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

Lebron had a great 4th..

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But Murray and Joker were just better man
 
Recap, you were mentioning this was a Top 10 duo and breaking them up is lunacy.

I countered that we should have already done it, much less run it again next year.

2021 Playin team
2022 Missed playoffs
2023 Playin team
2024 Playin team

This power duo been so dominant that the last FOUR YEARS we've been a playin team. Not a 1 seed, or 2-3-4-5-6, but playin. (Or missed altogether during the Russ year).

Now they are even older and cost even more money.
This year Bron/AD = 87 mil.
Next year Bron/AD = 95 mil.

Age 40, and 32.

Ages 39/31, 38/30, 37/29, and 36/28 bested out at playin team. (When they were even cheaper, mind you)

Do you know what the definition of NBA insanity is? Trying to build around the same aging duo 5 years in a row expecting different results.

If Bron/AD were 32/24, I'd run that **** back without so much as a whimper.

95 mil, age 40/32?

FYI, Jokic/Murray 87 mil next year. Ages 30/28.

Oh, and Bron/AD gonna play in the Olympics this summer, rather than rest.

So next year we need them to survive another 6 month regular season + 3 month postseason. Older, and more expensive than the last 4 years.....where they were not enough.

And if they trade for Trae Young....... :frown:
Because of those 2?
Or because of horrible roster construction?
(Because of horrible roster construction.)
Pelinka & Co. don't address needs; they just sign names. We could have Kiwi & PG as our franchise guys, and we'd be just as frustrated if we signed every guard in the league and 'Wait, who?' bigs who are injured a lot.
 
I changed my mind, we should have tanked that play in the game against New Orleans and took our chances against the kings at home to get the 8th seed. We just can't beat Denver, it's difficult to wrap your head around losing to a team 10 consecutive times.

In the randomness of NBA basketball you would think that we would win at least one game. Even when we play well we lose.
 
In order of why we lost, in my opinion:
1. Nuggets. They're better. Simple.
2. Laker turnovers (goes back to #1).
3. Clumsy Laker offense (again: see #1).
4. Rui & AR providing NOTHING.
5. All Lakers not named Bron playing hesitant/scared down the stretch.
6. Pelinka. 🤬
 
I'm 99.99% certain LAL beats SAC in the playin. Not to play em short, but LAL taking that. They'd be already looking past OKC prepping for DAL/LAC. :smh:




But it's always win and you're in. You don't take that risk when anything could happen (injuries/hot shooting/refs etc.)
 
Not to mention that our bench has to be better. Spencer all of a sudden forgets he can score. Gabe gonna Gabe. Hayes needs to just send a message with a hard foul.
 
And this is where the bull**** during the regular comes back to haunt the team. Really would've been nice to play another team and learn something new. No new data comes from losing to the Nuggets.
 
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