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     Saarang Pilla Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 151 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 206.29.176.76 Rating: N/A |
Bill Simmons on Lakers karma ranking 13. Los Angeles Lakers Dating back to their Minnesota days, the Lakers have won 16 titles, appeared in 31 Finals and trotted out at least one all-time superstar in every NBA decade: Mikan, Elgin, Jerry, Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Shaq and Kobe. (Translation: You can’t play the “these poor fans” card yet.) They’ve lost nearly as many games these past four years as Philly (with nearly as many tanking shenanigans). They haven’t made one front-office move since 2013 that you’d call “savvy” other than drafting Larry Nance Jr., and it’s not like you’ll be bouncing your grandkids on your laps telling them about that one. The Buss kids disgraced the legacy of the NBA’s best-ever owner by turning their dad’s team into a cross between Tommy Boy, Dynasty, and the last 30 minutes of The Social Network — only with more lawsuits, more chaos and more leaks to Ramona Shelburne. And I didn’t mention Magic Johnson openly lobbying for Mitch Kupchak’s job, to the abject horror of pretty much everyone in the league, or the impossibly stupid Deng and Mozgov contracts that demolished tens of millions of their precious cap space. So why would the Karma Gods throw them a life raft now? Seriously, why? The Lakers aren’t allowed to suffer for a few years? If the Karma Gods wanted to go full “Spacey Putting Paltrow’s Head In A Box For Brad Pitt” evil with this lottery, maybe they’ll give the Lakers a top-three pick so the Ball family can destroy them from within. What’s in the box? WHAT’S IN THE BOX? It’s LaVar Ball … and he has some thoughts on D’Angelo Russell and how Magic is running the team, coming up next on the Mason and Ireland show!!! Lonzo and LaVar hijacking the dysfunctional Lakers would be the funniest running NBA story in a long time. (Well, unless Lonzo made them great again. Then it wouldn’t be so funny.) |