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

[pmatic]

Not gonna lie, I thought he was so disenchanted from the ending vs France he gave up. But I'll give him benefit of the doubt. Rest up until October.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Rui is major trade bait. He definitely isn't a championship piece like a KCP, Caruso, Kuzma, Morris.

At first I thought he could be a major contributor but i was wrong. Dude's game is too one-dimensional and he gives the Lakers very little defensively. And most importantly he doesn't rebound the basketball-

For those who want to see Jerami Grant in a Laker uniform, simply look at Rui and that's what you're gonna get with Grant.

Hachimura, who is going to get hurt every single season, should be the first to get traded, even before DLo imo.

 

[Lizakers]

8/2/24

Kobe and Gigi Day

Excited to see the statue

 

[pmatic]

 

[darthska]

That looks amazing if true.
BRB. Gonna go cry.
Holy...

 

[pmatic]

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Kobe-Gigi statue better than the 1st statue cause it doesn’t look deformed

 

[MVP]

Can we get Dennis the Menace back somehow please?

 

[SORIANOTRON]

^ never wanted to let him go.

 

[Lizakers]

That statue wow
Life is so unfair sometimes man. Missing mamba

 

[MVP]

Pretty sure the last one is getting unveiled on either his birthday or Mamba Day afterwards 8/24/24.

 

[CP1708]

That statue hurts, man.

 

[MVP]

 

[lovehateself]

Im Not crying
You’re crying

 

[tupac003]

Yeah that statue is a kick in the nuts man....

Beautiful but I wish it never had to be made.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

You can see the pain in Vanessa’s eyes

It’s heartbreaking to see

Long live Kobe and Gigi

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

grittyman jab step

 

[grittyman]

“Did a little football… got smacked a few times, quit”

- Sounds like this character flaw isn’t limited to just bball

 

[MajinZuub]

Really don't want to watch another year of D Lo

 

[dontsteponmyshoes]

I hate his lil media tour this summer too. Guy is everywhere

 

[jab step]

grittyman jab step

Society needs a podcast mic ban.

Cannot believe he is going to start at PG for the Lakers. What a failure by the FO. They still have time to rectify this.

 

[Lizakers]

We’ve had worse starting point guards. Way worse lol

 

[grittyman]

I’m sure a lot of you guys have been watching Team USA this summer… and if you have, at some point you’ve probably said something along the lines of “Embiid sucks”

Not that Embiid is a bad basketball player, because he’s not… but he doesn’t really do the things that I’d like to see dominant big men do. Too much foul baiting and flopping. Too much outside shooting.

And that’s DLo in a nutshell for me. He’s not a “bad” player, but he just doesn’t do enough of the things that I’d like to see my point guards do… defend, penetrate the paint, solid decision making, etc. Maybe he’d be better off on a team where his weaknesses could be hidden better.

Probably won’t even be that bad over there once you pick on a few key words

 

[MVP]

Embiid is a MVP of the league, international ball ain't NBA ball. Weird comparison.