Phil Jackson says a 50-win season is out of reach

[GangstaBoogy]

The Lakers probably were not going to win 50 games, but Coach Phil Jackson made it semi-official Saturday.

Following practice, Jackson said he had told his players after a 127-99 win over Denver on Nov. 29 that they were not good enough to win 50 games.

The Lakers will play their 20th game of the season tonight, against Golden State at Staples Center.

As Jackson sees it, that is five games past the fail-safe point for establishing a team's direction for the season. It is the first 15 games, he said, that set the tone for the season, when teams get into habits that will last for the rest of the season.

That win over the Nuggets came in the Lakers' 15th game and left them with a 9-6 record. They are now 11-8, and have yet to impress anyone, apparently. Certainly not their coach.

"We haven't really started to do some of the other structural things we want to do with the team," said Jackson, who agreed to a two-year contract extension on the day of the Denver game. "We need to open a run again and find a way to win two or three games in a row and get some momentum."

Injuries have been a factor in the team's start. Kwame Brown has missed 12 games, Lamar Odom and Ronny Turiaf four each, Chris Mihm two, Vladimir Radmanovic one and Andrew Bynum one.

If he's trying to play mind games then he should know better than anyone that its not a good idea with our roster, he said it himself that this team has the collective IQ of a slug.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

We will get at least 50 wins.

[WC Iz Active]

^^LOL  yeah right.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Do you wanna bet?

[Antonio_]

Mind games.

[hisairness]

Do you wanna bet?

I'd love to take you up on that statement.

The Lakers don't get 50 wins, you step down as moderator and ban yourself til next years season starts.

[GangstaBoogy]

Do you wanna bet?

I'd love to take you up on that statement.

The Lakers don't get 50 wins, you step down as moderator and ban yourself til next years season starts.

Ooh now thats interesting. The problem is there's nothing you can do to equal that if you lose.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

How bout you bet me some cash? 200 bux, little man.

New Orleans Hornets - 13-7
Utah Jazz - 13-8
Denver Nuggets - 13-8
Dallas Mavericks - 13-8
Los Angeles Lakers - 11-8
Golden State Warriors - 11-8
Houston Rockets - 11-10


Despite the injuries and tough scheduling, looks like were right up in the mix.

[thisoneguy360]

That's not a smart thing to say with guys like Kwame Brown on your team..

[hisairness]

How bout you bet me some cash? 200 bux, little man.

New Orleans Hornets - 13-7
Utah Jazz - 13-8
Denver Nuggets - 13-8
Dallas Mavericks - 13-8
Los Angeles Lakers - 11-8
Golden State Warriors - 11-8
Houston Rockets - 11-10


Despite the injuries and tough scheduling, looks like were right up in the mix.

Sure.

[Vegasmac25]

im a huge Laker fan but they fucking still lose to garbage teams which they should bet hands down.There is no way we will have a 50 win season until we start playing some fucking defense.

[MontrealCity's Most]

How bout you bet me some cash? 200 bux, little man.

New Orleans Hornets - 13-7
Utah Jazz - 13-8
Denver Nuggets - 13-8
Dallas Mavericks - 13-8
Los Angeles Lakers - 11-8
Golden State Warriors - 11-8
Houston Rockets - 11-10


Despite the injuries and tough scheduling, looks like were right up in the mix.

Yeah but right in the mix is not goood enough for the Lakers. Its like the Yankees or The Montreal Canadiens in hockey in the mix is not good enough we need to be on top of the mix

[Vegasmac25]

Good fucking win tonight vs the warriors now they need to step it up vs the spurs thursday night.Cannot wait for that game.

[Bay Area Jat]

Do you wanna bet?

another 100 lakers won't win 50

[wcsoldier]

January

 Thu 31  @ Detroit   

February
 Fri 01  @ Toronto   
 Sun 03  @ Washington   
 Tue 05  @ New Jersey   
 Wed 06  @ Atlanta   
 Fri 08  @ Orlando   
  Sun 10  @ Miami   
 Mon 11  @ Charlotte   
 Wed 13  @ Minnesota     


March
Fri 14  @ New Orleans   
 Sun 16  @ Houston   
 Tue 18  @ Dallas   
 Thu 20  @ Utah   


With this schedule , if we get 50 wins , it's easily worth 55-60 wins with a "normal" calendar

  at the Lakers getting screwed by the NBA once again