The Optimistic Thread! (TRD's FREEDOM THREAD!)

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The Optimistic Thread! (TRD's FREEDOM THREAD!)

Postby therealdeal on Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:38 pm

We have a WMC thread for everyone to go complain in and now... we have a thread for us to notice all of the positive things about the team and discuss those!

Tonight: Nash looked fantastic. Gasol looked good. Jordan Hill looked great. Metta World Peace played great and his shot looks great as well.

Surprises: Devin Ebanks looks good and Somogyi (who I have watched a lot) looked okay. Sacre looked pretty bad and Somogyi looked good by comparison.

Chris Douglas-Roberts can flat out score. The guy came in and did his thing at times. I think if he can continue playing like that, he might be able to find a home here. He would be a great stasher in the D-League. I would actually suggest the Lakers might pick him up over Somogyi or Sacre for some added wing depth.

Darius Johnson-Odom is tiny, but he's a hard worker and he's eager to succeed. If the Lakers decide to go with keeping a big man, I don't see them keeping Odom, but he's a good kid and his athleticism and defense looked okay. He played with the garbage men so it was a little hard to get a real feel.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Doc Brown on Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:41 pm

CDR - yes please. I think he could look nice with Nash, hell he looked good with the poo poo platter he got served with tonight.

Earl Clark - Nice defense, couple of blocks, could he be a Jordan Hill type pick up from last season?

Ebanks/Hill - Both looked like they put in work this offseason. Great sign for our bench.

Nelson - I'm optimistic you will be cut in the near future.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby KBJelleyBean24 on Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:44 pm

The starters looked GREAT
Pau was playing like Pau
Hill looked really good
All of this w/o Dwight, it's gonna be a good season
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Rooscooter on Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:45 pm

I saw most of second half and liked what I saw from CDR.... we need some of that off the bench.... but I don't know how he would crack the rotation.

It's early, but Morris and Goudelock don't look like they will make it.... neither has improved one iota it seems.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby therealdeal on Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:53 pm

^ Wednesday I'd like to see a lot more DJO/Blake/Duhon and a lot less Morris/Goudelock.

Nash/Blake/Duhon
Bryant/Meeks/Odom
Artest/Ebanks/Roberts
Gasol/Jamison/Clark
Howard/Hill/Sacre or Somogyi

That's what our roster should look like.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby The Rock on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:05 pm

I liked what Mike Brown did putting Jamison at the 3. Thats a good move. 2nd unit should have Pau at C, Hill at PF, Jamison SF, Meeks SG, crap at PG
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby lkrfn85 on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:06 pm

The first 8 minutes or so were beautiful to watch. Kobe Pau and Nash look so good together. When Dwight enters the mix instead of Sacre, the league is screwed.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby wcsoldier81 on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:15 pm

Nash has the ball in his hands and run pick n rolls a good deal ... with D12 and Pau , it's going to be unstoppable ...
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby revgen on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:22 pm

Our starting lineup is looking very good, and we don't even have Dwight yet.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Weezy on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:24 pm

Steve Nash, he ran the show immediately, the guy is a genius at the PG spot. He made things look so easy and I really don't know how he does it so much better than most others. Going from him to Blake was a more noticeable dropoff than ever. Also, Pau looked great, looked already like he's ready to start the season, scoring easy, grabbing boards, Nash and Dwight are going to do wonders for him I think. Nash, Kobe, and Pau together was beautiful to watch early on, the IQ's are so high there, add Dwight to that and we're going to be beating up on a lot of teams with that starting lineup.

The bench, I thought Hill looked great, Jamison looked good. Lastly, I keep saying this in every other thread, but I just cannot see why we wouldn't take a chance on Chris Douglas-Roberts and sign him. He clearly has NBA talent, he's played in the NBA for a few seasons already, I see more potential in him than Ebanks personally, I think he could even beat him out for the backup 3 if given the chance.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby rockorego on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:36 pm

lkrfn85 wrote:The first 8 minutes or so were beautiful to watch. Kobe Pau and Nash look so good together. When Dwight enters the mix instead of Sacre, the league is screwed.

sadly those are the exact minutes that i missed :bang: :disagree: :mad1: :man2:
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Texas Lakers Fan on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:41 pm

Didn't see the game, but damn that pass Nash made in between the legs was sweet. It was better than sweet actually it was Nashty. So glad to have that guy on our team. He's gonna make everyone especially Kobe so much better.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby MambaFromDownUnder on Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:53 pm

CDR looked great!
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby lakersyunowin on Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:13 pm

starters looked awesome, will hopefully be even better with dwight back (no pun)

other encouraging signs from hill, jamison, meeks, ebanks, DJO, CDR, sacre, somogyi, and even clark...meaning we'll get something from someone

steve blake....ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Ariza3 on Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:14 pm

saw a few plays of our bench where everyone was too passive and the clock ran down to 1 second before a bad shot was taken. would like more things to be run for jaminson and meeks in the second unit while hill does his thing and blake does his thing too.

i hate the pre season bc its all about trial and error and rotations but i seriously hope mike brown sticks with the rotation we all hope he'll use and not mess things up by puting players out of position. also would like to see DJO i think hed do well. sacre impressed me and could def be the dj mbenga of our roster.

mwp looked as awesome as we all were hoping. 3 steals in such a short period of time. shot very well. looked great. and also he was wide open SO many times at the 3 point line...its gunna be great for him this season.

just hope our bench gets it together bc 35-0 run is ridic. even for a pre season game.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby 24K GOLD on Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:25 am

When are we starting the 2012-13 WMC thread?
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby KareemTheGreat33 on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:20 am

rockorego wrote:
lkrfn85 wrote:The first 8 minutes or so were beautiful to watch. Kobe Pau and Nash look so good together. When Dwight enters the mix instead of Sacre, the league is screwed.

sadly those are the exact minutes that i missed :bang: :disagree: :mad1: :man2:


:man10: I love every second Nash played.

24K GOLD wrote:When are we starting the 2012-13 WMC thread?


puffy has a preseason thread going
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Texas Lakers Fan on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:20 am

24K GOLD wrote:When are we starting the 2012-13 WMC thread?

http://www.clublakers.com/lakers-discussion/wmc-preseason-time-t135944.html
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby Tobias Funke on Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:47 pm

1. The Lakers exhibited strong chemistry in the first half. Results don't matter in preseason games, so don't suddenly demand that the Lakers should blow up their roster after losing to Golden State without center Andrew Bogut and shooting guard Stephen Curry. But when the Lakers played with their starters in the first half, they showed that their chemistry looks strong. Steve Nash (five points, three assists) looked unbelievable throwing a cross-court, no-look pass to Kobe Bryant, who then connected with Pau Gasol on an alley-oop play. Nash also broke some ankles by shaking Jarrett Jack with a crossover that nearly made him fall before nailing an open three-pointer.

The Lakers also ran the revamped offense that includes elements of the Princeton system with fluidity. Rarely did they ever go into isolation sets. Each player appeared intent on following Nash's lead and finding the open player for a shot. Bryant, who posted 10 points on two-of-seven shooting and three assists, appeared intent on facilitating. The Lakers set strong screens and actually played off them.

They routinely covered for one another on defense. The floor spacing gave plenty of room for Metta World Peace to operate outside and score 10 points on three-of-six shooting. It's fair to say that this reflects how much calmer and easier it's been for the Lakers to absorb Brown's teaching concepts with more time and a solidified roster. As a result, the Lakers look a lot more exciting and fluid on offense than last year.


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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby dwighthowardsdad on Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:58 pm

For the time the starters spent together, they looked good. Once Dwight gets into the fray, it's going to be unreal
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby raviator on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:41 pm

Seeing Nash run the pick-n-roll with us instead of against us was beautiful to watch. But man, Sacre was looking good getting those passes from Nash. I can't wait until Howard is on the receiving end of those passes.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby dj vitus on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:47 pm

Well hopefully we'll know who to cut by the next game. No sense suiting up 19 guys anymore. We need our 9th-13th men getting burn in the pre-season, not people who we won't ever see again.
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby pound4pound1 on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:49 pm

Just seeing Nash with the ball, in a Lakers uni was a pinch-myself-moment
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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby lakerfan2 on Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:57 pm

Was it me, or did Nash still seemed to be playing at a 50% rate, but still looked awesome.

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Re: The Optimistic Thread!

Postby davriver290 on Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:23 pm

lakerfan2 wrote:Was it me, or did Nash still seemed to be playing at a 50% rate, but still looked awesome.

Man oh man, you in trouboooooo.



He wasn't even trying out there.
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