NBA 2018-19, Part IV: Pete and Threepeat are sitting on a fence

...and, Luke Walton becomes available.

Prediction: Lakers again fail to make the playoffs in 2019-20 season.

From Rotoworld with Rotoworld comments:


The Lakers needed to prevent Lonzo Ball from undergoing a potential unauthorized surgery on his left ankle, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

According to The Athletic report, Ball traveled to Ohio in late February to potentially go through with a procedure on his injured ankle. Ball called General Manager Rob Pelinka, and the organization informed him that they would not allow it and could void his contract if he went through with the procedure. Additionally ,the Los Angeles Times adds Ball was convinced to return to Los Angeles and owner Jeanie Buss sent a plane to bring him back. THE LAKERS ARE A MESS, and you can expect some trade rumors on Ball this summer.

SOURCE: The Athletic

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Originally Posted by Kingspoint

...and, Luke Walton becomes available.

Prediction: Lakers again fail to make the playoffs in 2019-20 season.

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Solid prediction. It's like that organization gets worse every day.

Speaking of ex-Lakers, it will be interesting to see what Kupchak can accomplish with getting Kemba some players.

So far, all he's done is said that Monk is their best athlete and agreed with Kemba that help now is what needs to be done.

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Originally Posted by Kingspoint

...and, Luke Walton becomes available.

Prediction: Lakers again fail to make the playoffs in 2019-20 season.

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Sounds like Ty Lue is the favorite. Just what the Lakers need, is a guy that is a Lebron yes man!!!

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Originally Posted by dubc47834

Sounds like Ty Lue is the favorite. Just what the Lakers need, is a guy that is a Lebron yes man!!!

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Yeah, I could not see Monty Williams taking that job, or any Coach worth two cents.

Crap, Nets beating my Sixers. Halftime score 62-54.

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Crap, Nets beating my Sixers. Halftime score 62-54.

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Butler's taking care of business, but the 2nd Unit of BKN (who just entered the 2nd half of the game after PHI got it to 3) is ballin'.

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Originally Posted by goreds2

Crap, Nets beating my Sixers. Halftime score 62-54.

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Butler's taking care of business, but the 2nd Unit of BKN (who just entered the 2nd half of the game after PHI got it to 3) is ballin'.

Wow! That was quick.

As great as Joerger was, I think Luke will be better.

Jonathan Isaac passed the concussion protocol and is in the Starting lineup, so ORL is fully healthy for GM1.

Among his coaching peers, the only vote that matters, Budenholzer won Coach-of-the-Year, M2.

Ed Davis is a +25 in 18 minutes with 9 minutes left in the game.

Yeah, Portland misses him.

That's the Orlando and Brooklyn I've been singing praises about.

We,ve got series that everyone thought would be walkovers.

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Good Luck in the series, Scotland Red.

I'm looking forward to Westbrook missing a game or two because of suspensions (penalties from exceeding the technicals limits) but, I hope neither team loses any more players to injuries.

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Looking forward to it. I think with Nurkic being out and McCollum not 100% that should be enough to see OKC through. A fully fit series, both OKC and Portland, would be box office for the first round.

Warriors getting an awful lot of soft fouls at home