Great Season!

[lasportzphan]

Jim Buss has positioned this team very well for future acquisitions and is carrying on his father's legacy with honor.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Only time will tell, this will be a very interesting off season.

 

[lakersrule]

Crazy how different the narrative on Jimmy would have been if the CP3 trade wasn't rescinded or Steve Nash didn't get hurt. Hopefully this is rock bottom and the ping pong balls go our way May 19th(?).

 

[shopson67]

That CP3 annulment was the beginning of the fall for sure. If that had been allowed, more likely Dwight stays, Lakers never trade for Nash (and get to keep all of those draft picks), etc.

 

[wildturkey]

Crazy how different the narrative on Jimmy would have been if the CP3 trade wasn't rescinded or Steve Nash didn't get hurt. Hopefully this is rock bottom and the ping pong balls go our way May 19th(?).

I still dream of running into David Stern, slapping him in the face, and calmly saying to him "Basketball reasons".

 

[trojanfan12]

I still dream of running into David Stern, slapping him in the face, and calmly saying to him "Basketball reasons".

Perfect post!!

 

[trojanfan12]

Jim Buss has positioned this team very well for future acquisitions and is carrying on his father's legacy with honor.

Time will tell, of course, but I think the narrative on him may slowly be changing. He has the Lakers set up nicely with draft picks this year and cap space for the next 2 years.

Now he has to execute and make the most of it.

 

[Black Adam]

I still dream of running into David Stern, slapping him in the face, and calmly saying to him "Basketball reasons".

oh you ain't kiddin'. and that's one that fat, wrinkled crook's gonna take with him to his grave...

 

[lakersrule]

I really don't think Stern wanted to rescind that trade. He unfortunately succumbed to the pressure of a couple owners bitching about it. Stern knew who the cash cow NBA franchise was (and still is).

Jeanie has said that she believes the trade would have stuck if they hadn't announced it immediately after the CBA had finally been ratified. Possibly. Cuban and Gilbert would still have bitched and moaned about it though.

 

[trojanfan12]

I really don't think Stern wanted to rescind that trade. He unfortunately succumbed to the pressure of a couple owners bitching about it. Stern knew who the cash cow NBA franchise was (and still is).

Jeanie has said that she believes the trade would have stuck if they hadn't announced it immediately after the CBA had finally been ratified. Possibly. Cuban and Gilbert would still have bitched and moaned about it though.

When that trade happened, a buddy of mine was really excited about it. I told him that I had a bad feeling because there was too much information too soon before it happened. That's not how the Lakers have ever operated. They have been historically closed mouth about what they're doing and all of the sudden, boom, a trade is announced.

That one was too public too, soon.

 

[Retroram52]

and it cost the Lakers bigtime because Stern would have never pulled the stunt he did if Dr. Buss was still around. Stern feared Dr. Buss and CP3 would have been a Laker if he was running the show.

 

[DJ]

This is the real season for the Lakers now, the draft and free agency.

 

[lasportzphan]

Crazy how different the narrative on Jimmy would have been if the CP3 trade wasn't rescinded or Steve Nash didn't get hurt. Hopefully this is rock bottom and the ping pong balls go our way May 19th(?).

In hindsight, the owners were right in their desire to void the trade. If the trade had gone through Nola probably does not draft Davis and find themselves in the playoffs with one of the brightest stars in the games.

 

[Retroram52]

Well, heading toward the future, the Buss family are building a new practice facility for a cool $80 mil. Here's the link.
PHOTO: Los Angeles Lakers New $80 Million Training Facility | Lakers Nation

 

[trojanfan12]

Well, heading toward the future, the Buss family are building a new practice facility for a cool $80 mil. Here's the link.
PHOTO: Los Angeles Lakers New $80 Million Training Facility | Lakers Nation

That ought to help attract FA's.

 

[HammerDown]

I rarely leave the house without wearing a Lakers hat or tshirts but no one dislikes the current Lakers than me. I'm completely ashamed and embarrassed by most of these losers and their antics. They are the opposite of what I loved about Magic, the Captain, James Worthy, Pat Riley and Showtime basketball.

It wasn't a great season. It was the very worst in Lakers history. Let's not pretend otherwise.

 

[lakersrule]

In hindsight, the owners were right in their desire to void the trade. If the trade had gone through Nola probably does not draft Davis and find themselves in the playoffs with one of the brightest stars in the games.

I wouldn't say owners. The timeline doesn't really allow enough time for an owner's vote on the trade. It was a couple owners bitching and Stern caving. I agree that the Clippers trade likely worked out better for them, but that's not the point.

 

[TheSnowdog]

With all due respect to you Laker fans hopefully the Lakers land at pick #6 and then that pick goes bouncing over to the Sixers

Thank you very much!

 

[shopson67]

With all due respect to you Sixer fans hopefully the Sixers land at pick #6 with their own pick, behind the Lakers.

Thank you very much!

 

[Retroram52]

Speaking of a great season. After 40 years, the Logo has brought a trip to the NBA Finals to the Dubs in Golden State. Just as he did here with the Lakers and with Memphis, his recipe and template for building winners is still intact. Perhaps the rumor that the Lakers are leaderless and will be screwed until someone in the Buss family emerges to lead the Lakers would go away if they would just copy his template and worked it to perfection.