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

[CP1708]

The Lakers have been outscored this year with James on the court … and with Davis on the court … and with Russell Westbrook on the court. They have been outscored with James and Davis playing together, and when James plays without Davis, and when Davis plays without James. They’ve been outscored with James and Davis playing with Westbrook, and with James and Davis playing without Westbrook. Tell me the scenario, and the Lakers were beaten in it.

Of course, we haven’t even discussed the elephant in the room. Even if James and Davis magically revert to their 2019-20 selves, the Lakers are facing a pretty daunting 1-2 dilemma heading into next season:

1. The roster at spots 3 through 15 is the worst in the league
2. They have few mechanisms available to improve it

Let’s linger on point No. 1 for a minute. L.A.’s spin through free agency in 2021 yielded a bounty that included Alex Caruso, Kendrick Nunn, Trevor Ariza, Kent Bazemore, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, Wayne Ellington, DeAndre Jordan and Rajon Rondo. Only Anthony and Monk paid off to any extent, and even then it was more “relative to the other options here” than some kind of rousing success.

Amazingly, every single Laker not named James or Davis had a negative BPM this past season.

EVERY. SINGLE. LAKER.

Every single one. Every ****ing player you all beg for. Every. Single. One.

The Lakers gave over 3,500 minutes to players with single-digit PERs, including 1,388 to Avery Bradley (7.9); throughout the second half of the season leaned heavily on other teams’ discards (Stanley Johnson, D.J. Augustin, Wenyen Gabriel, Bradley) because their own offseason went so badly. Undrafted Austin Reaves felt like a revelation by comparison, but he finished with a 10.4 PER, -2.6 BPM and a 30.7 percent mark from 3.

The Lakers already are way over the cap, and stand at next year’s projected luxury tax line even with just seven players under contract.

A completely barren roster, no future assets, no trade value, your best player is going to be 38 and who is getting fired next week?

The guy that had nothing to do with assembling it.

Doc, Mike Brown, Kurt Rambis. (I don't actually think these are the guys that get hired, I can't fathom Jeanie would be that stupid, but.......)

Congratulations guys. I applaud all of you.

 

[CP1708]

Man who hurt you....

Jeanie, apparently.

 

[tupac003]

Congratulations guys. I applaud all of you.

Yes...because we are calling the shots.

hit MVP he got the inside track now....

 

[lovehateself]

MVP gonna climb the ladder and be the head coach next year

 

[DLF]

MVP gonna climb the ladder and be the head coach next year

He’s on the rigt path. Kissing Jeanie’s *** is the way to do it.

Both figuratively and literally.

 

[brucefan74]

We need a banana boat pic with Bron, AD, Westbrick, and Melo since Bron aint playing and Lakers going fishing after tonight. Such as wasted season.

 

[DLF]

I wish this years pick was a pick swap instead of outright giving it to pelicans

 

[darthska]

NOPE.

**** that. Y'all get Doc or Mike Brown. Gon be the best thing about next season.

Wayminit, are you saying...

... that they...

... are...

... BAD coaches?



-foe

 

[CP1708]

Wayminit, are you saying...

... that they...

... are...

... BAD coaches?



-foe

No, I'm saying they won't fix anything. Just the next suit. Thassit.

Those same jackoffs came to coach and AD plays 82 games, and Russ traded for Lillard, and Giannis gets bought out and comes to us, guess what......they gon have success as coaches.

 

[MVP]

MDA had elite talent for most of his coaching career and didn't win a damn thing. Why is that? Moreover why isn't he a HC now?

 

[MajinZuub]

I hate y'all for stretching this discussion all goddamn season

 

[tay1]

#JusACoachInASuit

 

[DLF]

CP also probably thinks the president of the US doesn’t matter. Just a white guy in a suit. It’s all the same.

 

[CP1708]

MDA had a great starting 5 and no bench.

Why?

His owner sold off Joe Johnson, Deng, Rondo, Rudy, Nate Rob, and Gortat.

What coach is winning anything with that amount of talent taken from their roster? Phil wouldn't. Pop wouldn't. Spo wouldn't.

 

[CP1708]

CP also probably thinks the president of the US doesn’t matter. Just a white guy in a suit. It’s all the same.

The F I do. I don't care who in office, long as it ain't Trump.

 

[frink85]

He’s on the rigt path. Kissing Jeanie’s *** is the way to do it.

Both figuratively and literally.

Another washed player agent for GM…?

Spoiler

 

[frink85]

Mercy will come tonight

 

[DLF]

 

[DLF]

MDA had a great starting 5 and no bench.

Why?

His owner sold off Joe Johnson, Deng, Rondo, Rudy, Nate Rob, and Gortat.

What coach is winning anything with that amount of talent taken from their roster? Phil wouldn't. Pop wouldn't. Spo wouldn't.

 

[DLF]

Like many things in life, everyone is a little bit right.

Sure, some exaggerate influence of a coach when times are good or bad. So coaching doesn’t matter THAT much.

But at same time, one person who claims it doesn’t matter at all also is ridiculous.

Why can’t we just agree to disagree and meet in the middle

Let’s focus on tonight’s big game. Let’s hope the suns end our misery.

 

[Lizakers]

Hoping we get closure tonight, donate organs, close casket service, bury these mofos

 

[noblekane]

Man who hurt you....

the front office when they fired antoni and then puke

 

[pmatic]

 

[tay1]

Reggie spoke the truth.

Pelinka & Jeannie should be on thin ice.

 

[geno90221]