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re: 2021 Lakers Thread
Posted on 5/16/22 at 3:29 pm to brmark70816
Posted on 5/16/22 at 3:29 pm to brmark70816
don’t care about any of that
keeping Westbrook means they will have no way to improve
keeping Westbrook means they will have no way to improve
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Posted on 5/16/22 at 4:21 pm to cgrand
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keeping Westbrook means they will have no way to improve
Getting rid of him will be just as complicated. They went full retard for LeBonk.
Posted on 5/16/22 at 4:23 pm to Jester
How many times do you hear someone say, “Man, I fricked up by not trading for Buddy Hield”?
Posted on 5/16/22 at 5:44 pm to cgrand
quote:In the short term. Lets be honest, a lot of the Lakers sucking is dependent on Lebron and AD missing a bunch of games. Maybe thats inevitable at this point.
don’t care about any of that
keeping Westbrook means they will have no way to improve
So I dont know that them giving up assets to trade Westbrook and add longer contracts, even if they fit better, is worse for us than them just letting Westbrook play out the last year of his deal, then hitting the restart button.
Let them trade him and assets for other, longer term deals that dont really move the needle.
Posted on 5/16/22 at 6:44 pm to eyeran
Biggest limiting factor for the Lakers, IMHO, is that they don’t have a supporting cast right now.
Their entire roster is LeBron, AD, Westbrook, THT, Nunn, and a few guys on options like Stanley Johnson.
They don’t even have a full starting lineup right now and they are well over the cap with no picks. And you don’t tend to get cheap vets when you are a dysfunctional team which missed the play-in, let alone the playoffs.
They desperately need the likes of Dwight Howard to come back to fill minutes at the five and to find cheap outside shooters who aren’t major liabilities on defense.
shite like lowballing Caruso to get THT paid and avoid the tax is penny wise pound foolish and helped wreck the team last year.
Their entire roster is LeBron, AD, Westbrook, THT, Nunn, and a few guys on options like Stanley Johnson.
They don’t even have a full starting lineup right now and they are well over the cap with no picks. And you don’t tend to get cheap vets when you are a dysfunctional team which missed the play-in, let alone the playoffs.
They desperately need the likes of Dwight Howard to come back to fill minutes at the five and to find cheap outside shooters who aren’t major liabilities on defense.
shite like lowballing Caruso to get THT paid and avoid the tax is penny wise pound foolish and helped wreck the team last year.
Posted on 5/16/22 at 6:53 pm to teke184
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Biggest limiting factor for the Lakers, IMHO, is that they don’t have a supporting cast right now.
this, exactly
russ going out would equal two and possibly three players coming back. that's at least two warm bodies to eat minutes. as it stands they can only add minimums.
i want that pick next year to be a home fricking run.
top 3 to start plus lottery odds. remember they are getting the pels #1 when we swap. hopefully its not good but it will be something
Posted on 5/16/22 at 8:51 pm to cgrand
they're about to lose malik monk, however Nunn should be back.
this team looks completely obliterated...
this team looks completely obliterated...
Posted on 5/16/22 at 10:34 pm to htran90
I still say their best bet is to run it back with Westbrook, LeBron and AD, try to get some vets who will take cheap deals to live in Southern California, hope you luck out with injuries, pray someone gets hot in the playoffs and reboot in 2023 with Westbrook and LeBron off the books.
Or you could say screw it and trade LeBron and/or AD.
Or you could say screw it and trade LeBron and/or AD.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:02 am to htran90
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this team looks completely obliterated...
You hate to see it…
The good news is whenever they finally do have a first round pick, they will still suck so it will probably be a good one.
This post was edited on 5/17/22 at 7:03 am
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:25 am to timbo
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still say their best bet is to run it back with Westbrook, LeBron and AD, try to get some vets who will take cheap deals to live in Southern California
The big rumor this morning is Paul to the Lakers.
The Suns are about to go through a mini-reset. They are going to trade Ayton and they have a ton of high contracts to reshuffle. Lakers would have to give up some future picks and take back some other salary (Saric and Crowder or Shamet).
It works on paper and makes sense for both teams. Suns can buy out Westbrook and build around their 3 wings, while staying out of the tax. Lakers get a player they want and need..
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:25 am to brmark70816
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:29 am to cgrand
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:33 am to brmark70816
So they'd trade 1 year of Russ at $40+ for 3 years of CP3 at $40+ where he'll be 40 at the end of the deal? And they'd give up draft picks to do it meaning they'd be stuck with the overpaid and aging?
I have a lot of respect for what CP3 can still do, but he's pretty much the same as LeBron in terms of injury proneness at his age. It also would probably keep the cap clogged if LeBron decided to leave.
I have a lot of respect for what CP3 can still do, but he's pretty much the same as LeBron in terms of injury proneness at his age. It also would probably keep the cap clogged if LeBron decided to leave.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:36 am to TigerinATL
Paul would make street clothes cry regularly. It’s a good fit
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:49 am to cgrand
What would be the incentive for the Suns to trade CP3 for Westbrook? They are coming off of the best regular season in franchise history with CP3 and Westbrook is no longer an NBA player. The Lakers would need to put up multiple draft picks just to get the Suns to answer the phone.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:56 am to saints5021
They wouldn't, it's Lakers fan fiction. The Suns might lose Ayton but will probably convince themselves that Paul can make any center work for them.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:00 am to cgrand
aite which one of yall the Twitter guy for the Pelicans. 
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:01 am to saints5021
Yeah I don’t understand why Phoenix would blow it up after these last 2 seasons they have had.
Sarver will have to open the checkbook, with all the allegations surrounding that team right now he can’t cheap out.
Sarver will have to open the checkbook, with all the allegations surrounding that team right now he can’t cheap out.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:37 am to Soggymoss
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