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[MDI]

Kobe, Nash, Metta and Nash are still battling and maybe the time off is exactly what the big boys Gasol and Howard needed I feel they'll be rejuvenated when they return. Clark and Sacre have brought some life into the team we're hustling now, theres the extra effort to contest shots at the rim or perimeter that we've been sorely missing. Im not saying there weren't lapses on defense, Im not saying we didnt miss wide open shots or turnovers but we showed a lot more fight this week than we did all year (Excpet during last week of Xmas). We just got beat by better teams but Im satisfied with how they played.

I think as long as Kobe is believing we gotta support him and continue believing too, you know Mitch and Jimmy Buss gave lip service last night if they had come out and said those guys are gonna get traded nobody around the league would want them, I think theres trades to be made, I think we're at rock bottom right now and we can turn this around. 3 of the next 4 are against scrub teams ...Cleveland, Milwaukee and Toronto i fully believe we beat these guys and we'll be only 2-3 games out of the 7th and 8th spot again.

Very little indication that this team is gonna be improving any time soon especially with the injuries piling up but I dont feel like we're out of it yet. Check in here if you still have faith in this team because I still do. Hope Im not the only one.

Edited by MDI, January 11, 2013 - 11:49 PM.

[noknife]

They can lose about 15 games the rest of the season. Good luck to them.

[Hollywood]

We will end up somewere above 500

[Notorious Arab]

Got to start a big run.

[Real Deal]

Denver, Houston and Portland have all lost 16 games. They are the 6th, 7th, and 8th seeds.

We've lost 21.

Is it possible for us to trade Gasol, change up the offense a bit, get back a healthy Dwight by February, and win 7-8 games in a row...while one of the three teams above lose 4-5 straight? Yes.

If that happens, suddenly, we are right there with March and April to go.

As it stands...those three (DEN, HOU, POR) can win 45 games and make the playoffs (right now, their winning percentage resembles that of a 45-win team). That means that WE can win 45 and make it.

[lildvl10]

i gotta agree with you MDI, some people say a lot of bad things about this team, how they play and etc etc.. but sometimes you have to give credit to the opposing team like the okc and spurs.. in the 2 two games that we lost,i think the lakers showed effort and energy, its just that spurs and okc are a much better team than us.. thats it.
bit at the same time, we need to improve a lot defensively.. if you noticed tonight after the game, james worthy didnt blast the team coz he knew they played hard, but against okc its gonna be real hard. all in all im satisfied with the last 2 games even if we lost.. im still hoping for a playoff spot, and they better start going on a BIG run to accomplish that... whatever happens this season, win or lose, i will always support the lakers.

[KB24BlackMamba]

Denver, Houston and Portland have all lost 16 games. They are the 6th, 7th, and 8th seeds.

We've lost 21.

Is it possible for us to trade Gasol, change up the offense a bit, get back a healthy Dwight by February, and win 7-8 games in a row...while one of the three teams above lose 4-5 straight? Yes.

If that happens, suddenly, we are right there with March and April to go.

As it stands...those three (DEN, HOU, POR) can win 45 games and make the playoffs (right now, their winning percentage resembles that of a 45-win team). That means that WE can win 45 and make it.

BOLD: That´s what I am most worried about that. I don´t think that´s gonna change. We will probably win 3-4 in a row now maybe and Mike will belive in his system again. Thats my guess

[djcovi]

We can, but we won't. This is just my opinion, but I haven't seen a single thing which proves to me this team deserves to be in the playoffs. It's a bad team with great individual players, I don't know how they're going to improve that drastically in that short amount of time.

I'm still going to watch every single game though. I'm going to cheer every made basket, every offensive rebound, every blocked shot, chant "MVP" every time Kobe steps up to shoot his free throws. Despite the awful record, the nonexistent defense, etc, there are still 4 future hall of famers out there, and one of them is the second best guard to ever play the game. Can't take that for granted. I know Dwight doesn't look like himself and Pau is breaking down and Nash could conceivably be old enough to have a son playing in the NBA, but there's more talent on this team than most teams have had in the last decade.

I hope I'm wrong, I hope they turn it around and storm into the playoffs on a wave of momentum, tearing through the Clippers in the first round, then OKC and San Antonio on their way to Miami to dethrone the fraudulent "King" James and then Magic Johnson would make Bill Simmons kiss all five of his rings on NBA Tonight. Unfortunately I don't see that happening anywhere but in my dreams, and even those are short-lived because they're usually interrupted by Kate Upton...

[MDI]

According to ESPN our Metta/Nash/Kobe/Howard/Gasol has played only 117 mins together all year. They've barely played

[pkflyers]

its over

[MrKnowItAll]

Times like these make me say... [expletive] stern.

[Cj2008nw]

Hill is out and nobody is healthy this season is over

[bigfetz]

Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi about 12 minutes ago

Only two teams have ever finished a season with at least 45 wins after starting 15-21 or worse, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

[fido]

Even with some kind of great deal there won't be enough time to get things together.

You're also talking about them getting rolling with this infantile system and no defensive effort

Gotta go 31-15 at least to make the 8th seed. Yeah, ain't gonna happen.

[Goku]

Jazz
Nuggets
Rockets
Wolves x3
Blazers x2


8 games against teams that are in playoff race.We need to go at least 7-1 in those games and 23-15 from the rest featuring some tough games against OKC, Clippers, Warriors... But there are also some 'relatively easy' games..

Cavs
Raptors x2
Kings x2
Suns x2
Bobcats

If we find the balance within, it's possible but we are so unlucky that all these injuries are piling up.

[Massacre]

46 games left.

23 of those (half) against teams we should beat (teams behind us record-wise).

Lots of games against lower tier West teams, as well (Portland, Houston, Minnesota, Dallas, Denver, Utah). Those are the games we have to win because eventually we are going to be in a situation where it's out of our hands and we'll need to root for other teams to lose.

Also have to take care of the mid-tier East teams. Chicago x2 (1 without Rose), Atlanta x2, Boston x2, Indiana, Brooklyn. 17 games total against the East, including our next 5. We need to go 4-1 in this upcoming stretch. 3-2 at WORST.

So a run is possible. We need to win trap games most importantly since that's what most of our schedule is looking like. Lots of winnable games against the East coming up, as well, including Miami next Thursday.

If we're not at 20 wins by the end of the month (10 games), then we're [expletive]ed because we start off February with a 5 game road trip and play Miami and the whack ass Clippers right before All-star weekend.

Edited by Massacre, January 12, 2013 - 04:12 AM.

[LakersGAFan]

their hearts are broken. their spirits are whipped. their confidence is dead.

[UKUGA]

They can't give away any more games. That starts Sunday. Win the next two and then we can talk.

Edited by UKUGA, January 12, 2013 - 08:48 AM.

[Windu]

Too many problems with this team and the head coach.

[LakersGAFan]

Too many problems with this team and the head coach.

yep. 1 or 2 moves doesnt fix this hard drive. we need a complete anti-virus scan.