are one of the worst teams in NBA history

[ambchang]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/1/9/16867672/los-angeles-lakers-historically-bad-five-year-stretch

All the other teams are expansion teams and or small market teams.

The only other big market team on the list was the post Jordan/Pippen/Rodman/Jackson Bulls.

:lol Lakers
:lol Kobe turning the Lakers from the 2nd most accomplished team in league history to one of the worst, on his own
:lol Kobe killing Dr. Buss
:lol Laker fans: ":cry but Lavar Jr. :cry"
:lol can't attract any good free agents as one of the most desired NBA cities (if not the most desired North American city) just because Kobe himself made it an undesirable destination

[Mitch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNkfaMCFqE

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Lakers pre-Kobe: one of the greatest franchises in sports with a rich championship history
:lol Lakers post-Kobe: the new old Clippers

https://i.imgur.com/emSAOGI.jpg

The Kobe Effect

[Killakobe81]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/1/9/16867672/los-angeles-lakers-historically-bad-five-year-stretch

All the other teams are expansion teams and or small market teams.

The only other big market team on the list was the post Jordan/Pippen/Rodman/Jackson Bulls.

:lol Lakers
:lol Kobe turning the Lakers from the 2nd most accomplished team in league history to one of the worst, on his own
:lol Kobe killing Dr. Buss
:lol Laker fans: ":cry but Lavar Jr. :cry"
:lol can't attract any good free agents as one of the most desired NBA cities (if not the most desired North American city) just because Kobe himself made it an undesirable destination

i read that ...but great timing ...
the sucking ... has been tough to swallow but getting Randle, Kuzma, Ingram, Hart and Ball will hopefully prove worth it in the end ...

[spurraider21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNkfaMCFqE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Yd8g1kV3Y

[DMC]

Yall about some racist motherfuckers

[djohn2oo8]

Can't really blame Kobe for making it an undesirable destination as of right now. Lakers never had a future once Jim took over. And now Magic. They have had plenty of picks to have a chance to draft some good players. Jim firing the whole scouting department is what set them back.

[ambchang]

:lol Lakers pre-Kobe: one of the greatest franchises in sports with a rich championship history
:lol Lakers post-Kobe: the new old Clippers

https://i.imgur.com/emSAOGI.jpg

The Kobe Effect

To add clarity to the situation.

https://imgur.com/S8W44Xl

[ambchang]

Additional data.

The respective cumulative season records of the Lakers when the following players led the team in WS:
Wilt: 184-62 = 74.8 winning %
Magic: 598-222 = 72.9%
Shaq: 273-105 = 72.2%
MVPau: 220-92 = 70.5%
Kareem: 299-193 = 60.8%
K:lolbe: 329-245 = 57.3% (the l:lolwest winning % of all the greats in Laker history on this list with +150 wins, cl:lolser to AC Green than to MVPau)

[Killakobe81]

Can't really blame Kobe for making it an undesirable destination as of right now. Lakers never had a future once Jim took over. And now Magic. They have had plenty of picks to have a chance to draft some good players. Jim firing the whole scouting department is what set them back.

the firing of scouts during lockout was unconscionable for a team that makes that type of money ...
but here you go bringing commom sense and reason to a troll thread ...since apparently Buss getting cheap in his old age is on Kobe.

[ambchang]

the firing of scouts during lockout was unconscionable for a team that makes that type of money ...
but here you go bringing commom sense and reason to a troll thread ...since apparently Buss getting cheap in his old age is on Kobe.

It's exactly why free agents refuse to sign with the Lakers despite the Lakers mentioning multiple times that free agency is the road back to relevance for them, not the draft. But yes, it was because they fired the scouting department.

What scouts do you need to know that you should sign Durant and Lebron?

[Killakobe81]

It's exactly why free agents refuse to sign with the Lakers despite the Lakers mentioning multiple times that free agency is the road back to relevance for them, not the draft. But yes, it was because they fired the scouting department.

What scouts do you need to know that you should sign Durant and Lebron?

dont be obtuse ...lack of scouting not only impact signings but also trades and drafts. Both Aldridge, Melo and Durant all publicly stated Kobe was not a deterrent in signing in LA. maybe they are lying but since you have no proof otherwise ill take them at their word ...Melo took the most $ he could get and Aldridge and Durant chose contenders. LeBron chose to go home ..
Where lakers failed is when they were refused by overrated scrubs like Greg Monroe and turned around and signed mozgoff and deng to big $ who sucked even worse ...none of that is Kobe related.

[ambchang]

dont be obtuse ...lack of scouting not only impact signings but also trades and drafts. Both Aldridge, Melo and Durant all publicly stated Kobe was not a deterrent in signing in LA. maybe they are lying but since you have no proof otherwise ill take them at their word ...Melo took the most $ he could get and Aldridge and Durant chose contenders. LeBron chose to go home ..
Where lakers failed is when they were refused by overrated scrubs like Greg Monroe and turned around and signed mozgoff and deng to big $ who sucked even worse ...none of that is Kobe related.

The big names turned down the lakers because they chose contenders. I wonder why they weren’t contending in the first place.