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

[thasoleful1]

If Warriors did it against the Kings, Lakers can ******* pull off the series win going down 0-2

 

[sohi 23]

I think we can win 4 straight as well.

 

[drewsone]

mans 38 with bad foot and gotta guard joker and murray and still try to qb the offense
i try to give him some slack but god damn 3 possesions in a row he sold

ad 4/15 really hurt too man lol

 

[purpnyellow]

Bron guarding Jokic was a productive change-up but it just takes too much out of him while asking him to score 25 points and dish out 8 assists. He doesn't have the legs to do all that.

I don’t think we expect him to drop 25 his whole career he’s found the open guy do that don’t shoot us outa games

 

[Ube]

Damn this thread losing hope already? Down 2 is not great obviously but that doesn’t mean it’s over.

 

[pmatic]

There should be a conversation to swap Rui and Schroder for Vando and D'Lo in the starting lineup.

Schroder can pester Murray and Rui will help alleviate the load on Bron/AD. D'Lo can come off the bench and ease the playmaking duties for Bron on the second unit.

 

[tupac003]

Bron with a bad ankle and yall saying 4 straight...


I'll let yall cook.

 

[laker4lifeman]

We don't have to win 4 of 5; we just have to win Saturday night.

Just worry about Saturday night.

Seriously if we don’t win Saturday might as well not even show up Monday.

 

[drewsone]

also im not a fan of the 3 guard lineups man lol
every time those lineups are on the floor denver was cutting our lead

 

[grittyman]

Those Bron 3’s are fatigue shots…settling

Not sure how many minutes he played in the second half but spent a lot of time on ball and guarding Joker. Probably too much to ask at this point in his career.

I love Rui’s offense, but he’s played 58 minutes this series and has grabbed a whopping 2 rebounds. If he’s going to play that much he has to be better.

On to LA…

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Lakers just needs to do what they need to do at home. Total mental breakdown today.

Not sure why Lebron needed to get fancy

 

[thasoleful1]

If it gives anyone hope, Nuggets are really good at home. Undefeated to be exact. And Lakers are too….

 

[tupac003]

I'm gonna take a drink and calm down....

I'm livid.

 

[D StaXX]

We don't have to win 4 of 5; we just have to win Saturday night.

Just worry about Saturday night.

One game at a time. Everybody relax. Just win Saturday.

 

[lovehateself]

Lakers in 9

 

[CHAOSE57]

Bron health is a concern, AD’s inconsistency is another. Losing the first 2 games makes our margin for error smaller. We cannot afford AD to disappear if we want to even have a chance this series.

 

[D StaXX]

tupac003 has had it.
I definitely feel you, but this **** ain't over.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Yo Ham and Rob

Why sign Tristan Thompson and why even suit up an all-out, all-hustle-give-you-second-chance-points energizer like Wenyen Gabriel if you ain't gonna play them against a bigger team?

#dumbanddumber

 

[essential1]

DLo/Reaves/Bron/Rui/AD

When they unload the bench to start quarter 2. Unload the bench as well. What’s the point of trying so hard to win non-Jokic minutes, and exerting incessant energy. If Jokic is playing 40 minutes plus, probably should be more worried about those minutes.

Let DLo and Reaves QB the offense. Start of the 1st quarter and start of the 3rd were solid. Why? It was DLo and AR controlling offense. And they both can get AD in a 2 man game. But Ham just keeps going away from things that worked.
Bron needs to be catch and drive, or in the post. Or get it to LeBron and have cutters to find the cutters.

LeBron doesn’t need 25. AD does and the offense isn’t and shouldn’t be about LeBron until the game is winding down.

 

[tupac003]

tupac003 has had it.
I definitely feel you, but this **** ain't over.

 

[grittyman]

Yo Ham and Rob

Why sign Tristan Thompson if you ain't gonna play him against a bigger team?

Dumb and Dumber

The year is 2023 man.

Cut it out

 

[frink85]

winning the next 4 is possible in the same way that me winning the lottery or talking Beyonce into running away with me forever, but based on empirical evidence of Games 1 and 2 I have no confidence in this team getting their **** together to string together 4 wins especially in a row. 2 or 3 and going to game 7, maybe.

 

[purpnyellow]

Those Bron 3’s are fatigue shots…settling

Not sure how many minutes he played in the second half but spent a lot of time on ball and guarding Joker. Probably too much to ask at this point in his career.

I love Rui’s offense, but he’s played 58 minutes this series and has grabbed a whopping 2 rebounds. If he’s going to play that much he has to be better.

On to LA…

If he’s fatigued let someone else take the shot is throwing up 3s with fatigue a good basketball play ?

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

funny thing is the nuggets are giving no respect to this Lakers team and Lakers have no response.

 

[k3stacks]

Count me in the this aint over yet crowd.

Until I see us lose at home.