Metta World Peace has a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.

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‏@KevinDing
Latest Lakers setback: Metta World Peace has a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. He is returning to LA for further examination.


‏@SerenaWinters
MWP with a tear in his miniscus. Not good. @DrRobertKlapper doubts he'll be back for the rest of the season:eek:

A tweet from MWP himself


‏@MettaWorldPeace
I can't wait to get back But our team is so good We will win and get into the playoffs

Injuries. :mad:

[francesco totti]

its the outcome of using 8 man rotation with so much oldies in team
even if they make playoffs, lakers will arrive to it out of gas

[theBIGjabroni]

The last tweet :bowdown: :rockon:

That laker luck this year

[jstern]

its the outcome of using 8 man rotation with so much oldies in team
even if they make playoffs, lakers will arrive to it out of gas

And having a wet floor.

[HorryIsMyMVP]

Well its not like he was playing good anyway.

[Real Men Wear Green]

A big loss defensively. Too much has gone wrong, it's just not their year.

[G-Funk]

Well its not like he was playing good anyway.
actually he was until Gasol went out and had to guard bigger PF's.

[francesco totti]

they'll play jamison at sf, or clark?
they will be out of position.
kobe might play sf too, with nash/blake or meeks around. small lineup.

[selrahc]

d'antoni has been playing small ball a lot lately. i think meeks will start at the two and kobe at the 3. which means we are going to be giving up 120 points every game.

[Twiens]

I like Metta, but him sitting is great for the team

[d.bball.guy]

Lakers already suck at defense and they just got worse. Gonna give up 140 ppg unless they step up, especially Kobe :facepalm

[Scholar]

The season just keeps getting worse. :facepalm

On the one hand, we don't have to worry about a MWP stat line of 5-17 FG, 2-9 3pters.

On the other hand, there goes our perimeter defensive anchor.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I like Metta, but him sitting is great for the team
How will they defend KD? Or in the unlikely event they make the Finals, who guards James? They should still make the playoffs but their slim Championship hopes just got even worse.

[Whoah10115]

I like Metta, but him sitting is great for the team


Someone has it right.

[dbk123]

the thunder would end up destroying the lakers if they get them in the 1st round now. no mwp means durant would avg 40ppg in a series. lakers better hope spurs keep the 1st seed.

[DixieNourmous]

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[Whoah10115]

Earl Clark does everything better than Artest. More minutes is better. He should be the starter. Artest screws with the offense and his defense is nowhere near what people are claiming it to be. It's good, at times real good. More than anything, it's consistently solid. But he's no stopper, at this point, and Clark is a better defender.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Earl Clark does everything better than Artest. More minutes is better. He should be the starter. Artest screws with the offense and his defense is nowhere near what people are claiming it to be. It's good, at times real good. More than anything, it's consistently solid. But he's no stopper, at this point, and Clark is a better defender.
Even if Clark is a better defender (not a given but possible, Artest has declined) you need more than one guy against KD because Durant is going to put whoever checks him in foul trouble. If a guy guards him for 30 minutes he's going to foul out, especially someone like Clark who will never get a call.

[DuMa]

addition by subtraction.

[Magic 32]

Lakers weren't gonna beat the Thunder anyway. Metta out could be a good thing against the Spurs.

[MVBallin2K]

Crappy news because as many boneheaded plays as he's made offensively, he still can pull out some good defense and rebounding. If someone had to go down though, better him than any of the other starters.

Here's to a speedy recovery and we'll see how the Lakers respond when it comes to one of their main defenders going down.

[DuMa]

Mike Bresnahan @Mike_Bresnahan 26 Mar

Metta World Peace has deleted his optimistic tweet...the one where he said he would hopefully be back in a week and a half.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Metta comes back for the first round, takes opposing teams star player out.:bowdown:

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Jamison has a bum wrist and Clark a bum foot. Anyway you wanna spin it, this sucks.

[Funnyfuka]

he was prolly the only one playing def with kobe... lol.

Great ide to run and gun when all your players are old, tired, and not playing def at all. Recipe for disaster.

[Noof]

I hate this season.

[Twiens]

How will they defend KD? Or in the unlikely event they make the Finals, who guards James? They should still make the playoffs but their slim Championship hopes just got even worse.
He isn't even very good defensively anymore, he's got quick hands but is way too slow to stay in front of anyone. His D only looks good compared to Kobe/Nash. At the very least, it improves our offense with a lot more spacing around the bigs.

[longtime lurker]

And the hits keep on coming for the Lakers this season. :facepalm someone up there doesn't like Jimmy Buss very much. I bet D'Antoni in his infinite wisdom will start MEeks at the 2 and move Kobe to the 3 SMH

[tmacattack33]

Whatever. He should be out of the league anyway.

[SacJB Shady]

Lakers only 1 game ahead of Dallas and Utah. They have 3 games in 4 nights and are hobbled and confused.

[Noob Saibot]

this only means more shots for Kobe. He wants to break records after all.

[Derivative]

he was prolly the only one playing def with kobe... lol.

Great ide to run and gun when all your players are old, tired, and not playing def at all. Recipe for disaster.

when was kobe playing defence?

[The-Legend-24]

its the outcome of using 8 man rotation with so much oldies in team
even if they make playoffs, lakers will arrive to it out of gas
Came in to post this, dude had a 7 man rotation on a back-to-back for fvcks sake!

:oldlol:

[dazzer87]

Old ass team....

[Godzuki]

meta is so wishy washy like so much of the other lakers off the bench its almost even giving someone else like jamison more playing time.

[SacJB Shady]

so who are are all the players in the lakers rotation now?

[Noob Saibot]

so who are are all the players in the lakers rotation now?

looks like this
http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Lakers-Kobe-Bryant-starting-lineup.jpg

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

meta is so wishy washy like so much of the other lakers off the bench its almost even giving someone else like jamison more playing time.
yeah considering jamison injured his wrist 2 games ago and probably shouldnt even be playing :facepalm

[d.bball.guy]

looks like this
http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Lakers-Kobe-Bryant-starting-lineup.jpg
StartingFiveBe
All-KobeTeamBe
Los Angeles Kobes

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

StartingFiveBe
All-KobeTeamBe
Los Angeles Kobes
who the hell would they double?

[d.bball.guy]

who the hell would they double?
That's the beauty of that lineup :pimp:

[Godzuki]

yeah considering jamison injured his wrist 2 games ago and probably shouldnt even be playing :facepalm


so fukkin what, put anyone out there and they could have the same effect. hell play big and give pau and clark more run, play small and run blake and nash more, hell give Sacco or whatever the hell his name is more PT. its the same as off again on again Artest whose defense only really makes a difference 1 out of every 4-5 games if he's lucky. its dumb how people think he's so crucial when he's not.

altho i do think meeks sux and he's probably going to get a lot more run now.

[talkingconch]

can pretty much write this year off lol. injuries to the max

[SacJB Shady]

Dallas is on the lakers ass and the whole time it was inadvertent or appeared so. It's not Utah that will eventually dethrone the Lakers, it's Dallas. Just like in that playoff sweep. Dirk owns the Lakers.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Lakers allow 120 pts per game with metta world peace, might as well get rid of one offensive liability, hard to believe our D could get that much worse.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

so fukkin what, put anyone out there and they could have the same effect. hell play big and give pau and clark more run, play small and run blake and nash more, hell give Sacco or whatever the hell his name is more PT. its the same as off again on again Artest whose defense only really makes a difference 1 out of every 4-5 games if he's lucky. its dumb how people think he's so crucial when he's not.

altho i do think meeks sux and he's probably going to get a lot more run now.
i'd be all for artest being done, but lakers need healthy bodies. clark and jamison are banged up. entire situation blows.

[BlackVVaves]

When you employ a coach dumb enough to conjure a 8-man rotation on a team who has 6 of those 8 players in their 30s, this is the result.

Laker fans who think injuries is the only variable that led to this disaster of a season truly are delusional. The team is flawed from on the court personnel to on the bench personnel. If the Lakers are to even be a top 12 in the league next year, lots has got to change. New coach, trades and free agent signings throughout the summer.

As far Artest, it really doesn't matter. Being the best perimeter defender on this year's Laker team is like saying Precious is the best looking woman in a room full of hippos. His lost will have little effect on how unbelievably mediocre the Lakers will continue to be.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

When you employ a coach dumb enough to conjure a 8-man rotation on a team who has 6 of those 8 players in their 30s, this is the result.

Laker fans who think injuries is the only variable that led to this disaster of a season truly are delusional. The team is flawed from on the court personnel to on the bench personnel. If the Lakers are to even be a top 12 in the league next year, lots has got to change. New coach, trades and free agent signings throughout the summer.

As far Artest, it really doesn't matter. Being the best perimeter defender on this year's Laker team is like saying Precious is the best looking woman in a room full of hippos. His lost will have little effect on how unbelievably mediocre the Lakers will continue to be.

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[RoseCity07]

He caused Brandon Roy's career ending tear. It's kind of strange this happened to him. I doubt this is career ending but still it is horrible timing.

[The_Yearning]

He caused Brandon Roy's career ending tear. It's kind of strange this happened to him. I doubt this is career ending but still it is horrible timing.

Wrong. B-Roy had none of that gucci in his knees from the very beginning.

[raprap]

they should start blake.

pg-nash
sg-blake
sf-kobe
pf-gasol/clark
c-howard

defense would suffer but its already terrible as it is. :lol

[tomtucker]

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[ZenMaster]

Lakers allow 120 pts per game with metta world peace, might as well get rid of one offensive liability, hard to believe our D could get that much worse.

Yeah the D wont change unless Kobe decides to put that work in.

[Nero Tulip]

Less defense, less rebounds, less height... and more importantly, less depth for a team that already seriously needs some. How many minutes do you want an old, hurt Kobe to play?

Definitely a very bad news for the Lakers. The only way this isn't bad is if Jamison starts playing very well.

[Nero Tulip]

When you employ a coach dumb enough to conjure a 8-man rotation on a team who has 6 of those 8 players in their 30s, this is the result.

Laker fans who think injuries is the only variable that led to this disaster of a season truly are delusional. The team is flawed from on the court personnel to on the bench personnel. If the Lakers are to even be a top 12 in the league next year, lots has got to change. New coach, trades and free agent signings throughout the summer.

As far Artest, it really doesn't matter. Being the best perimeter defender on this year's Laker team is like saying Precious is the best looking woman in a room full of hippos. His lost will have little effect on how unbelievably mediocre the Lakers will continue to be.

The problem is not the coach. They badly need wins, how is he not supposed to play his best players? The rest of the team sucks.

The Lakers are a combination of 2 bad things: old and lacking depth. Blame the management for not having the vision to deal with this problem.

[BlackVVaves]

:cheers:

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[BlackVVaves]

The problem is not the coach. They badly need wins, how is he not supposed to play his best players? The rest of the team sucks.

The Lakers are a combination of 2 bad things: old and lacking depth. Blame the management for not having the vision to deal with this problem.

I agree to an extent, and was going to call out Mitch for being uselessly stubborn. With the amount of players that signed for the veteran's minimum this year, and the amount of players that were available even through the trade deadline, the fact that he stood pat saying "We aren't going to make any moves, we want to see what we have when everyone is healthy," indicates either Kupchak has a warped perception on how the game is played today, or (more likely than not) Jim Buss informed him that they were not to spend anymore money.

Even if it meant signing Kenyon Martin when Hill went down to give their team a scrappy, defensive minded big who CAN run the floor unlike Gasol.

Even if it meant signing Delonte West when every half decent point guard with speed tore Nash (and Kobe) a new ass hole, providing their team a perimeter defender whom they sorely needed all season.

Even if it meant absorbing the contracts of DJO over the summer and cutting him to sign a player that can score in bunches off the bench in Barbosa, a dynamic the Lakers haven't had consistently since........?

Even if it meant.....

The list is rather long. You're right, this team could have been easily improved by simply taking calculated risks that were cheap and, more importantly, NEEDED. And yet, Lakers management stayed pat with their 35 year old roster and a recovering Dwight.

I still do think D'Antoni is to blame though. Because, regardless of talent, the idiot has always kept his rotations to 7-8 guys since his PHX, until the Knicks told him STFU and play the players on their bench so they could allocate some value to them in a Melo trade (which D'Antoni actually admitted to in the past).

D'Antoni has a one track mind. He doesn't adapt his "system" to his personnel. It's either, you are a fit or you don't play, even if you provide elements that the team truly needs (like defending and rebounding in Hill when he relegated him to the bench pre-injury). The guy is as narrow-minded as the Mike before him, and it'll serve the Lakers right if Dwight leaves if he states one of the reasons he decided to bounce was because of the coach (as its been rumored). Should have never hired his incompetent ass in the first place.

[Whoah10115]

Even if Clark is a better defender (not a given but possible, Artest has declined) you need more than one guy against KD because Durant is going to put whoever checks him in foul trouble. If a guy guards him for 30 minutes he's going to foul out, especially someone like Clark who will never get a call.



I understand that. But if he misses some time then it allows Clark to establish himself. Plus, if they limit Artest's minutes he can come off the bench and focus on defending the big perimeter guys. I don't see him missing the rest of the season tho.

[magmo68]

T-mac?!

[crisoner]

Bad bad news for the Lakeshow.

Can't catch a break this season.

[TylerOO]

UPDATE: Out 6 weeks after surgery

[Levity]

Laker fans, is Ebanks really out of the question? Sure, hes had some shitty games this season, but his short history in the NBA has shown us he has the ability to have some good games too. When Ron Ron knocked the fvck out of harden and got ejected, Brown put Ebanks on Durant, and we ended up winning that game against the thunder. Granted, it was also Hill's coming out party for LA.

What im saying is, doesnt having ebanks in the line up only improve our perimeter defense? Meeks tries hard, but honestly hes a liability on the defensive end. And whats working in ebanks favor is that the lakers are running an offense that will get you plenty of opportunities to hit open shots. So as long as he keeps his confidence up, he'll have to chance to bring both offense and defense to the Lakers.

[SwayDizzle]

finally some good news for the Lakers

[SwayDizzle]

now let's hope Gasol gets injured again, and we Finals bound. lord knows d'antoni can't coach properly so we relying on injuries to change our rotation...

[PickernRoller]

Lol if you think we don't need Artest. I guess you did not watch the Lakers- Nuggets series last season......and what it cost to the team him being out defensively.

Artest is a bonehead moron on offense - that's has been the case for all of his career. That wasn't as much of a problem when Phil was around was it? He's a defensive player and does a solid job at it at his age - won us a lot of games with key defensive plays and he's guaranteed to go to war 100% of the time.

What is happening this season is a coach that encourages Metta to excel at his deficiencies - offense. Even in failure he encourages that style of play and does not understand his personal correctly. Thus, blame the coach for the "shows" you see everyday on the court. D'Antoni is an idiot period.

Great loss. Clark has no heart - at least that's the feel I get when he started slumping...plus you know who's ready for war and not. Earl Clark and Ebanks are not ready. Jodie Meeks is invisible on defense too.

We are officially ****ed with a shortened rotation.

[iDunk]

Artest has actually had his best year on the Lakers.

I don't think they're gonna miss him much, Ebanks is better than advertised & Clark can fill in.

[The-Legend-24]

D'Antoni is gonna use a 6 man rotation for the rest of the season..

:oldlol:

[RRR3]

Lol if you think we don't need Artest. I guess you did not watch the Lakers- Nuggets series last season......and what it cost to the team him being out defensively.

Artest is a bonehead moron on offense - that's has been the case for all of his career. That wasn't as much of a problem when Phil was around was it? He's a defensive player and does a solid job at it at his age - won us a lot of games with key defensive plays and he's guaranteed to go to war 100% of the time.

What is happening this season is a coach that encourages Metta to excel at his deficiencies - offense. Even in failure he encourages that style of play and does not understand his personal correctly. Thus, blame the coach for the "shows" you see everyday on the court. D'Antoni is an idiot period.

Great loss. Clark has no heart - at least that's the feel I get when he started slumping...plus you know who's ready for war and not. Earl Clark and Ebanks are not ready. Jodie Meeks is invisible on defense too.

We are officially ****ed with a shortened rotation.
:biggums: Clark plays hard

[PickernRoller]

:biggums: Clark plays hard

His face quits when momentum shifts or he's not having a good game - seen it been a pattern for a string of games. Not ready...regardless he will fill-in so I hope for the best, ready for the worst.