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The Optimism Thread

Started by MDI , Oct 25 2012 08:41 PM

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#81 GCMD

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 04:04 AM

I don't think we will see sustained optimism until after Nash makes a successful return but every little bit helps.

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 04:09 AM

I don't think we will see sustained optimism until after Nash makes a successful return but every little bit helps.


i disagree. im more happy at dwights health improving,rather than Nash's. dwight looked almost 90%tonight(cue dwights health % jokes). anyway, he looked as athletic as ive seen him as a laker (and i say this about every 5 games or so) . this is the first game where i really feel like the Dwight Howard i thought we traded for, dominated..

"The West aint close, now that the LAL got Dwight, who gon stop him on OKC!????" - Chris Webber (nba tv -August)


Big 4s are OVERRATED. you think Nash/Kobe/Dwight cant carry the whole Offensive load!?
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Posted December 01, 2012 - 09:32 AM

To add to good things MDI mentioned, we are now ranked 8th in Offensive Rating (107.1) and 7th in Defensive Rating (102.2) Our pace is getting better, currently ranked 4th.

FG% : 46.0% - 6th
3P FG% : 37.5% - 9th
Effective FG% : 51.4% - 6th
PPG : 100.6 - 6th

Defensive Stats:

Allowed FG% : 43.7% - 10th
Allowed 3P FG% : 34.6% - 10th
Allowed PPG : 95.9 - 11th

Once Dwight gets his form back and Nash returns, we are gonna rolllllll

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 10:35 AM

I'm done being optimistic, just like kobe, show me the results.

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 10:54 AM

Lol

https://twitter.com/...943149623885824

Former Lakers coach Mike Brown is here in his new position- assistant coach at Mater Dei (CA) (his son is on the team)


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Posted December 01, 2012 - 10:55 AM

Lol

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There goes there season lol

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 11:01 AM

:laughing: Mater Dei's gonna love this

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 11:14 AM

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 01:49 PM

Dwight...

Nov. 24 vs DAL 2 TOs
Nov. 27 vs IND 2 TOs

Last night 1turnover

You guys noticed he isn't geting stripped anymore?

Also pretty incredble he got 28/20 in just 31 minutes

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#90 MDI

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 04:31 PM

We had 3 guys with 8 assists last night...Kobe, Pau and Duhon. We rarely have 2 guys with that many assists when was the last time we had 3?

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 10:16 PM

im excited for nash runnin the court.

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Posted December 01, 2012 - 10:28 PM

Dwight...

Nov. 24 vs DAL 2 TOs
Nov. 27 vs IND 2 TOs

Last night 1turnover

You guys noticed he isn't geting stripped anymore?

Also pretty incredble he got 28/20 in just 31 minutes

I noticed that too. He is being much more carful and holding the ball better.

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Posted December 02, 2012 - 08:10 AM

Posted Imagetomhaberstroh Tom Haberstroh
What a difference a coach makes: Under Mike Brown, Lakers were 8th slowest team in pace factor. Under Mike D'Antoni? 3rd-fastest.

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Posted December 10, 2012 - 11:21 PM

According to Hollingers Power Ranking's, the Lakers are 10th - ahead of Chicago, GS, Jazz, Indiana and Boston just to name a few.

Hollinger's Power Rankings are actually quite good and take schedule, recent succes, home-away and scoring margin into consideration, which statistically have proven more acurate at determining how good a team is compared to win-loss record. It does not however take human factors into consideration, such as injuries, coach changes, bad call's by Joey Crawford etc.

Trying to be a bit optimistic in these losing days i think being 10th in Hollinger's power rankings with 3 coaches, two new systems, injuries to two of our four best players isn't too bad.

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Posted December 12, 2012 - 11:58 AM

i'll be optimistic when they win the larry obrien.
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Posted December 18, 2012 - 10:29 PM

3 wins in a row and 3 days off coming up

We really really need to win at Golden state. Help yourself in the standings because

- We suck on Christmas every year
- The day after Christmas we play AT DENVER. Road teams rarely win in Denver when its their 2nd game of a back to back

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Posted December 19, 2012 - 01:47 AM

Yay, 3 game win streak! I won't have to change the channel out of embarrassment tomorrow when espn starts talking about the Lakers. Tgtlw

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Posted December 27, 2012 - 05:59 PM

With the way the Clips, San Antonio and OKC are playing I dont think they're slowing down unless they suffer major injuries. Realistically I think we should shoot for the 4th seed. We're 5 games out of that spot that Memphis currently holds, I think Memphis will start slipping they've played only 11 road games the fewest in the NBA. Then I hope we draw the Clippers in the 2nd round (so that means Flop City has to be 1 seed), this way even though we're the "Road" team the games will be played in our building, no travel = good for this team then go face OKC or SAS in WCF. Im down for that

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Posted December 27, 2012 - 06:14 PM

Okc back to back losses
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Posted December 27, 2012 - 08:09 PM

There is still LOADS of time.

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