4th Qtr 1:44
NYK 90 LAL 73
yellowboy90 wrote:TPercy wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:It's weird to see Melo pick up his passing late in the 4th when passing out of the double teams.
I'll tell you what is wierd, we are up by 20 points late in the 4th and Melo is still in the game whilst our youth is rotting on the bench, smh
I don't think Wear or Early is available but Thomas is.
Early was dressed...no?
Wear might be injured, still.
WaltLongmire wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:TPercy wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:It's weird to see Melo pick up his passing late in the 4th when passing out of the double teams.
I'll tell you what is wierd, we are up by 20 points late in the 4th and Melo is still in the game whilst our youth is rotting on the bench, smh
I don't think Wear or Early is available but Thomas is.
Early was dressed...no?Wear might be injured, still.
He was Dressed but he just got back from playing 80+ minutes for Westchester.
yellowboy90 wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:TPercy wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:It's weird to see Melo pick up his passing late in the 4th when passing out of the double teams.
I'll tell you what is wierd, we are up by 20 points late in the 4th and Melo is still in the game whilst our youth is rotting on the bench, smh
I don't think Wear or Early is available but Thomas is.
Early was dressed...no?Wear might be injured, still.
He was Dressed but he just got back from playing 80+ minutes for Westchester.
And he couldn't play another 5min?
We'll see how this plays out the next few gms
Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
i was referring more to laker management but i was also working at the time so i probably wrote it wrong
StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
i was referring more to laker management but i was also working at the time so i probably wrote it wrong
No worries. I just never understand how people can say teams are trying to lose so I may have been a little antagonizing. My mistake.
TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
i was referring more to laker management but i was also working at the time so i probably wrote it wrong
No worries. I just never understand how people can say teams are trying to lose so I may have been a little antagonizing. My mistake.
no problem. Even though i still feel getting a better pick makes sense i never question players desire to compete. If anything else they are playing for a job next year or more money
StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
i was referring more to laker management but i was also working at the time so i probably wrote it wrong
No worries. I just never understand how people can say teams are trying to lose so I may have been a little antagonizing. My mistake.
no problem. Even though i still feel getting a better pick makes sense i never question players desire to compete. If anything else they are playing for a job next year or more money
Exactly why it makes no sense to me. Completely agree.
TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TeamBall wrote:knickscity wrote:TeamBall wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Langsanity is the winner of the battle of sanities.
pretty sure the lakers are happy with the result
I'm pretty sure the players on the court today did not actually want to lose.
They were casualties, they had no choice in the matter. What they want dont matter, they are designed to lose now.
What? They're basketball players. They're playing to win. Whether the front office wants them to win or not is a different story but the players out there aren't trying lose like Starks has suggested.
i meant the lakers organization
StarksEwing1 wrote:TPercy wrote:Wow,our B squad is better than there A Squad w/ Nick Young and possibly Kobe
not really, they are trying to lose in order to get a better pick
I was talking about here where it most certainly sounds like you're talking about the players.
i was referring more to laker management but i was also working at the time so i probably wrote it wrong
No worries. I just never understand how people can say teams are trying to lose so I may have been a little antagonizing. My mistake.
no problem. Even though i still feel getting a better pick makes sense i never question players desire to compete. If anything else they are playing for a job next year or more money
Exactly why it makes no sense to me. Completely agree.
true BUT it makes sense to fans and management thats where its tricky
StarksEwing1 wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:Sorry to upset those of you against tanking- I know that this is not something some want to do, but...Lakers clearly came into the game wanting to lose it. You wonder if Young could be playing. Hill goes out and you know there is no chance for him to return. They need a low lottery pick to have a pick, and you know that the powers above are pushing some buttons to achieve this.
Anthony is taking advantage of a poor Laker team, and he is basically throwing out the triangle concept to do his thing.
Fine in a playoff game, not so fine when the team is supposedly trying to run a system offense.
This is a fool's gold victory.
excellent post. I respect the people for wanting to win even though our season is over however we have a rare oppurtunity to get a high draft pick. Remember next year we have no picks because of the stupid bargnani trade. Also there is a chance we strike out in free agency despite the cap space. Back in 2010 we struck out of the top 3 free agents and settled for amare
Yes do tell us all about the tremendous success we've had historically when we had high draft picks in the ping pong era.
jrodmc wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:Sorry to upset those of you against tanking- I know that this is not something some want to do, but...Lakers clearly came into the game wanting to lose it. You wonder if Young could be playing. Hill goes out and you know there is no chance for him to return. They need a low lottery pick to have a pick, and you know that the powers above are pushing some buttons to achieve this.
Anthony is taking advantage of a poor Laker team, and he is basically throwing out the triangle concept to do his thing.
Fine in a playoff game, not so fine when the team is supposedly trying to run a system offense.
This is a fool's gold victory.
excellent post. I respect the people for wanting to win even though our season is over however we have a rare oppurtunity to get a high draft pick. Remember next year we have no picks because of the stupid bargnani trade. Also there is a chance we strike out in free agency despite the cap space. Back in 2010 we struck out of the top 3 free agents and settled for amare
Yes do tell us all about the tremendous success we've had historically when we had high draft picks in the ping pong era.
what tremendous success has this team had with FA and trades? they have been awful in most aspects of running a team, should they call it quits and contract the knicks? if they have a high pick, what else are we fans hoping for for the result of it?
sidsanders wrote:jrodmc wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:Sorry to upset those of you against tanking- I know that this is not something some want to do, but...Lakers clearly came into the game wanting to lose it. You wonder if Young could be playing. Hill goes out and you know there is no chance for him to return. They need a low lottery pick to have a pick, and you know that the powers above are pushing some buttons to achieve this.
Anthony is taking advantage of a poor Laker team, and he is basically throwing out the triangle concept to do his thing.
Fine in a playoff game, not so fine when the team is supposedly trying to run a system offense.
This is a fool's gold victory.
excellent post. I respect the people for wanting to win even though our season is over however we have a rare oppurtunity to get a high draft pick. Remember next year we have no picks because of the stupid bargnani trade. Also there is a chance we strike out in free agency despite the cap space. Back in 2010 we struck out of the top 3 free agents and settled for amare
Yes do tell us all about the tremendous success we've had historically when we had high draft picks in the ping pong era.
what tremendous success has this team had with FA and trades? they have been awful in most aspects of running a team, should they call it quits and contract the knicks? if they have a high pick, what else are we fans hoping for for the result of it?
Oakley, Spree (to some extent H20), Melo all say hi! Crap, even Stat started out as a monster. Do we have lots of FA nightmares? Sure do. But please try lining up our list of tremendous first round draft picks in that entire time period and let me know how you make out. Hopes and fuzzy draft dreams are nice, but history is reality.
Tanking just doesn't work for this franchise.
jrodmc wrote:sidsanders wrote:jrodmc wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:Sorry to upset those of you against tanking- I know that this is not something some want to do, but...Lakers clearly came into the game wanting to lose it. You wonder if Young could be playing. Hill goes out and you know there is no chance for him to return. They need a low lottery pick to have a pick, and you know that the powers above are pushing some buttons to achieve this.
Anthony is taking advantage of a poor Laker team, and he is basically throwing out the triangle concept to do his thing.
Fine in a playoff game, not so fine when the team is supposedly trying to run a system offense.
This is a fool's gold victory.
excellent post. I respect the people for wanting to win even though our season is over however we have a rare oppurtunity to get a high draft pick. Remember next year we have no picks because of the stupid bargnani trade. Also there is a chance we strike out in free agency despite the cap space. Back in 2010 we struck out of the top 3 free agents and settled for amare
Yes do tell us all about the tremendous success we've had historically when we had high draft picks in the ping pong era.
what tremendous success has this team had with FA and trades? they have been awful in most aspects of running a team, should they call it quits and contract the knicks? if they have a high pick, what else are we fans hoping for for the result of it?
Oakley, Spree (to some extent H20), Melo all say hi! Crap, even Stat started out as a monster. Do we have lots of FA nightmares? Sure do. But please try lining up our list of tremendous first round draft picks in that entire time period and let me know how you make out. Hopes and fuzzy draft dreams are nice, but history is reality.
Tanking just doesn't work for this franchise.
the team has had limited draft picks (in my view), and most were shipped out even after being selected or were late rounders (in the 90s at least). anthony trade is not a tremendous success at this point in time -- again in my view (that may change). the others were all 15+ years ago. if we can go back to oak, can you add in ewing, jackson, lee for picks that worked, even strickland to a degree -- and he is an example of one guy that got shipped out early.
bottom line for me is that they may have failed at many aspects of this however it doesnt mean they should not aim for taking advantage of every aspect they can, be that cap space for FAs, trades and the draft. that doesnt mean they are losing on purpose, i think they are that bad. if the result is a top pick, i want that to go well. not sure what else you would want folks to say or do there.
