom. Not because of bad luck, because of a determined effort to make the worst available decisions.
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all the bad luck the Lakers have had for the past 4 or 5 years,
Isn't all their bad luck of their own creation? Kobe's contract, the D'antoni and Nash experiment, letting Howard go instead of prioritizing him as their future, letting Pau walk instead of trading him (functionally trading Pau for Boozer), refusing to humble themselves and bring Jackson back and picking up Scott instead... all of these are bad coaching and personnel decisions that would hurt any franchise.
It seems to me the Lakers are where they have tried like hell to get over the last five years... near the bottom. Not because of bad luck, because of a determined effort to make the worst available decisions.
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Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:31 pm to molsusports
quote:really doenst handicap us going forward
Kobe's contract,
quote:this was our fault
the D'antoni
quote:eh, he was a major free agent at the time and many people thought he would actually be able to play
and Nash experiment
quote:we tried to keep him. he wanted out, he never wanted to be in LA
letting Howard go instead of prioritizing him as their future
quote:this was our fault
etting Pau walk instead of trading him (functionally trading Pau for Boozer)
quote:this is true about the mike danoni situation, not the byron scott
refusing to humble themselves and bring Jackson back and picking up Scott instead.
quote:some if it has been because of the organizations decisions. others have stemmed from the NBA retroactively vetoing a trade and the fact that the team has dealt with injuries on injuries on injuries the past few years
It seems to me the Lakers are where they have tried like hell to get over the last five years... near the bottom. Not because of bad luck, because of a determined effort to make the worst available decisions.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:32 pm to molsusports
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Isn't all their bad luck of their own creation? Kobe's contract, the D'antoni and Nash experiment, letting Howard go instead of prioritizing him as their future, letting Pau walk instead of trading him (functionally trading Pau for Boozer), refusing to humble themselves and bring Jackson back and picking up Scott instead... all of these are bad coaching and personnel decisions that would hurt any franchise.
It seems to me the Lakers are where they have tried like hell to get over the last five years... near the bottom. Not because of bad luck, because of a determined effort to make the worst available decisions.
I agree that the FO (Jim buss specifically) has made some downright boneheaded decisions but theres been some bad luck involved there also. The nixed CP3 really altered the franchise more than anyone could've imagined 5 years ago and in hindsight, helped set off a chain reaction that put the Lakers where they are today.
LA wouldn't have traded for Nash, which means Pringles likely would not have been hired. Howard is much less likely to leave if he has CP3 as a running mate imo. The Kobe contract never happens because at that point, the Lakers would have two young stars to build around.
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