OFFICIAL 2017-2018 LOS ANGELES LAKERS THREAD

[toheeb27]

Do we have a Luke problem? Dude might have the worst rotations in the NBA. Pissed me off so much last night when he put Bogut in the game before Randle. Did not help that he played Bogut and Brewer together in the same lineup.

Not better tonight either.....

Heck, Randle has played more minutes this season than he has played with Lonzo, HOW SWAY???

 

[DaBull]

Luke has some veteran assistant coaches, so I cant put it all on him, they need to speak up. plus he is only in year 2. gotta give him a larger sample size to find the right mix. I'm just glad he stop playing Deng

 

[BDBIID]

I think BShaw the only real tenured vet if I’m remembering correctly.

Seems to me BShaw is more a cool friend to players rather than bringing any actual substance. All the other coaches are fairly green.

I feel like Luke can grow in the Phil philosophy of coaching we’re he can be a good manager but he needs a great X and O’s guy next to him.

 

[toheeb27]

Luke has some veteran assistant coaches, so I cant put it all on him, they need to speak up. plus he is only in year 2. gotta give him a larger sample size to find the right mix. I'm just glad he stop playing Deng

Thats the problem, He has almost no veteran assistants. The mfer hired all his buddies, most of them from Azizona. Heck, one of them used to be a volleyball coach before this job. Fucking cronyism.

The one "vet" used to rap scouting reports to players in his old job, smh.

This is one of the richest teams in the world, we can afford top shelf talent, which should not be hiring from the bottom of the barrel.

 

[DaBull]

I was referring to B shaw, homeboy was groomed under Phil for years , then he was in Indiana with Frank Vogel when the Pacers were pushing LeBron to 7 games...then he was an actual head coach for 2 years

i would figure out of all that time, he would be the veteran that Luke leans on.

 

[joeyfkncrakk]

Luke Walton is becoming the Adam Sandler of coaches with the friends shyt

 

[Serious Juice Mayne]

BBB

 

[buttuh_b]

Good win. I want to see Ingram be more aggressive.

 

[thegreatunknown]

Entertaining game last night. They had a good chance to win. Kuzma is probably my favorite player on this team right now. It's good to see Ingram's growth and he's becoming much more consistent.

Still not buying the Ball hype, I don't see the "transcendent" talent. I was lukewarm at best after seeing play in college.He can't shoot, poor defender, can't see to to get his own shot. Decent court vision, good rebounder, I need to see something that indicates he was worth being #2 overall though...

 

[northside7]

Entertaining game last night. They had a good chance to win. Kuzma is probably my favorite player on this team right now. It's good to see Ingram's growth and he's becoming much more consistent.

Still not buying the Ball hype, I don't see the "transcendent" talent. I was lukewarm at best after seeing play in college.He can't shoot, poor defender, can't see to to get his own shot. Decent court vision, good rebounder, I need to see something that indicates he was worth being #2 overall though...

Give it time.

 

[D.D.S.]

20 years old with one month in the league. Y’all niggas crazy lol

 

[thegreatunknown]

20 years old with one month in the league. Y’all niggas crazy lol

So there's no red flags that you're seeing with Ball? Yea its only a month in, but #2 drafted overall, co-signed by Magic, numerous experts debated whether he should be #1 overall and he has been like warm, flat soda to a fanbase thirsty for success.

Where's the spark, where's the juice? Simmons has it, Donovan Mitchell has it, Kuzma, Monk, Smith Jr., Fox they all have shown something...

 

[Beta]

Lonzo did just have a triple double though

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Lonzo did just have a triple double though

But but but the haters said Lonzo is a bust already

 

[buttuh_b]

Lonzo hasn't shown nothing? None of the rookies are flat out killing it this year besides Simmons. What is the #1 pick Fultz doing? They're rookies. It's a learning curve.

The funny part is his worst performances came on national tv games. He performed a lot better in some other games and I been watching em all.

 

[goodlookinout]

Kuzma 30 and 10 like a seasoned vet out there

Lonzo walking pass the skirmish will be magnified I'm sure

Can we play somebody other than Phoenix tho???

 

[Inglewood_B]

If Simmons didn’t get hurt last year, Kuz would be a legit strong ROY contender

And I’m glad BI proved me wrong these last 2 weeks. That was a shaky start

 

[BDBIID]

BI is why I can’t jump out the window on Zo.

Eye test

Zo first 16 games as a rook >> BI rookie start

& Outside of percentages the numbers agree.

And as far as Zo the jumpshot is gonna be what it is for the rest of the season. But dude gotta finish easy layups. He miss about 1 or two bunnies a game.

 

[Serious Juice Mayne]

Lonzo be drillin he ain’t tryna throw hands

 

[goodlookinout]

Lonzo another triple double