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

[sohi 23]

I mean he's done everything correct so far, He's drafted well, hasn't made shortsighted trades (YET!!), signed one Superstar & has us in position to sign another this summer, Has literally offered the entire team to get AD. At this point what else can magic do

The selling point here is supposed to be playing with Bron, we are slowly learning that prospect isn't that enticing to other superstar players.

He’s done a bunch of **** wrong man.

Trading Dlo for cap space when you didn’t even ******* need it is still ******* killing me.

Tampering for Paul George and not getting him? huge **** up.

The way they handled Mintz/Dlo/Randle backfired so badly.

Again, it doesn’t matter if they get their stars but to say they’ve done EVERYTHING correct so far is a blatant lie.

 

[MVP]

I mean he's done everything correct so far, He's drafted well, hasn't made shortsighted trades (YET!!), signed one Superstar & has us in position to sign another this summer, Has literally offered the entire team to get AD. At this point what else can magic do

The selling point here is supposed to be playing with Bron, we are slowly learning that prospect isn't that enticing to other superstar players.

They'll continue to ignore it man. We seeing first hand what Lebron does to a team and the level of control he has. We've seen it for the last 4 seasons in Cleveland. Toxic is a perfect adjective.

Magic just supposed to force other stars to play with him. Literally the only guy that's seemingly willing is one that's under his agency. That has to tell you something.

 

[noblekane]

All those who wanted LeToxic stand up!

I predicted this **** in 2pacalypse

The age and injury, LeGM bringing in his players and wanting his coach....running the offense hindering Zo’s development. Bron ball....a lot of us saw this coming

keep your shirt on chip

 

[fapmasterjr]

Welp let's focus on our youngsters then and move on. We'll be ok in a few years.

WE will be ok, but will THEY?

 

[whoaitsgee]

WE will be ok, but will THEY?

thought BI is handling this well. kuzma and hart seems to be really bothered by it. zo dgaf, like always.

 

[MVP]

I'll blame Magic for not doing his research on Lebron before hand and gauging how he's perceived around the league cause almost every single move has been geared toward getting him and a 2nd star to play WITH him via free agency.

The Ratsull trade to open up the 2nd slot
The KCP contracts to get the lifeline to Klutch
The PG fiasco

 

[titang545]

No time for development with Lebbywinks

YUP make it seem like everyone just going to forgive and forget after Thursday.

LeBron going to have a team dinner and congratulate everyone who made it this far.

I swear every time I see Corey Brewer I think a knockoff version of KCP. Must be the headband.

 

[trynafeelmink]

He’s done a bunch of **** wrong man.

Trading Dlo for cap space when you didn’t even ****ing need it is still ****ing killing me.

Tampering for Paul George and not getting him? huge **** up.

The way they handled Mintz/Dlo/Randle backfired so badly.

Again, it doesn’t matter if they get their stars but to say they’ve done EVERYTHING correct so far is a blatant lie.

1) D'lo legit got traded to open up cap for the two stars
2) Tampering cost us absolutely nothing, Magic tried everything they could and PG just changed his mind..... or heard about Lebron
3) Again D'Lo & Randle got moved/not extended because magic was pursuing two max FA players. not his fault an agent wants to hold a grudge

 

[sohi 23]

Bro tampering is the reason nobody wants to do business with us

 

[Lizakers]

I'll blame Magic for not doing his research on Lebron before hand and gauging how he's perceived around the league cause almost every single move has been geared toward getting him and a 2nd star to play WITH him via free agency.

The Ratsull trade to open up the 2nd slot
The KCP contracts to get the lifeline to Klutch
The PG fiasco

This! It’s like he thought “Who wouldn’t wanna play with the best player in the world? They’ll all line up”. No research

 

[drewsone]

Magic was always trying to go for the stars man.

PG the domino that messed everything up tho tbh. He should have came and then would have had Bron come after.

But the media frenzy that follows Bron... im sure players want to stay away from

But this is half-way thru year 1.. Magic is a bball savant and savvy businessman.. I think the Lakers will be in shape for contention in due time

Whether that be with AD or is yet to be decided.. IF no AD trade there's gonna have to be a big pow wow with the kids
4 seed at one point, yes weak schedule, but still 4 seed, and the teams net ratings were good for Def right?

The biggest thing that hurt the team here IMO is all the injuries. Zo always hurt, rondo hurt, bron missed too many, javale misses, kuz got banged up, BI sometimes too.
I think the trade drama just kind of magnified the loss last night

Indy went 19-34 from 3 while LA went 4-21 ffs.

 

[trynafeelmink]

Bro tampering is the reason nobody wants to do business with us

cmon man you don't honestly believe that, Nobody wants to do business with us because

1) We are the Epitome of the Big Market team, who can sell stars off location alone
2) We have Lebron, Lebron has clutch, & Lebron is using that as a way to manipulate the league to his favor.

The Clippers LITERALLY have a team employee showing up to all Kawhi games
The Knicks are seemingly being fed reliable info that someone is gonna sign with them this summer.

Tampering isn't the reason.

 

[MVP]

This! It’s like he thought “Who wouldn’t wanna play with the best player in the world? They’ll all line up”. No research

This is ridiculous given how we just got out of Kobe's last year's. Hell I think Jeanie even said this verbatim in a podcast last month.

Tampering is why they won't do business with us now? As if they haven't been actively trying not to work with us for years. Tampering isn't the reason why Jimmy Buckets and Kawhi all of a sudden changed their tunes on the Lakers, though.

Everybody is tampering man.

 

[drewsone]

This is ridiculous given how we just got out of Kobe's last year's. Hell I think Jeanie even said this verbatim in a podcast last month.

Tampering is why they won't do business with us now? As if they haven't been actively trying not to work with us for years. Tampering isn't the reason why Jimmy Buckets and Kawhi all of a sudden changed their tunes on the Lakers, though.

Those two cats are NOT trying to be second fiddles lol

Bron casts a shadow man you see how it is.. even sometimes in this thread lol
He polarizing. Gets all credit. Hardly any blame (in media).

 

[Lizakers]

Indy went 19-34 from 3 while LA went 4-21 ffs.

Even if they only made 6 threes they still would’ve beat us . We lost by 42

 

[drewsone]

Even if they only made 6 threes they still would’ve beat us . We lost by 42

I know bro but if they werent that hot from 3 the L wouldve just been a bad L. It was a pot roast

but from what ive read there was 0 energy from the Lakers last night

 

[ayotayo]

WE will be ok, but will THEY?

They can leave if they have the Odom mentality

 

[MVP]

Only way a deal gets done is if Orlando or Phoenix gets involved to give the Pels more stuff in exchange for BBB.

 

[captaintuxable]

As a young player, you gotta be feeling a certain way. All this talk about how Lebron was going to be the missing piece to get them back as they all showed promise last year and to hear that the team is willing to trade ALL of y’all plus draft picks for ONE guy to appease the OTHER guy that was supposed to help y’all. Other stars don’t want to play with Lebron. Kyrie requesting that trade showed a lot. PG changing his mind showed a lot. At some point, management gotta look up at the rafters and see what they were able to accomplish BEFORE Lebron. Stop coddling this man.

 

[fapmasterjr]

how come jerry west doesn't leak or show their hands.....only time we heard of tobias being traded was 2min prior to it happening. Magic and Cool Rob need to take notes...they playin checkers to a grown mans CHESS game. smh

 

[drewsone]

Only way a deal gets done is if Orlando or Phoenix gets involved to give the Pels more stuff in exchange for BBB.

i always thought it was going to be a 3 team trade
depends on how much phx is willing to give up for Zo tho

would def help

during the stretch of games bron missed the young guys did not look that good either though. might be another reason why magc is so willing to fire the clip lol

 

[dceja]

So can the clippers offer a better package than us for ad?

 

[Lizakers]

Interesting

some dudes hosting ESPN national radio right now are saying that loss last night was the Lakers young players pushing back on Lebron and how he controls the franchise. They aren't playing hard and gave him his biggest loss of his career more or less intentionally.

 

[drewsone]

just read in the main nba thread that the clippers move.. depending on how it pans out is damaging the package BOS can offer

ESPECIALLY if Tatum is off the table (which has been reported they are NOT promising to him)

clippers have all the cap and good picks.. it depends on what NO wants
SGA + Harrel + 4 1st rd picks (i think one is unprotected, but i dont think any will be top 5 or anything like that not sure)

versus young farm (gives them an entire new team that is NBA ready already) + 2 picks

so it depends on if they want the pick flexibility or a start off with a core already
also depends on if they want to be continue to be ****boys and not deal with Lakers

 

[tonelow]

Interesting

some dudes hosting ESPN national radio right now are saying that loss last night was the Lakers young players pushing back on Lebron and how he controls the franchise. They aren't playing hard and gave him his biggest loss of his career more or less intentionally.

I don't know about all that. BI came to play, Kuz is still banged up, Josh Svi and Zo didn't even play.

Bron, Rondo, Lance and Beas were the ones stinking it up.