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Shaqdaddy11
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Clippers are going down, the Lakers are moving up! Things will finally be back the way it belongs.
2 years might be a little soon. The Lakers still have a ton of work to do. But I do think the Clippers window may be starting to close a bit. I don't think they will ever be as bad as they used to be again, but I think they will slip back to more of a mid-level team.
Clippers are going down, the Lakers are moving up! Things will finally be back the way it belongs.
2 years might be a little soon. The Lakers still have a ton of work to do. But I do think the Clippers window may be starting to close a bit. I don't think they will ever be as bad as they used to be again, but I think they will slip back to more of a mid-level team.
So, you want to debate who is the tallest midget?
I will say this: The Lakers are clearly in a better position, long-term.
You have 4 good young guys and tons of cap.
We have none of either.
2 years might be a little soon. The Lakers still have a ton of work to do. But I do think the Clippers window may be starting to close a bit. I don't think they will ever be as bad as they used to be again, but I think they will slip back to more of a mid-level team.
IMO, the Lakers hung on too long to Kobe, but he was the cash cow and maybe he earned the right to go out playing vs on IR...idk enough about CBB to know who they should draft, but the big kid Sims from LSU a lot of people like and a good draft at the top overall.
I agree that they held onto Kobe too long and I think that had he not suffered the injuries he did, he may have retired earlier or at least been a better version of himself than we saw this year. It was a true Catch-22 for the Lakers. When you consider the 5 titles, the money the franchise made just from having him on the roster, the fact that he's an all-time great and first ballot hall of famer, he definitely earned the right to go out on his terms as much as possible.
Unfortunately, it probably set the re-build back a year or 2.
Jeanie said that when she saw how Magic's career was cut short, she promised that if they Lakers ever had another one of those special talents, she would do everything in her power to see to it that he was honored properly when he retired. Can't really complain about her keeping her word.
The Clippers have big decisions this Summer.
CP3, Blake and JJ.....all free agents after next Season.
The two he got w/o Shaq really set him apart from just being a good Laker...that made him a special Laker so I get it...I thought after the last ditch effort (Dwight Howard, Nash, etc.) to make one more run failed they would start the rebuild then....but agree, hard to complain about sending a HOF out the right way.
Considering they lost Kobe and fired Byron Scott, the answer is yes - Especially if they get lucky in the draft and free agencyWill the Lakers actually be better next year without Kobe?
Sure hope so because they sure as hell can't be much worse.
You should go out to eat and screw the ironing - your kids and husband will live if it doesn't get done - lmaoI'm having a slow day. The kids are away on a school trip and the husband won't be home till late tonight. There's only so much ironing I can do!