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

First qtr I was like
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Wenyen makes it 15?


Wen should be in a 10 man rotation
Didn’t mean that literally… I believe there’s only 14 on the roster.

Wenyen is a 4/5… Lebron and AD are taking up the bulk of those minutes. Then there’s Rui and TB off the bench. Who’s minutes out of that group do you want to reduce?
 
Didn’t mean that literally… I believe there’s only 14 on the roster.

Wenyen is a 4/5… Lebron and AD are taking up the bulk of those minutes. Then there’s Rui and TB off the bench. Who’s minutes out of that group do you want to reduce?

I’d go bigger. AD at the 4 with Wen and sometimes Rui backing him up. TB and Wen and the 5. Lebron, Troy and sometimes Rui at the 3. I don’t want AD as center
 
once ham randomly inserted juan tuscano anderson in the 3rd quarter it killed the chemistry and flow of the game.

game over
 
Wenyen is a 4/5… Lebron and AD are taking up the bulk of those minutes. Then there’s Rui and TB off the bench. Who’s minutes out of that group do you want to reduce?
No need to reduce imo, when you can easily slide Bron to the 3, Wenyen to the 4, and AD to the 5 and get productive minutes. AD + Wenyen + Bron have looked good together in the few times I saw Ham use it.

Because Wenyen for the most part isn't a liability on defense, it allows the Lakers to play the above frontcourt with any combo of guards who are decent defenders like Reaves/Schroder or Schroder/Walker for example

TB backs up AD.
Rui and Wenyen take turns at PF in big lineups. Bron can slide between the 3 and the 4 depending on matchups. Easily.

Then trade Jones for a better defensive big man, acquire a consistent three point threat a la Glen Rice, and boom Lakers roster improves dramatically.
 
I’d go bigger. AD at the 4 with Wen and sometimes Rui backing him up. TB and Wen and the 5. Lebron, Troy and sometimes Rui at the 3. I don’t want AD as center
Okay so let’s apply some numbers here

48 minutes at each position

SF - Lebron, Troy, Rui
PF - AD, Wen, Rui
C - TB, Wen

So basically you’d have Rui as a 3rd stringer who’d see little minutes, JTA out of the rotation completely …no Lebron or AD at the positions they’ve been playing all year either.

And you’re left with Dennis, Russ, Pat, Lonnie, Austin, Max and Troy competing for minutes at the 1/2

Still much overlapping at certain positions there is always going to be someone left in the cold
 
Okay so let’s apply some numbers here

48 minutes at each position

SF - Lebron, Troy, Rui
PF - AD, Wen, Rui
C - TB, Wen

So basically you’d have Rui as a 3rd stringer who’d see little minutes, JTA out of the rotation completely …no Lebron or AD at the positions they’ve been playing all year either.

And you’re left with Dennis, Russ, Pat, Lonnie, Austin, Max and Troy competing for minutes at the 1/2

Still much overlapping at certain positions there is always going to be someone left in the cold

Remember when Phil was playing Bynum, Gasol and Odom but still squeezing in Turiaf, Josh Powell etc? I’m just saying Wenyen should not get DNP’s. You have to play him and if he’s rolling give him more minutes

Or Dwight Javale and AD?
 
Okay so let’s apply some numbers here

48 minutes at each position

SF - Lebron, Troy, Rui
PF - AD, Wen, Rui
C - TB, Wen

So basically you’d have Rui as a 3rd stringer who’d see little minutes, JTA out of the rotation completely …no Lebron or AD at the positions they’ve been playing all year either.

And you’re left with Dennis, Russ, Pat, Lonnie, Austin, Max and Troy competing for minutes at the 1/2

Still much overlapping at certain positions there is always going to be someone left in the cold
Which is why another trade or two are needed to balance out the roster.

Way too many little guards. JTA and Jones are useless.
 
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