The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Lou]

I changed it to the women's US Curling Olympic team trials. 

[Lou]

... seriously

[Angel Oracle]

Fourth quarter was more like it, 37-17.

Westbrook is finally settling in.

39-12 assts/TOs in past 4 games.

Earth to the Pistons’ Stewart: you won’t last long in the NBA with that immature temper.   Haven’t seen that much immaturity since the Pacers at the Palace 17 years ago.

Dude, LBJ’s elbow was inadvertent.

[Blarg]

I didn't turn the game on. Seriously.

[Lou]

Congrats to Team Peterson.

Now, the men's trial finale. 

[Angel Oracle]

Vintage LBJ yesterday!

Needed with AD out.

[tennischmp]

Seems like the season so far is going as planned.

[tennischmp]

When does the season end?

[Lou]

14 hours ago, tennischmp said:

When does the season end?

December 2nd

[Angel Oracle]

Westbrook trade rumors are beginning to pop up again.

Someone created a doozy of one on a site.

Four team trade: Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, and Pacers

Lakers trade Westbrook, Howard, Jordan, and Bazemore.

They receive Tobias Harris and Al Horford.

[Angel Oracle]

Watched part of the game with the Jazz last night.

Definitely looked like they took that Denver rout personally.

Much better defense, much more energy

Beating the Jazz without AD is impressive.

Westbrook had a sick poster dunk on Gobert.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Vogel rumors heating up again 

Would not have been a good look if losing a second straight game to a vastly inferior team.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

AD finally returned last night.  Now, lets see if we can finally establish a defensive identity.  I'd suggest running a WB/Monk/Johnson/Lebron/AD lineup for a bit and see how that looks.

[Angel Oracle]

Stick a fork in the Lakers.

5-11 the past month

If they hadn’t made the Westbrook trade, would they be similar record, somewhat better record, somewhat worse record, or much better record?

Defense is non-existent this season.

[tennischmp]

The team as currently constructed is awful, need a new GM.

[Tank]

so they tried to trade russell westbrook today? what happened?

[tennischmp]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

so they tried to trade russell westbrook today? what happened?

Because no one wants him and his contract. 47 million next year. 

[Tank]

7 hours ago, tennischmp said:

Because no one wants him and his contract. 47 million next year. 

w.o.w. LOL.

scott boras eat your heart out.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

w.o.w. LOL.

scott boras eat your heart out.

 

Bruin

[Tank]

A very overpaid Bruin.

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, Tank said:

A very overpaid Bruin.

No such thing.

[Tank]

$47 mil for 18 ppg seems like a reasonable place to start this discussion.

[Angel Oracle]

19 minutes ago, Tank said:

$47 mil for 18 ppg seems like a reasonable place to start this discussion.

And mediocre defense 

[Angel Oracle]

Like the Fonz would say, I was wrrrr, I was wrrr, I was not right about saying the Rams need to rebuild.

But, it is crystal clear that what the Lakers are is NOT a contender in any way.

They do need to seriously consider a rebuild.

LBJ and Westbrook have one year plus to go to FA.   Time to consider trading them after the season and start the rebuild?    Westbrook’s $47 million though makes that difficult.

Think Pelinka wishes he had second thoughts about doing that Westbrook trade in the off-season?

LBJ is still in prime playing form.   But with the questionable talent around him to consider contending, seems a waste of his talent.

Edited February 13, 2022 by Angel Oracle

[tennischmp]

22 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Like the Fonz would say, I was wrrrr, I was wrrr, I was not right about saying the Rams need to rebuild.

But, it is crystal clear that what the Lakers are is NOT a contender in any way.

They do need to seriously consider a rebuild.

LBJ and Westbrook have one year plus to go to FA.   Time to consider trading them after the season and start the rebuild?    Westbrook’s $47 million though makes that difficult.

Think Pelinka wishes he had second thoughts about doing that Westbrook trade in the off-season?

LBJ is still in prime playing form.   But with the questionable talent around him to consider contending, seems a waste of his talent.

Unless they can trade Westbrook for some decent return, they are screwed for next year. They have 145 million guaranteed to Westbrook, Lebron, AD, THT, Nunn, Johnson and Reaves. That doesn't include Monk who is a FA and who they should resign. This season their total salary is 163 million so about 18 million to resign Monk and fill out the rest of the roster. Not a good place to be in.