On October 24 2014 04:50 TwoToneTerran wrote: Yeah, trying to shoot through the double team with help instead of passing it to a wide open, good 3 point shooter on the wing is a bad call. It's cool that he made 3 horrible shots in a row but that is extremely bad basketball.
This is such a lame opinion. Ridiculous shots are awesome. Spursian ball movements' fine but ballers are cool. And it's preseason, who cares (note: Kobe will do this at least a thousand times in the regular season too. And if he was in the Fonals, he would still do it.) "Shootability" is an underrated skillz.
I said it was cool. That is the best you're ever getting out of me about any Laker not named Nick Young.
And yea yea I know it's only preseason, but damn it if that didn't look like vintage Kobe right there.
definitely vintage Kobe. Demand the ball in the final minutes, don't even look to pass, force up difficult jumpers, and get praised for being clutch on the times he happens to make them.
here's my prediction for kobe/lakers - Kobe shoots career-low fg%, Lakers miss the playoffs, everyone on the team gets blamed except for Kobe
On October 24 2014 12:46 Ace wrote: Nash out for the rest of the season and career likely over. Already had Lakers as worst team in the West territory and this might be the nail.
Better to tank for a pick than to barely miss the playoffs. cough cough Timberwolves.
If we can land a pick inside the top 5 we'll deprive Phoenix of the robbery that they enacted during the Nash trade.
On October 24 2014 12:46 Ace wrote: Nash out for the rest of the season and career likely over. Already had Lakers as worst team in the West territory and this might be the nail.
Better to tank for a pick than to barely miss the playoffs. cough cough Timberwolves.
If we can land a pick inside the top 5 we'll deprive Phoenix of the robbery that they enacted during the Nash trade.
ORLANDO -- Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo will be out indefinitely after suffering a facial fracture in practice Thursday, General Manager Rob Hennigan announced today.
Oladipo, who was evaluated Thursday afternoon, will undergo a corrective surgical procedure on Saturday. He was injured after taking an inadvertent elbow during a practice drill.
Oladipo (6’4”, 210, 5/4/92) has not played during the preseason due to a sprained MCL in his left knee. Last season (2013-14), he played in 80 games (44 starts) during his rookie campaign with Orlando, averaging 13.8 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 4.1 apg. and a team-high 1.61 stlpg. in 31.1 minpg. He was tied for 15th in the NBA in steals. Oladipo also ranked among all NBA rookies in scoring (2nd), rebounding (T-8th), assists (3rd), FG percentage (.419, 8th), three-point FG percentage (.327, T-7th), FT percentage (.780, 6th), steals (2nd) and minutes played (3rd).
FFS The season hasn't even started yet and we're already losing players for huge chunks of time.
On October 24 2014 23:03 Daozzt wrote: So what happens to the Lakers roster now? Are they Lakers allowed to sign a 15th guy Nash not included? Or is he still part of the roster?
Disabled player exception. They can use 50% of his salary (~$5 million) to sign a player and it doesn't count against their cap AFAIK.
This could have been pretty good if the injury happened in the summer and there were decent free agents available. They can use the 5 million, but who are they going to pick up that would be worth it?
So only three weeks into my (first) league pass, reg season not yet started, and I can already catch up with y'all: the rockets announcers are the worst homers. It's so funny, it kinda felt good experiencing it first hand for the first time.
On October 25 2014 19:26 FakePseudo wrote: So only three weeks into my (first) league pass, reg season not yet started, and I can already catch up with y'all: the rockets announcers are the worst homers. It's so funny, it kinda felt good experiencing it first hand for the first time.
lol. i'm lucky i'm a rockets fan, i feel sorry for anyone that has to listen to the rockets announcers, bill and clyde are absolutely terrible. OKC and clipper announcers are pretty bad too.
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