I would post this downstairs, but being that we're in their way on the standings, this has to be discussed upstairs.
Back in 2013 when the Lakers acquired Dwight and Nash, the basketball "experts"/nerds declared them champions. They were the talk of the league despite being on the outside looking in for most of the season (Sound familiar?). The league couldn't have the cash cow miss the playoffs and they made sure it didn't happen even if it was painfully obvious. They led the league in free throw attempts that year and allowed the 2nd least free throws at the same time lol. It was so bad, the play in which peanut head tore his Achilles on his own was called a foul on the opponent which was Golden State. Thus giving us thosebrave
We all know Adam Silver is in bed with LeTamper, so be prepared to get screwed out of numerous wins. Especially after Mr. 3-6 announced he is starting Zero Dark Thirty mode early in order to get the Lakers in the playoffs. In case you missed it, last night the Lakers defeated the Rockets in a close game and it only took more than double of HOU's free throws and the fouling out of Harden and CP3 to do it! The result caused both of the Rockets stars to call out the officiating despite the chance of getting fined. Now today, official Marc Davis didn't even bother to go to replay and make sure this sequence was called correctly...
Will the guy who has escaped the Leastern Conference 8 times in a row be allowed to miss the playoffs in the superior West? Can Adam Silver live with himself if the star of Space Jam 2 was a bottom dwelling stat padder who cant even lead a team past the tanking Clippers?
Last edited by TheGreatYacht; 02-23-2019 at 01:40 AM.
I already figured we were the odd man out. Kings have the tie breaker over us and that's going to come into play. But Lebron vs Golden St is must see TV even if it's only the first round. Or Lebron vs Pauil George and Westbrook. Either way nobody in the league will care about screwing us out of the playoffs. Good news is that there are some interesting wing players at the 12-14 pick.
Yeah I saw this happening when Lebron came back even though they have the hardest schedule I think the NBA will find some way to get them the 8th spot.
Yup... Hardly anyone cared about the Spurs when we were winning. I still remember the First Take after we rung was only about where Lebron will be headed next instead of aknowledging the obstacle that the 14' team went thru to avenge "6".
No one will even notice when we get screwed this year. Adam Oy vey $ilver does not want a Nuggets-Spurs NBA TV potential matchup to happen in the first round while the King starts filming Space Jam 2 earler than expected....
Doubt it could be any worse than Kobe's achilles season; the cheating was the most blatant I've ever seen to get the Lakers the eight spot.
I think LeAdam LeSilver might even try to get Lakers to the 7th spot to avoid Lebron getting his ass beat by the Warriors again. It would not be a good look for King James to keep getting beat by Curry over and over again
I’m all for it if it means missing the playoffs
Demar derozen is in on it too he just fell and gave up the ball for no reason.
yup
don't forget, we own tiebreaker. would be nice if that was what kept them out and put us in.
As far as the Lakers go - when Silver cooked up the idea of adding two freebie slots to the All Star game, he announced that it's all about the spectacle. He opened the door to being accused of all sorts of things.
Absolutely. I'd rather miss the playoffs and draft 14 or lower, than make the playoffs and be humiliated 4-0 by GSW in the first round and draft 18 like last year.
No one is making us lose to ty teams like the Bulls, Suns, Grizzlies. Spurs own it if they drop out. Adam Silver didn’t make DDR choke up the ball or Pop not call a timeout. Stuff like this makes me miss Parker. Parker may have turned it over but never walking up the court.
As for that play last night - the rule says that the player "with the ball" has to establish positive position in the frontcourt before it's a violation. That means possession and BOTH feet in the frontcourt. The question really is whether Kawhi has established possession in the first picture below. He hasn't. By the time he gets control, he's got backcourt position. Still, there is no excuse for not reviewing the play at that point in the game. Pop should have been screaming for a review.
This is some Jussie Smollett type stuff; fabricated.
I don’t think the league in any way, shape or form would allow there to actually be an agenda in this regard. I also, despite wanting SA to miss the playoffs for a lottery pick, don’t see how SA misses the playoffs.
I think they need 46 wins to get in, 47 for sure. They need to go 13-9 to get to 46. I don’t see that not happening. Lakers are boned IMO.
Last edited by DPG21920; 02-23-2019 at 11:09 AM.
Exactly. No need to fix anything, just give the ball to the eunuch.
With their current winning percentage of .550, they go 12-10. They were 10-10 over their last 20 games, and that includes a 5 game winning streak against the Nets, Wizards, Suns, and NOP twice. The Spurs could easily finish with 46 or fewer wins.
Without Derek White's defense and stability, there's a good chance they do finish with 46 or fewer. If White stays healthy, they probably squeak into one of the last two slots.
As to the other? Silver feeds the conspiracy theories by turning the awards into a spectacle, and giving away All Star spots to players who aren't even relevant, because it will add some nostalgia viewers.
Just like there was no agenda when Cleveland won the NBA draft lottery 3/4 years after Lebron left and the only year they didn't win, the NBA owned Hornets did.
Just like there was no agenda handing Lebron and the Cavs achampionship in 2016, fouling Curry out of a game for the first time in his career on a foul you don't see called in a preseason game let alone an NBA finals, suspending Green for a game for a hostile act, but not suspendig for an even more hostile act against OKC in the WCF's because was down in the series.
It's not a coincidence that the NBA has the worst drug testing system through out professional sports. A PED scandal in the NBA would completely rock the NBA to it's core, tarnishing the reputation the league along with the players in which the league has tried so hard to protect.
The NBA is one giant agenda after another for the sake of ratings.
I was thinking the same thing, and the Rockets came sure looked obviously called towards LA. If you looked at their schedule at the All-Star break you can’t see them even getting to .500 with how tough it is, and how terrible they’ve played as of late, but the powers that be want LeBrand in there. The Rockets normally live at the line and refs swallowed their whistles when Houston was on offense. The worst part of watching a Rockets game is knowing they’ll have a parade to the free throw line late, but not so against the Lakeshow.
28 fouls against the Rockets, 17 against the Lakers. Yes, the scripted NBA remains live and well.
Everyone’s got the tie breaker over you. Because you’ve lost to everybody multiple times
No it isn’t, LeBron sucks now and his supporting cast is weaker than ever. People would rather watch the Kings or Rockettes play the Dubs (if the arockettes slip again). It would be more talent and more entertaining.
Miss the playoffs.
Package Demarr with our ~#12 pick to get up to top 5.
Draft someone good.
Profit.
Pelicans holding Davis out after playing him yesterday...another W for the Lakers upcoming. It has begun.
The Lakers are getting ing trashed by the Pelicans, who might be better without the loser Anthony Davis. Problem with trying to push the LAL into the playoffs is that they suck.
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