3Peatkb24 wrote:What is everyone's honest assessment of our team so far? 48 games in and 9-39. Opinion of Russell? Opinion of Randle? Opinion of Nance? Opinion of Clarky? Should we part ways with Roy? What do you guys hope for in Free Agency? Do you guys hope for Ben Simmons? Should Byron keep his job for another year or be fired? Just some questions I would like to hear from our TrueLakersFans panel in here.
I am probably done thinking about it, after this year. Kobe will be gone and until the ownership does something drastic, my angst is better spent elsewhere.
Most of the rooks and 2 years players are destined to be rotation backups, IMO. (None of them will be as good as a guy like Harrison Barnes, for example - a rotation/backup layer on a good team.) Clarkson is my gem, frankly, along with Nance, but do they really equate to a ring chase. I don't see it. I tire of watching a substandard product, and like I see mentioned in Tate's evaluation, the past 3-5 years of wasted GOAT-Kobe has been demoralizing for this fan. I don't even care anymore if there is a Laker game on, night to night.
I think Byron has done OK (about as good as anybody could) with what he has from the ownership and player standpoint. The AAUing of the NBA has ruined it for us Basketball 101 types. I am with Pop on why not just turn it into a Globetrotters type exhibition game with 5 and 7 point shots! Get out the bucket full of paper strips! Nobody plays real defense anymore. The constant helping on players like a stiff such as Hibbert is frustrating for me. We had to play defense on our man one-on-one or else sit the pine, back-in-the-day, which was from Jr. High to the pros. That is gone. Now everyone helps on all players, no matter how shit they are, which leaves wide ass open shots all over the place, which is why exhibition players like Curry get easy shots.
I don't know why happened to Hibbert, but he has to go, as his vertical is under 4" and slow as a turtle on the court. Old song, but, Kelly+Sacre are a waste of time. They look like autodrafted fantasy team players with a manager who didn't throw them back on the waiver wire!! I mean there are literally hundreds of NBA players like them out there who are better! Treading water until Kobe retires has worn thin, even for me, a Kobe worshipper. I mean watching Kobe try to get 10 points a game is difficult and now boring to me. I DVR every game now, and rarely watch a whole game in regular speed. Most I just delete after I look at the box score. Kinda like watching yet another boring political debate, these days............
I think it may be time to sell the team and start over with new front office energy to attract some FAs, and soon! The Busses who are left are not Jerryish, and maybe that time has sailed anyway.