Just ran into someone in a FB sports group that legit thinks we're a Finals team if we hired anyone else the Lakers were considering when we went with Ham.
Everything else the same; just never hired Ham.
NBA Finals.
I can't with y'all, man.
Daycare worker should be crimson lettered.
But why in the actual *censored* does a 10-yo have an unchecked phooonnneee? My son's mom and I got him a phone when he was 11, and that was only because there were times when we needed him to walk home after school or walk to a friend's house... but we...
That's it. We had 1 of our 3 'others' play worth a damn; they had 2.
And their bench was better; not by much, but it was only a 2-pt loss.
They're just... better.
Somewhere you switched from 'They supported gutting the roster' to 'They really wanted that guy.'
I know: 'Lots of guys had to move in order to get that guy.'
Lots of guys is not the entire roster, and it's still one move. Inside of 2 years, the entire championship roster was gone, except for 2...
In order of why we lost, in my opinion:
1. Nuggets. They're better. Simple.
2. Laker turnovers (goes back to #1).
3. Clumsy Laker offense (again: see #1).
4. Rui & AR providing NOTHING.
5. All Lakers not named Bron playing hesitant/scared down the stretch.
6. Pelinka. 🤬
Because of those 2?
Or because of horrible roster construction?
(Because of horrible roster construction.)
Pelinka & Co. don't address needs; they just sign names. We could have Kiwi & PG as our franchise guys, and we'd be just as frustrated if we signed every guard in the league and 'Wait...