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

[drewsone]

yeah that's anothing thing too if we are to get any like.. really really good third guy it ds, trezz, kuz, kcp, and THT prob gon be gone in some combination or another

 

[Iron Man]

 

[D_eezus]

Last night was bitter sweet for sure.
Watching book kill it but realize he’s torching us.
Especially because i’ve been a fan of book for so long

Definitely would’ve made Kobe proud

 

[DLF]

Ehh. Normally I’d be livid about a guy trash talking

but when he’s trash talking Harrell who was bench riding but talking ****, Drummond who was clowning them in game 3 then proceeded to **** the bed, and Shroeder who was talking **** but put up 0 in game4. Ya Ill allow it.

 

[DLF]

I know we trash Kuzma and kcp Caruso etc

but these guys were gassed from a long playoff run and short offseason. At some point they just ran out of gas.

I wouldn’t mind a trade but let’s not overreact and trade guys just to trade them. Let’s hope they take a nice long break to get right mentally and come back mentally stronger next season

Except Kuzma. **** that guy lol

 

[pmatic]

Ridiculous that the core we brought back from the Bubble were hobbled/tired yet Dwight, Danny and Rondo seem in good shape.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[DLF]

Ridiculous that the core we brought back from the Bubble were hobbled/tired yet Dwight, Danny and Rondo seem in good shape.

Rondo played half the year only.

Dwight and Danny were vets and know how to play long into playoffs and bounce back.

AD didn’t know how to adjust his routine likely.

just a thought. Might not be even true.

 

[D_eezus]

THJ probably put our budget huh?!

 

[pmatic]

Lakers only have the taxpayer MLE to offer, so McDermott would need to be really compelled to ring chase.

 

[CHAOSE57]

We need a shooter who can shoot when they get here.

 

[D_eezus]

We need a shooter who can shoot when they get here.

You damn right!!!!

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[Lizakers]

They forgot Zubac and the legendary 3 and D Anthony Brown

it’s a championship. I’d do it all over again

 

[atlsfinest]

This is a super weird take for a number of reasons:

1. The guy who posted it is a jazz fan, a team that's been around for 60 years and hasn't sniffed a title. He's taking about "one chip" like they're easy to come by

2. There's no way the Lakers could have kept all those players. That's well over $300m in contracts on that roster

3. Even if the Lakers did keep all of those guys, that's a first-round exit team. Maybe they luck out and went around but they're not winning a championship.

4. We still have AD, who is better than all of those guys combined.

 

[CHAOSE57]

‘One chip’
There are legends who got none.

 

[DLF]

This is a super weird take for a number of reasons:

1. The guy who posted it is a jazz fan, a team that's been around for 60 years and hasn't sniffed a title. He's taking about "one chip" like they're easy to come by

2. There's no way the Lakers could have kept all those players. That's well over $300m in contracts on that roster

3. Even if the Lakers did keep all of those guys, that's a first-round exit team. Maybe they luck out and went around but they're not winning a championship.

4. We still have AD, who is better than all of those guys combined.

Oh I assumed he was just trolling?

If serious, who cares. Who is he? Next.

 

[D_eezus]

The one chip is funny af because his 2 “homegrown”superstars weren’t enough to win a title

The same thing he’s making fun of at least 2 other teams have gone the same route and are in really good spot to “win one chip” before the jazz.
Nets have the best chance to win one and they got at least 3 future HOF’ers on that squad.

Clips are next but they are worse than us.

Correct me if i’m wrong but Pels are only gonna wanna switch the pics if they are higher ( which most likely won’t happen, at least i hope)

 

[Almanssn]

acting like one chip is some spare change. Idiotic. Even if it ends up just one chip, still worth.

 

[grittyman]

So the tools the Lakers will have to upgrade the roster includes:

1. Tax payer MLE ($5 mil)
2. Minimum salary spots
3. Trade friendly contracts of guys with low value… Kuz, KCP and Trez (if he opts in)
4. 2021 first round draft pick

 

[grittyman]

Yeah they’re probably gonna just run it back for the most part.

 

[tonelow]

I'm actually kinda relieved this season is over. With all the injuries it just felt like this wouldn't be our year. Only thing I'm mad about is not pulling the trigger for Lowry, he would have been perfect against the suns especially.

The biggest adjustment we can make for next year is convincing ad and Bron to play the 4 and 5 more, especially in the playoffs. That and finding a ball handler that can hit 3s when the defense goes under are the most obvious fixes.

I'm excited to have an early 20s pick again. So far I like kessler Edwards and trey Murphy.

 

[nermindee]

my gosh i was a big fan of kuz now i hate that guy the most.

It’s like yall don’t really watch

So the tools the Lakers will have to upgrade the roster includes:

1. Tax payer MLE ($5 mil)
2. Minimum salary spots
3. Trade friendly contracts of guys with low value… Kuz, KCP and Trez (if he opts in)
4. 2021 first round draft pick

Kuzma poison pill contract makes him untradeable till midseason I think.

 

[nermindee]

Anthony Davis needs to committ to his body this summer... this dude came in all fat in January and nobody mentioned a damn thing... dude had a belly and a chubby face.
I'd also love for him to stop being all akward when it comes to jumping and landing.... dudes legs are all over the place and he loves to land on one leg and put all his weight on it.

 

[pmatic]

Kuzma poison pill contract makes him untradeable till midseason I think.

It gets lifted first day of free agency.