Lakers4Life wrote:Nuggs are starting to heat up
Craig we aren't any good. Not to be a Negative Nelly but I have officially hopped on the Tank Train. I want our Top 3 pick. At 16-34 through 50 games the season is over anyway. This will be the 4th straight season where we have been really Bad. 2014 = 27-55, 2015 = 21-61, 2016 = 17-65, and our projected record as of now for 2017 is 26-56. Yeah a 9 game improvement over last season but I am just not seeing the kind of progression I would like too. We lost to the Mavs by 49 Points - that is just ridiculous. I like Luke Walton, I think Brandon Ingram has SuperStar Potential, and I love Nance's and Clarkson's efforts most nights but they are just Role players. I like what I see out of Zubac early as well. Randle is Good but way too inconsistent and I am not sold on Russell leading this team anywhere - too inconsistent and injury prone (knee). I honestly think Clarkson is just as good as Russell is, Lou Williams is better than both. The Deng and Mozgov signings were terrible, they both stink IMO and I don't see how anyone can defend those signings for the amount of years we signed these guys too. The only Good Free Agent we have signed since the summer of 2013 is Lou Williams and we got lucky to get him because for some odd reason nobody else wanted him and we got him late. Like I said not trying to be negative and I have had tons of patience but 4 years of this bull shit is wearing thin.
Of course I will still watch and always love my Lakers but I am sick of the product we continue to put on the court. How long should a rebuild take? 3 to 5 years is normal IMO, well it will be year 5 next season since we have been to the Playoffs. We were last in the Playoffs in the 2013 Season, next season will be 2018. We used to make trades to get Great players, get Great Free Agents, etc.. I haven't seen 1 thing since that convinces me we can do either since we landed Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. Those 2 didn't work out but the point is we had the ability then to land players like that. Our Salary Cap isn't even an issue which makes it more frustrating.
59-54 Nuggs at Halftime. Our Defense is awful as usual. Defense is about effort and hustle, we seem to not give either most nights.