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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:17 am    Post subject:

from what I'm reading he's really developing into a leader in Chicago. I'm happy for him of course but just... ... ...

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Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:33 am    Post subject:

Missing Mr. Caruso and his tremendous defensive effort. Shame he is gone.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:23 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:25 am    Post subject:

I wish I could hide this thread from my view.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 4:02 pm    Post subject:

Human Highlight Reel

The White LeBron

Alex Caruso shocks his teammates and Bulls announcers with this play 😲
18k upvotes.. Homie is popular


Did the DS nightmare have any effect on the decision to part with AC?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:17 pm    Post subject:

I miss him immensely
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:18 pm    Post subject:

He instead of She but you get the point...



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:13 pm    Post subject:

blackmamba08 wrote:
Missing Mr. Caruso and his tremendous defensive effort. Shame he is gone.
It’s ok. Carmelo and Ariza will take over that role on d.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:10 pm    Post subject:

I am in Chicago and get all the Bulls games. Was watching tonight.

Caruso and Lonzo Ball had good games tonight.

Ball actually has a decent 3 point shot now!

Bulls look good - better than us so far.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:35 pm    Post subject:

Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:55 am    Post subject:

PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)


It appears his offense is still suspect.
His defense sparked the comeback. Still the same Caruso.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:58 am    Post subject:

PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)


In his case, it's not so much how much he's scoring, but how he impacts the game. He facilitated many of their fast breaks, and he was better than average defensively.

R. Westbrook should take a page out of ACs playbook. Concentrate on other aspects of the game, and deprioritize shooting. After watching the Celtics lose against the Knicks, I'd say Dennis Schroder needs to do the same thing.

If. You. Can't. Shoot. Don't.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:21 am    Post subject:

troy wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)


In his case, it's not so much how much he's scoring, but how he impacts the game. He facilitated many of their fast breaks, and he was better than average defensively.

R. Westbrook should take a page out of ACs playbook. Concentrate on other aspects of the game, and deprioritize shooting. After watching the Celtics lose against the Knicks, I'd say Dennis Schroder needs to do the same thing.

If. You. Can't. Shoot. Don't.


My post had nothing to do with RW.

Just the fact AC did not exactly light up the game and his impact while probably there defensively was non-existent on the offensive end. He basically is who he is from his Laker tenure deserving praise for his Laker contributions but nothing to regret over for his loss.

I am a big AC supporter and just glad he got paid.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:16 pm    Post subject:

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Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.


Either that or Bullsground.net.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:18 pm    Post subject:

troy wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)


In his case, it's not so much how much he's scoring, but how he impacts the game. He facilitated many of their fast breaks, and he was better than average defensively.

R. Westbrook should take a page out of ACs playbook. Concentrate on other aspects of the game, and deprioritize shooting. After watching the Celtics lose against the Knicks, I'd say Dennis Schroder needs to do the same thing.

If. You. Can't. Shoot. Don't.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:32 pm    Post subject:

Swagron12 wrote:
hydrohead wrote:
Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.


Either that or Bullsground.net.


Nah. He is a folklore legend here and will be interesting to see how his career proceeds outside of Lebron and the Lakers. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised he is a Laker again in a few years.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:47 pm    Post subject:

PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)

I watched the game he was much better than what the box score shows which is pretty much always the case with him. great defense with 4 steals and 2 blocks, yes he missed some shots but any one can have an off night... at the end of the day he's a 38% career 3pt shooter and my bet is that keeps increasing
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:05 pm    Post subject:

audioaxes wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)

I watched the game he was much better than what the box score shows which is pretty much always the case with him. great defense with 4 steals and 2 blocks, yes he missed some shots but any one can have an off night... at the end of the day he's a 38% career 3pt shooter and my bet is that keeps increasing


(bleep) the bed in the playoffs.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:08 pm    Post subject:

PlantedTanks wrote:
Swagron12 wrote:
hydrohead wrote:
Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.


Either that or Bullsground.net.


Nah. He is a folklore legend here and will be interesting to see how his career proceeds outside of Lebron and the Lakers. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised he is a Laker again in a few years.




The overhype of this guy's "legend" might be the single most annoying thing I've experienced in all my years as a Lakers fan. I too vote to move this garbage thread to General Discussion. No other ex-Laker has his own personal thread. Plus this is just a toxic cesspool for those who hate Westbrook and are doom and gloomy after every Laker loss so they can come and lick their wounds and lament the fact that we lost CaruGOAT (who's mere presence would presumably have us having a perfect record throughout the preseason and first regular season game)
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:48 pm    Post subject:

stupid FO deciding to hand out 1 year contracts to over the hill players ...

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:55 pm    Post subject:

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hydrohead wrote:
Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:54 pm    Post subject:

Batguano wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Swagron12 wrote:
hydrohead wrote:
Request to move the Bald Eagle thread to the General Basketball Discussion.


Either that or Bullsground.net.


Nah. He is a folklore legend here and will be interesting to see how his career proceeds outside of Lebron and the Lakers. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised he is a Laker again in a few years.




The overhype of this guy's "legend" might be the single most annoying thing I've experienced in all my years as a Lakers fan. I too vote to move this garbage thread to General Discussion. No other ex-Laker has his own personal thread. Plus this is just a toxic cesspool for those who hate Westbrook and are doom and gloomy after every Laker loss so they can come and lick their wounds and lament the fact that we lost CaruGOAT (who's mere presence would presumably have us having a perfect record throughout the preseason and first regular season game)

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:02 pm    Post subject:

Swagron12 wrote:
audioaxes wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)

I watched the game he was much better than what the box score shows which is pretty much always the case with him. great defense with 4 steals and 2 blocks, yes he missed some shots but any one can have an off night... at the end of the day he's a 38% career 3pt shooter and my bet is that keeps increasing


(bleep) the bed in the playoffs.


Helped us immensely in winning a title, along with KCP and Green.

Unless you followed along by reading box scores and didn't watch who closed games when when the title run was on the line, and how they did it.

Fact is, this Laker squad needs role players who play defense and scrap for everything like AC did. Not just AC either. KCP scrapped hard in that playoff run and came through for us on defense when it mattered. So did Green, as mad as some people were that he wasn't sinking threes. And their defense was well coordinated, nobody was lost or failing to make a rotation out there. Flat-out shut teams down.

We didn't lose leads we held going into the fourth quarter, period. The importance of that is lost on some of you. We had players who hit the floor and took care of the dirty work while our stars did what they do best. That's why we won a title. After all those years in the cellar. It wasn't a two man team.

Fast forward a year and we have posters showing zero recognition of this, criticizing a player who goes all out on defense but doesn't score a ton, as if every member of this squad has to be a high powered scorer, screw balance. This stupid idea that we can just load the team with offensive firepower and that somehow they'll each get enough usage to be effective, or pretend that we can just stick Carmelo out there when LeBron or AD needs a rest and we'll score even more because offensive box score stats say so.

The current squad is a long ways off from winning a title. I'm not among those insisting we can't get there. But it's natural for posters to miss that kind of shut down defense, and AC was a big part of it.

I wish AC well in Chicago. If we find more role players who scrap all game long, disrupt other teams, gain us extra possessions, and still manage to play smart, I'll be every bit as much a fan of their games as I am of AC's game.

All that said, I agree this thread should get moved, he's not a Laker anymore.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:35 pm    Post subject:

TooMuchMajicBuss wrote:
Swagron12 wrote:
audioaxes wrote:
PlantedTanks wrote:
Lets quantify AC's first game with the Bulls.

Bulls scored 94 points vs. the Pistons.

Did AC have a good game?

Scored 3pts on 1-5 FG's 1-3 3pt with a -11 (+/-)

I watched the game he was much better than what the box score shows which is pretty much always the case with him. great defense with 4 steals and 2 blocks, yes he missed some shots but any one can have an off night... at the end of the day he's a 38% career 3pt shooter and my bet is that keeps increasing


(bleep) the bed in the playoffs.


Helped us immensely in winning a title, along with KCP and Green.

Unless you followed along by reading box scores and didn't watch who closed games when when the title run was on the line, and how they did it.

Fact is, this Laker squad needs role players who play defense and scrap for everything like AC did. Not just AC either. KCP scrapped hard in that playoff run and came through for us on defense when it mattered. So did Green, as mad as some people were that he wasn't sinking threes. And their defense was well coordinated, nobody was lost or failing to make a rotation out there. Flat-out shut teams down.

We didn't lose leads we held going into the fourth quarter, period. The importance of that is lost on some of you. We had players who hit the floor and took care of the dirty work while our stars did what they do best. That's why we won a title. After all those years in the cellar. It wasn't a two man team.

Fast forward a year and we have posters showing zero recognition of this, criticizing a player who goes all out on defense but doesn't score a ton, as if every member of this squad has to be a high powered scorer, screw balance. This stupid idea that we can just load the team with offensive firepower and that somehow they'll each get enough usage to be effective, or pretend that we can just stick Carmelo out there when LeBron or AD needs a rest and we'll score even more because offensive box score stats say so.

The current squad is a long ways off from winning a title. I'm not among those insisting we can't get there. But it's natural for posters to miss that kind of shut down defense, and AC was a big part of it.

I wish AC well in Chicago. If we find more role players who scrap all game long, disrupt other teams, gain us extra possessions, and still manage to play smart, I'll be every bit as much a fan of their games as I am of AC's game.

All that said, I agree this thread should get moved, he's not a Laker anymore.

Best post in this thread in pages. Shut it down.
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