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The Lakers took a nasty L when Dwight Howard left town. If this were any other team – literally any other team on this or any other planet, in any other sport, past, present or future – some time away from the spotlight would probably be expected. Maybe Laker Land will chill with the outrageous rumors a bit, and try to focus on actually playing basketball and making due with the players that they currently employ.
Wait. What’s that? The Lakers are scheming about landing both LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony? Well, shoot.
If this were any other team dreaming this big, I’d probably roll my eyes and move on. But it’s the Lakers and, more than anything else in the world, I want Los Angeles to have to go through sh*tty rebuilding years instead of walking around like the entitled rich kids that the franchise and its fanbase are. I yearn to see them accept that their great franchise – which has been fortunate to see the torch pass from generation to generation incredibly well – doesn’t currently possess the young players needed to really, truly move forward.
And make no surprise: LeBron or Carmelo – maybe even the two together – rocking a Lakers’ jersey holds holds as much weight as, say, King James returning to Cleveland. But this entitled way of thinking is what drives non-L.A. fans to take Laker Nation as something of a farce. Of course, there’s an easy fix for their problems. They’re the Lakers! The basketball gods want them to win, and smart players like LeBron want to share the spotlight with notorious basketball black holes like Carmelo Anthony.
Buckle yourself in, fellow basketball fan. The f*ckery has only just begun.
Previously — The Dwightmare Is Over; Houston, He’s Your Problem Now
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It’s sadder to watch the Lakers try to do this than them actually rebuilding.
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Siiigh.
*continues quietly hoping that Deandre Jordan is somewhere practicing his free throws*
man wtf yall done did?
this site looks fucking awful on my phone now. it was one of the few sites i liked that basically kept its design on mobile devices intact and yall fucked it up.
the site looks the same on mobile to me. Don’t see the difference between my PC and my phone.
Some of us aren’t getting the mobile version, Athrin.
Petey, change your phone setting to show desktop by default.
*daps* compton.
Love tss, but the mobile sucks imo
We will be alright… It’s posts like this that validate our team. You hate my team more than you love yours… We may not get either but we will figure something.
LA all day.
Desperate Lakers fans are entertaining.
I’m getting my popcorn ready for the “Melo & LeBron aren’t Laker Material” when they inevitably sign their extensions/upgrade their deals with their current teams.
Yeah real desperate ….. I’m 30 and I’ve been around for 8 championships… And that includes 4 losses in finals. Get off the Laker hate bro… You should have been hugged more as a kid.
Let ’em know!! Showtime Baby
@realnigga it is so inevitable. we want lebron, we want melo……..they dont want us??? well they dont belong here anyway, que up ice cube on stage for another rant bout somebody bitch ass not being laker material.
There is such a thing called the draft…
Lakers don’t believe in the draft too much, Kobe and Bynum withstanding. They barely believe in rebuilding, they did that once and had Smush Parker starting.
They’re LA, they gotta land dat star. And I can see Bron there before Melo.
Melo before Lebron. There’s no way he would ever wear purple and gold.
NOTHING happens with D’Antoni still there…and good luck getting Phil back after you basically played with emotions last time…and can’t say I see a great coach sitting out there.
ha and let me then add hahaha. oh, and ha
only if jeannie buss had the ownership of the lakers rather than jim. how much would it take to buy out the controlling share?
Think we all know Lala has the final say before anything is signed.
yuuuuup
didnt watch any college bbal, but Ryan Kelleyshould be surprising in Dantoni’s offense w Pau down low. Any Duke fans out there w any info on him?
the kid reminds me of Dirk.
yea he reminds me of Dirk as well, he was injured for a portion of last year but came back on fire
i watched most of his games in college and i definitely agree that he may have been underrated in the draft. Wouldnt go as far as comparing him to Dirk, who is obviously a legend and has a much better handle and more complete offensive skill set than Kelly. But I think a taller slightly more skilled Steve Novak is a better comparison. Kelly shot 41% and 42% from 3 in his last two season at Duke, dude can stroke it. Hes also an underrated defender, but his career really depends on how much he trains because hes not nearly in the physical shape required to make up for his lack of athleticism.
thanks, wasnt saying he was quite there but his height, build, and face even reminds me of Dirk. from the clips I actually noticed he was a decent defender which was surprising. I think Nash will help him transition to the NBA game.
A taller more skilled steve novak works for me. liked that guy when he was with the clippers.
First time I saw from him was a few weeks ago, just out of curiosity.
Paul George, Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, Damien Lillard, DeMarcus Cousins, Kyrie Irvin, John Wall.
That’s who I’d go for. Melo’s a black hole of shot attempts (as if Kobe isn’t, combining them..no) and Bron doesnt wanna play in Kobe’s shadow.
Irvin, Wall, Lillard, and George aren’t leaving their respective teams at all. Not when they have an opportunity to be stars and a leader. That won’t happen on the Lakers.
This is the type of wishful thinking that caused the mavs to go from being champs to being in the lottery….i wish them all the best though
i’m an admitted laker hater, cuz they act like they are not allowed to rebuild. if the lakers were a person, they would be the guy that would point out that their own shoe lace is untied and ring a butlers bell and wait for the butler to come and actually tie that showlace, then take off the shoes to put on flipflops, pop some ex, and date rape a college freshman
Wow! Slow down there buddy
Fuck this. I’m out if this somehow actually happens
Lol the Trolling of the Lakers continues….But seriously though I think we will land Melo over Lebron
nope. not happening.