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Diary of A Lakers Fan



December 24th, 2015

Now is the worst time being a Lakers fan. It’s just that simple, our team suck. The Lakers suck.

Nobody expect you to win the NBA title. Nobody expect you to make it to the playoffs. Nobody even expect you to win half of your games. All we want is a better showing than the previous two seasons and make the team WATCHABLE. Is that so hard to ask for? I guess at this point of the season, every Lakers left on this planet (The real fans) have the thinking of win or lose, please just look better on the court.

Before the season set off, I gave my team a 30 win target for this season. Now it seems like achieving 20 wins will take some monumental effort from the team.

You can blame almost everybody for this awful team: the front office, the coaching staffs, the players. But most Lakers fans and I will put the most blame on Byron Scott. In case you don’t know who he is, he is the coach that stands by the courtside on every Lakers game with his arm crossed. (Sometimes you even wonder whether is he daydreaming by side of the court) A lot of fans passed on blaming him last season the fact that we have a terrible team compared to this year. Also, Kobe Bryant missed more than half of the season with a shoulder injury.

This season, we added Lou Williams (reigning 6th man of the year), Brandon Bass (veteran guy with great experiences), Roy Hibbert (All-Star center), D’Angelo Russell (2nd draft pick) and a few other free agents and draft pick players. Not to forget, the Black Mamba is relatively healthy for most part of the season. (Let us hope that is still the same case at the end of the season)

On paper, it seems like more talent has been added. But, this is definitely not a team to challenge for a spot in the playoffs since we are playing in the West. Things turned out to be even worse! Awful rotation, terrible defence, horrible offense….. And here are some of things I just don’t understand: 

  • Seriously, Ryan Kelly and Robert Sacre? No offense to these two guys, but they don’t belong to the NBA for now. 
  • Kobe Bryant at the small forward position? Are you expecting a 37 year old guy to guard players like Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard. You should have done something at the start of the season for that position. (Or maybe the front office should have) 
  • Lou Williams needs to play from the bench. There is a reason he has only started 54 NBA games in his career (out of 634 games). He is a terrible defender, but can provide you solid scoring. 
  • I have so far see no adjustments when it comes to our defense. When are we going to stop teams from draining 120, 130 points against us? 
  • And, I should stop here. Things are getting out of hand. But some of the players in this team should take some responsibility of not giving 100% to team. (A coach is not all to blame for every problem in the team)
The only thing that is keeping Lakers fans from attending their game is Kobe Bryant’s farewell final season. (For me, to see how our young core of players is performing and improving)

At this point, I hope the only reason we are keeping Byron Scott is that he is the tank master. He has helped us tanked for that 2nd draft pick last season and he can help us do it again this season. (May the force of the table tennis balls be with our favor come next May) The reason I’m saying that is we need a top three pick or else we are basically tanking for nothing. (The pick goes to 76ers if our pick is not top three)

Every possible record that can be broken, our current team has done it:
  • Worst start in franchise history. A 1-8 record to start the season. 
  • Worse win loss percentage in franchise history. 
  • Worse defensive rating allowed per 100 possessions in franchise history. (111.5 points allowed) 
  • Philadelphia 76ers’ (Another terrible team) only win this season (1-30) was against the Lakers. 
And, we are on track to beat the record of a franchise-worst 21-61 recorded last season.

That being said, if you can’t support your team when your team is horrible, then just quit supporting them. Every team has its ups and downs. I truly believe one day in the future the Lakers will rise against and fight for the playoff spot and win that 17th title. (At this point I wouldn’t even want to predict how long will it takes. It will be great if it takes less than 10 years)

With the coming match-up against Clippers at Staples Center, my sole hope is that we won’t get blown away by 30, 40 points. To the players, please make the game watchable on Christmas Day and not embarrassed ourselves on national TV.



Sincerely,
A Lakers Fan

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