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Quote from: CryptoCrookz on March 28, 2021, 05:22:00 PM

The Nets and the Lakers should be praised and not vilified. Look at where these teams were a few years ago. The Nets had literally the worst situation in the league, with a terrible team and most of its draft capital traded away for hasbeens by one Billy Knight. I'm a Lakers fan and I remember the golden days of Ronnie Price, Robert Sacre and Byron Scott telling everyone threepointers are overrated. Both teams were an effing joke.

What happened since then is both teams fired their incompetent GMs and got people who actually understand basketball. Both teams executed shrewd trades, especially LA had a few really good drafts, though Brooklyn found Jarett Allen at pick 20. Then they had the stars sign with them, but neither LeBron nor Durant would have signed if the teams had stayed terrible. At the point of signing the stars both teams had a good cadre of young players on reasonable contracts. In prior years the Lakers couldn't even get meetings with top free agents, let alone a serious conversation.

Sure, players prefer to come to LA or New York than to Minnesota, but you gotta create the conditions to have them sign in the first place and you do that by smart management. The Knicks or Bulls are a great example how to not do business.

Praised no. The Nets and Lakers literally did nothing. If the Nets didn't have the players you think Blake and Aldridge sign with the nets no. Its disappointing that the players want to form "super teams". The only thing it intrigues is superficial fans not actual fans. I know for a fact Nets will win the East so long as everyone is healthy...what is fun about that. Players today are soft...they need a super team to go for a championship instead of getting there on their own. As a knick fan I HOPE they never go this route. I'd rather them be terrible for 20 more years than to just get the NBA all nba team on their team and win a chip..but maybe thats just me

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Well, Drummond went to the Lakers and that makes this team more competitive!
I think that the great players of the Lakers (PF-C) make a big difference, for example, Harrell, AD, Gasol ("injured") and now with Drummond in the team!

Now what one thing no one has thought about is, what will the chemistry of these teams be like? Will it be all right? Will the Nets and Lakers have bank players to take turns? And experience is also important!

In my opinion I think that only some quality PG or SG is missing for the Lakers to stay on the same level as the Nets

it will be a good fit since Davis will have less load under the basket because of Drummond, with his addition if he will accept to be lakers, Lebron will have an easy way to the basket and can focus on slashing, on the defensive end it's like a wall Drumond in the center while ad and LeBron, will be swatting the ball if it will be on the lane, it will be fabulous I think.

Yes, I agree with you @ akirasendo17, Drummond will make a big difference for the Lakers!!

I think, AD and Drummond will make a great duo, something like Demarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis when playing for the Pelicans.

But it's better here as they have Lebron James who is their king.

Also, Drummond is not prone to injury, so even if Davis will be injured, Drummond is still a big thing for the Lakers and they will be successful because of his contribution. I can't wait to see them playing together, they are the real big 3 and this is the first time I see a literal BIG 3.

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Quote from: akirasendo17 on March 28, 2021, 09:04:14 PM

Quote from: gagux123 on March 28, 2021, 08:22:55 PM

Well, Drummond went to the Lakers and that makes this team more competitive!
I think that the great players of the Lakers (PF-C) make a big difference, for example, Harrell, AD, Gasol ("injured") and now with Drummond in the team!

Now what one thing no one has thought about is, what will the chemistry of these teams be like? Will it be all right? Will the Nets and Lakers have bank players to take turns? And experience is also important!

In my opinion I think that only some quality PG or SG is missing for the Lakers to stay on the same level as the Nets

it will be a good fit since Davis will have less load under the basket because of Drummond, with his addition if he will accept to be lakers, Lebron will have an easy way to the basket and can focus on slashing, on the defensive end it's like a wall Drumond in the center while ad and LeBron, will be swatting the ball if it will be on the lane, it will be fabulous I think.

Yes, I agree with you @ akirasendo17, Drummond will make a big difference for the Lakers!!

I think, AD and Drummond will make a great duo, something like Demarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis when playing for the Pelicans.

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Quote from: gagux123 on March 28, 2021, 08:22:55 PM

Well, Drummond went to the Lakers and that makes this team more competitive!
I think that the great players of the Lakers (PF-C) make a big difference, for example, Harrell, AD, Gasol ("injured") and now with Drummond in the team!

Now what one thing no one has thought about is, what will the chemistry of these teams be like? Will it be all right? Will the Nets and Lakers have bank players to take turns? And experience is also important!

In my opinion I think that only some quality PG or SG is missing for the Lakers to stay on the same level as the Nets

it will be a good fit since Davis will have less load under the basket because of Drummond, with his addition if he will accept to be lakers, Lebron will have an easy way to the basket and can focus on slashing, on the defensive end it's like a wall Drumond in the center while ad and LeBron, will be swatting the ball if it will be on the lane, it will be fabulous I think.

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Well, Drummond went to the Lakers and that makes this team more competitive!
I think that the great players of the Lakers (PF-C) make a big difference, for example, Harrell, AD, Gasol ("injured") and now with Drummond in the team!

Now what one thing no one has thought about is, what will the chemistry of these teams be like? Will it be all right? Will the Nets and Lakers have bank players to take turns? And experience is also important!

In my opinion I think that only some quality PG or SG is missing for the Lakers to stay on the same level as the Nets

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Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Good for the Lakers, Mr. double double is already in the house, I'm glad they finally get Drummond as they have been in pursuit of him. Now, this line up looks more balance and they are really big, big enough to bang other teams in the NBA, even the Nets.

Ya, as others have mentioned we have to wait for the i’s to be dotted and the t’s crossed before we see him in uniform during a game. It will be great for him to get a chance to carry the team to a couple wins before AD and LeBron get back in the mix. I think the Lakers have a genuine chance against the Nets now. Although I think more likely then not it will be potential injuries to AD or KD in the playoffs that decide the finals champion.

As long as Lebron will not be injured, Lakers still has a good shot and Drummond should keep himself healthy especially in the playoffs. They still have a good squad and they just filled what really need and for me LA to LA is not good, but Drummond to LA is good.

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Quote from: stadus on March 28, 2021, 05:23:20 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Good for the Lakers, Mr. double double is already in the house, I'm glad they finally get Drummond as they have been in pursuit of him. Now, this line up looks more balance and they are really big, big enough to bang other teams in the NBA, even the Nets.

Ya, as others have mentioned we have to wait for the i’s to be dotted and the t’s crossed before we see him in uniform during a game. It will be great for him to get a chance to carry the team to a couple wins before AD and LeBron get back in the mix. I think the Lakers have a genuine chance against the Nets now. Although I think more likely then not it will be potential injuries to AD or KD in the playoffs that decide the finals champion.

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Good for the Lakers, Mr. double double is already in the house, I'm glad they finally get Drummond as they have been in pursuit of him. Now, this line up looks more balance and they are really big, big enough to bang other teams in the NBA, even the Nets.

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The Nets and the Lakers should be praised and not vilified. Look at where these teams were a few years ago. The Nets had literally the worst situation in the league, with a terrible team and most of its draft capital traded away for hasbeens by one Billy Knight. I'm a Lakers fan and I remember the golden days of Ronnie Price, Robert Sacre and Byron Scott telling everyone threepointers are overrated. Both teams were an effing joke.

What happened since then is both teams fired their incompetent GMs and got people who actually understand basketball. Both teams executed shrewd trades, especially LA had a few really good drafts, though Brooklyn found Jarett Allen at pick 20. Then they had the stars sign with them, but neither LeBron nor Durant would have signed if the teams had stayed terrible. At the point of signing the stars both teams had a good cadre of young players on reasonable contracts. In prior years the Lakers couldn't even get meetings with top free agents, let alone a serious conversation.

Sure, players prefer to come to LA or New York than to Minnesota, but you gotta create the conditions to have them sign in the first place and you do that by smart management. The Knicks or Bulls are a great example how to not do business.

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Ok so after so much speculation, although majority of us thinks that he will really go to the Lakers, now it's official. He needs to get his body ready as a Laker, they are the defending champs and hope he will be vital for the team to at least make it competitive in the West. They are not 4th and just won their last game, losing 3 though in their last 4 games.

At this point this is getting kind of stupid. A coue all star teams and everyone else. The Nets situation is rediculous, now when everyone is healthy on the Lakers another redicullus team. Sorry but its the jazz and Lakers in the west and the nets in the East (so long as everyone is healthy) and then the rest of the NBA. Its gonna get boring if this is the way it is.

Honestly I miss the 80s and 90s nba where the best players wanted to play against each other and not with each other. Made for a balanced nba and great rivalries. This is getting to be a joke...

I'm with you man, though I love the Lakers and the Nets, but I don't like how greedy they are to form a super team just to win a championship, players can't be blame here, it should be the management of the NBA who should make an action to this, its' killing the excitement for some teams knowing we have a super teams which most of us will follow.

One team, one superstar, I guess that would be enough, if we look at the Nets line up, there starters are all ALL STAR players.

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Ok so after so much speculation, although majority of us thinks that he will really go to the Lakers, now it's official. He needs to get his body ready as a Laker, they are the defending champs and hope he will be vital for the team to at least make it competitive in the West. They are not 4th and just won their last game, losing 3 though in their last 4 games.

At this point this is getting kind of stupid. A coue all star teams and everyone else. The Nets situation is rediculous, now when everyone is healthy on the Lakers another redicullus team. Sorry but its the jazz and Lakers in the west and the nets in the East (so long as everyone is healthy) and then the rest of the NBA. Its gonna get boring if this is the way it is.

Honestly I miss the 80s and 90s nba where the best players wanted to play against each other and not with each other. Made for a balanced nba and great rivalries. This is getting to be a joke...

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

Ok so after so much speculation, although majority of us thinks that he will really go to the Lakers, now it's official. He needs to get his body ready as a Laker, they are the defending champs and hope he will be vital for the team to at least make it competitive in the West. They are not 4th and just won their last game, losing 3 though in their last 4 games.

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Quote from: dwyane36 on March 28, 2021, 02:22:27 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

It seems like he needs to iron out a few formalities before signing the contract, considering that he will become an unrestricted free agent today. Anyway, this deal will be helpful for the Lakers, and I hope Drummond will be a great teammate for Lebron and AD.

Lakers were better off keeping both McGee and Howard in the offseason...

I look at Drummond as a slightly improved version of Tristan Thompson for LeBron in his days with the Cavs. Drummond can't shoot, atrocious fg% as a center considering he is only finishing inside at 47%. He will be a huge liability at the free-throw line with 58%. At least the Nets didn't get another body, other than that, he can up his orebs catching Pope and Kuzma's 3pt bricks.

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Another win by the Nets though, James Harden again, pouring 40++ points against Detroit. A lot of emotions specially Blake Griffin playing against his former team. He did have 17 points. Not enough time for Detroit to at least force the game into OT.

A huge improvement by Griffin from his previous game which he only scored 2 points.
I hope this will continue, Griffin contributing at least 15 points per game, with some rebounds as well, I think hat would be big enough as a contribution.

Nice game for them but they should really need to improve on how to take care of their lead. Because that's also what happened to them last time when they're in good lead but still able to be coped up by their opponent.

I can understand that they maybe have some problem in keeping up their lead because they only have Harden, Irving and Durant are still out, in fact my Nets has already surpass my expectation on how they will perform without the 2 stars, what matters now is they win and they keep winning even Harden is the only one among the big 3 is carrying the team.

Yes, that's what matters is they keep winning. But they should really learn that because it happened quite few times and that's the weakness that we can see so far.
Overall, they're one of the strongest teams that we have in the league, and now with Aldridge, a huge plus.

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 28, 2021, 01:26:59 PM

Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

It seems like he needs to iron out a few formalities before signing the contract, considering that he will become an unrestricted free agent today. Anyway, this deal will be helpful for the Lakers, and I hope Drummond will be a great teammate for Lebron and AD.

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Andre Drummond is now officially a Laker!

Had to make sure I was the first one to break the news this time. Finally, the Lakers have a true center and will most certainly make for some NBA Finals competition! I’m excited. Great day for Lakers fans and the NBA!

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Is this final? I thought that this is still a rumor. But anyway, looks like the Nets are getting stronger in their force and really serious in taking this seasons ring.

Exciting.

Yeah, it's final because NBA already posted a report on the official site about it. Aldridge is going to sign a 1-year contract with the Nets.
On paper, the Nets(All-star) roster will be unbelievable and unstoppable, and I'll be excited to see them in action in the playoffs.

It seems that the Nets are going to take the ring this time. That was an unexpected transfer from Aldridge. A big man with the others that can really contribute pretty well to the team.

This is a superteam and I think most will agree to that or I'm just hyped on it or all of us were.

😁 Like the Lakers last season...
That's how you know the champions. No work, No luck.

Something like that. But unlike Lakers last season, the turned off events from different teams are really interesting. Just like how Denver
solidify their front lines.

It's just an example and if Lakers able to sign Drummond which really a big help to body himself inside together with a healthy LeBron and AD. Not a sure deal for the Nets even they've got a very solid squad.

Clippers also take a good step for bringing a playmaker, Rondo are capable to create space while PG and Kawhai are working.

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Are we keep ignoring the fact that Bulls pretend to be what they are not ? A team who wants the play-offs ? I mean last night Spurs were laughing at some point because they felt they could score how they like and with who they want. The only positive fact I could saw in Bulls last night was the desire to never give up no matter what big is the score on the table so and Vucevic showed some class and really encourage some teammates who were feeling down because of missing shots. Undecided

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Quote from: boyptc on March 28, 2021, 03:08:05 AM

Quote from: dwyane36 on March 27, 2021, 06:24:12 PM

Quote from: boyptc on March 27, 2021, 05:49:04 PM

Is this final? I thought that this is still a rumor. But anyway, looks like the Nets are getting stronger in their force and really serious in taking this seasons ring.

Exciting.

Yeah, it's final because NBA already posted a report on the official site about it. Aldridge is going to sign a 1-year contract with the Nets.
On paper, the Nets(All-star) roster will be unbelievable and unstoppable, and I'll be excited to see them in action in the playoffs.

It seems that the Nets are going to take the ring this time. That was an unexpected transfer from Aldridge. A big man with the others that can really contribute pretty well to the team.

This is a superteam and I think most will agree to that or I'm just hyped on it or all of us were.

😁 Like the Lakers last season...
That's how you know the champions. No work, No luck.

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I think Deandre Jordan will keep his starting position, the trick here is that Blake Griffin is not healthy, and if you have Lamarcus Aldridge and Deandre Jordan both playing together, you are creating a huge line up, but you are also risking on defense a lot because both players are not great on defense when it comes to guarding people outside.

So, I think it will be a bit of like Blake and Deandre playing at PF and C on starting, and they will be forced to rest a lot anyway, not like they can play all game, so LMA will probably be the sixth guy coming in to keep them away all the time, like take Deandre out and put LMA in and then put deandre in but take blake out so LMA plays 20+ minutes per game that way. I am not sure how they are planning on doing it honestly, it is going to be a bit hard to handle it, but it is going to definitely be a huge help for them to get the ring.

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