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I agreeRussell Westbrook is indefensible
Hard to guard him
Bring him back.
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I agreeRussell Westbrook is indefensible
MVP still out here trying to cape for Russ even after last year's debacle. Gotta love the perseverance
I think the championship window would have been open because if we had Buddy Hield, KCP and most likely Caruso we would have been able to thread water while Lebron and AD were out. Lebron and AD missed alot of time in 2020-21 but we were able to maintain at least make the playoffs (before AD got hurt again). Do we win the title if AD and Lebron are hurt but we could have made the playoffs and given ourselves a shot.
I don't think anyone disagrees that we have to have Bron and AD in order to do well.
But Russ never ever fit with this team. He should not have been a Laker...
Yes he is getting 99% of the blame for last year and I agree that some off that blame should come of him and go on to the injuries.
But Russ's attitude made it so easy to blame him.
So in other words, the key to winning a championship is a Big ManJust playing out a little hypothetical, Lakers never trade for Russ. Do the Buddy Heild deal keep KCP. AD still misses half the season and Bron misses the time he does, how exactly is that a championship window being still open? Our fortunes have been almost entirely dependent on whether or not AD is in a Laker uniform actually on the court in the Bron era. That's since he came in 19. Four seasons of evidence. Sure would the locker room have been better w/o Russ, of course. Would the chemistry have been better? Unequivocally. But to pinpoint he as the sole reason for us not being a contender anymore is a bit over the top. AD is the key. He always has been and always will be. Bron can put up all the numbers he wants to and it doesn't matter.
If somehow we acquire Myrie and AD is hurt the way he has been over the last couple seasons, we won't have a chance either.
Yes he is getting 99% of the blame for last year
*Ahem....*
Don't start
AgreeTo me the Russ trade was nothing more than a Hail Mary attempt at making some kind of championship run with a Big 3 and spare parts…I didn’t have a lot of faith in them pulling it off but I also didn’t have much faith in them running it back with this group and a lame duck coach against an improved Western conference so I’m not really missing any of these names below.
At the same time the main thing that hurts about all this is if you take all the assets Rob used to acquire and prob trading Russ they could have taken these same guys on the list and really upgraded the supporting pieces around AD/Bron.
SMGDH.
I cut them some slack because of the short turnaround and injuries during the regular season. Dudes were overworked and had dead legs.To me the Russ trade was nothing more than a Hail Mary attempt at making some kind of championship run with a Big 3 and spare parts…I didn’t have a lot of faith in them pulling it off but I also didn’t have much faith in them running it back with this group and a lame duck coach against an improved Western conference so I’m not really missing any of these names below.
At the same time the main thing that hurts about all this is if you take all the assets Rob used to acquire and prob trading Russ they could have taken these same guys on the list and really upgraded the supporting pieces around AD/Bron.
SMGDH.
Sure there were plenty of justifiable reasons why they struggled, I totally get that. But we know how this thing works, regardless of whatever you have to get it done or there might not be a next time. Even when healthy some of those same struggles existed..ability to hit shots, create off the dribble, etcI cut them some slack because of the short turnaround and injuries during the regular season. Dudes were overworked and had dead legs.
Great post buddy, couldn’t have said it better myself.Agree
Russ averaged 18 points last year.
He was not the problem. He’s Mr triple double. None of these guys have a triple double his whole career.
Role players, like coaches, don’t matter.
I wish we signed more players that averaged lots of points. I would have done Lou Will, Harrell, Jamal Crawford, Melo with our signings this year. give me PPG any day I’d the week
And this is where you hope another year of Schroder, the addition of Hield, improvement of THT (if he were retained) and an actual offensive assistant coach would've helped. But alas...Sure there were plenty of justifiable reasons why they struggled, I totally get that. But we know how this thing works, regardless of whatever you have to get it done or there might not be a next time. Even when healthy some of those same struggles existed..ability to hit shots, create off the dribble, etc
That’s what I mean…hope lolAnd this is where you hope another year of Schroder, the addition of Hield, improvement of THT (if he were retained) and an actual offensive assistant coach would've helped. But alas...
If that’s what you got from my post then next time either read slower or ask questions if you don’t understand what I’m saying.Best thread on the site
We got a poster that thinks coaches don’t matter and another that thinks role players are irrelevant bc of their stats.
We deserve all that’s coming to us.
If that’s what you got from my post then next time either read slower OR LEARN HOW TO READ or ask questions if you don’t understand what I’m saying.