Miss this squad. Lakers in the entire 2019-20 season went 7-2 vs Nuggets.
April 23, 2024
We used to own them. Used to be their daddies. Used to have the beef to at least slow down Jokic.
Granted Jokic has improved exponentially since that season but we could use some of that beef right now.
I don’t understand why the Lakers went away from a proven winning strategy.
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Not sure why we had the blueprint on how to guard jokic (2 centers and AD) and then blew it up and went the complete other way with AD as the only big. You would think after we lost to them last year we would’ve addressed that.
To be fair, most of these guys in this picture aren’t very good anymore. JaVale, Dwight, Morris.
Also the Nuggets have gotten better. They have some great late picks and unfortunately we gifted them the perfect 2 guard for them.
Jokic was just 24 years old at the time. If we were ever gonna beat him it was then.
We also gotta factor in that Lebron was damn near 5 years younger than what he is now
nothing really changed, lakers won the nba wants other cities to prosper, the rockies have sucked for decades they need some team to cheer for
and the broncos will be bad for another decade with the kc, vegas and chargers being better
Just a reminder, Lebron was 35 years old on that team. He’s 39 now. It’s not the same player.
So many differences that year. AD was good from 3, morris and KCP caught fire. Dwight and McGee beat Jokic up. Murray was injured. Rondo was killing it. Bron was still Bron.
Nuggets are way better now, against the same team if would be more like 5-4 or worse
Nuggets are clearly beatable. They lost 25 games this season. Just not by the Lakers. Match up matters the most in the playoffs. You only need to beat 4 teams to win a championship. Regular season don’t matter.
All those veterans. We got too many inexperienced players now and an inexperienced coach.
They used to be a lot worse and we had Dwight.
Wow, look at those very tall people. Seems like they could help.
We gotta face that nuggets this year is 10x better than nuggets in 2020. Yeah they were having incredible run that year but they were still immature.
Wasn’t Murray also practically out for that whole season?
i remember the block party in the bubble when they had 22 blocks in 1 game!!!!!!!!
Kcp is FA after this season.
We had multiple playable bigs that year. Haven’t had that since. We can’t beat Denver without strength/depth inside. It’s really that simple.
Dwight & Javale were a problem for Jokic
DWIGHT HOWARD
Anyone else lose surprised we didn’t sign any bigs to deal with Jokic? Idk why tf we let Tristan Thompson walk. He actually played really well in the limited minutes he had. Yeah there’s really no stopping jokic but throwing bigs at him makes everything more difficult.
I miss those jerseys
Never should have changed from the defensive team they were. Never should have let Caruso or Dwight walk. Never should have taken on Westbrook. Just completely wasted the last few years of LeBrons career and squandered countless championships.
God I miss having another center that weighs more than 215 pounds.
The Nuggets outside of Jokic and Murray were a completely different team. Kcp was on the lakers in 2020 and now they have him. Lest we even get into how much of a better fit, especially on defense, Gordon has been over Jerami Grant
I rembember Dwight and Javal giving nightmares to Jokic
Then for some reason lakers decided to mix up the roster for some unknown reason
Dwight and McGee
Younger LeBron. Playoff Rondo. Serviceable Dwight. Still should have ran it back at least one more year.
Not sure why Pelinka would not pick up Howard for $1M to bang against Jokic, Embid, and Giannis. Even just 10 – 15 minutes a game so we are not punked down low. Jokic does whatever he wants….”Um excuse me coming through”
That LeBron takeover in game 5 was so good man – I swear I watch that multiple times a year lol
Bro I totally forgot about Quinn Cook!
Yeah let’s build a team without a real center and expect to beat the nba champs with joker. Great job fo.
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Not sure why we had the blueprint on how to guard jokic (2 centers and AD) and then blew it up and went the complete other way with AD as the only big. You would think after we lost to them last year we would’ve addressed that.
To be fair, most of these guys in this picture aren’t very good anymore. JaVale, Dwight, Morris.
Also the Nuggets have gotten better. They have some great late picks and unfortunately we gifted them the perfect 2 guard for them.
Jokic was just 24 years old at the time. If we were ever gonna beat him it was then.
We also gotta factor in that Lebron was damn near 5 years younger than what he is now
nothing really changed, lakers won the nba wants other cities to prosper, the rockies have sucked for decades they need some team to cheer for
and the broncos will be bad for another decade with the kc, vegas and chargers being better
Just a reminder, Lebron was 35 years old on that team. He’s 39 now. It’s not the same player.
So many differences that year. AD was good from 3, morris and KCP caught fire. Dwight and McGee beat Jokic up. Murray was injured. Rondo was killing it. Bron was still Bron.
Nuggets are way better now, against the same team if would be more like 5-4 or worse
Nuggets are clearly beatable. They lost 25 games this season. Just not by the Lakers. Match up matters the most in the playoffs. You only need to beat 4 teams to win a championship. Regular season don’t matter.
All those veterans. We got too many inexperienced players now and an inexperienced coach.
They used to be a lot worse and we had Dwight.
Wow, look at those very tall people. Seems like they could help.
We gotta face that nuggets this year is 10x better than nuggets in 2020. Yeah they were having incredible run that year but they were still immature.
Wasn’t Murray also practically out for that whole season?
i remember the block party in the bubble when they had 22 blocks in 1 game!!!!!!!!
Kcp is FA after this season.
We had multiple playable bigs that year. Haven’t had that since. We can’t beat Denver without strength/depth inside. It’s really that simple.
Dwight & Javale were a problem for Jokic
DWIGHT HOWARD
Anyone else lose surprised we didn’t sign any bigs to deal with Jokic? Idk why tf we let Tristan Thompson walk. He actually played really well in the limited minutes he had. Yeah there’s really no stopping jokic but throwing bigs at him makes everything more difficult.
I miss those jerseys
Never should have changed from the defensive team they were. Never should have let Caruso or Dwight walk. Never should have taken on Westbrook. Just completely wasted the last few years of LeBrons career and squandered countless championships.
God I miss having another center that weighs more than 215 pounds.
The Nuggets outside of Jokic and Murray were a completely different team. Kcp was on the lakers in 2020 and now they have him. Lest we even get into how much of a better fit, especially on defense, Gordon has been over Jerami Grant
I rembember Dwight and Javal giving nightmares to Jokic
Then for some reason lakers decided to mix up the roster for some unknown reason
Dwight and McGee
Younger LeBron. Playoff Rondo. Serviceable Dwight. Still should have ran it back at least one more year.
Not sure why Pelinka would not pick up Howard for $1M to bang against Jokic, Embid, and Giannis. Even just 10 – 15 minutes a game so we are not punked down low. Jokic does whatever he wants….”Um excuse me coming through”
That LeBron takeover in game 5 was so good man – I swear I watch that multiple times a year lol
Bro I totally forgot about Quinn Cook!
Yeah let’s build a team without a real center and expect to beat the nba champs with joker. Great job fo.