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jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

Clarkson, Randle and DAR have all played worse in Mar than in Feb. DAR's scoring is slightly up, but the other numbers are down.

Not clear why. Their coach sucks, so part of it might be him. ;)

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces

Never a dull moment in Laker Land.

glenn

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Regarding the previous post, here are two funny Tweets by Larry Beyince @ DragonflyJonez.

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

Two thoughts on this:

#1 - DAR is an idiot

I can only guess that this is the younger generation that thinks about tossing everything out there and not having good sense on what's Off Limits / Off The Record / What Happens On The Road Stays On The Road, etc.

I'm not a big fan of all those Old School vs New School arguments, as most are nonsensical. I also don't care to defend Swaggy banging around behind his girl's back. But there are a whole lot of people who don't grasp public/private in a world that's changing to make much more public. This is Swaggy's shit, and you just don't tape it. On any level it's just dumb. Even if Swaggy doesn't care that you're taping it and likes to brag like that all the time, don't these people read about the Celebrity Hacks that have made public a lot of uncomfortable pics, videos and e-mails? Just dumb.

#2 - Swaggy is toxic and the Lakers were insane not to just get rid of him

I get that the Lakers were trying to find someone to take his contract off their hands. I also get that the entire league knows he's an idiot, and no one wants to pay him that jack. Someone might take him into their cap room (and then cut him) in return for some pick, probably a #2. But no one was actively looking to take him from the Lakers.

I blame 50% of Swaggy being toxic on Swaggy. Dude is a choad on and off the court. I get that some of his teammates like him as a fun loving guy, but he's shit on the court and a nut off.

But 50% of this has to come down to Mitch and Jim. They could have stretched Swaggy at any point from Sep 1 on:

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q65

Steve Yohe · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject:

It's terrible. I don't care about Shity Pete. But we wasted a whole season to get Russell. There is no way that something good can come out of this.

I'd fire the people who drafted the fucking kid.

I saw nothing in him from the beginning. It's the same thing in any group of men. There is a code. It's part of being able to live together. If someone in the Army had done something like that......he could have gotten himself killed. It's no joke. I feel sorry for Shity Pete's girl friend. Not dumping him might hurt her career....if she was something other than a rap star.

You got to trade Russell & get what you can. You just got to cut Shity Pete & wave your 10 mil goodbye. You screwed up when you signed him.

This is the worst thing to ever happen to the Lakers....we have never been this low.

You need to get respectable people back running the team. And Mitch has to go, he was in charge of the draft picks and everything else.

You need to make the decision & stand by it, to only have people playing for & being around the team, with good character. And you need someone running the show who can see good character when it's there.

So you got Kobe going around telling people that he enjoys teaching the kids. So can you see the next step being Kobe as the coach. He is not walking away.----Steve Yohe

Steve Yohe · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:26 pm Post subject:

Our problem is we let Jerry West walk. Who fucked that up? You know where West is now!!! His team is getting ready to break the old Laker record of 69 wins. It is no accident than GS is what it is & West is there. I'll pay Jerry West 10 mil a year to sit in a Laker office two days a week under any title he wants. It would mean more to winning than giving away 10 mil to Shity Pete.---Yohe

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

You can't trade DAR now when everyone is going to try to lowball you.

This is still a kid (19 at the star of the year and would be a Sophomore in college) who after the All Star break has averaged 16-3-4 on .409 shooting from 3 point range. You don't trade kids like that when their value is artificially low.

That's a move dumb teams make.

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Steve Yohe · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:20 am Post subject:

This is a dumb team. No one will want to play with him.---Yohe

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

Can't trade Russell because they were dumb enough to surround him and the other pups with a moron like Nick Young.

Russell is going to be a stud. Ride this out and no one will give a shit in a year.

Guys aren't to pass on the Lakers, because a 19-year-old fucked up.

Jagdip

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

Magic wasn't much older when he got a coach fired and feuded with Nixon (eventually getting him traded as well). Only the hardcores even remember that. Winning makes everyone forget.

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

http://deadspin.com/nick-young-is-done-with-2016-you-guys-1768294900

From January to the present, Swaggy has been averaging 6-2-1 in 19 minutes a game on .261 FG% (!!!!!) & .250 3P% (!!!) shooting. While playing SHITTY defense.

Dude is 30 years old, not some 20 year old you hope turns it around.

WTF is he still doing on the team?

He sucked in January, and when he still suck in Feb, why in the hell didn't we cut him and stretch his contract?

Mitch & Jim need to get their asses kicked over this, let alone other dumb roster moves.

This is Sterling Clippers level stuff.

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Steve Yohe · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:58 pm Post subject:

Magic did the right thing at the time & everyone knew it. He was our hero. Everything that followed was because he stood up & did it. It's nothing like this.

So how did this tape get on line. Did he get hacked...did he post it...or (most likely) did he send it to a friend & the friend give it out. I've hear the story about the rival rap star trying to get back at his girlfriend.

Not taking about this teams or sports....as a man....he is the total shits. On a personal side to it, everyone will remember it whenever they see him. He will never be trusted.

Young is the victim & all John wants to talk about is Shity Pete. Because he doesn't want to admit the draft pick sucks.

There not going to do nothing. They'll just ride it out. If the asshole plays good, nothing much will be said. But if he continues to suck, look out. When ever something goes bad, it will be there.

Why would any free agent come here. No one remembers when the Lakers were respectable.--Yohe

Steve Yohe · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:36 am Post subject:

I'm going to stop posting on the Lakers until something good happens.---Yohe