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

[geno90221]

Are deflections, some steals, some rebounds, and some nice passes worth a #2 pick? Do you truly believe that objectively?

Sounds like a bench player picked in the late first early 2nd to me...

 

[fayetnam]

lebron put it out there that he want melo on the team so melo wont get butt hurt and lebron can look like hes looking out for his boy but really lebron gave magic the nope

LBJ don’t care about Melo or got a say. To me it sounds like Melo’s agent using the Lakers to generate interest in his client and to make it seem as if there’s a market for him.

Are deflections, some steals, some rebounds, and some nice passes worth a #2 pick? Do you truly believe that objectively?

The only player I’d consider ahead of Zo is Tatum. So yes, he was worth the second pick IMO. Jackson is trash. Fox has improved from last year but isn’t better than Zo. DSJ trash. Mitchell has empty stats. High volume scorer and nothing else. Fultz All of a sudden got cerebral palsy when he shoot

Objectively Zo is the second best player in the draft. Y’all act like this current version of Zo is permanent. Our staff sucks at player development but he will improve. Let dude have a full season/off season to work on his game.

Still don’t know why y’all flame Zo for being #2 pick who only been here 1.5 years when our other #2 pick has looked like complete dog **** for 2.5 years. Y’all gotta flame Ingram before y’all jump on Zo

 

[had pants]

 

[trynafeelmink]

“Lonzo, I think what he’s been doing throughout the year (is impressive),” Chandler told reporters after the game. “Especially of late on this run, picking up full court, getting steals, getting us extra buckets.

“With him, he’s one of those guys where scoring doesn’t matter because he impacts the game in so many different ways with his passing, with his defense and just the creativity out there."

Hmmm...

It's almost as if a player can impact the game & help the team win w/o being a great scorer....... who would have knew

 

[MajinZuub]

Are deflections, some steals, some rebounds, and some nice passes worth a #2 pick? Do you truly believe that objectively?

He is the Lakers best defender and he does more than "some nice passes." He is able to read things/make plays that some veteran PG's in the league can't do.

 

[Lizakers]

Would you trade a #2 pick in a deep draft for a healthy Andre Roberson (OKC’s best defender) if he had Zo’s passing ability?

 

[MajinZuub]

Would you trade a #2 pick in a deep draft for a healthy Andre Roberson (OKC’s best defender) if he had Zo’s passing ability?

That's a stupid comparison, it's not just "passing ability"
If you want to write him off before he's played 82 be my guest but I'm giving the kid a little more time

 

[Lizakers]

Edit: 5 in a row let’s gooooo

 

[thasoleful1]

Is MBonga suiting up tonight?

Yup, don’t see him getting any minutes unless they get into foul trouble.

 

[geno90221]

He is the Lakers best defender and he does more than "some nice passes." He is able to read things/make plays that some veteran PG's in the league can't do.

He’s one of the worst Starting PGs in the game

 

[DLF]

Why listen to players praise Lonzo? Instead you should listen to Celtics and philly fans in the NBA thread, as well as hot take show hosts. They know way more than players

 

[pmatic]

4. Kyle Kuzma playing some bully ball

As the league trends smaller, more lineups have only one defender who even approximates a physical match for LeBron: their power forward. Against the surging, weirdo Los Angeles Lakers, that leaves wings defending Kyle Kuzma.

Kuzma is just big enough to leverage that into a polished, calm bully-ball game.

The Lakers have scored 1.06 points per possession when Kuzma shoots out of the post, or passes to a teammate who shoots right away -- 33rd among 112 players who have recorded at least 15 post-ups, per Second Spectrum.

Kuzma has been feistier over the past two weeks chasing wings on the other end. Good thing, because LeBron is firmly in "chill on the weakest offensive player regardless of position" mode until crunch time.

One Laker wrinkle to watch: Both Kuzma and Lonzo Ball have played almost all their minutes with LeBron since Rajon Rondo busted his hand last month. When they all rest, Luke Walton goes without a traditional point guard, using Brandon Ingram in that role. That is what a lot of us craved: Unleash Ingram!

But the offense has looked gummy, and the numbers agree: 100.6 points per 100 possessions with Point Ingram since Rondo's injury -- about equivalent to the league's clankiest team. Maybe it's time to hand Lonzo the offense in those minutes? (They may do this anyway after Ingram sprained his ankle Wednesday.)

The Lakers are winning, but they remain a strange team -- hard to pin down. Even as they rise in the Western Conference, the future of this roster -- including some core players -- feels somehow uncertain.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25470903/10-things-like-including-bucks-weakness-nba

 

[Lizakers]

Did we expect his current teammate to rip him to the media or praise him? Jesus.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Another civil war over Lonzo.

 

[had pants]

 

[atlsfinest]

I fully expect to lose this game by 10+.

 

[noblekane]

I fully expect to lose this game by 10+.

never a good time in san antonio

 

[atlsfinest]

never a good time in san antonio

Honestly, I think we should rest Lebron either tonight or tomorrow night.

 

[cruzair13]

never a good time in san antonio

 

[Lizakers]

Swaggy P ain’t here to hit a game winner in San Antonio.

 

[pmatic]

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

I'm ready to watch tonight's game..

 

[pmatic]

Yeah, Hart on DeRozan isn't going to work.

 

[pmatic]

Get Hart off DeRozan man.

 

[CHAOSE57]

Keep it up Svi