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

[darthska]

Contrast our roster with Houston’s? Why are they 15 games over .500 and we’re 21-17 with two top 10 players including the “goat”?

Is Udoka that good of a coach?

**** is crazy

It's not a difficult concept.
They're way more athletic, and there's more consistency over there than there is over here.

 

[Lizakers]

jalen green, 2nd pick
Jabari smith, 3rd pick
Reed Sheppard, 3rd pick
Amen Thompson, 4th pick
Sengun, 16th pick
Tari Eason, 17th pick
Whitemore, 18th pick

All drafted within the last 4 years.

Udoka is a good coach. They hit homers with Eason, Thompson and sengun. green is taking the leap this month. Jabari isn’t a superstar but he’s a great role player & can stretch the floor.

Reed Sheppard was the 3rd pick this year and barely plays because they don’t have enough minutes. Bro went to the G league for one game and damn near dropped 50

Whitmore is another stupid athletic player who can’t get minutes on their squad. They have a lot of depth. Impressive team building post Harden trade.

Lol scratch all that I just realized you made that post as a way to hate on Lebron. Smh I shouldn’t have responded.

Not hating Lebron, hating our roster construction. I put goat in quotes because he’s called that by some and others don’t think he is

I get they have high draft picks and athletic players, but they are all inexperienced yet they are winning NBA games with all these young players. We have experience and can’t win

 

[sohi 23]

Not hating Lebron, hating our roster construction. I put goat in quotes because he’s called that by some and others don’t think he is

I get they have high draft picks and athletic players, but they are all inexperienced yet they are winning NBA games with all these young players. We have experience and can’t win

Your simple answer is a 82 game season is a grind and these teams have young legs + depth + good players. It’s no coincidence the younger teams with the most depth have the best records.

League is way different than it was 5,10,15 years ago. You can’t coast thru the season and expect to win games. You can’t lose focus up double digits because you’ll lose the game. We simply don’t have the horses.

Lakers fr got like 5-6 players I’d trust playing 30+ minutes in a playoff game. These other teams have way more depth.

Lebron, ad, dfs, reaves, Christie, Rui and that’s basically it.

I will say that in the playoffs it’s a whole different story. The vets are more likely to win than these younger teams because the vets have another level to hit while the young teams don’t.

 

[tupac003]

So....

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

pmatic is it this simple or you think Lakers can win a chip chucking up 40 threes a game with AD at center 95% of the time like we been doin the last 2-3 years?

 

[pmatic]

pmatic is it this simple or you think Lakers can win a chip chucking up 40 threes a game with AD at center 95% of the time like we been doin the last 2-3 years?

Had a three year window and the last two years went up in smoke over injuries and self-sabotage.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Had a three year window and the last two years went up in smoke over injuries and self-sabotage.

”Injuries and self sabotage”

Sounds like excuses to me

so you think the failure to get to the Finals in the last three years with AD and Bron putting up major numbers has little if not nothing to do with the fact AD has been playing center 99% of the time?

In other words, do you think the Lakers can win a chip using the same roster construction from the last 3 years with no 2-big lineup?

If so, what makes you think they can win it all using that unproven formula?

 

[pmatic]

”Injuries and self sabotage”

Sounds like excuses to me

so you think the failure to get to the Finals in the last three years with AD and Bron putting up major numbers has little if not nothing to do with the fact AD has been playing center 99% of the time?

In other words, do you think the Lakers can win a chip using the same roster construction from the last 3 years with no 2-big lineup?

If so, what makes you think they can win it all using that unproven formula?

I was referring to the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

It's not a difficult concept.
They're way more athletic, and there's more consistency over there than there is over here.

They play harder. That simple.

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

I was referring to the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

You think Lakers can get to the NBA Finals using a 1-Big lineup 95% of the time?

 

[darthska]

You think Lakers can get to the NBA Finals using a 1-Big lineup 95% of the time?

You just look for people to have that argument with.
Nobody even said that. Or implied it.

 

[pmatic]

You think Lakers can get to the NBA Finals using a 1-Big lineup 95% of the time?

Need another reliable big. Need to play two big lineups. Not 95% of the time though.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Need another reliable big. Need to play two big lineups. Not 95% of the time though.

Yeah for sure. That’s why I’m so baffled as to why Pelinka went away from what the Lakers were doing from 2019-2021, which proved successful.

They started a 2- big lineup and went 2-big about 65% of the time if I’m not mistaken, and AD closed games at center because Howard and McGee were less effective to close games.

But the advantage of going 2-Big about 60% if the time is that it allowed the Lakers to exploit numerous mismatches and most importantly it kept AD fresh and is why he was able to close games at center.

When AD is guarding Jokić the entire game and he’s playing center 99% of the time, he is totally beat down by the 4th quarter against teams with size, girth, and length.

Too bad Pelinka is late to the party once again and has failed to see how teams like Cleveland, Memphis, and Boston have constructed their rosters.

As good as OKC seems to be, with them playing 1-Big lineups with Chet and Hartenstein as their only bigs, I can already tell they won’t make the Finals let alone win a championship. I don’t care how good SGA is. A fully healthy Lakers squad with better bigs playing alongside AD would beat OKC in 6

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

You just look for people to have that argument with.
Nobody even said that. Or implied it.

Nah, not even close

pmatic and I were having a basketball conversation. I asked his opinion about something, he gave his opinion, and I replied. Nothing more nothing less. You call that arguing or my trying to start an argument?

 

[tay1]

Walker Kessler and a bunch of others for the Jazz out tonight. Trade confirmed?

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Walker Kessler and a bunch of others for the Jazz out tonight. Trade confirmed?

Could be

Lakers made roster moves a couple days ago and now Utah has a healthy Kessler out tonight

You may be on to something

 

[pdino]

DLo over/under 30 points, cooking Lakers tonight?

 

[CP1708]

Walker Kessler and a bunch of others for the Jazz out tonight. Trade confirmed?

Walker Kessler to the Celtics for a 3rd round pick....

 

[darthska]

Walker Kessler + Collin Sexton to the Celtics for a 3rd round pick....

 

[tay1]

Could be

Lakers made roster moves a couple days ago and now Utah has a healthy Kessler out tonight

You may be on to something

Part of me is like okay they're trying to tank.

But Kessler, Lauri, Juzang, Micah Potter, and Collins out? With a already hurt Clarkson?

 

[pmatic]

Jazz just trying to tank. Wouldn't look too much into it.

 

[tay1]

Jazz just trying to tank. Wouldn't look too much into it.

Oh I'm looking

 

[tupac003]

DLo over/under 30 points, cooking Lakers tonight?

Over