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

[essential1]

These Lakers are gonna be very good in two years if rob and magic don't f up much

We're 4 good veterans away. 2 in the starting lineup and 2 off the bench. Also all 4 have to be pretty specific kind of players.

Right now, 2017 and for the next few years after this one, what the team is truly missing is veterans who can stabilize play, and help them figure it out. So by the time they are 25-26-27, those veterans are gone, you hope there's been a playoff series or two, and officially take the training wheels off, and you bring in young guys who learn from 5-6 year veterans in Russell, Ingram, etc.

Again, that's why Deng & Mozgov were brought in, and while they have been great locker room guys as expected. They don't have it for this team

 

[noblekane]

everyone playing well but them turnovers man

 

[essential1]

Randle shooting like 35% from 3 this month by the way. First month consistently attempting 3s every game

Nance about 1 a game and 40%.

If he and Nance can be at 32-33% for a season (Not going to be greedy), so much of a difference in how the team would play.


It would be they are mediocre 3 point shooters. Can't make it if it's contested, but if wide open, they'll knock it down at a very good clip



But very hard to read this quote about it from Luke

“Shooting 3’s are fun. But for both of them, they do other things so well. The ultimate end game for them can’t be them being stretch -fours who want to shoot 3’s all night,” Walton said. “They’re too good, too athletic and too versatile. That’s just something to be able to fall back on late in the shot clock.”

 

[pmatic]

Spreading the floor would be huge moving forward.

 

[essential1]

Clarkson hitting all these 3s that he's clearly trying to get the foul for and never getting the foul

 

[Lizakers]

JC bailed us out with 3 end of the clock 3's

Love how Nwaba attacks the basket

 

[EddieDoyers]

Man take this ennis guy out

 

[EddieDoyers]

COREY BREWER

 

[fun guy]

Refs on team tank

 

[essential1]

Brewer just hit his 3rd 3.... Since joining the Lakers.

cannot have him here all year next season.

 

[pmatic]

Brewer just hit his 3rd 3.... Since joining the Lakers.

cannot have him here all year next season.

#VeteranLeadership

 

[EddieDoyers]

Brewer just hit his 3rd 3.... Since joining the Lakers.

cannot have him here all year next season.

Still better at defense than Deng now

 

[essential1]

Brewer just hit his 3rd 3.... Since joining the Lakers.

cannot have him here all year next season.

Still better at defense than Deng now

Ehhh Deng still has the edge. Neither are great though.

But Deng at the 4 is significantly better defender than Brewer at the 2 or 3

 

[EddieDoyers]

COREY BREWER

 

[EddieDoyers]

I see why @Peep Game thinks Ennis is trash

 

[essential1]

Alright, enough of Ennis


edit: Thank you Luke

 

[EddieDoyers]

These missed floaters

 

[essential1]

Sticking with Brewer the rest of the game


I feel like I'm reverse jinxing Brewer so I'll keep going

 

[EddieDoyers]

Corey Brewer looking like he got 51 points in him

 

[essential1]

Brewer stinks

 

[EddieDoyers]

Let's go DLo!!

 

[EddieDoyers]

JC!!!

 

[essential1]

Jordan finally got that foul on a 3. Perseverance

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Randle savage ohhhh yeaaa

 

[EddieDoyers]

Randle!!!!