The Official 2011/2012 Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[ROFL..GUY]

were gettin howard...

been sayin this for months... you will se that im right again in 2 weeks..

Lakers just signed a 12yr 3 billion TV deal.. you really think the LAKERS wont have a SUperstar WHEN KOBE GONE>?

 

[dhaliwalofcali]

...gotta win games on the road...the game @ Dallas tonite is huge...

 

[playmaker88]

Great read here check it out

Prior to the 2011-12 season, Lakers head coach Mike Brown was pretty excited about one of his (many) new coaching hires.

Phil Handy, a former NBA player who had spent eight years playing professionally in Europe before returning stateside to run his own basketball training business, was set to be Brown's new player development coach. His mission statement simple, if not easy: make the players better.

When the lockout was lifted in December, Handy packed his bags from his Bay Area home and departed for Los Angeles, eager to start working individually with every Laker from rookie Andrew Goudelock to Kobe Bryant.

Handy joined us earlier this week to discuss how footwork and balance are the key to hoops success, how Kobe uses footwork before dribbling to create space (just like Michael Jordan), what drills he does with the rookies, how you improve a super-skilled player like Pau Gasol, what Metta World Peace must do to sharpen his jumper and more:

Click Here for Q & A.
http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/120221_philhandy.html

 

[OhPee]

it would be funny after all this speculation of trading one of the bigs, trading a draft pick, all this coverage on the Lakers' roster and absolutely nothing happens.

 

[playmaker88]

Ugly win... but its a win.. love the aggression from pau

Who is that guy in the #2 jersey???

 

[killap]

Fish heard those trade rumors lol...Pau needs to know we need this every night

 

[killap]

Honestly though if we can scoop Beasley and Sessions without giving up anything major I say do it, it will sure up our bench a little

 

[Hypernova]

never understood why they were/are so open to getting rid of pau

 

[toheeb27]

never understood why they were/are so open to getting rid of pau

Finally, someone who agrees with me.

 

[gucci7383]

lakers got 2 trade exception and 2 1st round picks, those are more likely to go then gasol...there not gonna break up there size advantage down low unless they can get howard......

i can see them getting sessions tho.. i hear the cavs are looking 4 picks 4 him

 

[playmaker88]

We can get Session and Beasely with no roster turnover.. we need to get that done..

 

[iron man1]

If la can keep the bigs that be a nice pickup kobe would make sure beasley on his shit

 

[playmaker88]

Kobe brickin.. lackluster on D

Pau playing well

Bynum is not reposting correctly.. or estabilishing good position in the first place for that matter

Blake with the timely shot..

lets see if we can close

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Lakers need to get better, there's no way they're beating OKC in a 7-game series. A roster shift/trade is a must.

 

[Angeles1son85]

pls trade andrew well his stock is high now !!! too slow in fast pace games and all these years in nba and still can't hande a double team smh

 

[playmaker88]

The thing is hes the only cat that can get his own shot and they take 18 seconds to even get in the offense.. if hes not hard doubled hes bracketed.. and the last two games have been more of him being off than the defense that was played. If Pau can play like he played aggression wise the last two games.. that will be big in and of it self.. Bynum.. needs to learn how to establish position and not get knocked off his mark.. He too big for all that cute shit he does time to time.. our bench... 11 pts in this game.. we lost that game when we were down 7 and close the lead after that it was a and 1. and a run out we gave up boom right back to 12 and it was a wrap

 

[Inglewood_B]

we just have no depth. its ridiculous to ask kobe to stop being kobe at this point. gotta take the bad with the good.

but he need to restructure that contract so we can add players or just blow this whole thing up.

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Doesn't matter who they get if Kobe is shooting like this. 24 shots and only 24 points to show for it...let's be honest with ourselves here (he'd have 14 points without FT's). That's not cutting it at all.

Taking 24 shots and scoring 24 is actually efficient playing. That's the equivalent to 50% from the field. No team in the league shoots 50%.

 

[playmaker88]

we just have no depth. its ridiculous to ask kobe to stop being kobe at this point. gotta take the bad with the good.

but he need to restructure that contract so we can add players or just blow this whole thing up.

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Agreed..aslo seems like the FO is more interested in cutting payroll than putting a comeptent 5 on the floor

 

[killap]

I hear we are making a push for Ramon Sessions, I like it he's a solid 4th option a good 3pt shooter that we desperately need and is less of a defensive liability then Fisher

Also hearing we might get Beasley really really cheap. Things could get interesting post All-Star break.

Toheeb...The wolves asked for a first round pick...and we said no? help me out here...