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We got Thomas Bryant back!

Lakers sign Thomas Bryant, according to Chris Haynes. He’ll be given an opportunity to win the starting job.

Lakers have 1 roster spot left and I have to imagine there’s two scenarios:

1) Kyrie trade with Westbrook
2) Westbrook stays, THT is traded

TylersLakers wrote:Lakers sign Thomas Bryant, according to Chris Haynes. He’ll be given an opportunity to win the starting job.

Lakers have 1 roster spot left and I have to imagine there’s two scenarios:

1) Kyrie trade with Westbrook
2) Westbrook stays, THT is traded

I think WB is gone either way, this off season, mid season or trade deadline.

Great signing for us.
Bryant's signing will help take a huge load off of AD during the regular season.
The 5 is pretty solid now between Jones, Bryant, and AD.

TylersLakers wrote:Lakers sign Thomas Bryant, according to Chris Haynes. He’ll be given an opportunity to win the starting job.

Lakers have 1 roster spot left and I have to imagine there’s two scenarios:

1) Kyrie trade with Westbrook
2) Westbrook stays, THT is traded

What direction they go you think if THT is traded?

lakerRD wrote:Great signing for us.
Bryant's signing will help take a huge load off of AD during the regular season.
The 5 is pretty solid now between Jones, Bryant, and AD.

Wizards fan here. Bryant might be the worst defensive big in the league. Has no lateral quickness. The ACL injury made him even worse on defense than he was before. Good signing for the likely min, but he can guard a chair.

G - R. Westbrook [36]/K. Nunn [21]
G - L. Walker IV [28]/T. Horton-Tucker [20]
F - L. James [30]/A. Reaves [24]/T. Brown Jr.
F - A. Davis [36]/J. Toscano-Anderson [12]/S. Johnson/W. Gabriel
C - T. Bryant [24]/D. Jones [9]

Substitution Pattern:

1st Quarter
6:00 mins - T. Horton-Tucker replaces L. James, J. Toscano-Anderson replaces T. Bryant
(R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, T. Horton-Tucker, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis)

3:00 mins - K. Nunn replaces R. Westbrook, A. Reaves replaces L. Walker IV
(K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis)

***end of quarter lineup: K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis

2nd Quarter
12:00 mins - L. James replaces J. Toscano-Anderson, D. Jones replaces A. Davis
(K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, L.James, D. Jones)

9:00 mins - R. Westbrook replaces K. Nunn, L. Walker IV replaces T. Horton-Tucker
(R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, A. Reaves, L. James, D. Jones)

6:00 mins - A. Davis replaces L. James, T. Bryant replaces D. Jones
(R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, A. Reaves, A. Davis, T. Bryant)

3:00 mins - T. Horton-Tucker replaces L. Walker IV, L. James replaces A. Reaves
(R. Westbrook, T. Horton-Tucker, L. James, A. Davis, T. Bryant)

1:00 mins - L. Walker IV replaces T. Horton-Tucker
(R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, L. James, A. Davis, T. Bryant)

***end of quarter lineup: R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, L. James, A. Davis, T. Bryant

3rd Quarter
6:00 mins - K. Nunn replaces L. James, J. Toscano-Anderson replaces T. Bryant
(R. Westbrook, K.Nunn, L. Walker IV, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis)

3:00 mins - T. Horton-Tucker replaces R. Westbrook, A. Reaves replaces L. Walker IV
(K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis)

***end of quarter lineup: K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, J. Toscano-Anderson, A. Davis

4th Quarter
12:00 mins - L. James replaces J. Toscano-Anderson, D. Jones replaces A. Davis
(K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, A. Reaves, L. James, D. Jones)

9:00 mins - R. Westbrook replaces A. Reaves, T. Bryant replaces D. Jones
(R. Westbrook, K. Nunn, T. Horton-Tucker, L. James, T. Bryant)

6:00 mins - A. Davis replaces L. James, A. Reaves replaces T. Horton-Tucker
(R. Westbrook, K. Nunn, A. Reaves, A. Davis, T. Bryant)

3:00 mins - L. Walker IV replaces K. Nunn, L. James replaces T. Bryant
(R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, A. Reaves, L. James, A. Davis)

***end of game lineup: R. Westbrook, L. Walker IV, A. Reaves, L. James, A. Davis

I hope this signing means that AD will play at PF.

dAdo dA dEvil wrote:I hope this signing means that AD will play at PF.

AD plays great then….PooooooF!!!!!

mhd wrote:

lakerRD wrote:Great signing for us.
Bryant's signing will help take a huge load off of AD during the regular season.
The 5 is pretty solid now between Jones, Bryant, and AD.

Wizards fan here. Bryant might be the worst defensive big in the league. Has no lateral quickness. The ACL injury made him even worse on defense than he was before. Good signing for the likely min, but he can guard a chair.

So in other words he’s pretty much Trezl Harrell.
I was hoping they give Jay Huff a chance. The guy is can really block some shots and hit those 3’s

I’m thrilled to have him back. Sheed will have to keep him honest defensively. If his defense can just be improved to decency levels, Bryant is a great fit on the other end. What he now lacks on defense can be taught, except perhaps that lateral quickness.

tamaraw08 wrote:

mhd wrote:

lakerRD wrote:Great signing for us.
Bryant's signing will help take a huge load off of AD during the regular season.
The 5 is pretty solid now between Jones, Bryant, and AD.

Wizards fan here. Bryant might be the worst defensive big in the league. Has no lateral quickness. The ACL injury made him even worse on defense than he was before. Good signing for the likely min, but he can guard a chair.

So in other words he’s pretty much Trezl Harrell.
I was hoping they give Jay Huff a chance. The guy is can really block some shots and hit those 3’s

We had Trez last year LOL. He's 10x the player Bryant is. Bryant is THAT bad defensively. Daniel Gafford (after getting traded for bust Troy Brown) instantly improved the defense by light years after he was inserted into the lineup.

stan francisco wrote:I’m thrilled to have him back. Sheed will have to keep him honest defensively. If his defense can just be improved to decency levels, Bryant is a great fit on the other end. What he now lacks on defense can be taught, except perhaps that lateral quickness.

Nah, he's can't be improved to even passable levels. He's THAT bad. Young players like Gafford came in and right away and it was eye opening on how bad Bryant was on D in comparison. Nice guy, hustles, has good touch. However, he's slow as molasses moving in a lateral direction. He will get eaten alive on defense.

mhd wrote:

lakerRD wrote:Great signing for us.
Bryant's signing will help take a huge load off of AD during the regular season.
The 5 is pretty solid now between Jones, Bryant, and AD.

Wizards fan here. Bryant might be the worst defensive big in the league. Has no lateral quickness. The ACL injury made him even worse on defense than he was before. Good signing for the likely min, but he can guard a chair.

Life long Laker fan here.... but I lived in the DC area for 20 years and still watch a lot of Wiz games. Bryant can hit some jumpers but he's not good at all on defense and lacks awareness on offense. His injury has left him with diminished athleticism.

Giving him a shot at starting is not a good thing. He'll miss more games than Davis in all likelihood. A starting center under 30 years old for the Vet Min. Think that through... that says a lot more about us than it does Bryant.

Landsberger wrote:Giving him a shot at starting is not a good thing. He'll miss more games than Davis in all likelihood. A starting center under 30 years old for the Vet Min. Think that through... that says a lot more about us than it does Bryant.

I think it says that the Lakers are still trying to make a splash. And need every card at their disposal still.

But I think there is validity to the idea that we're prob not getting too much of a player in Bryant. 1-year min? Sounds like he didn't have much out there, as far as options. But I'll freely admit I don't know the T-Bryant story. Sounds like he tore an ACL a couple seasons ago. Perhaps he's hoping to rebuild his brand....kinda gambling on himself, and wanted to go where he'd get playing time.

On our end, we're signing a guy for 1-year min. Literally the least we can possibly pay the guy. So there's certainly no risk on our end. And we're getting a guy who has to know that if he sucks it up....it's Turkey, or Spain, or whatever for him next.

Go ahead and temper those expectations...and you might end up pleasantly surprised. But I think your setting yourself up for disappointment if you go into this hoping we made one of those "massive steals". 1-year min means even Bryant has a low expectation for how this might turn out.

Great signing imo

Some are over expecting a vet min guy. Sorry, I don't know how bad his lateral movement and his dedense is. If he's that bad in this facet, simply use him as a traditional Big. How many traditional big has good lateral movement ? If you look for all switch system, we should have signed Jalen Smith and DJ Wilson, of of whom are absolutely attainable.

At the very least, lakers are duplicating that 2019-2020 line up by having 2 traditional big. Bryant even add the 3 point shooting to the team streching the floor. Trez is no comparison to Bryant. Trez cannot guard the perimeter and more importantly eaten up by other bigs. Bryant at least can combat with real bigs.

zuju wrote:Great signing imo

Some are over expecting a vet min guy. Sorry, I don't know how bad his lateral movement and his dedense is. If he's that bad in this facet, simply use him as a traditional Big. How many traditional big has good lateral movement ? If you look for all switch system, we should have signed Jalen Smith and DJ Wilson, of of whom are absolutely attainable.

At the very least, lakers are duplicating that 2019-2020 line up by having 2 traditional big. Bryant even add the 3 point shooting to the team streching the floor. Trez is no comparison to Bryant. Trez cannot guard the perimeter and more importantly eaten up by other bigs. Bryant at least can combat with real bigs.

First you say you don't know about his defense.... then you say he can combat "real bigs".

Which is it?

He's in no way a defensive position defender. He's played since High School facing the basket and on the perimeter defensively. He's a small forward in terms of ability to "bang" with anyone. He is a streak shooter as a 5 in short stints.... thus vastly overrated. For the min he's a good option off the bench but if we're thinking to get 24+ minutes we will be disappointed in all likelihood unless somehow our system creates value he didn't show in DC.

Landsberger wrote:

zuju wrote:Great signing imo

Some are over expecting a vet min guy. Sorry, I don't know how bad his lateral movement and his dedense is. If he's that bad in this facet, simply use him as a traditional Big. How many traditional big has good lateral movement ? If you look for all switch system, we should have signed Jalen Smith and DJ Wilson, of of whom are absolutely attainable.

At the very least, lakers are duplicating that 2019-2020 line up by having 2 traditional big. Bryant even add the 3 point shooting to the team streching the floor. Trez is no comparison to Bryant. Trez cannot guard the perimeter and more importantly eaten up by other bigs. Bryant at least can combat with real bigs.

First you say you don't know about his defense.... then you say he can combat "real bigs".

Which is it?

He's in no way a defensive position defender. He's played since High School facing the basket and on the perimeter defensively. He's a small forward in terms of ability to "bang" with anyone. He is a streak shooter as a 5 in short stints.... thus vastly overrated. For the min he's a good option off the bench but if we're thinking to get 24+ minutes we will be disappointed in all likelihood unless somehow our system creates value he didn't show in DC.

Not gonna argue anything. I simply meant that Bryant has the size and strength to fight under the rim unlike Trez who was eaten alive by most bigs.

Agree that we cannot bet on him contributing tremendously and playing heavy minutes. For a vet min guy, how much can you ask for?

zuju wrote:

Landsberger wrote:

zuju wrote:Great signing imo

Some are over expecting a vet min guy. Sorry, I don't know how bad his lateral movement and his dedense is. If he's that bad in this facet, simply use him as a traditional Big. How many traditional big has good lateral movement ? If you look for all switch system, we should have signed Jalen Smith and DJ Wilson, of of whom are absolutely attainable.

At the very least, lakers are duplicating that 2019-2020 line up by having 2 traditional big. Bryant even add the 3 point shooting to the team streching the floor. Trez is no comparison to Bryant. Trez cannot guard the perimeter and more importantly eaten up by other bigs. Bryant at least can combat with real bigs.

First you say you don't know about his defense.... then you say he can combat "real bigs".

Which is it?

He's in no way a defensive position defender. He's played since High School facing the basket and on the perimeter defensively. He's a small forward in terms of ability to "bang" with anyone. He is a streak shooter as a 5 in short stints.... thus vastly overrated. For the min he's a good option off the bench but if we're thinking to get 24+ minutes we will be disappointed in all likelihood unless somehow our system creates value he didn't show in DC.

Not gonna argue anything. I simply meant that Bryant has the size and strength to fight under the rim unlike Trez who was eaten alive by most bigs.

Agree that we cannot bet on him contributing tremendously and playing heavy minutes. For a vet min guy, how much can you ask for?

It wasn't all about your post.... the report is that he's getting a chance to start. Great... I'd love to see him "develop" but he's raw and fundamentally a long way from a consistent contributor. He got to the NBA because he could face up from 20. He's not a whole lot more than that after a few years. Health is a big issue as well.

At least is wasn't signing a 38 year old has been....