The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[HaloMilliVanilli]

^^^

This is IF he gets bought out, correct?  Is that a certainty at this point, or just speculation?  

[Lou]

Apparently, Cleveland has received trade offers for him, but they want either a good, young player or a 2nd round pick.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

New York is better prepared for a move to get Drummond.  They have players that they could give up and picks to trade.  We don't necessarily, at least not players that we'd want to give up.  Trading for him or signing him once he's bought out are two drastically different deals.  Only way this works for us is if Drummond has a no-trade and wants to have an opportunity to win.  

I guess.

[Lou]

No NTC for Drummond.

[Tank]

did i see correctly that the lakers traded rondo to the clippers for lou williams?

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

did i see correctly that the lakers traded rondo to the clippers for lou williams?

No. The NBA doesn't allow a team to trade a player who isn't on their team. 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

No. The NBA doesn't allow a team to trade a player who isn't on their team. 

well they should look into changing that policy. what a bunch of fascists.

 

 

i forgot he'd been traded to Atlanta...

[Lou]

Drummond to sign with Lakers. 

[Angel Oracle]

On 3/28/2021 at 1:34 PM, Lou said:

Drummond to sign with Lakers. 

This is huge.   Now Harrell can focus on playing against other ‘4’s.

AD/Drummond/Harrell is as good a trio in the post as any in the NBA.

Now, need AD back in a week and LBJ back by mid-April.

[Angel Oracle]

Anddd, even with AD and LBJ still out along now with Kuz, they are 3-2 on the road trip with games at NY and Charlotte remaining on the trip.

They destroyed the Nets in Brooklyn with lights out 3 pt shooting.

Drummond is looking really solid, gives them even more than Howard did a year ago.   Scroeder is settling in nicely at the point.   TNT even put up 14 pts and 11 assists on the Nets.   McLemore is a solid addition, chipping in 17 vs the Nets.

If Kuz is back for the home stand and both AD and LBJ do come back in 2-3 weeks and can get into playoff form by the playoffs, look out.   This will be a very deep team.

Edited April 11, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Man, it sure would be nice to get back to 100% strength and have 15 games to develop some chemistry!

[Angel Oracle]

Latest is AD probably returning after tonight, and starting off with 15-20 min/game.

LBJ is probably still 5 games from returning.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Finally!   AD sighting

17 minutes, and that’s the most important thing, getting him ramped up throughout the rest of the season to hopefully 30 min/game a month from now.

Beat the Mavs on Saturday!

[Angel Oracle]

Nice last 8 minutes Lakers, outscored 25-6!!!

[Angel Oracle]

What is the problem with the Lakers?

Is it THAT hard to incorporate AD and LBJ?

I mean, really, losing to the Queens and Raptors at home?

[Lou]

13 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

What is the problem with the Lakers?

Is it THAT hard to incorporate AD and LBJ?

I mean, really, losing to the Queens and Raptors at home?

LeBron's ankle is still bothering him.

[Angel Oracle]

I guess that could be a reason why the defense was terrible the past two games.

But still, losing to both of those teams at Staples?

[Lou]

LeBron not playing tonight.

[Angel Oracle]

And yet they beat the Nuggets without LBJ and Schreoder, go figure.

Solid defense for 43 minutes in building 14 pt lead, and then had to hold on.

Still work to be done to avoid the playin games, four more games in the brutal stretch (Clippers, Blazers, Suns, and Knicks).

Speaking of which, the Knicks are finally relevant for the first time in many years.   And ironic their best player is former Laker, Julius Randle

[Lou]

LeBron missing the next 2 games.

[Angel Oracle]

28 minutes ago, Lou said:

LeBron missing the next 2 games.

Makes winning in Portland tough.

[tennischmp]

No reason not to rest LeBron(and maybe even AD) until at least the final 2 games of the season or maybe even until the play in game. AD looks like he is slowly getting back to his old self but back seemed to be bothering him tonight. 

[Angel Oracle]

Need to avoid the 9 vs 10 game though, so they would only need to win the 7 vs 8 game to get in.

Still three up on Warriors and Grizzlies with just 5 games to play.

Hoping for the Griz to edge out the Warriors for the 8th spot, do not want the Lakers having to stop Steph to make it to the playoffs.

Would prefer to only cut AD’s minutes some, and have Lebron return for the Rockets game which would give him 3 games to get ready for the playin game.

Edited May 8, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[tennischmp]

I am not worried about dropping to 8-10, I am confident the Rockets game is a win no matter if AD or Lebron plays so even if they lose the rest, the other teams will have to win out to pass the Lakers. 

As far as Lebron goes, I'm all for him coming back and playing some games before the playoffs but that is if his ankle is fully healed. Seems like he came back too early at 6 weeks as I read it takes at least 10 weeks for a high ankle sprain to heal fully. If that is the case I'm not worried if he comes back for the play in game. 

[Angel Oracle]

Another go figure game, Lakers beat the pretty much full strength Suns by 8, with LBJ still out.

AD follows up 36 pt game with a 42 pt game.

Now, just need LBJ to finally be healthy after 7+ weeks.