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

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Not worried about Poole whatsoever . Even if he does have a decent game he'll do something stupid at the worst possible time

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

Lakers by 20

 

[DLF]

every other day games is mentally draining as a fan.

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

 

[DLF]

Wow. A whole 43 points! Lol

People overreacting to the pick and roll. They haven’t played it all dynasty and won their titles not playing like James Harden (they actually made fun of that style a few years ago). Go ahead and get out of your game

They went on that run last game bc of fast breaks and lakers long misses and laziness.

 

[James_O]

every other day games is mentally draining as a fan.

Me right before the game

Ur avi also sums it up about right

 

[sohi 23]

I believe the bad offense with Vando led to more warriors open easy looks than anything.

Expect him to get the quick hook if he’s bad on offense again.

 

[atlsfinest]

every other day games is mentally draining as a fan.

The good thing about the WCFs and Finals is that we *should* get more gaps in the schedule

 

[pmatic]

The good thing about the WCFs and Finals is that we *should* get more gaps in the schedule

Not quite.

 

[Dhizzle]

This ****** team is still very dangerous. Need to put them out of their misery tonite and not let them get confident

 

[D StaXX]

every other day games is mentally draining as a fan.

Imagine how the players feel.
Need to end this **** tonight for some much needed rest.

 

[tupac003]

Not quite.

Lord no breaks?

We better close tonight. Seems like we could play Sunday either way.

 

[pmatic]

Spoiler

D’Angelo Russell to Los Angeles
I’m cheating a bit by listing Russell as a shooting guard, but given how often LeBron James and Austin Reaves are on the ball for the Lakers, it’s not a huge exaggeration. He’s 6-4 just like Brogdon and Melton too. Russell’s acquisition has perhaps been slightly less notable than some of the others above, as the exile of Russell Westbrook had a bigger impact because it returned not just Russell but also brought in defensive ace Jarred Vanderbilt and cleaned up the Lakers’ rotation.

(Ironically, the one true shooting guard in this trade we all thought would make an impact hasn’t worked out: Malik Beasley hasn’t made enough shots to justify his leaky defense and has fallen out of the mix for L.A. One wonders if the Lakers will bother picking up his $16.6 million team option — and the tax implications that come with it — for next season.)

Nonetheless, the acquisition of Russell alone has been more impactful than some may realize. While he can frustrate with inattentive defense and a zest for tough pull-up 2s, Russell’s threat as a shooter is paramount in an offense that otherwise mostly beast-balls its way to the free-throw line.

Russell shot 41.4 percent from 3 in his 17 games as a Laker, but the threat of him shooting at all may be just as important. He’s the only Laker other than James attempting more than three triples a game in the playoffs, and in James’ case (22.9 percent), I don’t think opponents are really sweating it. As a result, Russell has become a massive floor-spacing asset, enough to keep him on the floor even against a Warriors guard rotation that normally would see him yanked for defensive purposes.

There’s reason to believe here in a larger sense too. Russell shot a career-best 39.6 percent from 3 this season; he’s always had a soft stroke but has the lowest usage rate of his career this season and has benefited from taking easier looks off the catch (this was true in Minnesota as well, where Anthony Edwards’ emergence pushed him off the ball more). Playing next to James and Anthony Davis should portend many more quality looks in the future.

Russell, like Hart above, is a free agent this summer, and while he isn’t worth the $31 million he’s currently making, the Lakers are strongly incentivized by the Bird Rights trap to bring him back. (The Lakers can have cap room, in theory. In practice, re-signing Russell, Reaves and Rui Hachimura and using exception money on free agents is a much more realistic roster-building approach.) As with Hart above, the significant expense of acquiring Russell and Vanderbilt (an unprotected 2027 first) also starts to look better if he’s more than a rental.

 

[pmatic]

Lord no breaks?

We better close tonight. Seems like we could play Sunday either way.

Need the Suns-Nuggets series to go seven then the WCFs can start Tuesday.

 

[Lizakers]

This could be every other day for the next month cot damn

 

[drewsone]

the other caveat with them running so much steph on ball pnr is it for sure fatigues his legs
and we continue to attack him on the other end which compounds that

early 4th showed that bron can still sort of pick them apart with his chess board switch hunting too so i think theres also something to build on there

do you guys think we maybe start lonnie and try to catch them off guard? He's been more than fair defensively

 

[tupac003]

the other caveat with them running so much steph on ball pnr is it for sure fatigues his legs
and we continue to attack him on the other end which compounds that

early 4th showed that bron can still sort of pick them apart with his chess board switch hunting too so i think theres also something to build on there

do you guys think we maybe start lonnie and try to catch them off guard? He's been more than fair defensively

I don't think we should change our line up. Thats for teams that are desperate.

But Lonnie will get his burn.

 

[drewsone]

I don't think we should change our line up. Thats for teams that are desperate.

But Lonnie will get his burn.

fair
we havent really had the need to break that glass case
ham has been good with the in-game adjustments

once they swtiched ad on to wiggins they abandoned that pnr lol

 

[pmatic]

the other caveat with them running so much steph on ball pnr is it for sure fatigues his legs
and we continue to attack him on the other end which compounds that

early 4th showed that bron can still sort of pick them apart with his chess board switch hunting too so i think theres also something to build on there

do you guys think we maybe start lonnie and try to catch them off guard? He's been more than fair defensively

Starting lineup hasn't been good this series, but I don't think HiP will change it.

 

[sohi 23]

Lakers 25-10 with the new roster btw.

Winning percentage of 71.4% which wouldve been the best in the nba regular season.

 

[noblekane]

**** it let steph take every shot

he was dead tired at the end of last game

 

[drewsone]

Starting lineup hasn't been good this series, but I don't think HiP will change it.

need dlo to get something
cant go 1/9 or 1/10 again
he dont need 31 and 5 3pm just give us like 12-15 man lol

 

[pmatic]

Lakers 25-10 with the new roster btw.

Winning percentage of 71.4% which wouldve been the best in the nba regular season.

14-5 since Bron returned vs the Bulls.

 

[atlsfinest]

Not quite.

This is crazy. This reminds me of the 2021 playoffs for the Clippers where they played every other day for three consecutive playoff series (only had 1 game with 2 days rest)