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

[mrdieselfuel09]

Team resorts to fouling

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

not watching the game… peeked at the score and noticed THT only got 2 points

Because Bron is back, which takes away his touches. Ntm Russ in THT's way too as far as ball handling duties are concerned

 

[D StaXX]

This is insane. I've never seen a team get to the rum so easily.

 

[DLF]

Apologies are in order

I’ve been saying how bad those roster is but people kept calling me nuts.

3 main rotation guards who cannot play an ounce of defense, on and off ball.

2 old slow 7 foot centers who can barely jump

only 1 power forward outside of lebron. 38 year old Melo

only 1 wing outside of Lebron.45 year old injured Ariza

low IQ players at EVERY position, rotation guys at that.

small but not fast

big but too slow.

I mean, it was slapping us in the damn face and we turned the other cheek. Some of us at least

atlsfinest been leading us to a better path of giving up early. Don’t waste your energy on this sorry group of adults that make millions and truthfully can give two ****s about winning.

 

[atlsfinest]

Shroeder (or Nunn)/Caruso/Reaves
Hield/KCP/Ellington
THT/Porter Jr/Ariza
Lebron/Morris/Melo
AD/Howard

"Nah dawg, We need a superstar!"

"Westbrook is going to come here, change his game and listen because he's playing with his buddy LeBron!"

It's not all on Westbrook, it's the fact that we traded half of our roster to get Westbrook, The fact that Westbrook makes $44m and now we're forced to rely on veteran minimum guys to fill out the rest of the roster

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Dudes just do not box out at all

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

This is insane. I've never seen a team get to the rum so easily.

Where's Javale when we need him LOL

 

[tupac003]

Good night yall. Time to make a drink.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Dudes just do not box out at all

It's what happens when AD is our only Big who can board.

He needs to play the 4 and Lakers need to add a rebounder/defensive big to help his soft ***

 

[James_O]

Team resorts to fouling

Half their points came from the frickin fouls

 

[D StaXX]

Team is absolutely garbage man.
It's basic **** and they just can't do it.
Haven't boxed out all night. Can't defend without fouling.
Team is going nowhere.

 

[tay1]

I’m willing to be patient. I’ll give ‘em to the deadline for things to turn around.

 

[James_O]

Dudes just do not box out at all

My 80 year old grandma could play better D than they are tonight.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

It's what happens when AD is our only Big who can board.

He needs to play the 4 and Lakers need to add a rebounder/defensive big to help his soft ***

I mean AD is grabbing more rebounds than he has in 3 years and the team rebounding wasn't any better when he played the 4. It's the guards that aren't boxing out

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

This team is a disaster

 

[James_O]

Nice pass #4.

 

[James_O]

HORFORD has literally got fouled 10 times, I swear.

 

[D StaXX]

Team needs a drastic shake up.

 

[thasoleful1]

Celtics bigs are Horford and Kantar how the hell are we getting out rebounded by 14

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

I mean AD is grabbing more rebounds than he has in 3 years and the team rebounding wasn't any better when he played the 4. It's the guards that aren't boxing out

You keep wanna relying on stats be my guest.

Eye see much different things. Yes you're right our guards suck but Russ is also averaging 8 boards.

Numbers are deceiving. Eye test reveals we are getting punished inside every game and we're about to be 8-9.

 

[pmatic]

Losing to a mediocre Celtics team with no Jaylen Brown or Robert Williams.

 

[atlsfinest]

I hate to say I told you guys so. The worst part is that I don't want to be right and I would have loved to be proven wrong but this has played out exactly how I thought it would. We're just a poorly constructed roster. We gutted our roster for Westbrook and we were forced to fill out the rest of the roster with veteran minimum guys who have no interest in playing defense.
What side of AD, we have the worst defensive personnel in the entire league.

The Lakers took a gamble and went after offensive. Only players in just assume that Vogel could turn any group of guys into a competent defensive team. Obviously that hasn't worked out and undo. See things getting better. The only way this roster improves is if we get lucky in the buyout market

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

This is what we doing against the Smurfs in Boston LOL

The effort ain't there. Scapegoat will be Vogel, who's days are now officially numbered imo. If not Vogel, then time to start shopping Westbrook

 

[grittyman]

 

[thasoleful1]

Yo whoever said this team would be 10-10 props man you truly called it out. We gonna play .500 ball until end season