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

[pmatic]

It's time.

 

[Lizakers]

Imagine clamoring for the return of two career journeymen

 

[tupac003]

Dear AD,

Wear Googles going forward.

Thanks

Everyone.

 

[CP1708]

Who's 'you guys'?
You quoted 'you guys' doing that?
Or you quoted me?
Cool.
When did I do that?
Cool.

You're dodging my point by responding about what 'you guys' do.

That is true, it may not be you specifically, you are right but 90% of this very thread last year was.

 

[CP1708]

It's time.

First play, Bron dumps it into him, he pivots for a skyhook. (Likely airball, but we move from there )

 

[CP1708]

Oh my God please let this be a thing.

 

[tupac003]

 

[grittyman]

No Chet for a couple months, no KD for a few weeks… Back to back IST championships on deck

 

[darthska]

My AR-15.

 

[Korofi]

We will have Brook Lopez and Brogdan next year

 

[lovehateself]

Shoutout to ex-Laker legend Scotty Pippen Jr. getting the triple double last night

Bronny cant shoot for ****. He needs to be in the g league for a good 2 years. But he can have a career.

bronny gonna be ballin in memphis in 3 years

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

Oh my God please let this be a thing.

Would be nice if Bron could go 50-40-9080 at least once.

 

[SORIANOTRON]

Watched the game yesterday, and yeah the first half guys were sleepwalking....we get it together and go on a mini run and cut it to 3 at the half.

I think it was early in the 3rd raps when on a run to extend to 10...JJ calls a timeout QUICK and he's fuming...

Lakers respond end up going on a run scoring 6 straight closing it to 4, Raps take a timeout and score off the time out but after that the Lakers kept pushing and took the lead never giving it back.

Great timeout by JJ and great response by the team, that really stuck out to me last night.

 

[grittyman]

Don't feel like looking this up, but I feel like healthy Cam was fine doing Cam Reddish things, but once he started dealing with those nagging injuries he was never quite the same.

 

[MVP]

So 10 games in...AD playing at an MVP level, Bron still able to turn it on when needed and AR playing well.

Pretty much everything else can be shuffled around these dudes to make what's sure to be one last run at it.

We know we're *** defensively so wing defender should be at the top of the list followed by a big.

And they need to make that move as soon as possible.

 

[Korofi]

What wing is available? Jae Crowder and Robert Covington are at home. Are they too old? What big body Big outside of Lopez can we get?

Ironically, Marc Gasol wouldve fit so well right now....

 

[SORIANOTRON]

Ironically, Marc Gasol wouldve fit so well right now....

bro wut

 

[grittyman]

Those were fun conversations this summer

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Y’all notice how Hayes, as skinny bodied as he is, is playing with a lot more ferocity on the boards this year? He’s also going after blocks with more frequency. In short he’s been very active.

He’s been arguably the best player off the bench in all the games they’ve played so far. And dude been hella consistent too.

JJ develops guys. Ham just salutes them

#coachingdoesn’tmatter

 

[essential1]

Rui has gone away from that first few game stretch.

Gotta get him playing more physical and going after rebounds.

Has one of the easiest shot selections from 3 in the league. So being physical will open up the other parts of the game.

But the first 4 games, really good. Last 5, really bad.

If he’s not rebounding, can’t really start him just because of the profile of rebounders 1-3 in the starting lineup. The one issue is, nobody to play in that spot.

 

[MVP]

What wing is available? Jae Crowder and Robert Covington are at home. Are they too old? What big body Big outside of Lopez can we get?

Ironically, Marc Gasol wouldve fit so well right now....

Jeremy Grant, Robert Williams, Lopez, Valančiūnas should all be available when that restriction is up in the middle of December.

 

[grittyman]

If he’s not rebounding, can’t really start him just because of the profile of rebounders 1-3 in the starting lineup. The one issue is, nobody to play in that spot.

It’s not just the lack of rebounding w/ Rui… it’s the lack of defensive awareness and tunnel vision on offense (remember how the league put slogans on jerseys in the bubble? They need to allow LA to put “Swing swing mofo” on the back of his.

At some point this season I wouldn’t be surprised to see some combination of LeBron/Wood/Vando/AD/ Hayes eating up all the frontcourt minutes UNLESS Rui commits to contributing more on the defensive end… same reason I thought he didn’t play much last season.

 

[essential1]

It’s not just the lack of rebounding w/ Rui… it’s the lack of defensive awareness and tunnel vision on offense (remember how the league put slogans on jerseys in the bubble? They need to allow LA to put “Swing swing mofo” on the back of his.

At some point this season I wouldn’t be surprised to see some combination of LeBron/Wood/Vando/AD/ Hayes eating up all the frontcourt minutes UNLESS Rui commits to contributing more on the defensive end… same reason I thought he didn’t play much last season.

I don’t disagree. Better rebounding could mask the defense issue some. But when you stink at rebounding, your defense that’s not good is amplified.

Certainly possible the roster crunch even without any moves.

But because there will be it’s why I think it is trending toward Rui is the most likely out at this point.

Two of their targets directly crunch Rui out of minutes (backup 5 and a 3/4) unless they move Vando and easier said than done with his injuries.

I think what’s going to slowly happen and has started to is Rui, Max and JHS will be the ones who facilitate those moves. One would hope Gabe but I don’t think we’ll be so lucky.

 

[ill 949]

Is it a pick swap with the Pels this year or do we owe them outright?

 

[essential1]

Is it a pick swap with the Pels this year or do we owe them outright?

It’s with Atlanta now. Straight up to them.