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I like how we play our best ball down the stretch. We seem to play as a solid unit and close ranks well. A real team look.

Lakers4Life wrote:

Randle looked like a mad man with that smile, Great stuff!

lakerevolution wrote:I like how we play our best ball down the stretch. We seem to play as a solid unit and close ranks well. A real team look.

I agree 100%. I loved the way we closed. Our ball movement and everyone getting involved is beautiful Basketball.

I wouldn't put too much on that Boogie/Randle thing after the game. I think Cousins was just "being Cousins" and talking some good-natured smack and busting Randle's chops a little. The media will overblow it but I think between the two guys it was good clean fun.

Great win! 29 point swing. I believe we are witnessing the maturing of a T.E.A.M. Team defense. Mozgov might be the most impactful non-statistic big in the NBA when he plays defense like he did tonight. His numbers were completely meaningless, but the second half numbers of the guy he was guarding was the difference in the game. A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

I LOVE BASKETBALL!

KobeMVP888 wrote:Great win! 29 point swing. I believe we are witnessing the maturing of a T.E.A.M. Team defense. Mozgov might be the most impactful non-statistic big in the NBA when he plays defense like he did tonight. His numbers were completely meaningless, but the second half numbers of the guy he was guarding was the difference in the game. A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

I LOVE BASKETBALL!

Having a big body in the middle is huge, That is our Bogut basically is how Luke is probably looking at it. What I love about watching our team tonight is we didn't panic being down 19, also we have depth regarding shooters. If Russell isn't on we have Clarkson or Lou and vice versa. I will say this too, I was very wrong about Nick Young as he has risen up this season and proved everyone wrong but I think Luke as a lot to do with that. Randle is starting to feel his groove too as our enforcer which I love!

In simpler terms ......THEY LOVE BASKETBALL!!!

Lakers4Life wrote:In simpler terms ......THEY LOVE BASKETBALL!!!

I would say as of now this has been my favorite win of the season. Loved the confidence in our team I just seen being down 19 on the road against a team we struggle to beat normally with a Great Center.

When you see Cousins' post-game locker room comments, you see a man who still relishes being weird, eccentric, passively inflammatory, etc. He needs to be surrounded by a great team, and not be the center of it. If he's forced to carry a team and be its focal point, he won't succeed. If he comes to the Lakers, we'll need to be a super-solid team and make him a disciplined star center (in a team concept) the same way we got Shaq to play the best ball of his career.

3Peatkb24 wrote:

Lakers4Life wrote:In simpler terms ......THEY LOVE BASKETBALL!!!

I would say as of now this has been my favorite win of the season. Loved the confidence in our team I just seen being down 19 on the road against a team we struggle to beat normally with a Great Center.

This team is definitely ahead of schedule! The biggest surprise of this young NBA season!!

lakerevolution wrote:When you see Cousins' post-game locker room comments, you see a man who still relishes being weird, eccentric, passively inflammatory, etc. He needs to be surrounded by a great team, and not be the center of it. If he's forced to carry a team and be its focal point, he won't succeed. If he comes to the Lakers, we'll need to be a super-solid team and make him a disciplined star center (in a team concept) the same way we got Shaq to play the best ball of his career.

I think if we had him at Center we would be a Top 4 Seed easily. So far it's looking like we could be a 7 or 8 if we just play the way we have been playing. I really don't want to trade for him at this point and would rather wait another year until he is a Free Agent so we can just sign him. If we continue to win this season and next a lot of Free Agents will roll our way IMO.

Yeah, that's my point - don't sell the farm for him, just let him come if that's fate. Something equally or more impressive will come our way sooner than we know. As we can see, traditional bigs/centers are not a sheer necessity in today's game anymore.