also under 6 in rebounds and 9 in points with few others who can score or rebound.
Lue was their top choice (at least over Vogel). Not really debatable.
How many unproven coaches have a title?
Yep...and in addition, none of this takes away the fact Lue was their choice ahead of Vogel.
I bet...and only took close to 2 Presidential terms.
Welcome to my rant:
First of all, I really don't care what folks think of the Lakers. Personally, I like the hate. It means the Lakers are good. Folks don't typically waste their time hating a team that sucks.
Having said that, what @Shaqdaddy11 says isn't without merit.
When the Lakers land a good FA, it's never "Wow, the Lakers must have done a good job recruiting". It's "players just want to be in LA".1 This...after Lakers fans being told throughout the FA period that "being in LA isn't an advantage anymore."
Also, most of the time, when the Lakers have acquired a star level player, it's been via trade, not FA. That speaks to a front office that, at the least, has managed to not fuck up potential trades, if not shrewd management.
Heck, The Logo never got full credit for how good he is when he was doing his thing for the Lakers. It was building up Memphis, Golden State and now the Clippers that got him the credit he gets.
When fans of other teams post tweets, etc. that support how their team is doing, no one bats an eye or they generally comment positively. A Lakers fans does it and it's "this why people hate Lakers fans".2.
The Lakers are 20-3, but that's just because of a "weak schedule" (that wasn't as weak as some want to claim).
I get it to some extent. As some have pointed out, 6 years of what the Lakers have gone through is nothing compared to fans of some other teams have endured. Heck, there are teams that are going on 60 years of irrelevance.
But none of this is the fault of Lakers fans. From what I've seen, Lakers fans,e1specially on here, never disparage other teams fans for enjoying their teams success. Why shouldn't we be allowed to enjoy our teams success?
As for the FO. It was a shitshow when Short Buss was running things and while a little better when Magic and Pelinka took over, Magic couldn't keep his fucking mouth shut which was a bad look.
Since Magic stepped away, things have gotten a lot better (and quieter lol). Some Lakers fans (like Shaqdaddy) seem to want to take that as the Lakers finally having the right folks in place in the FO.
Others, like myself, are taking a more measured approach and basically saying that we still aren't convinced that Pelinka et al are the right ones, but they look a whole lot better now than they did a couple of months ago.
For me, I think the Lakers still need to add someone to truly have a shot at taking down an fully healthy Clippers. If the Lakers can pull something off, or at least come real close to it, either before the trade deadline or in the off-season, then I might start to lean towards this being the right FO.
Footnotes:
1: Heatles post #7641
2: bksballer first post after Shaqdaddy posted a positive tweet about the Lakers
Better?
Welcome to my rant:
First of all, I really don't care what folks think of the Lakers. Personally, I like the hate. It means the Lakers are good. Folks don't typically waste their time hating a team that sucks.
Having said that, what @Shaqdaddy11 says isn't without merit.
When the Lakers land a good FA, it's never "Wow, the Lakers must have done a good job recruiting". It's "players just want to be in LA".1 This...after Lakers fans being told throughout the FA period that "being in LA isn't an advantage anymore."
Also, most of the time, when the Lakers have acquired a star level player, it's been via trade, not FA. That speaks to a front office that, at the least, has managed to not fuck up potential trades, if not shrewd management.
Heck, The Logo never got full credit for how good he is when he was doing his thing for the Lakers. It was building up Memphis, Golden State and now the Clippers that got him the credit he gets.
When fans of other teams post tweets, etc. that support how their team is doing, no one bats an eye or they generally comment positively. A Lakers fans does it and it's "this why people hate Lakers fans".2.
The Lakers are 20-3, but that's just because of a "weak schedule" (that wasn't as weak as some want to claim).
I get it to some extent. As some have pointed out, 6 years of what the Lakers have gone through is nothing compared to fans of some other teams have endured. Heck, there are teams that are going on 60 years of irrelevance.
But none of this is the fault of Lakers fans. From what I've seen, Lakers fans,e1specially on here, never disparage other teams fans for enjoying their teams success. Why shouldn't we be allowed to enjoy our teams success?
As for the FO. It was a shitshow when Short Buss was running things and while a little better when Magic and Pelinka took over, Magic couldn't keep his fucking mouth shut which was a bad look.
Since Magic stepped away, things have gotten a lot better (and quieter lol). Some Lakers fans (like Shaqdaddy) seem to want to take that as the Lakers finally having the right folks in place in the FO.
Others, like myself, are taking a more measured approach and basically saying that we still aren't convinced that Pelinka et al are the right ones, but they look a whole lot better now than they did a couple of months ago.
For me, I think the Lakers still need to add someone to truly have a shot at taking down an fully healthy Clippers. If the Lakers can pull something off, or at least come real close to it, either before the trade deadline or in the off-season, then I might start to lean towards this being the right FO.
Footnotes:
1: Heatles post #7641
2: bksballer first post after Shaqdaddy posted a positive tweet about the Lakers
Better?
One thing I'll say about other teams struggles, and ours is that ours may not have been as long, but atleast other teams got to stink in private. Someway, somehow, our stuff would get out in public, and we'd be leading headlines. Otherwise, I've been pleased with what I've seen this year...but I do agree that we need one more guy. A wing defender, that can make plays for others, and knock down timely shots, or in other words Andre Igoudala
That is interesting...but we need a star to get grumpy somewhere, to really heat up the trade season
