O HAI, Mike Brown: Further Thoughts On Lakers-Heat

This and then
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I am not the least bit surprised

Since it’s Pile On Mike Brown Night, we might as well talk about minutes too. Drew and Pau each played 37 and Kobe played 41. And keep in mind, this game was definitively over by the middle of the third. Even if there weren’t another game tomorrow night – and there is, in Orlando – the Big Three should not have played in the final 10 minutes. You have to save legs when the opportunity arises. It’s an important aspect of in-game coaching, especially in a condensed lockout schedule. Be smarter than this, Mike Brown. Losing by 11 counts the same as losing by 25."

Did not think about it but great point. Pop pulled his guys early against the Heat when it got out of hand and they were well rested for their Magic game and won a tough one the other day.

that if Wade played we would have lost by a lot more. I almost rather would have had Wade play. Because, like Sir Charles pointed out, LeBron becomes a pussy when wade is on the court and is very passive and not as aggressive.

Let’s just trade everyone except Kobe, Mitch. Hehe

Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if we lose tomorrow too.

in a shortened season, there’s not a lot of time to practice. being a defense-first coach, perhaps brown has been focusing on practicing defense more than practicing offense. it’ll take a while to get a good flowing offense in a new system (and shooters might have a better flow once they’re more comfortable with the offense).

however, just because they’re in the “adjustment” phase doesn’t make it reassuring. who know how long exactly it’ll take them to get the offensive down. it might be too late by then.

but we can always try to be optimistic :D

That was expected

Go to hell Stern. Seriously. Hope your soul burns for eternity.

Keep Kobe and Bynum (if you cant get Dwight for him).

Unload Artest, Pau, Fisher…

This team isnt good.
Its not going to get better.

before it already began. I’m not a fortune teller or anything, but I know that we currently lack the pieces in our team to compete against a deep and elite team like the Heat. Our offense has been inconsistent throughout the season and has only reached triple digits in one game. Also, our defense STILL cannot defend the perimeter and leads opponents to wide open shots outside of the paint. Heat is a team that is threat on both the paint and the perimeter, and there was no way we could defeat Miami if we didn’t fix our mistake soon enough.

I really do wish the Cavs lose every game because of that as well. I think in these matchups where Lebron, Melo, KD scorers like that, u have to start MWP. I know he is sucking right now, but he did a better job on Lebron than Barnes did. Barnes could probably give the bench a spark as opposed to MWP. The dude just looks lost. I mean when we signed him I thought he was going to ball out. I remember in that Houston series, I gained so much respect for him for the way he battled Kobe in those 7 games. But now its like, we should have amnestied dude. We have to beat Orlando, hope Bynum scores like 40 and D12 scores 10, then leave Drew there, and bring D12 to LA…… Unlikely, but hey I can dream!

Where to begin? There’s not enough time in the day for it. We’re a dysfunctional unit. Others have been making great points all year as well, as usual. I have always favored trading Gasol over any other marketable player we have because Bynum and him have never played well together. I still think of Gasol as being much better as a center. The CP3 trade would have been awesome. We’ve got problems almost everywhere. I have wanted DWill for a couple years. If he made it clear to the Nets that he was not going to sign an extension and would become a free agent after this season, would that start opening some doors. We’re the Lakers, we want an elite-type PG, not somebody’s 2nd teamer. We gave away 1 of our only decent chips in Lamar. Lamar needed to stay, Pau needed to go. I think the present is all but lost, and the future is also in jeopardy; unless the FO does something drastic. I have not been on that bandwagon until today. It was recently written about here on SSR concerning the offense. What an abomination. You learn in elementary BBall to cut to the open spot, etc. All our guys look lost. We have a couple guys that can shoot, but they rerely get open looks. Mike better start focusing a little more on O. N the minutes? We could all go on and on, ad nauseum. And we all will be sick at the end of this year, I think. There will be no time this year to properly install and learn to fluidity any new offense. The lock out killed us dead. Stearn killed us dead. The new CBA prolly will finish us off for the future. I have historically been positive and enthusiastic about the team, but now …. At least we will have entertainment value this year, if not a chip. Oh wait, gotta go, I just threw up on myself.

Could this dictator stop D-12 and DWill from coming to the Lakers, like he did with CP3?

when you have Pau and Bynum. Their Center is Joel Anthony and Chris Bosh is their PF. It is inexcusable that the Lakers get out rebounded with such an undersized line up. There is no excuse for Joel Anthony to double his rebounding avg against Bynum. Its not about athleticism or youth its more about effort on box outs and rebounds. The Lakers should win that battle every night if not, what is the point of flaunting that we have two 7 footers when that benefit isn’t doing nothing for this team.

I mean, no disrespect because Mitch would pull a sneaky blockbuster trade again and shut me up, but this team as constructed, we’re going to be someones 1st Rd warmup.