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

[lynchpin33]

Hookah Doncic probably not suiting up tonight

2 nights of this, and during his birthday in ATL before going to the CFB on Saturday. This sealed the deal for me not to chance it for tickets vs the Hawks and he ends up not playing. After seeing this I'm surprised he played tonight.

 

[lovehateself]

There went our fake comeback

 

[frink85]

I know Jeanie is broke but is there some way we can hire NASA or like Harvard statisticians and analysts to figure out why this team is so bad in the third quarter? I'll put in some cash for the gofundme

 

[Lizakers]

Why is the king of turnovers taking the ball out? %#$&

 

[Lizakers]

Fake comeback alert

 

[grittyman]

Team gassed.

Did Bron play the entire 4th?

 

[lovehateself]

25 TO’s

 

[grogu]

Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves 40 minutes combined and zero points

 

[Lizakers]

The worst kinda loss. Lebron played until the last minute in a game pretty much over in the third quarter all because of a fake comeback

 

[grittyman]

Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves 40 minutes combined and zero points

Hard to win any games when your starting and backup shooting guard both put up donuts.

 

[pmatic]

There are random games where you see Reaves is athletically challenged. Tonight and the Cleveland game stand out. Doesn't helped that he appeared to have dead legs from last night.

 

[king j]

Do you include Lonnie in a trade for a star?

 

[pmatic]

I stopped watching in the third but wut

 

[pmatic]

Do you include Lonnie in a trade for a star?

I think if things bottom out, you have to explore getting something for him before he leaves for nothing in the summer. Probably wouldn't get back more than a second or two though.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Do you include Lonnie in a trade for a star?

Definitely should. He's kind of a dime a dozen type player anyway

 

[grittyman]

I like Austin and Lonnie.

But I also think they’re probably like the 8-10th man on a good NBA team.

 

[Lizakers]

I think Austin can be a rotational player on a contender. ie Pat Connaughton, Shaun Livingston, those kind of guys

Lonnie started with a spark this season but fizzled out. Needs to attack the rim more not settle

I’d let him go and keep Reaves because Reaves can do more than score to impact a game

 

[grittyman]

I think Austin can be a rotational player on a contender. ie Pat Connaughton, Shaun Livingston, those kind of guys

Lonnie started with a spark this season but fizzled out. Needs to attack the rim more not settle

I’d let him go and keep Reaves because Reaves can do more than score to impact a game

Players 8-10 are rotational players.

Could also frame it this way…Austin can be the second guard off the bench, which is kinda what he is on this team. He doesn’t have that type 6th man impact that you need from the first guard off the bench, but he could play off of that guy.

 

[pmatic]

 

[grittyman]

 

[Korofi]

Still top 10 player in the league. Team just sucks

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Im riding with Bron the next 2-3 years. Therefore, a Dr. Buss type leadership would be going All-In and say **** them picks. We'll recover them later to win now.

LeBron James is the only Laker who is untradeable imo.

I would love to keep AD but his body just wont allow him to make it through 100 games incl playoffs year after year.

That said, I'd trade AD for the right package - Davis, Russ, Pat Bev, Nunn, Jones, Lonnie, and a first rounder or two for a package that would net us Siakam, OG Anunoby, Myles Turner, and Buddy Hield, would be one example.

 

[tupac003]

He ain't serious

He can't be serious....

 

[darthska]

He's not wrong.

 

[tupac003]

Just say trade me. We can finally start the rebuild and you can "compete for a championship"