2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[WiggyRuss]

I think he's coming from the point that the Lakers haven't drafted good enough, because they don't have the assets to do anything. Russell, and Randle have been great, and Bryant has been good, but that's not doing the Lakers any good. Plus drafting Lonzo where they did was a huge mistake. If they have Tatum or Fox a deal with NO probably gets done for AD.

yah you can have all the good draft picks you want- but if you squander them or mis manage them they dont mean anything.

And the one big thing about the Lakers is theywere bad for how many years and were never able to draft that one big time elite piece. If anyhting bites them in the ass it is going to be that fact.

 

[lebron23james]

Pretty sure as a Cav he spent much of his offseasons in LA. Stands to reason now that he's a Laker he'd do the same.

Doesn't make the area a bad place, though, like some claim it is.

Cost of living can't be beat. For a small ghetto shack in LA, i can be in a 5k sq ft house in bath with 2 Mercedes in the garage. If you are not a city person you are getting raped beyond recognition!

 

[WiggyRuss]

You'll never be embarrassed to be a Lakers fan? Well you should be. I mean how's your day going?


go celtics!

what is this going to be? Year 7 in a row that the Lakers have not won a playoff game?

thats not easy to do in the NBA

 

[lebron23james]

what is this going to be? Year 7 in a row that the Lakers have not won a playoff game?

thats not easy to do in the NBA

They are the new knicks...

 

[Wamu]

what is this going to be? Year 7 in a row that the Lakers have not won a playoff game?

thats not easy to do in the NBA

It's been a while since they made the playoffs. And it doesn't look like that trend will end this year. Before the season started I had them winning 46 games. Which wasn't enough W's last year to make the playoffs.

The Lakers will look completely different by the time next year rolls around w/ all the money they can spend. I hope they fuck everything up though.

 

[msgkings322]

Cost of living can't be beat. For a small ghetto shack in LA, i can be in a 5k sq ft house in bath with 2 Mercedes in the garage. If you are not a city person you are getting raped beyond recognition!

And the weather and girls are so much better in Cleveland!

 

[Black Adam]

And the weather and girls are so much better in Cleveland!

even HE can't lie like that...

 

[CitySushi]

 

[ericd7633]

yah you can have all the good draft picks you want- but if you squander them or mis manage them they dont mean anything.

And the one big thing about the Lakers is theywere bad for how many years and were never able to draft that one big time elite piece. If anyhting bites them in the ass it is going to be that fact.

Yep. Just look at their drafts since 2014

2014 - Randle
2015 - Russell & Nance
2016 - Ingram
2017 - Ball, Kuzma & Hart
2018 - No First Rounder

Their best pick based on value was Kuzma. Ball was a terrible pick, Ingram is slightly better than a replacement player in this season and doesn't make anyone around him better. Hart is an okay piece as an 8th/9th man. They've just either drafted poorly, or got rid of their best draft picks.

It would be awesome if the Kings and Magic somehow made the playoffs this season because than the only 2 franchises not to make it in the last 6 years would be the Knicks and Lakers. Lol.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Joe Posnaski on LeBron passing Jordan at The Athletic:

So, I’m sure you’ve seen the footage of LeBron James scoring the basket that pushed him past Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list.

This was supposedly a big deal. In sports, we use moments like this — 3,000 hits, 500 homers, passing John Unitas or Gordie Howe or Michael Jordan on some sort of career list — to celebrate the player and the game and ourselves, especially ourselves, for what we’ve been lucky enough to see. This LeBron-Michael crossroads was a big enough event that my phone alerted me: “LeBron Nears MJ in Points: See if he passes Jordan in career scoring.”

LeBron James has been a pivotal sports figure in my life.

So I checked in.

And it was — I’m not exaggerating here — one of the glummest and most miserable moments I’ve ever seen in sports. He scored the bucket that passed Air Jordan. Nobody cared. NOBODY cared. The L.A. fans didn’t care. The players on the court didn’t care. There wasn’t enough energy in the place to toast bread.

You know what the saddest part of all was? The way the announcer paused to let the sound of the crowd tell the story — the way Vin Scully did after Henry Aaron passed Babe Ruth on the homer list or after Kirk Gibson hit that insane home run in the 1988 World Series — and there was no sound. Just a little muttering. It was quieter than the mall on a Tuesday afternoon.

No, check that: You know what the saddest part of all was? The spotlight. A spotlight raced around the arena in what I can only imagine was an effort to get everyone all excited, but instead, it looked like some kids trying to scare each other with a flashlight under a blanket.

No, check that: You know what the saddest part of all was?

It didn’t have to be this way.

This is not to question LeBron James’ decision to leave Cleveland for Los Angeles. The man has been impossibly great, and he gets to do what he wants to do. He wanted the challenge, the City of Stars lights, the money and fame and legacy that comes with being a Laker. Who among us wouldn’t?....

You know what that moment of LeBron James passing Michael Jordan would have been like in Cleveland. The roof would have come off. Tears would have spilled. People would have rushed the floor. It would have been one of the most emotional sporting moments of 2019.

And, of course, it wasn’t like that in L.A. Nobody’s blaming the fans or anyone else, this is just the way it is. Why SHOULD any of them care about LeBron James? He’s never done anything for that fan base. They’ve seen him play, obviously, but they’ve never SEEN him, with their hearts, with a championship on the line, with their stomachs fluttering and their prayers in the air. He’s just a great player who took the money, came to town and disappointed everyone.

When he scored the Michael bucket, the Lakers were getting pummeled by Denver 55-39. Why in the world would a Lakers fan cheer that?

Time goes on … and maybe LeBron James doesn’t care that his golden moment wasn’t golden at all. Maybe he still has big plans in L.A., and maybe he’ll achieve them. Maybe he doesn’t want the Dirk Nowitzki love, doesn’t need it, doesn’t care.

But as a fan, as someone who will always feel grateful to LeBron James for bringing Cleveland the first championship of my lifetime, I care.

I feel that, as fans, we would have loved to be there to scream our heads off for him when he passed Michael Jordan. We would have loved to give him that moment the way he gave us so many. I don’t know what that’s worth. But it sure seems to be worth something.

 

[lebron23james]

And the weather and girls are so much better in Cleveland!

Depends if you are into white girls or illegal immigrants

 

[lebron23james]

Joe Posnaski on LeBron passing Jordan at The Athletic:

So, I’m sure you’ve seen the footage of LeBron James scoring the basket that pushed him past Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list.

This was supposedly a big deal. In sports, we use moments like this — 3,000 hits, 500 homers, passing John Unitas or Gordie Howe or Michael Jordan on some sort of career list — to celebrate the player and the game and ourselves, especially ourselves, for what we’ve been lucky enough to see. This LeBron-Michael crossroads was a big enough event that my phone alerted me: “LeBron Nears MJ in Points: See if he passes Jordan in career scoring.”

LeBron James has been a pivotal sports figure in my life.

So I checked in.

And it was — I’m not exaggerating here — one of the glummest and most miserable moments I’ve ever seen in sports. He scored the bucket that passed Air Jordan. Nobody cared. NOBODY cared. The L.A. fans didn’t care. The players on the court didn’t care. There wasn’t enough energy in the place to toast bread.

You know what the saddest part of all was? The way the announcer paused to let the sound of the crowd tell the story — the way Vin Scully did after Henry Aaron passed Babe Ruth on the homer list or after Kirk Gibson hit that insane home run in the 1988 World Series — and there was no sound. Just a little muttering. It was quieter than the mall on a Tuesday afternoon.

No, check that: You know what the saddest part of all was? The spotlight. A spotlight raced around the arena in what I can only imagine was an effort to get everyone all excited, but instead, it looked like some kids trying to scare each other with a flashlight under a blanket.

No, check that: You know what the saddest part of all was?

It didn’t have to be this way.

This is not to question LeBron James’ decision to leave Cleveland for Los Angeles. The man has been impossibly great, and he gets to do what he wants to do. He wanted the challenge, the City of Stars lights, the money and fame and legacy that comes with being a Laker. Who among us wouldn’t?....

You know what that moment of LeBron James passing Michael Jordan would have been like in Cleveland. The roof would have come off. Tears would have spilled. People would have rushed the floor. It would have been one of the most emotional sporting moments of 2019.

And, of course, it wasn’t like that in L.A. Nobody’s blaming the fans or anyone else, this is just the way it is. Why SHOULD any of them care about LeBron James? He’s never done anything for that fan base. They’ve seen him play, obviously, but they’ve never SEEN him, with their hearts, with a championship on the line, with their stomachs fluttering and their prayers in the air. He’s just a great player who took the money, came to town and disappointed everyone.

When he scored the Michael bucket, the Lakers were getting pummeled by Denver 55-39. Why in the world would a Lakers fan cheer that?

Time goes on … and maybe LeBron James doesn’t care that his golden moment wasn’t golden at all. Maybe he still has big plans in L.A., and maybe he’ll achieve them. Maybe he doesn’t want the Dirk Nowitzki love, doesn’t need it, doesn’t care.

But as a fan, as someone who will always feel grateful to LeBron James for bringing Cleveland the first championship of my lifetime, I care.

I feel that, as fans, we would have loved to be there to scream our heads off for him when he passed Michael Jordan. We would have loved to give him that moment the way he gave us so many. I don’t know what that’s worth. But it sure seems to be worth something.

The reason LA fans don't care is because he has done nothing for them...

Same reason Cavs fan were mad the first time he left, and could care less the 2nd time...

Fans want results

 

[dtgold88]

Cost of living can't be beat. For a small ghetto shack in LA, i can be in a 5k sq ft house in bath with 2 Mercedes in the garage. If you are not a city person you are getting raped beyond recognition!

And while tough to compare the suburb we're in to a nice LA area due to weather, ocean, etc it's no different than most of the nicer suburbs I've seen.

 

[LAD]

Not a she if you care, but no biggie.....I referenced the big comeback because it showed Lebron does not lack a will to win. And it did......at least then.

Well $h!t, someone said you were a female when I asked. My apologies, no ill intent behind it.

And I can agree in that series he didn't lack a will to win. But as of late...there is certainly a couple of things lacking including his will to win.

 

[dtgold88]

Well $h!t, someone said you were a female when I asked. My apologies, no ill intent behind it.

And I can agree in that series he didn't lack a will to win. But as of late...there is certainly a couple of things lacking including his will to win.

No doubt something is off with him now. I'd say like MJ when he was in washington but that's not fair to MJ as he was, what, 39, while Lebron is 35.

 

[LAD]

Except Lebron hasn't cared about the regular season in years.

Then why was he leading the league in minutes prior to going to LA?

 

[lebron23james]

And while tough to compare the suburb we're in to a nice LA area due to weather, ocean, etc it's no different than most of the nicer suburbs I've seen.

Exactly, nice suburbs are the same everywhere. You know what most people do all day anyways? Sit inside their house on the internet...

Why would i want to pay 5 million dollars for a 500k house. The weather isn't that nice lol..If it was 500k vs 1 mill they would have a point lol

 

[msgkings322]

Depends if you are into white girls or illegal immigrants

Not only is this racist, it's not even true.

But sure you keep bagging those Cleveland 180lb hotties and I'll stick with the girls in LA. Yours are way better, everyone knows

 

[lebron23james]

Not only is this racist, it's not even true.

But sure you keep bagging those Cleveland 180lb hotties and I'll stick with the girls in LA. Yours are way better, everyone knows

I live in Columbus. It's a college town filled with girls 18-21 from around the world. My housing is priced reasonably and it's going to be 66 degrees here next Thursday, the same temp as in LA lol

 

[msgkings322]

I live in Columbus. It's a college town filled with girls 18-21 from around the world. My housing is priced reasonably and it's going to be 66 degrees here next Thursday, the same temp as in LA lol

Living the high life. Hey I agree with you, everyone knows Columbus is way better than LA.