2017-2018 NBA Regular Season Thread

[bksballer89]

I see 15 possible losses. My guess is the Lakers win about half of those possible losses and lose either 7 or 8 more games to end the season

Reading is fundamental

 

[DJ]

You can't read? I said they have 15 possible losses (basically all the games against teams in playoffs contention) and said I think they lose 7 or 8 of those 15 games which was very clearly stated.

Just confirming we'll win 30 games since you were leading the parade we wouldn't before....

 

[bksballer89]

Just confirming we'll win 30 games since you were leading the parade we wouldn't before....

I'm sure at 10-28 you thought the Lakers would finish with close to 40 wins......

 

[DJ]

I'm sure at 10-28 you thought the Lakers would finish with close to 40 wins......

Nope, but I know it's a long season and was steadfast in my belief we'd get 30 and be better than last year....

#Miamiwinningstreaklastseasonringabell?

 

[Mecca]

Next 20 games for the Lakers:

Portland
Orlando
@Denver
Cleveland
Denver
@ Golden State
Miami
@Indiana
@New Orleans
@Memphis
@Detroit
Dallas
Milwaukee
Sacramento
@Utah
San Antonio
Minnesota
Utah
Houston
@LA Clippers

Please beat Detroit and the Clippers.

* Bookmarks Nbadraft.net, draft express *

 

[Mecca]

Just confirming we'll win 30 games since you were leading the parade we wouldn't before....

Pretty sure he said 30 was possible after originally stating sub 30.

 

[bksballer89]

#Miamiwinningstreaklastseasonringabell?

No because the Lakers are not close to the winning streak Miami went on last year. Lakers win streak is currently at 5......Miami had a 13 game win streak last year.

 

[Wamu]

Pretty sure he said 30 was possible after originally stating sub 30.

Not to sound mean or anything but I hope the Lakers finish the season going 1-19. Then their record would be 29-53.

 

[bksballer89]

Pretty sure he said 30 was possible after originally stating sub 30.

My range for them was between 29-34 wins.

Looks like they'll finish with a little more than 34 wins

 

[Mecca]

Just confirming we'll win 30 games since you were leading the parade we wouldn't before....

My range for them was between 29-34 wins.

Looks like they'll finish with a little more than 34 wins

July 5th.

Debunk'd...lol

Yeah that's another thing. The West got tougher. I mean I guess I can see low 30's if a lot of things go well. Like 33 or 34 but I think they're closer to 29-31

 

[trojanfan12]

But that is a huge difference and literally the thing that allows you to play the 2 at the same time. Nance and Randle more difficult to play together.

It's a big difference, but it doesn't make them "almost nothing alike." I'm sure Nance and Randle not being able to play as well together is also part of why Nance was the one traded.

 

[DJ]

July 5th.

Debunk'd...lol

A month ago he was saying they wouldn't hit 30.

 

[bksballer89]

A month ago he was saying they wouldn't hit 30.

A month ago? Link

 

[Wamu]

It's a big difference, but it doesn't make them "almost nothing alike." I'm sure Nance and Randle not being able to play as well together is also part of why Nance was the one traded.

Nance might be 1 of the few NBAers that didn't mind going to Cleveland. He grew up not too far away in Revere.

 

[trojanfan12]

Worthy and McHale were great players. Don't think they were ever superstars though.

Actually, they were considered superstars at the time. They are also both Hall of Famers. They sometimes get forgotten because they played alongside Magic and Bird, but they were both superstars.

Their primes didn't overlap. J, Moses and Kareem had faded enough by the time the younger guys reached that status.

The 80's is a 10 year era. All of them were superstars during that era. Some. like Dr. J and Kareem were superstars entering the 80's and faded about midway through. While others, like MJ and Sir Charles became superstars in the latter half of the 80's and continued into the 90's. It would be like saying Shaq wasn't a superstar in the 2000's because he dropped off considerably after the title season with the Heat.

Also, not sure Nique was a superstar either. Again, really good scorer/player.

'Nique was also considered a superstar at the time. His problem was his team didn't win enough.

So yeah, I don't think there were as many superstars in any single year back then as there are today.

Sounds like recency bias to me. Guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think there are that many bonafide superstars today. You have Lebron, KD, Steph, Westbrook, Harden and maybe CP3. AD and a couple of others are headed there, but haven't arrived yet, imo.

With social media and the 24 hour news cycle, guys get a lot more attention today than they did in the 80's and 90's as well. So that tends to artificially build them up more.

We tend to want to make players superstars before they actually are because we see and hear so much more about them. Of course, it's a double edged sword because we also tend to label guys as busts sooner for the same reason.

 

[Mecca]

Amen....

I'm really starting to think the Lakers might get their man...

Westbrook doesn't get it.

 

[Mecca]

A month ago he was saying they wouldn't hit 30.

Oh, okay....

I didn't know that.

If it's true, my bad.

 

[bksballer89]

A month ago? Link

I did say I thought they wouldn't win 30 games but that was TWO months ago when they were 11-27 and on a 9 game losing streak. Considering how poorly they were playing, going 19-25 over the final 44 didn't look like the easiest task.

Should also be noted that @ChiefsLakers67 was the only Lakers fan to respond and he just about agreed with me as I think most Lakers fan would have at that point. You were nowhere to be found as always...and in typical DJ fashion, you come back months later to try and rub something in a poster face when you had no comment on the original post. Same thing you did with my D-Wade comment as well as my Jimmy Butler comment.

I really don't think the lakers are winning 30 games

certainly not looking like it during this stretch...

seasons like this make me play more 2K...

 

[DJ]

Yeah, scrolled through thousands of posts and it was more than a month ago but they are going to win 30 or more so there's that

#Timevindicates

 

[DJ]

I did say I thought they wouldn't win 30 games but that was TWO months ago when they were 11-27 and on a 9 game losing streak. Considering how poorly they were playing, going 19-25 over the final 44 didn't look like the easiest task.

Should also be noted that @ChiefsLakers67 was the only Lakers fan to respond and he just about agreed with me as I think most Lakers fan would have at that point. You were nowhere to be found as always...and in typical DJ fashion, you come back months later to try and rub something in a poster face when you had no comment on the original post. Same thing you did with my D-Wade comment as well as my Jimmy Butler comment.

How can you search for certain posts without scrolling through 1,000's of posts?