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

[MVP]

team with ad and mitchell wont even make the playoffs

**** cleveland bron needs to retire a laker

Why?

 

[pdino]

If Cassell gets coach I'll get to spam his big balls GIF

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

team with ad and mitchell wont even make the playoffs

**** cleveland bron needs to retire a laker

The only intelligent statement you’ve made since I joined NikeTalk in 2019

Good job buddy!

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

oh yeah? whos giving up an all star for reaves?

Gritty gritty already knows AR is a stAR

Not surprised the Lakers value him as such

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Relax kiddos…

LeBron James ain’t going NOWHERE

 

[MVP]

 

[jab step]

Just remember we have to have him apparently....he is that great

Issue is it's easier said than done to replace him. Clearly the team wants to upgrade from him, but how.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

still cant believe deangelo russell sucked *** again

you got ****ing lebron and ad on your got damn team. make a ****ing shot

Believe it. This was actually a improvement compared to his other playoffs.

 

[lovehateself]

too bad the coaching declined

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Jeanie and Rob can’t be this dumb and naive to hire JJ Redick can they? Lol

First they break up a championship team immediately after winning the O’Brien.
Then they trade the house for Westbrook.
They they sign Ham the rookie who had never proven anything as a coach
And now they want to sign yet another rookie coach on a win-now team

Jeanie and Rob’s judgement is to be questioned, criticized, and ripped apart moving forward. They should not be trusted



Haslem is dead on with his comments

 

[Lizakers]

In coach K we trust

 

[tupac003]

Report: Lakers tried to trade D'Angelo Russell at trade deadline

The Los Angeles Lakers might have had a very different look -- and come out with a very different outcome -- in the 2024 NBA Playoffs had they been able to trade D’Angelo Russell as they reportedly tried to do prior to the deadline in early February.

lakersdaily.com

Still believe we should have traded him.

Will be interesting to see the type of deal he gets from Orlando or San Antonio

 

[essential1]

Probably would have missed the playoffs with what would have been available. The report is that “Sources say the Lakers tried to trade him at the deadline, but no team wanted to acquire him because of the leverage he’d have heading into the summer with that player option.” Even then, any trade was attach a pick, and get some guy who isn't a PG. And isn't a better player.

DLo asked for the player option, and in exchange gave up his no trade. LA wanted a straight 2-year deal. DLo didn't want it. Why? Leverage LA a year later.

Besides the point, he's more likely to be a Laker next year than he isn't. And then we can do the debate again of keep him or trade him when the return is Royce O'Neale.

 

[tupac003]

Yeah he ain't coming back if that's the plan

 

[essential1]

So they couldn't find anybody to take him on because he was an expiring deal. So the "leak" is that Rob is going to pay him an even bigger amount of money to be an expiring contract.

BUT also trade their picks in the off-season before you even get to that point.

Rob is definitely hitting a stride of "what are you even looking to do at this point?"

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Lol he's gone man. It is what it is

 

[essential1]

Lol he's gone man. It is what it is

There’s always the percentage. Hell there’s a percentage LeBron decides he’s out.

Lakers “want” XYZ. They will be outbid and forced to match it. The alternative is going to be a really bumpy ride.

Also even as a person who likes DLo. Ain’t no team going to trade anything Lakers would want just to sign him.

 

[dontsteponmyshoes]

In coach K we trust

Kurt Rambis?

 

[Rockabilly Zombie]

Kurt Rambis?

Reported.

 

[jab step]

Lol he's gone man. It is what it is

To where though lol. Who is going to want him? And if a team wants him, I cannot see him getting a good contract at all.

 

[MVP]

It's simple D'Lo wet the bed in the playoffs again. There's no reason to bring him back on the team to play he's just a number and depreciated asset at this point. If they're going hard after Donovan that extra 1st rd pick that would have went away with D'Lo in any deal is going to be critical.

 

[pmatic]

I see both sides.

D'Lo was very good during the regular season and it would suck to let the salary slot just go. On the other hand, he craps his pants when the competition levels ups in the playoffs.

 

[jab step]

It's simple D'Lo wet the bed in the playoffs again. There's no reason to bring him back on the team to play he's just a number and depreciated asset at this point. If they're going hard after Donovan that extra 1st rd pick that would have went away with D'Lo in any deal is going to be critical.

Feel like plenty of teams will go after Mitchell and those teams have a lot of assets. Only way Mitchell ends up a Laker is if he says I will only extend as a Laker.

I agree with not bringing him back, but they are going to need to have a replacement for his production. He was garbage again in the playoffs, but he was very useful in the regular season. Need to replace that production for the season.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

If D'lo gets traded in a deal for Mitchell the Lakers will improve. That's all that should really matter

 

[pmatic]

Ironically D'Lo is in a very similar spot to Schroder in 2021.