Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

Enough with the millenials crap and your senseless gloating. It is borderline trolling at this point.

 

What has the team done the past 5 yrs?

Before this draft ... the most promising is Ingram with potential solid role players in Nance Jr and Zubac. Clarkson was nice but now he's making $12.5mm and his attitude isn't what Magic and Pelinka want on the team. I'm pulling for Randle to breakout seeing how he is in tremendous shape and I'm not hoping it's for his contract yr.

Then the cherry were the amazing Moz and Deng contracts. Surprisingly Swaggy and Lou were very good value deals.

The the cake in DLo .... sorry he's a bust. Maybe he can pop a maturity pill and figure things out in Brooklyn

 

Trolling how ?? It's pretty much a fact a lot of the people up in arms about Magic and Pelinka are angry over Russell. Is that trolling? It just so happens a lot of these people never even watched Magic play and how amazing he was!

There are so many pathetic threads or comments calling him Tragic Johnson and wishing how Russell will drop 50 on the Lakers next year. Seriously what type of f'ing fans are those !!!!

 

He was supporting boron. That's all we need to know about his ability for spotting talent. If he's half the hard a** idiot boron was, then he's a dinosaur.

 

But this is the optimism thread.

Remember when yall turned against me in the WMC thread when i was defending Kobe on those trash of teams and yall were acting like yall had a point lol. I understood and actually didn't even notice when i was doing that in the WMC thread.

If anything, you should get checked in this thread if you're not backing our team like the family the Lakers are supposed to be..even the fans. Its the optimism thread, and i am so effing optimistic for so much!

Who wants to watch some games of the rookies!? We can split one half each.

 

I agree completely on Magic. He was such a great inspirational player it is very hard to be disrespectful to him. I disagreed with a lot of his comments but I'm all on board now. I've watched that hook shot a thousand times...

 

I love Magic, my childhood room still has a wall of Magic Johnson posters... I can't wait with what's in store for the Lakers with him in charge.

 

One of Magic's greatest gifts was the willingness, in spite of his obvious greatness, to willingly pump others up and not only share the spotlight, but shine it on them.

The way he speaks about Kareem as the Captain. The way he gave MJ credit. Saying Kobe was the greatest Laker ever and wanting him involved. Supporting Luke. Praising Rob Pelinka for his expertise. Saying BI is untouchable, Asking Lonzo, before he's even played a single game, to try to save one or two team records for him.

Magic will openly root for winners that work hard and give you the spotlight.

If he doesn't respect you or what you are about, he'll trash you in the media (Buss, DAR), and get you fired or traded lol.

Remember, Magic is a business mogul at this point. He's "The Man" on a number of levels, but he's busy giving others the spotlight as often as possible. He certainly doesn't need to. In giving away all that attention and truly tapping into peoples' passion for recognition, he has their total dedication. He's the master at the assist, and he sees it in Lonzo too. A selfless gifted leader with super high bball IQ.

He's pretty amazing at what he does. I'm watching with curiosity how this translates to him successfully running the franchise, but I believe wholeheartedly it will happen.

 

Surprised at your genuine Magic Johnson passion. :Headbang:


You and BonkScooter clearly never would have been drinking buddies. Oh wait not cool to speak ill of the dead.

 

Check out @UCLAHealthTC's Tweet:

 

Someone tweet the link to PG and remind him the Pacific Ocean and 75 degrees in Jan-Feb is 1/2 mile west of this new state of the art facility with the freaking cryogenic chambers instead of ice baths and large screen projection home theater quality media room vs who cares what elsewhere?

I'm getting pissed now to think he would after all this happy talk, consider signing an extension in Boston up front. I do not believe it. And f*** him if he does. He could screw us here then in 2019 by not resigning here. I expect to read his agent re-iterate Paul's stance that irregardless of what happens in Boston next year and irregardless of who is on the roster .... he is coming Home at the first chance in FA.

 

Just coming to post this.

I always liked Kendrick...lol

 

Jerry West low-key Lakers spy brought in to dismantle the Clippers.

 

Just a feeling but a Laker Ball jersey will be top 5 this coming season