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| Which Center working out with Lakers would you want LA to sign? |
| Dwight Howard |
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| Joaquim Noah |
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| Mo Speights |
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LaLaLakeShow
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| ocho wrote: | | Not rooting for that (bleep). |
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LaLaLakeShow
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| kwase wrote: | | Are the Lakers trying to put together the most unlikable team or what?!?! Let's just bring Larry Bird out of retirement and slap a jersey on him too. |
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:13 am Post subject: |
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| lar9149 wrote: | Guys the Lakers already reported they donât want AD playing big minutes at center because it increases his injury risk. Remember the Lakers bet their future on AD and if he injuried we are screwed for a long time. That being said the other choices are way too risky
Faried. he is too small if center bet him up AD would have to pick up more mi minutes at center
Gorat plain old sucks
Noah was ok but maybe over the hook now
If the above 2 Are below Their potential it means more AD st center r
Yes Dwight has risk
Injuried last few seasons but he expected to play limited minutes and those injuries arenât career changing like ACL or anything.
Locker room attitude. He isnât expected to do he a big focus so he will be relieved and perhaps be less of a pain
And if he doesnât behave Lakers can waive him than consider the above players
Positives
Some upside he is great a lobs that means some pick and roll with the best guy at being the ball handler in pick and roll Lebron
He can hold his own against other big guys. Meaning less use of AD at center
He loves LA some hopefully he will be behaved |
âHopefullyâ is a prayer, not a plan. Especially considering we will more than likely have to give up assets to Memphis to get him.
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lakersfever714
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Yes, yes, please!! Do it Rob!!! 
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KeepItRealOrElse
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| lar9149 wrote: | Guys the Lakers already reported they donât want AD playing big minutes at center because it increases his injury risk. Remember the Lakers bet their future on AD and if he injuried we are screwed for a long time. That being said the other choices are way too risky
Faried. he is too small if center bet him up AD would have to pick up more mi minutes at center
Gorat plain old sucks
Noah was ok but maybe over the hook now
If the above 2 Are below Their potential it means more AD st center r
Yes Dwight has risk
Injuried last few seasons but he expected to play limited minutes and those injuries arenât career changing like ACL or anything.
Locker room attitude. He isnât expected to do he a big focus so he will be relieved and perhaps be less of a pain
And if he doesnât behave Lakers can waive him than consider the above players
Positives
Some upside he is great a lobs that means some pick and roll with the best guy at being the ball handler in pick and roll Lebron
He can hold his own against other big guys. Meaning less use of AD at center
He loves LA some hopefully he will be behaved |
Spine surgeries can certainly be career changing..this is 2 for Dwight now.
Watching his early 2018 tape... looks like a different player than who played 9 games for the Wiz last year. 2018 Dwight would be a plus on the court. |
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lar9149
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | lar9149 wrote: | Guys the Lakers already reported they donât want AD playing big minutes at center because it increases his injury risk. Remember the Lakers bet their future on AD and if he injuried we are screwed for a long time. That being said the other choices are way too risky
Faried. he is too small if center bet him up AD would have to pick up more mi minutes at center
Gorat plain old sucks
Noah was ok but maybe over the hook now
If the above 2 Are below Their potential it means more AD st center r
Yes Dwight has risk
Injuried last few seasons but he expected to play limited minutes and those injuries arenât career changing like ACL or anything.
Locker room attitude. He isnât expected to do he a big focus so he will be relieved and perhaps be less of a pain
And if he doesnât behave Lakers can waive him than consider the above players
Positives
Some upside he is great a lobs that means some pick and roll with the best guy at being the ball handler in pick and roll Lebron
He can hold his own against other big guys. Meaning less use of AD at center
He loves LA some hopefully he will be behaved |
âHopefullyâ is a prayer, not a plan. Especially considering we will more than likely have to give up assets to Memphis to get him. |
I think it will be buyout assuming it will happen and yes we have to hope in this case. Unfortunately this season is based on many hopes. We hope Bradley stays healthy and becomes an elite defender. We hope Kuzma takes the next step and becomes a star. We hoped Cosuon stays healthy that is already one hope that didnât work out. |
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RestEasyBlackMamba
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When he bolted he single handily set our franchise back years.
Can he even play anymore, I havenât had any interest in keeping track of him. |
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Darth Los Angeles
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Some of you guys don't get it... The Lakers put themselves in this position when they began their pursuit of LeBron. The team and organization has been gutted and blown to pieces for him.
We aligned with the wrong dude. Dwight Howard is an output of this alignment. We still haven't traded Kuzma for Love yet either... Just hold on... It's coming.
But don't worry... Dwight is just as much of a selfish temperamental locker-room disruption as LeBron. It will be fun to read stories about them fighting over Instagram likes and Twitter posts.
The Lakers did this to themselves.
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| lar9149 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | lar9149 wrote: | Guys the Lakers already reported they donât want AD playing big minutes at center because it increases his injury risk. Remember the Lakers bet their future on AD and if he injuried we are screwed for a long time. That being said the other choices are way too risky
Faried. he is too small if center bet him up AD would have to pick up more mi minutes at center
Gorat plain old sucks
Noah was ok but maybe over the hook now
If the above 2 Are below Their potential it means more AD st center r
Yes Dwight has risk
Injuried last few seasons but he expected to play limited minutes and those injuries arenât career changing like ACL or anything.
Locker room attitude. He isnât expected to do he a big focus so he will be relieved and perhaps be less of a pain
And if he doesnât behave Lakers can waive him than consider the above players
Positives
Some upside he is great a lobs that means some pick and roll with the best guy at being the ball handler in pick and roll Lebron
He can hold his own against other big guys. Meaning less use of AD at center
He loves LA some hopefully he will be behaved |
âHopefullyâ is a prayer, not a plan. Especially considering we will more than likely have to give up assets to Memphis to get him. |
I think it will be buyout assuming it will happen and yes we have to hope in this case. Unfortunately this season is based on many hopes. We hope Bradley stays healthy and becomes an elite defender. We hope Kuzma takes the next step and becomes a star. We hoped Cosuon stays healthy that is already one hope that didnât work out. |
If you are Memphis and the Lakers are interested in Howard you would let him go for nothing? If Iâm the owner you are fired. At least get some picks.
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Texas_Pete
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:21 am Post subject: |
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I'll say this: once upon a time I rooted for the Mailman and Rodman when they put on P&G. I now root for LBJ - after going at it with his stans for years in my defense of Kobe. I think I can root for D12 again. Do it Rambii  |
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818fan
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| Not ideal, but I don't hate it. There's not a lot of options at this point. |
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Baron Von Humongous
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| kikanga wrote: | | To the people who really don't want Dwight. Don't worry. We're cursed. He'll only play a couple games and then he'll injure himself for the season. That's how our luck has been lately. |
That's not a curse. The real curse is when Howard injures AD in preseason practice and then has to play 30+ mpg.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | If you are Memphis and the Lakers are interested in Howard you would let him go for nothing? If Iâm the owner you are fired. At least get some picks. |
LA doesnât have the salary to deal for Dwight until 12/15. By then they already have the question answered. No way they extract picks from LA. Upside for Memphis is savings on a buyout. Same situation as Tyson last year. |
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | To the people who really don't want Dwight. Don't worry. We're cursed. He'll only play a couple games and then he'll injure himself for the season. That's how our luck has been lately. |
That's not a curse. The real curse is when Howard injures AD in preseason practice and then has to play 30+ mpg. |
I thought darkness was my ally. But I merely adopted the dark. You were born in it. Molded by it. You didn't see the light until you were already a man. By then it was nothing to you but blinding. Shadows betray me, because they belong to you.
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Nash Vegas
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Dwight better have a presser where he apologizes for what he put the Lakers through in 2012 or Lakers fans will boo him out the building his 1st game back in Staples.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Some of you guys don't get it... The Lakers put themselves in this position when they began their pursuit of LeBron. The team and organization has been gutted and blown to pieces for him.
We aligned with the wrong dude. Dwight Howard is an output of this alignment. We still haven't traded Kuzma for Love yet either... Just hold on... It's coming.
But don't worry... Dwight is just as much of a selfish temperamental locker-room disruption as LeBron. It will be fun to read stories about them fighting over Instagram likes and Twitter posts.
The Lakers did this to themselves. |
Darth, always positive. |
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lar9149
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | lar9149 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | lar9149 wrote: | Guys the Lakers already reported they donât want AD playing big minutes at center because it increases his injury risk. Remember the Lakers bet their future on AD and if he injuried we are screwed for a long time. That being said the other choices are way too risky
Faried. he is too small if center bet him up AD would have to pick up more mi minutes at center
Gorat plain old sucks
Noah was ok but maybe over the hook now
If the above 2 Are below Their potential it means more AD st center r
Yes Dwight has risk
Injuried last few seasons but he expected to play limited minutes and those injuries arenât career changing like ACL or anything.
Locker room attitude. He isnât expected to do he a big focus so he will be relieved and perhaps be less of a pain
And if he doesnât behave Lakers can waive him than consider the above players
Positives
Some upside he is great a lobs that means some pick and roll with the best guy at being the ball handler in pick and roll Lebron
He can hold his own against other big guys. Meaning less use of AD at center
He loves LA some hopefully he will be behaved |
âHopefullyâ is a prayer, not a plan. Especially considering we will more than likely have to give up assets to Memphis to get him. |
I think it will be buyout assuming it will happen and yes we have to hope in this case. Unfortunately this season is based on many hopes. We hope Bradley stays healthy and becomes an elite defender. We hope Kuzma takes the next step and becomes a star. We hoped Cosuon stays healthy that is already one hope that didnât work out. |
If you are Memphis and the Lakers are interested in Howard you would let him go for nothing? If Iâm the owner you are fired. At least get some picks. |
Yes that is why I am critical that this is media hoopla like the idea of Kawhi was going to the Lakers which we now know is a lot of BS.
As far as I know the Lakers donât have almost nothing to trade their picks are gone practically.
One thing I am thinking is His Memphis contract is 5.6 million and no one wants it and I donât know if the Lakers can even trade for their contract for cap reasons. Memphis might be scared if he stays and wants to go tot eh Lakes, he will cause problems around the team and locker room. Something they donât want for their young guys. Some there is some incentive for them to buyout him out eventually |
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la4win
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Not much options left. Maybe he can be serviceable for few minutes per game. |
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Baron Von Humongous
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | To the people who really don't want Dwight. Don't worry. We're cursed. He'll only play a couple games and then he'll injure himself for the season. That's how our luck has been lately. |
That's not a curse. The real curse is when Howard injures AD in preseason practice and then has to play 30+ mpg. |
I thought darkness was my ally. But I merely adopted the dark. You were born in it. Molded by it. You didn't see the light until you were already a man. By then it was nothing to you but blinding. Shadows betray me, because they belong to you. |
This runs on a loop inside my black, icy heart: Dwight's comin'!
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Darth Los Angeles
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| anth2000 wrote: | | Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Some of you guys don't get it... The Lakers put themselves in this position when they began their pursuit of LeBron. The team and organization has been gutted and blown to pieces for him.
We aligned with the wrong dude. Dwight Howard is an output of this alignment. We still haven't traded Kuzma for Love yet either... Just hold on... It's coming.
But don't worry... Dwight is just as much of a selfish temperamental locker-room disruption as LeBron. It will be fun to read stories about them fighting over Instagram likes and Twitter posts.
The Lakers did this to themselves. |
Darth, always positive. |
Well... The truth is something we all know. I don't have a problem dealing with it now opposed to later.
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Hero Ball
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| I'd rather play Giannis |
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Baron Von Humongous
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:03 am Post subject: |
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People rooting for Howard to come back are fascists.
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | People rooting for Howard to come back are fascists. |
Lots of short memories around here.
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LaLaLakeShow
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| anth2000 wrote: | | Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Some of you guys don't get it... The Lakers put themselves in this position when they began their pursuit of LeBron. The team and organization has been gutted and blown to pieces for him.
We aligned with the wrong dude. Dwight Howard is an output of this alignment. We still haven't traded Kuzma for Love yet either... Just hold on... It's coming.
But don't worry... Dwight is just as much of a selfish temperamental locker-room disruption as LeBron. It will be fun to read stories about them fighting over Instagram likes and Twitter posts.
The Lakers did this to themselves. |
Darth, always positive. |
Heâs not wrong đ¤ˇââď¸
Lakers are run by the #JamesGang now |
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