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

[pmatic]

I wish KCP was a better shooter, but he's a solid two way player.

I think he'll end up with the Nets if the Wizards end up matching Otto Porter's offer sheet though.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Ian Clark or bust

 

[junglejim]

@junglejim You a Lakers fan bruh?

lol I didnt even read the first part of that ****.  My bad.

 

[Lizakers]

Funny how this Luke team has virtuallly no 3-point shootes, unless you count a rookie in Lonzo who can't shoot the long ball going right and it's to be seen how he can get his funky shot off at the NBA level against NBA defenders.

Going after Rondo and Stuckey would seem like a Magic/Rob move and not a Luke move.


I just think Luke would want guards who can shoot the 3......kinda weird what's going on. Luke's whole style is Steve Kerr ball movement and shooting

 

[junglejim]

I wish KCP was a better shooter, but he's a solid two way player.

I think he'll end up with the Nets if the Wizards end up matching Otto Porter's offer sheet though.

I get that that the Wizards dont have much of a choice, but for 26M a year I'm letting porter walk.  

 

[junglejim]

Funny how this Luke team has virtuallly no 3-point shootes, unless you count a rookie in Lonzo who can't shoot the long ball going right and it's to be seen how he can get his funky shot off at the NBA level against NBA defenders.

Going after Rondo and Stuckey would seem like a Magic/Rob move and not a Luke move.


I just think Luke would want guards who can shoot the 3......kinda weird what's going on. Luke's whole style is Steve Kerr ball movement and shooting

Rondo was a surprisingly good three point shooter last year.  Granted he didn't have ridiculous volume from out there, he still hit 38% last year.

 

[licensed to ball]

Pretty soon the remaining free agents list is going to consist of only Vujacic and Tim Hardaway Sr.

 

[fun guy]

Pretty soon the remaining free agents list is going to consist of only Vujacic and Tim Hardaway Sr.

I'd rather take Sr.

 

[denni5themenace]

the machine

 

[Lizakers]

CJ Miles
Canaan
Afflalo
Dunleavy
Ian Clark
G Henderson
Rondo
Stuckey

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Ennis and miles and I'll stop complaining for now

 

[tonelow]

Ennis and miles and I'll stop complaining for now

Yup, Tyler and CJ Miles or Wayne Ellington if Miami waives him.

I hope you guys know that Ian Clark is not very good at basketball.

He hits open 3s, which is what we need, but provides absolutely nothing else.

 

[sohi 23]

The Lakers only have 2 open roster 1 spots and I would bet one of those spots goes to Ennis.

 

[MajinZuub]

Ennis and miles and I'll stop complaining for now

Yup, Tyler and CJ Miles or Wayne Ellington if Miami waives him.

I hope you guys know that Ian Clark is not very good at basketball.

He hits open 3s, which is what we need, but provides absolutely nothing else.

Clark's fine offensively for the minutes he'd get, sans some of his decision making. Defense needs a lot of work though.

 

[iceinmyveins2]

Anyone ever think of the possibility we might find a sleeper on our summer league squad?  What about reigning NBDL MVP Vander Blue

 

[iceinmyveins2]

Clark's fine offensively for the minutes he'd get, sans some of his decision making. Defense needs a lot of work though.

Thats the thing...we need someone to play a decent number of minutes.  We have zero depth at the guard position

 

[thasoleful1]

Anyone ever think of the possibility we might find a sleeper on our summer league squad?  What about reigning NBDL MVP Vander Blue

Or what about Dozier, everyone was hyped up he signed with us when he went undrafted

 

[sohi 23]

Anyone ever think of the possibility we might find a sleeper on our summer league squad?  What about reigning NBDL MVP Vander Blue

Yes. Ennis and Blue wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[tonelow]

 

 

Ennis and miles and I'll stop complaining for now

Yup, Tyler and CJ Miles or Wayne Ellington if Miami waives him.

I hope you guys know that Ian Clark is not very good at basketball.

He hits open 3s, which is what we need, but provides absolutely nothing else.

Clark's fine offensively for the minutes he'd get, sans some of his decision making. Defense needs a lot of work though.

Well we're looking for someone that can start opposite of Zo right?

If we're just talking about a shooter off the bench, then yea that's cool. Still rather play Tyler and Nwaba for this team tho.

 

[lovehateself]

CJ Miles
Canaan
Afflalo
Dunleavy
Ian Clark
G Henderson
Rondo
Stuckey

 

[noblekane]

pretty soon were gonna be looking at the big3 rosters for who we can sign

 

[iceinmyveins2]

If I'm not mistaken, Lonzo seen wearing Jordans inside the Vegas arena during practice.  If he doesn't rock the ZO2's we're not going to hear the end of it in the national media.

 

[WAKKO!]

Have we even offered anybody money to consider?

 

[iceinmyveins2]

[h1]LaVar Ball made an honest confession to Magic Johnson a week before the draft that convinced the Lakers to take Lonzo[/h1]

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In the lead up to the NBA Draft in June, there was some increasing intrigue over whether the Los Angeles Lakers would take a player other than Lonzo Ball with the second pick.

Ball had seemed like the obvious choice for months — a flashy, pass-first point guard who grew up in Chino Hills, California, and starred at UCLA.

However, in addition to a deep and talented draft class, another revelation raised concerns for some — Lonzo's father, LaVar.

As LaVar Ball increasingly became a national media figure for his outspoken and sometimes controversial promotion of his family brand, Big Ball Brand, some felt that he may be a distraction and unwanted voice around any team that drafted Lonzo.

However, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, the Lakers and president Magic Johnson's fears were assuaged when Johnson and LaVar had a sit-down talk and LaVar made a rare, honest confession to Magic: it's all marketing.

"But when the Lakers came to his house, LaVar broke character — or caricature — and said the one thing professional hype masters never reveal.

"'He just said it's marketing,' Johnson says. 'That's what he had to do to market not only his son but the brand. Before I met him I had already thought that. I already knew what he was doing.'

"But hearing it straight from LaVar's mouth helped put Johnson and Pelinka at ease.

"As Johnson recalls, 'He said, "Earvin, look, I'm not following my son. I'm not going to be hanging out in L.A. I'm going to be training these young kids [his other sons].'""

Additionally, LaVar told Shelburne that he told Johnson that Lonzo was in Johnson's hands now.

"'As far as training my boy, this is as far as I can take him,' LaVar says he told Johnson. 'I'll leave it up to you to take him further. You can get him better with the film time and the coaching. You can take him to another level.'"

"'I trust you with my boy. I just got a great feeling that you guys are going to take Zo to a whole other level.'"

Of course, whether LaVar actually remains out of the picture should the Lakers or Lonzo struggle remains to be seen, but the admission confirms a widely held theory — it's an act to get attention. While it may rum some the wrong way, it's effective nonetheless.

LaVar has said all along that he would speak Lonzo going to the Lakers into existence, and it finally happened. But perhaps his own admission to the team president is what sealed the deal.

 

[tonelow]

That's what a lot of us have been saying for a minute now. 

It's an act, Lavar knew what he was doing.