Series Thread: 1st Round: 2) Nuggets vs 7) Lakers

[DJ]

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, AD is right. The Ham problem of misusing players with incorrect rotations and weak player performances has reared its ugly head again. As DJ mentioned, Prince is the only player to score significant bench points in the last two games. The rest, mostly non-existent. Vincent played some good D but scored 0 points. Hayes much the same. Wood and Vanderbilt return for Game 3. I don't know if they are going to make a difference, but as has already been stated, if you are up by 20 and you lose, you have no more excuses!!

 

[Mecca]

Yeah LeBron focusing on the wrong thing. Shitty reversal but you had a 20 pt halftime lead and scored like 15 points from the 7 min mark of the 3rd through midway of the 4th.

There were more than a few suspect calls.

I will give them that.

Not nearly enough to compensate for smoking a 20 pt lead.

Maybe look at your coach with his fucking hands in his pockets and ask why he didn’t challenge that trash foul call in the last 58 seconds?

If nothing else, would have given the old heads a breather.

At best, Jamal doesn’t get those 2 freebies.

If Ham comes back, Lakers need an assistant coach who’s prime responsibility is to get him game pants without pockets and to remind that motherfucker he has timeouts and is allowed to use them.

 

[DJ]

There were more than a few suspect calls.

I will give them that.

Not nearly enough to compensate for smoking a 20 pt lead.

Maybe look at your coach with his fucking hands in his pockets and ask why he didn’t challenge that trash foul call in the last 58 seconds?

If nothing else, would have given the old heads a breather.

At best, Jamal doesn’t get those 2 freebies.

If Ham comes back, Lakers need an assistant coach who’s prime responsibility is to get him game pants without pockets and to remind that motherfucker he has timeouts and is allowed to use them.

Ham is a huge part of the issue.

They need to fire him.

 

[Mecca]

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I’m sorry.

He’s not ready to be the head coach of a prestigious Organization , With championship aspirations.

He could get away with some of this fuckery if he coached the Hornets, not the Lakers.

 

[DJ]

I’m sorry.

He’s not ready to be the head coach of a prestigious team, With championship aspirations.

He could get away with some of this fuckery if he coached the Hornets, not the Lakers.

Yep.

 

[thunderc]

I’m sorry.

He’s not ready to be the head coach of a prestigious Organization , With championship aspirations.

He could get away with some of this fuckery if he coached the Hornets, not the Lakers.

So why is he the coach?

 

[Brightboat]

I do love to see James whining and crying when things don’t go his way. It’s classic

 

[Retroram52]

You can cry about referee calls all day but that is just fools gold. Everyone in the league gets bad calls. Stop with this lame argument. Period.

 

[Mecca]

Ham is a huge part of the issue.

They need to fire him.

At this point, it doesn’t even matter if he is to blame or not.

When you lose the locker room, that’s a wrap.

I don’t care if Lebron is 40.

He’s still a top 10-15 player and that might be under ranking him because I’m a hater.

Fact remains, don’t waste his last high level years.

Get him a guy that will maximize whatever time he has left.

Lebron is currently whooping father times ass.

But the end comes for us all.

 

[DJ]

The Lakers constantly blow leads to the Nuggets. Part of that is on the players but part of that is on the coach.

Easier to fire the HC than the entire team.

 

[Retroram52]

Spot on Again, Mecca!

 

[thunderc]

The Lakers constantly blow leads to the Nuggets. Part of that is on the players but part of that is on the coach.

Easier to fire the HC than the entire team.

But it’s not nearly as fun

 

[Vitamike]

No.

Not unless I missed something.

He was talking about the 9 straight.

They swept them in the playoffs and also in the regular Season.

Nuggets coach Michael Malone kept it brutally honest on why his team has no fear coming into the match.

“We swept them last year. We swept them this year,” said Malone, via Harrison Wind. “They come in playing really well and hungry. They want to flip that script. Our players understand that.”

Yeah, I posted later that the link I clicked on earlier took some 'liberty' naming the title of their story. They got me.

 

[DJ]

At this point, it doesn’t even matter if he is to blame or not.

When you lose the locker room, that’s a wrap.

I don’t care if Lebron is 40.

He’s still a top 10-15 player and that might be under ranking him because I’m a hater.

Fact remains, don’t waste his last high level years.

Get him a guy that will maximize whatever time he has left.

Lebron is currently whooping father times ass.

But the end comes for us all.

I agree.

 

[thunderc]

At this point, it doesn’t even matter if he is to blame or not.

When you lose the locker room, that’s a wrap.

I don’t care if Lebron is 40.

He’s still a top 10-15 player and that might be under ranking him because I’m a hater.

Fact remains, don’t waste his last high level years.

Get him a guy that will maximize whatever time he has left.

Lebron is currently whooping father times ass.

But the end comes for us all.

Problem is it was likely at least partially his decision to begin with

 

[Retroram52]

DorianRo has the correct response to the last two games by the Lakers against the Nuggets: How does the Lakers forget to play basketball in the Second Half of two consecutive games and especially last night when they were up by 20 points??

 

[Vitamike]

Yeah LeBron focusing on the wrong thing. Shitty reversal but you had a 20 pt halftime lead and scored like 15 points from the 7 min mark of the 3rd through midway of the 4th.

Didn't Ham leave the game with his challenge in his pocket?

 

[DJ]

Part of this is also on Pelinka.

The Lakers could have used another 7 footer to help defend Joker...

 

[trojanfan12]

Damn…

My bad, Lakers fans.

Lmfao

You jinxed them.