I think a lot of people are just trying to COPE with the Westbrook situation
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:03 am    Post subject:

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Don’t feel sorry for THT, he hasn’t been doing things that he could to improve his game. When asked what he did while out with COVID he said he watched a lot of movies. That was a perfect time to watch film part of the time but he never indicated that he did. The great ones take advantage of something like that.


Klutch sports picked him over Caruso and now they have to deal with it.


This is such a B.S. narrative. The Lakers could have had both of them. Look at Marc Stein’s recent article about how LeBron pushed for the Lakers to re-sign Caruso this past summer. They didn’t for tax saving purposes alone.


I'm curious who is talking to Stein these days. He usually doesn't have much in the way of sources, but apparently someone talked to him about both Caruso and Scott Brooks. I'm wondering whether the rift between the front office and Rich Paul isn't healed after all.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:35 am    Post subject:

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Don’t feel sorry for THT, he hasn’t been doing things that he could to improve his game. When asked what he did while out with COVID he said he watched a lot of movies. That was a perfect time to watch film part of the time but he never indicated that he did. The great ones take advantage of something like that.


Klutch sports picked him over Caruso and now they have to deal with it.


This is such a B.S. narrative. The Lakers could have had both of them. Look at Marc Stein’s recent article about how LeBron pushed for the Lakers to re-sign Caruso this past summer. They didn’t for tax saving purposes alone.


I'm curious who is talking to Stein these days. He usually doesn't have much in the way of sources, but apparently someone talked to him about both Caruso and Scott Brooks. I'm wondering whether the rift between the front office and Rich Paul isn't healed after all.


If anyone is talking to Marc Stein, I’d be surprised if it was someone in LeBron’s camp. After all Stein all but called LeBron anti-semitic during the David Blatt firing, which apparently annoyed LeBron’s people. I suppose time heals all, but it would be strange for his source to be Rich Paul.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:04 pm    Post subject:

Still coping
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:16 pm    Post subject:

This aged like fine wine. I honestly thought Lebron would get Westbrook playing the "right" way, but Westbrook is his own personality, which is fine for pretty much any other team.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:45 pm    Post subject:

One more season of coping
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:07 am    Post subject:

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OP was right word for word along with most basketball pundits.

The only thing he and most people didn't predict was westbrook having a terrible attitude as the cherry on top. It's clear he isn't willing to sacrifice to make this work.


I think the dude is somewhat handicapped in term of decision making.

And also the way he shoots the basketball. he is just incapable of changing a broken mechanic over the years because of his mental handicap.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:08 am    Post subject:

I pray we will not have to cope with the Russ situation next season.

Sadly unless we have a miracle trade…ugh.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:28 pm    Post subject:

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I pray we will not have to cope with the Russ situation next season.


unless we get rid of Lebron and Westbrick for assets next year.

I think we will be coping with not making the playoff for another decade.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:30 pm    Post subject:

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I pray we will not have to cope with the Russ situation next season.


Acquiring Russ was always a two year move. Maybe Pelinka can pull a rabbit out of his hat but I doubt it. The guy can't even move THT let alone Russ.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:49 pm    Post subject:

Nonamehero wrote:
yinoma2001 wrote:
I pray we will not have to cope with the Russ situation next season.


unless we get rid of Lebron and Westbrick for assets next year.

I think we will be coping with not making the playoff for another decade.


I agree. It's crazy, but I am on board with a rebuild at this point. I think Lakers need to cut their losses. LeBron and AD, don't get me wrong, that's a once-in-a-lifetime duo and instant contenders... but the front office blew it and the franchise is stuck now. The Lakers won't do this and won't admit that they blew it, ever. I also don't trust this current front office to rebuild properly.

Fans are effed.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:49 pm    Post subject:

Sadly looks like we are going to have to cope again. Sigh.

Praying for a miracle trade to unload Russ. 🙏
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:07 pm    Post subject:

Yeah the guys that hated this trade were right...

Westbrick is a disaster...
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:15 pm    Post subject:

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This did not age well.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:23 pm    Post subject:

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This did not age well.


Neither did this

"I would prefer Lowry but Westbrook is a beast. Imagine last years team being ran by Westbrook when Lebron and AD went down. No play in tournament."

I guess they were technically right though...no play-in tournament this year
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:47 pm    Post subject:

We have to cope with this thread as opposed to the Unofficial RW thread.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:19 pm    Post subject:

He’s somehow worse than I imagined, and I didn’t think that was possible.

Westbrick is the NBA equivalent to the silver surfer, he joins a team and 2 weeks later, the team dies.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:59 am    Post subject:

Coping, Season 2. Here we are again.

Russ, please prove us wrong. You are the 2nd highest paid player in the NBA. All we ask is for you to be an average level NBA guard.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 3:30 pm    Post subject:

I honestly prefer if he stays than losing FRPs just to get some other teams disposables. See again at the deadline if a team that is a contender now (pretender more like) gives up by then due to injuries or misfit or just being bad. But no outgoing FRP pls
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 3:36 pm    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
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I think a lot of people who dislike this trade is coping by doing their best to persuade others to dislike the trade as well


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I would prefer Lowry but Westbrook is a beast. Imagine last years team being ran by Westbrook when Lebron and AD went down. No play in tournament. Also AD and Lebron had to keep telling DS they want to see the same aggressiveness when they get back. You won’t have to have that conversation with Westbrook. And lastly Poor George best season was when he played next to Westbrook. I hope he could do the same for Lebron


Dude all the accomplish you mentioned is in regular season.

And then he proceed to be a bonehead in playoff, and did the stupid cradle move and pissed off Lillard and got sent home first round.

The most impressive thing he ever did for his team was kidnap Paul George, so he can’t talk to the Lakers and throw him a party and forced him to sign.

But Paul George still left after realizing westbrick is westbrick


Cool don’t celebrate with us when we win it all. Keep that same energy.


Dude I want the team to win.
Critiquing our dumb moves doesn’t make me not a fan.


There is a difference between critiquing something and being a whining "Debby Downer".


I love all the crappy WB takes. Gonna throw them in a juicy thread after we win our chip and he shows up big time for us in the playoffs.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:30 pm    Post subject:

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I'm just trying to clear my mind as much as I can of the years and years of Westbrook hate I've held against this guy, so I can be objective. How ball dominant is he going to be? I'll watch how he scores, how the ball moves and the offense flows, also give him some time to acclimate to LBJ and AD. I also want to see what level of effort he puts into defense and how well he rotates and plays team defense within Vogel's schemes. Also chemistry. How does he relate to others on the sidelines? Does he lift other players up? Does he lead?

No expectations at all. I just want to see how this works. That's how I'll cope with having WB on this team.



Welp a year later here is my objective take - he's been a cesspool of failure on every measure, every single measure I cared about.

Ball dominant
Dumb in the clutch when he has the ball
Did not acclimate at all to LBJ
Zero effort on defense most of the time
Destroys chemistry
Refused to play Vogel's game, wanting the ball in his own hands, no defense
No leadership

One more season of this dog's breakfast. At least we provided some world class entertainment for GM's throughout the rest of the league as we tried dumping him.

Best case scenario right now is the second highest paid player in the league plays a key situational role on our second unit at times where we don't need defense, and shuts his pie hole every time he feels like complaining about his role.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:41 pm    Post subject:

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Lol. Cope? I'm excited AF


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:32 am    Post subject:

I think I'm well beyond trying to cope. I've gone to the stage of no hope in the future of this franchise.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:48 am    Post subject:

At worst one more season.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:05 am    Post subject:

I’m more concerned with Lebron and AD showing up for 50+ games than with Russ. Because if they are no shows for a large part of the season, Westbrook could average a triple double and the team goes nowhere.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:57 pm    Post subject:

QUOTE: "I think a lot of people are just trying to COPE with the Westbrook situation"

Yes, I heard on the news, that alcohol consumption among Laker fans has increased 22% this off-season...
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