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Durant, Westbrook, and OKC

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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    I'd love to see Durant and Westbrook leave and OKC disintegrate. I read some speculation a year or ago that Durant could go to Houston.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,266
    And if they are sufficiently bad next year, the pick they moved to Phoenix in the Nash deal doesn't head in that direction if it is in the Top 5.

    Given that the Lakers are looking like they are going to gut the roster, good chance that they get in the Top 5 again.
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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,272 Standard Supporter
    edited May 2014
    The Lakers are just one of those teams that are never down more than two years. FA's will still flock there, especially guys who want to be in entertainment (especially fags whowant to do fucktarded bachelor and dancing reality shows). Tequila is right, they'll be back.*

    * Assuming the Bus children don't fuck everything up.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,555 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    And if they are sufficiently bad next year, the pick they moved to Phoenix in the Nash deal doesn't head in that direction if it is in the Top 5.

    Given that the Lakers are looking like they are going to gut the roster, good chance that they get in the Top 5 again.

    They won't be in the top 5 if Kobe is healthy.
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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    The irony is they will be better after Kobe retires. They will be a contender again but they will suck for at least a few more years.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Tequilla said:

    And if they are sufficiently bad next year, the pick they moved to Phoenix in the Nash deal doesn't head in that direction if it is in the Top 5.

    Given that the Lakers are looking like they are going to gut the roster, good chance that they get in the Top 5 again.

    They won't be in the top 5 if Kobe is healthy.
    Pretty big IF there. Also this team will suck so Kobe will be full on ball hog mode to chase Kareem. Then around March they'll sit him down if he even makes it that far.

    I hate the Lakers but FMB is correct. Just when it appears the Lakers are down something always happens to turn them around.

    Is Jimmy Buss a moron? Yes. But the Clippers are good now despite the worst owner in sports Donald Sterling(REAL sports fans hated this fuck before last week).
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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    Good advanced stat info video on OKC:

    http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/67903/the-thunders-bad-mix

    Apparently Durant & Westbrook together are terrible on D and on offense are not that great either.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,266
    The Lakers roster next year is going to contest of a past his prime Kobe and and guys that make Smush Parker look good.

    I would be shocked if the roster looks better than this group: http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/lal/year/2006/seasontype/2/los-angeles-lakers

    Kobe might score 30 a game. There may be some entertaining games. But living in the competitive West, no chance that they get more than 25-30 wins. Just won't happen.

    Everybody knocked how much Kobe was getting paid ... but the reason he's getting paid so much is because it literally is making them bottom out while rewarding one of the best players in the history of their franchise.

    Kobe will get up to about 35,000 points if he doesn't get massively injured and will end his career as the highest scoring guard in the history of the game. He'll probably have the option of hanging on for the ride back to the top as a bench player if he can stomach it with his ego while making a run at Kareem at a highly discounted rate.

    And at this point, Jimmy Buss does look like a bit of an idiot. But on the other hand, there are so many smart people around the Lakers that I don't ever buy the fact that an idiot can run that asylum.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,555 Swaye's Wigwam
    Look at the Knicks or the Celtics pre Garnett if you don't think the Lakers can suck for years.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Look at the Knicks or the Celtics pre Garnett if you don't think the Lakers can suck for years.

    They are more than capable of sucking but I don't think they will.

    LA is a more desirable place to play than Boston and even NYC. They will also have some top 5 picks while during the Knicks run of suck they always dealt away their picks(Aldridge and Noah were chosen with their picks they gave up for Eddy Curry). Doubt Lakers do that.
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