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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
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Pureshot77 Starting Rotation
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Lakers D has been a constant throughout the season. If they can get healthy and the offense going we might have a chance in the playoffs (play in) |
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ContagiousInspiration Franchise Player
Joined: 07 May 2014 Posts: 13823 Location: Boulder ;)
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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#savethekids wrote: | ContagiousInspiration wrote: | #savethekids wrote: | anth2000 wrote: | Although Caruso brain farted at the end and wasted clock and took a bad shot and bad foul. Caruso thinks he is more than he is… |
Caruso took a crown of the helmet shot the NFL would be proud of. |
That shot made me a bit angry... yelling at the screen and wishing Dwight were here for some retribution.. that punk even tried to complain about being called for T-Boning Caruso
FWIW.. Caruso always plays above his pay and expectation level
Dude was an accountant in the G league two years ago... |
Caruso shows max effort ALWAYS. limited ability , plays as best as he can.
If kuzma played with even a quarter of the heart Caruso plays with he wouldn't be the church league player that he is. |
We should find a Popeye focused nickname for Caruso.. |
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TDRock Retired Number
Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 49636 Location: LA to the Bay
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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#savethekids wrote: | ContagiousInspiration wrote: | #savethekids wrote: | anth2000 wrote: | Although Caruso brain farted at the end and wasted clock and took a bad shot and bad foul. Caruso thinks he is more than he is… |
Caruso took a crown of the helmet shot the NFL would be proud of. |
That shot made me a bit angry... yelling at the screen and wishing Dwight were here for some retribution.. that punk even tried to complain about being called for T-Boning Caruso
FWIW.. Caruso always plays above his pay and expectation level
Dude was an accountant in the G league two years ago... |
Caruso shows max effort ALWAYS. limited ability , plays as best as he can.
If kuzma played with even a quarter of the heart Caruso plays with he wouldn't be the church league player that he is. |
Kuz is more talented obviously but I need him to stop worrying so much about his hair and his wardrobe and go all out on a consistent basis. |
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mad55557777 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
Drummond has showed up in some games before, I will wait to see how he plays with lebron, but I wouldn’t offer him anywhere close to max |
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ZeroDark30_ Star Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Pureshot77 wrote: | Lakers D has been a constant throughout the season. If they can get healthy and the offense going we might have a chance in the playoffs (play in) |
That’s my hope. We still have the best defense. Just get LeBron back healthy. |
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lakersfever714 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Pureshot77 wrote: | Lakers D has been a constant throughout the season. If they can get healthy and the offense going we might have a chance in the playoffs (play in) |
Lebron is offense. DS is also some offense. My hope is that Drummond could help AD to shore up the defense while letting Lebron takes care of the scoring. That was our recipe for success last season with Howard. Hopefully, Lebron could repeat last year's playoff performance and carry the team to a repeat. _________________ Playoffs is good enough. - Jeanie Buss 2024 |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 46863
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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mad55557777 wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
Drummond has showed up in some games before, I will wait to see how he plays with lebron, but I wouldn’t offer him anywhere close to max |
We signed him here to help us while LeBron was out and he hasn’t delivered. |
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KingKobe20 Franchise Player
Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 18738 Location: L.A County, 26 miles away from Staples Center
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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mad55557777 wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
Drummond has showed up in some games before, I will wait to see how he plays with lebron, but I wouldn’t offer him anywhere close to max |
Also hoping Lebron should be able to enhance his play.
If Dennis was able to make him look like Wilt in the victory over KD and Kyrie a month ago who knows what his true potential could be.
Definitely gotta figure out our big men rotation heading into the finale. |
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slavavov Star Player
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 8451 Location: Santa Monica
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Love the intensity and desire we played with tonight. They played as if they cared about finishing with at least the 6th seed.
If we continue to play with that kind of attitude, and we get healthy, we may have a real shot at the world championship. _________________ Lakers 49ers Chargers Dodgers |
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JerryWest_44 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | mad55557777 wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
Drummond has showed up in some games before, I will wait to see how he plays with lebron, but I wouldn’t offer him anywhere close to max |
We signed him here to help us while LeBron was out and he hasn’t delivered. |
we signed him because our big men weren’t delivering |
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mad55557777 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | mad55557777 wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
Drummond has showed up in some games before, I will wait to see how he plays with lebron, but I wouldn’t offer him anywhere close to max |
We signed him here to help us while LeBron was out and he hasn’t delivered. |
He has shown flashes and the game he really started to be horrible was the game lebron came back |
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rybee Star Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | Drummond has been a disaster.. a double figure scoring game could have made a huge difference, no point talking extension with him if he can’t help us during big games. |
So far he has been like Pistons and Cavs fans described him
Hoping he can improve once Lebron comes back |
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KingKobe20 Franchise Player
Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 18738 Location: L.A County, 26 miles away from Staples Center
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Nice to see AD actually being AD tonight with his 36 points, 12 rebounds, with a few blocks.
Nice balanced game tonight not over doing it.
KCP and AC giving us something with 17 and 18 thank goodness.
An if Dre and Kuz could of made a few buckets we probably win this one. LeSigh....
Anyways,
Gotta dig deep and find a way to bounce back these remaining 5 games.
Back home Sunday against Phoenix |
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LakerSD Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Nov 2016 Posts: 23804
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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KingKobe20 wrote: | Nice to see AD actually being AD tonight with his 36 points, 12 rebounds, with a few blocks.
Nice balanced game tonight not over doing it.
KCP and AC giving us something with 17 and 18 thank goodness.
An if Dre and Kuz could of made a few buckets we probably win this one. LeSigh....
Anyways,
Gotta dig deep and find a way to bounce back these remaining 5 games.
Back home Sunday against Phoenix |
I’m encouraged by AD performances against the Nuggets and Tonight. KCP and AC are dependable. We just need top 5 AD, healthy Lebron and a 3rd option weapon in Dennis. |
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DrDent Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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TDRock wrote: | Treble Clef wrote: | TDRock wrote: | Damn Big Game James said one of the refs needs to retire lol. Werd. |
I immediately knew which one he was talking about, the really old one. |
Yeah he tried to go for the “I don’t want to say names“ but everybody knows who you talking about James LOL |
The thing about that call is just how off and wacky it was...I honestly felt it was a piss poor attempt at a makeup call for when AD also did a put back. Blazers went nuts over that whining like babies. Apparently it helped them on the Kuz play.
Considering the close nature of the game, and at worst it "being close", thats just a non-call. Needs to be obvious for offensive interference, or you are just clipping that team's aggressiveness. _________________ "One thing I admire about Kuzma is his unwavering confidence. He truly has no idea that he’s not as good as he thinks." - Killer_Z |
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MikeTrout Star Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Multiple buckets taken from Lakers cost the game. Stupid refs |
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Treble Clef Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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ContagiousInspiration wrote: | #savethekids wrote: | anth2000 wrote: | Although Caruso brain farted at the end and wasted clock and took a bad shot and bad foul. Caruso thinks he is more than he is… |
Caruso took a crown of the helmet shot the NFL would be proud of. |
That shot made me a bit angry... yelling at the screen and wishing Dwight were here for some retribution.. that punk even tried to complain about being called for T-Boning Caruso
FWIW.. Caruso always plays above his pay and expectation level
Dude was an accountant in the G league two years ago... |
Caruso was trying to draw that foul wasn’t he? On the replay, it looked like Powell had to change direction when Gasol rotated and I thought Caruso was just making a heads up play by running into his path. Just like Davis did the other day. |
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lakersfan32 Star Player
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 12:16 am Post subject: |
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So we can't trade Kuz for Beal anymore? lol |
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governator Retired Number
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:15 am Post subject: |
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we don't do moral victories tho it was good to see AD almost like the bubble version and to actually had a chance to win it but yeah, basura |
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Hard_Butter Franchise Player
Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 12242 Location: The Two One Three
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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EchoZulu wrote: | I'm calling a W here. |
So close...... _________________ The butter's hard and the eggs are chillin' in the dark.
Kiss my Converse. |
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TDRock Retired Number
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AJ Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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I thought Dre was going to be huge for the Lakers, he looks lost. |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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