G10 GSW @ LAL PreGame Thread

LOL .. After 3 tries, you finally made it!
I think @blubell was being patient with you, haha..

Cle 71 vs Atl 43 at halftime*. Cleveland shot 13/17 from three point land. Crazyy

this is good because Lakers will play the ATL Hawks on Tuesday :>
Maybe they’ll be 2-9 by then

Bluebell is not being aggressive 😮

Me neither. I just don’t see him doing well tomorrow. Lets hope he proves us wrong!

Finally, good on you!:-)

It is getting harder and harder to be the first to bring energy to a new thread XD.

Sun/Tues/Wed/Fri.. Which sucks because their back to back game on Wed is against the Rockets.

LOL Am going to predict 14pts/5asts this game. Hopefully JLin will do much better than that:-)

oh, why didn’t you just automatically get the schedule into Outlook/iCal/Google calendar?
Not sure if you use one of them but it will give reminder :}

http://www.nba.com/lakers/schedule/import_schedule

The right term is assertive… I am always aggressive 🙂

Barely relevant, Shaq (ex-Laker) didn’t know the Warriors played in Oakland, his co-hosts gave him a really hard time. LOL

;p. Are you a girl? LOL just wondering

I knew it! haha..

He’s had it for awhile… I forgot what it was. Psych or education..

LOL I’m not IT savvy to know how to use it. I’m still very old fashion school in terms of planning. Plan my activities on a hardcopy monthly diary:-)

Lol it’s not really a phd, it’s something else but he can still use the Dr. Salutation… Lol… Sorry it just sounds funny that Shaquille can be called Dr..

“Kobe Bryant’s Minutes A Major Concern In Lakers Slow Start”

“As a result of the consecutive minutes played in the second half of games without rest for the most part, Kobe is on pace for his worst shooting percentage of his career (36.7 percent) and here is a breakdown of those shooting percentages by quarter via Basketball Reference:

1st Quarter: 19-50, 38.0 percent
2nd Quarter: 21-49, 42.9 percent
3rd Quarter: 23-65, 35.4 percent
4th Quarter: 14-46, 30.4 percent

“Through nine games of the season, five of those were out of reach mid-to-late fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Kobe continued playing to start the final quarters without rest and was on pace for 40-plus minutes in a number of these blowout losses:

Houston Rockets (L, 90-108): 29 minutes
Phoenix Suns (L, 99-119): 28 minutes
Golden State Warriors (L, 104-127): 36 minutes
New Orleans Pelicans (L, 102-109): 36 minutes
San Antonio Spurs (L, 80-93): 36 minutes

Unlike previous seasons, Kobe’s minutes have to be managed and most importantly, they have to be meaningful minutes at this stage of his career. Through the course of an 82-game season, there will be times where Kobe will have to play 40 minutes and I’m more than comfortable with that, but those type of minutes shouldn’t come in blowout losses.

Taking into account Kobe’s age, overall minutes played through his 19-year career (and counting) and coming off two consecutive season-ending injures, the amount and distribution of his minutes through nine games hasn’t put him or the Lakers in a better position to win games.

Whether you like it or not, the truth is Kobe’s shot attempts will either keep or take the Lakers out of games with the lack of talent and continuity on the roster this season. For Kobe and the Lakers to have a chance to stay competitive and win games moving forward, he simply can’t continue to play the second half of games without proper rest and make a high percentage of those shots as the team’s closer.”

http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-bryants-minutes-a-major-concern-in-lakers-slow-start/2014/11/15/2

Well, just this time. Hard to do when I’m using my phone at work. So it is really luck.

ok, sometimes .. the act of writing down things are very effective and satisfying :]

You’re too kind Marine 😉

I dont think its fair to mock him, he has a PhD (Ed. D) in Human Resource Development. At least he took the effort to go back to school and finish his schooling (Bachelor) fulfilling his promise to him mom.

They both took lots of shots & got 30 , 28. But Lakers is still L. -26. (123:97)

LOL
https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/533843088397971456?s=09

unbelievable

Didnt he blow in LBJ’s ear last time? The best supporting actor in the league.. LOL

How about Roscoe Smith?

LOL this is a premeditated flop!
He must have practiced hours and hours in front of the mirror to sell it to the refs :]

HAHAHAHAHA! Flopping level: 80

I hope Lin can find a way to abuse Curry. LOL since Scott is not helping…I guess it is hard. I know Lin is kind of locked in on defense, but attacking the guy defending you has a lot of advantages…

Laker’s offense will be upgraded to another level if Hill chose to reverse the ball to weak side instead of shooting it. Really, nothing else needed to be changed. This limit alone can help them a lot.

Coach Nick breaking down how Suns run their offense. Footages with LAL have been picked a lot for you know what reasons…LOL Anyway….just enjoy how a well coached team do in offense….

I’ll settle for Bogut and Iggy.

That too.

Iggy to rest Lin on d

PeeHyDrant..

"@NBAMemeTeam: Kobe trying to carry. pic.twitter.com/JYJ5b96HhV" im sorry but i thought this was hilarious— Lakers Facts (@LakerFacts) November 16, 2014

Was that harden? (13)

Lakers is pretty average in terms of their offensive ratings…….however, their defensive ratings are the dead last. This ranking is distorted a bit since the team they have faced so far are almost all play off teams…except hornet and rockets.

hilarious!

btw, the best way to post twitter links on Disqus is to simply paste the direct URL instead of the Embed Tweet code. You can get the direct URL by clicking on the datestamp of a tweet. For example:

https://twitter.com/LakeShowLive/status/532750301850533888

ah, good eye!

Truth be told, the Rockets have really surprised me this year. They have the best defensive rating in the league: 92.9 pts allowed per 100 possessions. Or the 2nd best in Pts Allowed/Game with 91.6. That is distorted since they’ve played mostly bad teams, but still.

That is partially because the Lakers bigs are terrible rim protectors. They are also not closing out on 3 point shooters very well.

Well that was supposed to be the effect, but seriously, who puts and open palm and lets it get all the way to your face.

Your prioprioceptive receptors will never let that happen. If you bump into someone with your arm out, there is no conceivable way it hits your face because your brain will instinctively stop it, especially a slap on your own face that blatant. Your brain has a lot of sensors tell it what to do and it will never let that happen. The only way it could happen is if he had a stroke or disease which knocked out that part of nervous system somewhere along the line (brain, spinal cord, receptors). For instance, diabetics often get their foot burnt on heaters because they can’t feel their legs due to diabetic neuropathy. But if you’re normal, your brain will pull your foot back from the heat.

Go run into someone with your arms out like he did. There is no way that could happen unless he did it to himself on purpose or had a significant lesion.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy may help. It may be a residual psychosis from the PTSD he suffered in the Rockets.

Whoa, they gave up 128 points? Sounds like they should change their name to Non-D-Fenders.

Lakers vs Spurs—Taiwanese fans rooting for Jeremy Lin

Jeremy to Thunder? I’ll pass.

nicely done to predict the Rocket performance will drop off

that’s also good. But Lakers will lose Lin-money LOL

They need to play some weak teams now. This is ridiculous. This team is one of the best teams in the NBA and it is the 2nd time they are playing them already.

It looks bad but you can do that for any player including Lin, like when he got stripped of the ball twice to Khalil. Defense isn’t Harden’s strong point but he’s one of the best SGs in the game offensively. At this point, I don’t care about Houston. Good riddance, don’t care much about them except I hope that Lin has a strong game against them that’s coming up soon.

Spurs? What a sweet dream for Jeremy and for us!

Was it because of his good defensive games against Bledsoe, CP3 and Parker? Hmm.

I doubt it will last for the whole season.

Team bounding in progress….

That is what I think too.Have you notice that Sacre is the first one off the bench to greet the starters when they have a time out. Also looks like Boozer is trying to step into the leadership role on the team. I noticed at the game that lin was doing a lot of teaching and instructing on the sidelines whenever they had a break in the game. Lin is a smart cookie, he will adjust and find a way to get a team win. I have to say that I think Scott is very impressed with Lin’s defense, and I also personally think that he is ok with lin’s offensive efforts. He knows that lin is not a volume shooter, but lin looks for the most efficient shot. I was also hopeful that lin gets it when in his interview that if the only way to get out of a shooting slump is to keep shooting. So I hope he adheres to his own advise.

Mostly are still about transition D tho…

Someone please explain to me how this man is in the NBA… Let alone on my Lakers?? https://t.co/dj1Id11Tdk— Pissed Lakers Fan (@_Lakers_4_Life) November 15, 2014

With Kobe Bryant hogging the ball and bricking, the Lakers could have Curry AND Thompson AND Lin and their record would be no different.

sadly…..that will be how GSW and Curry do…today

That is exactly the point. Coaches excellently worked with what they have…..I still don see Suns can enter play offs or say….making deep runs if entered.

You just full up these pages with false-narrative killas …

https://twitter.com/JLArticlesFacts/status/534051995171041280

Houston always start season strong and fall apart by the end of the season. They almost lost to the worst team on the eastcoast the other night.

How high can you go? lol

Apparently Scott had Kobe’s phone number and have no problem getting hold of him. 🙂 I hope Kobe could have a day off, don’t understand why Scott push him this much early in the season.

https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/534069092429209600

https://twitter.com/linspiredinca/status/534068518514216961

Not really that bad losing to elite teams. I would hope they increase the pace too.

It doesn’t matter who the Lakers play.

They’re gonna LOSE because they’re trying to avoid going through Lin at all costs.

well, if they do, it is what it is. I think Lin is now more experience than before, and he will find ways to take care of himself. And if he could figure out how to play with a ball hog, that will for sure be good to him for his future.

I still think this is a better situation than in Rockets. First, the media is not always in one voice, people know better here, second, Lin is way stronger than 2 years before, and he stand up for himself more too.

Byron will likely defer to Kobe on if he plays. But Scott said, "If I see him laboring, I will have to change my strategy as far as minutes"— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) November 16, 2014

I think this is what is wrong with the Lakers right now.

Especially to back up Reggie Jackson. This must be a joke

Yeah, all that running in the preseason is really paying off now…….

That was just not effective

In the meantime, fans want BS to be more assertive in coaching. At some pint, he got to piss on the fire hydrant.

I think they want to make sure Kobe passes MJ’s career points and has at least one flu game. After all, Kobe is unselfish and the best player ever

I gotta say that I think it was uncool of Scott to call out Nash. He told the media that he called him and that he didn’t call him back….Way uncool to me. As a coach on this team and Nash is technically on the roster, he should have not put shade on one of his players. I personally think Nash had another agenda, but it should have been something the front office should have handled. Scott calling Nash because he was desperate reeks of ickiness to me. just my opinion

Like this one by Kevin Chan:

Kobe’s Efficiency: Kobe is averaging 25.4 points per game on nearly as many shot attempts (23.3). He’s only converting 36.7% of his field goals which is a career low. His efficiency is the worst I’ve ever seen it and at this point he’s actually hurting the Lakers offense more than he’s helping. Part of the blame has to lie with coach Bryon Scott whose offense has not looked good. But Kobe has to stop taking contested jump shots when double and triple teamed. Teams aren’t even worried about double-teaming Kobe because of how eager he is to shoot rather than pass. I don’t know that we’ll see any change in Kobe’s efficiency any time soon, but one can

Agreed. No need to call him out. Have FO handle it.

What happened to the so called restricted minutes? Kobe gets way more minutes than Lin or any other player on court!

i have to disagree with the money he got and how little he played the least he can do is respond to his employer. just common courtesy. he did say lat year he didn’t retire for the money he is showing us that real clearly. i have to say I’ve lost some respect for nash

Ask for golf tips from Nash.

It’s reporter to ask Scott about Nash that’s why Scott did all… that reporter it’s MM..

They have an easy schedule.

You mean Kawhi right? There’s no NBA player with the name Khalil lol unless you got messed up with the famous singer’s name Khalil Fong.

I know, JK.

True.

It’s just that I don’t expect passes to go Lin’s way just because Bryant is not there.

just an illegal way to hear from Nash…lol

How about if Lin is an average non Asian vet PG? like….Session…or players like that

M interesting…

anybody knows why Lakers got injured player exemption from Randel alreay, but not from Nash yet? Was the league denying it? Nash on the team not only took the money, but also taking a spot.

maybe just maybe they have been trying behind the scenes and this was a way to publicly shame him?? I duno… I don’t like these types of things out in public either. internal matters

Lance started the slap before the collide impact! It was totally a flop! You can slap yourself accidentally like that!

If Nash wanted to earn his paycheck he should at least help be an unofficial assistant coach during practice to help the team.

The NBA itself has to have their doctors review Nash’s prognosis to grant the exception

no, he said that he would like Nash there on the bench to sort of mentor the young guys or kind of use him as an assistant in the compacity that he uses kobe.

so he is playing tonight

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/534132732041756672

I dis agree, I think Scott only goal right now is to get kobe his MJ points. I think he tries to sell Price because he is trying to protect a bad decision that he has made. I was at the last Lakers game and the fans want Price gone because he adds nothing to the offense or defense. They want to see that Lin that played in NY. They want show time Laker basketball. That is how Scott got fired from NO, and Cavaliers because he was stubborn and would not adjust his rotations. In the end, Kidd, Irving and Paul ended up turning on him. Right now the Laker’s don’t have one owner to listen too, they have stakeholders, which Jeannie Buss mentioned. The Lakers is an organization that is all about how they look to the public, and the money that come into that Laker organization. If you notice, you have not had any of the Showtime Laker’s who supported Scott weigh in lately on his performance. You have Worthy who is with TCW Sportsnet trying to do his best, but it is not working.

Playing recreational golf is very different from bball. I have a friend that plays to a 10-12 handicap still in his 60s that can’t hardly bend over. He literally has to bend his knees to tee the ball up or to pick up his ball.

It’s very wrong for fans to expect NASH to just sit at home and suffer just because he can’t play anymore. He worked hard to try to get back into game shape to play the game he loves. I feel sorry for him instead.

Me too.

you guys need to realize that Mitch says one thing and does another. Ex he said that he was going to resign Dantoni, but when Dantoni tried to signed the contract, Mitch would not answer to his inquiries, and so dantoni just resigned. Another case in point, Lakers trade Steve Blake after Kobe said they should keep him. Lakers would not give Kasol what he wanted, so he took less money and went to Chicago. just so you know….

Seem like the mess of this season is only the beginning. SMH.

Upon further digging, it’s still unclear. As Joyce has mentioned “an independent doctor would have to conclude that Nash was physically unable to play the rest of the season, and it’s unclear if that is really the case.” If he was deemed he could play every two weeks (and then start rehabbing again) that would disqualify them, because technically he can still play. (Really messed up I know). There is also the possibility of trading his expiring contract. So it probably depends on what they can get IF, another team wants to get rid of another bad situation.

saying you will resign or keep someone means nothing. sure you would keep everyone…..for the rightt price

I hope so too and I’m still a long way from giving up this team yet and I know you are too.

XD Shooting slump illness.

I’m surprised Nash didn’t agree to it.

Hopefully Kobe Bryant GETS BACK ON DEFENSE instead of doing his meaningless death stare at his own guys.

Can you get a technical for taunting your own teammates?

Technically no, but it makes for more spirited beatdowns by Lin of Kobe in practices and games!

No wonder Kobe did not practice this morning

M……..

Lin has been learning and willing to adapt with whatever role they gave him. There’re very few players out there with this talent and at the same time putting the interest of his team first.

OK your thoughts?

No argument from me there.

Clarkson is a good dribble driving guard, more of a forward than he is an actual point guard or shooting guard.

Like so many young 2nd round picks, he puts on the blinders whenever he gets the ball. Nobody questions his athletic ability or even skills, but they do question his basketball judgment.

The basketball IQ part is what separates the fringe players like Clarkson from the quality rotation players like Lin.

I was just following Brents lead making odd noises ==

I can think of Tim Duncan as that kind of player.

I can’t think of anybody else.

I was there but wasn’t keen to “fight” to be the 1st.

BTW, psalm, can you please check my dm to you and reply. Thanks

TQ. 🙂

Ok .

Too much generation gap?

bs must have done something that nash wasnt appreciated. why would nash not answering his phone?

Why do you think this is the case?