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

[pmatic]

AD, Bron, THT and Westbrook...who's the fifth guy come the playoffs?

 

[DLF]

AD, Bron, THT and Westbrook...who's the fifth guy come the playoffs?

You mean AD Bron Ariza THT. Whose the fifth guy?

Westbrook will be benched in crunch time

 

[DLF]

Good game. Tht continuing to thrive might save us

 

[darthska]

AD not top 5 anymore, and hasn't been for a while.

-foe

 

[drewsone]

If AD took the matchup as personally as Greek did maybe it’s a different game
But he didn’t lol I like AD but it always been his mental with me tbh

but I think they saidwe was like 12/40 from three lol

 

[Lizakers]

This “short-handed Lakers” narrative is BS

we have enough talent and two “star players” to win these games. Just look at the short handed warriors!

 

[grittyman]

Yeah he shoulda got the and 1 on the dunk but let’s go to the shot chart

He took 15 shots and only 6 in the paint…and how many of those were fadeaways?

Yeah I’m on one tonight guys
Stop making excuses for this dude, point blank period. THT balled out, Russ making plays and for the most part kept the turnovers down (15 assists, 3 TO’s). Guys shot a lot of 3’s because NUMBER 3 didn’t show up.

 

[sohi 23]

AD, Bron, THT and Westbrook...who's the fifth guy come the playoffs?

If we’re down: Melo or Ellington/Monk
If we’re up: Ariza or AB

 

[MVP]

It's not necessarily that he can't do it, it's the way he does it. He needs others to create for him and he'll clean up after guys. He'll flash some ball handling and playmaking and show what he's capable of now and then but that was never his bread and butter. It's like he has arrested development or something and never quite turned the corner as a #1 option outside the bubble really

Yea, I was hoping bubble AD was a sign of things to come but it just regressed slightly.

 

[geno90221]

AD, Bron, THT and Westbrook...who's the fifth guy come the playoffs?

TBD
It’s only November

 

[Korofi]

dude, its November

 

[trynafeelmink]

IDK how we are continuously having this convo about a guy who is 27/10/3 on 53/32/83 come playoff time . because he didn't treat a game in November like a finals matchup.

 

[DLF]

dude, its November

Ya so what?

He’s asking who will be with these four players who are our four main players. Of course they gonna be in heavy rotation even in playoffs

 

[geno90221]

IDK how we are continuously having this convo about a guy who is 27/10/3 on 53/32/83 come playoff time . because he didn't treat a game in November like a finals matchup.

Gianni did that’s why he’s elite and that’s the main difference between him and AD.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Imma say it again..I'm guessing yall never watched AD in Nola . When the trade first happened I called him an elite garbage man. He has the look of a guy that should be able to put in work like Giannis but that's never been his game

AD couldn't get anywhere in NOLA til Boogie and Rondo came and that's when he got furthest in the postseason.

He def cannot put a team on his back like Gisnnis who is a true #1.

AD ain't even a 1A no more cause dude is scared of contact.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

SOFT

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

AD is disinterested. It’s frustrating and disappointing but I won’t worry about him until Bron is back.

I'm worried. Cause if AD has to rely on Bron to get his game where it needs to be, what if Bron foul out like Shaq, can AD carry the team like Kobe did in OT?

What if Bron gets hurt in the playoffs, can AD will his team like Giannis?

The answer rn is a resounding NO to those questions.

We would be fk'd in the playoffs if Bron went down for any extended amount of time

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

You mean AD Bron Ariza THT. Whose the fifth guy?

Westbrook will be benched in crunch time

I already told y'all the 5th guy is/will be Austin Reaves. He's got more goods than any other 2-way guard the Lakers have that's not named THT.

You need 2 legit role players who do all the intangibles next to your 3 ball handlers and scorers.

 

[tay1]

I'm worried. Cause if AD has to rely on Bron to get his game where it needs to be, what if Bron foul out like Shaq, can AD carry the team like Kobe did in OT?

What if Bron gets hurt in the playoffs, can AD will his team like Giannis?

The answer rn is a resounding NO to those questions.

We would be fk'd in the playoffs if Bron went down for any extended amount of time

AD can’t carry this team. And he doesn’t have to as long as Bron is healthy going forward . I don’t believe the abdominal injury was serious. I just think he was taking extra time to heal up completely from the ankle injury earlier on as well as this injury. If he gets hurt again, the writing is officially on the wall for Bron.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

The conundrum is...

AD plays better on offense when he's the 5, but is much less effective on D when he's the 5 cause he becomes it appears he's less dominating on D when he by himself is tasked with protecting the lane and the rim. He has much more pressure on him defensively it seems.

But elwhen he's the 4, he struggles on offense because we have a non-stretch center who clogs AD's driving lanes. But when AD played next to Dwight or Javale, he was an even bigger force on the defensive end, especially with his ability to come from the weak side and help at the rim.

Lakers need Jerami Grant or Myles Turner or Sabonis, not Westbrook and Dumb*** DJ

 

[noblekane]

AD, Bron, THT and Westbrook...who's the fifth guy come the playoffs?

melo or monk. we need a consistent 3 point threat

 

[noblekane]

You mean AD Bron Ariza THT. Whose the fifth guy?

Westbrook will be benched in crunch time

vogel aint got the balls to bench westbrook.

he didnt have the balls to bench drummond he aint tryna have westbrook choke him out.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

But elwhen he's the 4, he struggles on offense because we have a non-stretch center who clogs AD's driving lanes.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

This “short-handed Lakers” narrative is BS

we have enough talent and two “star players” to win these games. Just look at the short handed warriors!

Exactly.

Warriors are a team. Lakers nothin but a bunch of individual names and one-on-one play.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

How is it that GSW dumped Bazemore and Bradley to the Lakers, while at the same time snatching former SB Laker G-Leaguer Gary Payton The Second, who is now playing better and more consistent all around basketball than AB, KB, and RR combined?

I don't even need to see the numbers. Eye see how they ballin in SF and they ain't playin around. They tryna win this whole thing and the Lakers done goofed again with GP2, who is the type of aggressive and high IQ'd defensive guard the Lakers need to complement the offense of THT, Bron, Melo, and Potato Chip Davis