**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[atlsfinest]

You guys need to stop acting like PG was going to make the team a contender single-handedly.

He won't but having one superstar and being one of the few teams with cap space to sign another would make us a very appealing team. PG said it himself, no one wants to be the first guy there. If BI plays well it'll help our chances at getting superstars too.

I can see a scenario where we strike out on PG, Westbrook, Lebron, Cousins, etc. and we end up using our precious cap space on extensions for Randle and Lopez :x :x :x

 

[noblekane]

point of having paul george is he gets us out of being the worst team in the nba

i dont think any realistic fan thinks he makes us title contenders

were just tired of ******* losing man

 

[thatboydrew]

Caruso is our savior y'all 

 

[notoriousmj23]

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Lololol

 

[atlsfinest]

Random thoughts on Lonzo's game:

+ As has been mentioned many times before, his court vision is remarkable. He has skills you can't teach.
+ Basketball IQ already amazing. These summer league players he's playing with aren't ready for his on-point passes which leads to some of his turnovers. Once he's out there with out starters it'll be a sight to behold. g

- he's just an overage athlete. He's having issues driving by these summer league guys; this doesn't bode well for the NBA. If his jumper starts falling this shouldn't be as big of an issue. Which leads me too....
- I've always had concerns about his jumper and nothing I've seen so far has made me feel better. His release is slow and he needs a lot of space to get it off leading to him taking Curry range threes.
- He's getting cooked on defense. That fact that we had to hide him on defense against future d-leaguers worries me

This might make me sound like a hater but I don't like his body language. I get that not everyone can get a Westbrook or Kevin Garnett but he comes across as very aloof and 'too cool' on the court.

 

[gaseousfashion]

What is KCP waiting for .

 

[geno90221]

What is KCP waiting for

.

A BAG

 

[thasoleful1]

Random thoughts on Lonzo's game:

+ As has been mentioned many times before, his court vision is remarkable. He has skills you can't teach.
+ Basketball IQ already amazing. These summer league players he's playing with aren't ready for his on-point passes which leads to some of his turnovers. Once he's out there with out starters it'll be a sight to behold. g

- he's just an overage athlete. He's having issues driving by these summer league guys; this doesn't bode well for the NBA. If his jumper starts falling this shouldn't be as big of an issue. Which leads me too....
- I've always had concerns about his jumper and nothing I've seen so far has made me feel better. His release is slow and he needs a lot of space to get it off leading to him taking Curry range threes.
- He's getting cooked on defense. That fact that we had to hide him on defense against future d-leaguers worries me

This might make me sound like a hater but I don't like his body language. I get that not everyone can get a Westbrook or Kevin Garnett but he comes across as very aloof and 'too cool' on the court.

Oh man here comes the body language talk. Didn't people talk a whole lot about DLo's body language? And look where he ended up...

 

[pmatic]

Lol.

 

[delete1234]

Random thoughts on Lonzo's game:

+ As has been mentioned many times before, his court vision is remarkable. He has skills you can't teach.
+ Basketball IQ already amazing. These summer league players he's playing with aren't ready for his on-point passes which leads to some of his turnovers. Once he's out there with out starters it'll be a sight to behold. g

- he's just an overage athlete. He's having issues driving by these summer league guys; this doesn't bode well for the NBA. If his jumper starts falling this shouldn't be as big of an issue. Which leads me too....
- I've always had concerns about his jumper and nothing I've seen so far has made me feel better. His release is slow and he needs a lot of space to get it off leading to him taking Curry range threes.
- He's getting cooked on defense. That fact that we had to hide him on defense against future d-leaguers worries me

This might make me sound like a hater but I don't like his body language. I get that not everyone can get a Westbrook or Kevin Garnett but he comes across as very aloof and 'too cool' on the court.

ON GOD everything you said was said about DLO. Like word for word

 

[fun guy]

Do we have any exceptions or just the $17 mil cap space?

 

[atlsfinest]

ON GOD everything you said was said about DLO. Like word for word

Just like Dlo. You know what that mean?! We'll trade him away with Randle's future awful contract in order to great cap space for summer 2020.

 

[MVP]

 
Do we have any exceptions or just the $17 mil cap space?

Not right now, if we get to the cap we have the MLE and BAE available to us to use. 

 

[Lizakers]

Random thoughts on Lonzo's game:

+ As has been mentioned many times before, his court vision is remarkable. He has skills you can't teach.
+ Basketball IQ already amazing. These summer league players he's playing with aren't ready for his on-point passes which leads to some of his turnovers. Once he's out there with out starters it'll be a sight to behold. g

- he's just an overage athlete. He's having issues driving by these summer league guys; this doesn't bode well for the NBA. If his jumper starts falling this shouldn't be as big of an issue. Which leads me too....
- I've always had concerns about his jumper and nothing I've seen so far has made me feel better. His release is slow and he needs a lot of space to get it off leading to him taking Curry range threes.
- He's getting cooked on defense. That fact that we had to hide him on defense against future d-leaguers worries me

This might make me sound like a hater but I don't like his body language. I get that not everyone can get a Westbrook or Kevin Garnett but he comes across as very aloof and 'too cool' on the court.

Another plus - he's a culture changer. Being a pass first PG is infectious, makes everyone happy, makes everyone want to move the ball, play hard on D so they can run out on offense and get the Rock, when guys share the ball and everyone is getting touches and easy looks, they play harder, hustle more, give more effort on defense. Zo affects all of that by just being a passer

 

[lovehateself]

Or it could be what the coach is calling for

 

[God]

Or it could be what the coach is calling for

Or it could be that's how he's been playing his whole life and the lakers haven't even shown glimpses of ball movement for the last 4 years.

 

[lovehateself]

Or it could be what the coach is calling for

Or it could be that's how he's been playing his whole life and the lakers haven't even shown glimpses of ball movement for the last 4 years.

Talking about the team play
Not his specific skill set

 

[geno90221]

Just keep him away from any Kardashians

F Kobe

 

[God]

Or it could be what the coach is calling for

Or it could be that's how he's been playing his whole life and the lakers haven't even shown glimpses of ball movement for the last 4 years.

Talking about the team play
Not his specific skill set

And the point was that his skill set is infectious.

 

[MVP]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has agreed to a one-year, $18 million deal with the Lakers, sources tell ESPN.

In the aiiiiiur

 

[Lizakers]

KCP!!!!!!

24Kkkkk

 

[sohi 23]

KCP!

Magic & Rob

 

[thasoleful1]

KCP!!

Finally 24k Magic!

 

[MVP]

SUCK IT ALL OF YA put some respek on Magic name from now on

 

[lovehateself]

SUCK IT ALL OF YA put some respek on Magic name from now on

Put ya shirt on bro

Figure rondo signs for MLE now