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

[pmatic]

Injuries suck.

Koloko, Rui, Knecht, Olivari and Gabe sharing the court.

 

[pmatic]

Look at Cam the playmaker.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

Yeah if Bron and AR are out you gotta start DLo and give him extended minutes.

 

[pmatic]

Going too early again at the end of the half. Doesn't bite the Lakers in the *** at least.

 

[lovehateself]

Save us Q

 

[CP1708]

Rui.

 

[CP1708]

DLo

Vincent has been fairly useful tonight as well.

We need to get Knecht goin again.

 

[pmatic]

I would rather these dummies dribble out the shot clock than attempt to run a play. It always leads to a turnover or rushed shot.

 

[essential1]

2 minutes of no backup center killed all momentum.

 

[CP1708]

#3Lo

 

[CP1708]

DLo passing

 

[essential1]

DLOOOOOOOOOO

Had Jerami looking foolish.

 

[essential1]

Cameron Reddish!

 

[pmatic]

Last season's D'Lo out there.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Regular season DLo in effect.

The Blazers are doo doo

 

[CP1708]

AD, DLo, Rui came to play tonight.

We might not win again til 2025 but hey.

 

[pmatic]

A win is a win.

Rest up until Friday.

 

[grittyman]

Actually dozed off during the game lmao

But I’m glad Lakers got the win

 

[darthska]

Undefeated when Lebron sits.
LeBUM!!!
TRADE HIM FOR KUZMA!!

 

[lovehateself]

cant wait for dlo to catch fire come december

Save us d’lo

 

[titang545]

Huh?

My point was that there was no need to blow it up, this thing is already heading towards a rebuild… that’s the evolution there (contender to pretender to beginner)

The Lakers never really go through a proper rebuild

My thing is no rebuild can be started, continued, or anything as both clutch players are on the pay role, because you can't get quality players with the available money. They are stuck in this half *** rebuild until they are gone.

 

[darthska]

They are stuck in this half *** rebuild until they are gone.

You're right, but wrong about why you're right.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Memo to LeBron, AD, and Pelinkydink. If you can’t save them, don’t sink with them.

#HaveSomeBallsAndBringRealWinnersToLA

 

[grittyman]

My thing is no rebuild can be started, continued, or anything as both clutch players are on the pay role, because you can't get quality players with the available money. They are stuck in this half *** rebuild until they are gone.

You can argue that the rebuild has already started with them not trading last season’s draft pick and selecting DK. If they don’t trade any future picks this season more evidence to support that.

Now if you want to tell me that they should trade all their more valuable players to tank and stockpile picks I will remind you that New Orleans owns their pick this season and the Lakers have to probably never have intentionally tanked for draft picks outside maybe the B Scott years lol.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

My thing is no rebuild can be started, continued, or anything as both clutch players are on the pay role, because you can't get quality players with the available money. They are stuck in this half *** rebuild until they are gone.

The San Antonio Spurs won a championship with Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili all way past their prime only one year after they drafted Kawhi before Kawhi became “All-Star Kawhi.” Kinda like future All-Star Dalton Knecht. Hmm…..

But because Popovich had the expertise and savvy in acquiring legit pieces like the 4th year 3&D specialist Danny Green, the veteran stretch big Matt Bonner, the veteran battle tested do it all forward Boris Diaw, young sharpshooter Patty Mills who played like a veteran, and young 7-footers Tiago Splitter and Aron Baynes TO HELP TIM DUNCAN, Pops surrounded his aging hall of famers with legit role players and they stayed competing for one last run at a chip. That roster had a perfect complement of young, high IQ’d, fundamentally sound players and hungry vets with playoff experience who had a chip on their shoulder.

That’s how you surround your stars with legit role players and build a title contender.

Now compare the above Spurs’ role players to DLo, Reddish, Rui, Vando, Christie, Gabe, and Wood lol.

There are ZERO excuses for wasting the last two years due to the incompetence of Pelinka in assembling the right player personnel to compete for a title..

Too bad Pelinka is a mediocre architect of championship teams.

This failure is 100% on Pelinka and Jeanie. But they can right the wrong by cleaning house with its role players starting Dec 15.

Get me some damn BIGS and two-way players ASAP!