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

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Nope not falling for it again. Ship his *** out.
 


And this is my inevitable issue with the lineup and its max potential. I feel the same about Rui as I do with DLo. The talent is there. I want to believe. But my eyes don't deceive me.


Rui plays like he picked up bball late (he did) and there's a language barrier (there was). He's way too big and talented to be a net negative on defense. If he's even average at defending his position he becomes a valuable commodity (and much more expensive) in the league just off his size/spot up shooting alone.
 
And this is my inevitable issue with the lineup and its max potential. I feel the same about Rui as I do with DLo. The talent is there. I want to believe. But my eyes don't deceive me.


Rui plays like he picked up bball late (he did) and there's a language barrier (there was). He's way too big and talented to be a net negative on defense. If he's even average at defending his position he becomes a valuable commodity (and much more expensive) in the league just off his size/spot up shooting alone.
He can do everything right, but he's at a mobility/lateral quickness disadvantage because they ask him to defend out of position most nights.
 
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