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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:22 pm    Post subject:

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Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, Get ready to see Ballmer blow his top because, that is exactly what is going to happen. We will get Trez the ring that they could not get him.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:50 pm    Post subject:

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lordtrapula wrote:
Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, Get ready to see Ballmer blow his top because, that is exactly what is going to happen. We will get Trez the ring that they could not get him.


Interested to see Kawhi not opt in next year.
Or does he like socal/home/SD too much?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:50 pm    Post subject:

lordtrapula wrote:
Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, at least we won't see him pull his hair out....!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:44 pm    Post subject:

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Harlemlakerfan wrote:
lordtrapula wrote:
Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, Get ready to see Ballmer blow his top because, that is exactly what is going to happen. We will get Trez the ring that they could not get him.


Interested to see Kawhi not opt in next year.
Or does he like socal/home/SD too much?


Kawhi should pull rank and tell Ballmer that the only way that he will re-sign, would be if the team moves to San Diego.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:48 pm    Post subject:

Harlemlakerfan wrote:
epic_ wrote:
Harlemlakerfan wrote:
lordtrapula wrote:
Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, Get ready to see Ballmer blow his top because, that is exactly what is going to happen. We will get Trez the ring that they could not get him.


Interested to see Kawhi not opt in next year.
Or does he like socal/home/SD too much?


Kawhi should pull rank and tell Ballmer that the only way that he will re-sign, would be if the team moves to San Diego.


What if PG leaves for nothing and then they re-sign Kawhi to a long term max deal, only for him to increasingly load manage and be unable to carry the team without a second star?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:58 pm    Post subject:

CandyCanes wrote:
Harlemlakerfan wrote:
epic_ wrote:
Harlemlakerfan wrote:
lordtrapula wrote:
Apparently, Ballmer was already livid after the 3-1 meltdown.

Imagine if they go out sad again AND the Lakers successfully defend the title, dude is gonna lose it


Well, Get ready to see Ballmer blow his top because, that is exactly what is going to happen. We will get Trez the ring that they could not get him.


Interested to see Kawhi not opt in next year.
Or does he like socal/home/SD too much?


Kawhi should pull rank and tell Ballmer that the only way that he will re-sign, would be if the team moves to San Diego.


What if PG leaves for nothing and then they re-sign Kawhi to a long term max deal, only for him to increasingly load manage and be unable to carry the team without a second star?


Kawhi gets an LA retirement, and Clippers remain irrelevant
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:44 pm    Post subject:

Clips had a decent off season with Ibaka and Batum, they lost some fire power in Trez and Green but they got slightly better defensively
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:58 pm    Post subject:

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Clips had a decent off season with Ibaka and Batum, they lost some fire power in Trez and Green but they got slightly better defensively


Green was great defesnively
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:59 pm    Post subject:

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Clips had a decent off season with Ibaka and Batum, they lost some fire power in Trez and Green but they got slightly better defensively


Batum stole money last year. He should be able to bounce back from his injury, but the Clippers weren't thin at SF/SG. This makes more sense if they can move Zubac for a traditional point guard and they run a small ballish lineup with George/Leonard/Batum/Ibaka and said point guard.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:34 pm    Post subject:

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Clips had a decent off season with Ibaka and Batum, they lost some fire power in Trez and Green but they got slightly better defensively


Batum stole money last year. He should be able to bounce back from his injury, but the Clippers weren't thin at SF/SG. This makes more sense if they can move Zubac for a traditional point guard and they run a small ballish lineup with George/Leonard/Batum/Ibaka and said point guard.


If the clippers have to rely on Batum... They better hope his shot comes back
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:00 am    Post subject:

For some good chuckles, check these out from the Flippers RealGM forum after they heard that Batum will sign there:

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Behind the Lakers how? DHoward, Rondo>> Gasol, Trez, Matthews, Schredor


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i think the lakers regressed and the warriors are not the warriors of yore.




Just another reason as to why nobody takes that franchise (or fan base) seriously.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:25 am    Post subject:

I think they are the 2nd best team in the West. I won't say they are better than last year but their weakness has been addressed properly. They have the talent to be one of the best defensive teams in the league.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:40 am    Post subject:

drae wrote:
Nash Vegas wrote:
Clips had a decent off season with Ibaka and Batum, they lost some fire power in Trez and Green but they got slightly better defensively


Green was great defesnively


I hear Batum isn't as good as he used to be & he played horribly last year. I guess the Clippers are hoping for some return to form, but is hard to say if we see that.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:35 am    Post subject:

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I think they are the 2nd best team in the West. I won't say they are better than last year but their weakness has been addressed properly. They have the talent to be one of the best defensive teams in the league.


Isn't point guard still a weakness?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:42 am    Post subject:

ENOUGH WITH THE FOUCKING CLIIPPERS......
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:44 am    Post subject:

RI Laker wrote:
ENOUGH WITH THE FOUCKING CLIIPPERS......


To be fair, this is a thread about the Flippers. So...

Maybe you shouldn't have clicked on it?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:05 am    Post subject:

My bad. I thought it was the Free Agency Post. It should have gone there. Clip away full steam ahead.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:08 am    Post subject:

Until the firing of Doc Rivers and the Montrezl Harrell trade, I thought the Sail Boat boys had a shot at the Larry O'Brien next season. If they'd stayed pat they would have been a legitimate threat to our winning the division.

Our FO stepped up to the plate and delivered. Trez and Dennis's acquisitions give me confidence in repeating.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:54 am    Post subject:

Ty Lou will try to prove that he's a good coach and can win without LeBron.
Hopefully he will quickly learn that Kawhi ain't no LeBron.
And PG ain't no Kyrie.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:14 am    Post subject:

lakersfan8 wrote:
I think they are the 2nd best team in the West. I won't say they are better than last year but their weakness has been addressed properly. They have the talent to be one of the best defensive teams in the league.


They were supposed to be an all time great perimeter defensive team last season. We doing that again?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:16 am    Post subject:

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Ty Lou will try to prove that he's a good coach and can win without LeBron.
Hopefully he will quickly learn that Kawhi ain't no LeBron.
And PG ain't no Kyrie.


And old man ibaka ain't no Kevin love
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:17 am    Post subject:

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epic_ wrote:
Ty Lou will try to prove that he's a good coach and can win without LeBron.
Hopefully he will quickly learn that Kawhi ain't no LeBron.
And PG ain't no Kyrie.


And old man ibaka ain't no Kevin love


And Pat Bev might be a Deli.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:07 am    Post subject:

epic_ wrote:
defense wrote:
epic_ wrote:
Ty Lou will try to prove that he's a good coach and can win without LeBron.
Hopefully he will quickly learn that Kawhi ain't no LeBron.
And PG ain't no Kyrie.


And old man ibaka ain't no Kevin love


And Pat Bev might be a Deli.


And Zubac might be a Mozgov.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:15 am    Post subject:

I don't subscribe to the Athletic so I don't have access to the article.

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The treatment the Clippers gave Kawhi Leonard and Paul George rubbed some teammates the wrong way:

Kawhi and PG-13 had power over the practice schedule.

Kawhi lived in San Diego, which often made him late.

Teammates believed they could choose when they played.


https://mobile.twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1334142779853852674
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:16 am    Post subject:

I can kinda see why they'd kiss Kawhi's ass but why the hell did they give PG power over anything.
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