(LOCK THREAD) The LeBron James - 22-23 NBA Season Thread -NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader!

[zimpy27]

Vanderbilt and Reeves deserve to start.

D’Lo
Reeves
Lebron
Vanderbilt
AD

Shroeder 6th man

Yeah this is likely but Schroeder has also played well as a starter.

Lakers could look at this:

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Lonnie, Reaves, Rui, Gabriel, Bamba

[MisterHibachi]

I wasn't familiar with Vanderbilt before, but how the hell did the Lakers get him in that trade. There's gotta be a contract issue, an attitude issue, or something else. This dude is really good

[IG2]

So weird to see this team getting stops late. Not playing a midget lineup (or Westbrook) goes a long way.

[dcstanley]

Vanderbilt and Reeves deserve to start.

D’Lo
Reeves
Lebron
Vanderbilt
AD

Shroeder 6th man

Yeah this is likely but Schroeder has also played well as a starter.

Lakers could look at this:

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Lonnie, Reaves, Rui, Gabriel, Bamba

Not enough spacing with that lineup. I would start Beasley or Reaves at SG with D-Lo at guard. Schroeder can be the lead ball-handler off the bench where could be more aggressive and not to defer to Lebron.

Lonnie should be removed from the rotation.

[thebigbird]

May be too little too late this season, but it is great to see the team with legitimate role players again.

[MisterHibachi]

Low-key the Lakers might have too many playable guys now. LeBron, AD, DLo, Reaves, Dennis, Vanderbilt, Rui are all locks to get minutes. Then add Beasley, Bamba, Wenyen, Lonnie, and Brown.

12 guys who deserve rotational minutes, and Max Christie also a playable dude. Not possible to play this many guys. Out of the bottom 5, I think Beasley needs to get regular minutes because of the shooting ability, probably Bamba as well if he plays with some motor. Idk about the other 3 tho, Lonnie is probably the best of them.

[zimpy27]

Vanderbilt and Reeves deserve to start.

D’Lo
Reeves
Lebron
Vanderbilt
AD

Shroeder 6th man

Yeah this is likely but Schroeder has also played well as a starter.

Lakers could look at this:

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Lonnie, Reaves, Rui, Gabriel, Bamba

Not enough spacing with that lineup. I would start Beasley or Reaves at SG with D-Lo at guard. Schroeder can be the lead ball-handler off the bench where could be more aggressive and not to defer to Lebron.

Lonnie should be removed from the rotation.

DLo can't guard perimeter players, his effective defense role on the Wolves was really at SF.

Schroeder will continue to start until Lakers get a 3+D guard defender as a buyout.

[zimpy27]

I wasn't familiar with Vanderbilt before, but how the hell did the Lakers get him in that trade. There's gotta be a contract issue, an attitude issue, or something else. This dude is really good

He didn't fit with Walker Kessler who looks like a potential All NBA player. That's the reason he was up for grabs. The FRP Lakers gave was mostly for Vando

[LikeABosh]

I wasn't familiar with Vanderbilt before, but how the hell did the Lakers get him in that trade. There's gotta be a contract issue, an attitude issue, or something else. This dude is really good

I like that it only like 15 minutes for everybody to fall in love with him

Honestly, as far as the trade goes, I'd say the pick being only lightly protected was because of Vando. Dlo and Beasley on their expensive and expiring contracts aren't super valuable. Good players, but there aren't many competitive teams that can take on that kind of money. In fact, Lakers are probably the only team who were able to send out $47 million in salary to acquire them

[LikeABosh]

I wasn't familiar with Vanderbilt before, but how the hell did the Lakers get him in that trade. There's gotta be a contract issue, an attitude issue, or something else. This dude is really good

He didn't fit with Walker Kessler who looks like a potential All NBA player. That's the reason he was up for grabs. The FRP Lakers gave was mostly for Vando

Yupp, that's how I view it too. Lakers get Dlo so Minnesota can get Conley and then Utah needs to send out more money so they send Beasley who isn't very valuable to them. So it's basically 1st round pick for Vando + convenience fee for Utah orchestrating it

[dcstanley]

Yeah this is likely but Schroeder has also played well as a starter.

Lakers could look at this:

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Lonnie, Reaves, Rui, Gabriel, Bamba

Not enough spacing with that lineup. I would start Beasley or Reaves at SG with D-Lo at guard. Schroeder can be the lead ball-handler off the bench where could be more aggressive and not to defer to Lebron.

Lonnie should be removed from the rotation.

DLo can't guard perimeter players, his effective defense role on the Wolves was really at SF.

Schroeder will continue to start until Lakers get a 3+D guard defender as a buyout.

you could put him on the lesser guard and have reaves guard the opponents best guard. Most teams don't have two dynamic guards. Schroeder and Vandy don't make sense starting next to Lebron and AD, should be one or the other.

[rk2023]

First game with the new core and a great start. I’m glad we didn’t throw in the towel or panic when Poole went on a heater. I’m glad Davis did a 180 on the defensive end from the first three quarters into/through the fourth. I’m happy with how Reaves, Vando, Rui, Dennis pitched in & that Russell / Davis kept taking stabs at it with their shots not initially falling. I thought Davis’ whistle was just brutal in the fourth quarter when we finally got him paint touches / didn’t have him playing like prime Dirk.

[homecourtloss]

First game with the new core and a great start. I’m glad we didn’t throw in the towel or panic when Poole went on a heater. I’m glad Davis did a 180 on the defensive end from the first three quarters into/through the fourth. I’m happy with how Reaves, Vando, Rui, Dennis pitched in & that Russell / Davis kept taking stabs at it with their shots not initially falling. I thought Davis’ whistle was just brutal in the fourth quarter when we finally got him paint touches / didn’t have him playing like prime Dirk.

The switchable big bodies made a big difference in the flow of the game in addition to not having Westbrook make two bad plays in a row and change momentum. There have been so many games the Lakers have played this year where they would give up six or seven points really really quickly on bad switches, bad turnovers by Westbrook, etc., but they didn’t have that this game and that period between the second quarter and the third quarter when they were basically down by about 2 to 5 points the entire time they kept on getting stops to keep the game close.

[rk2023]

First game with the new core and a great start. I’m glad we didn’t throw in the towel or panic when Poole went on a heater. I’m glad Davis did a 180 on the defensive end from the first three quarters into/through the fourth. I’m happy with how Reaves, Vando, Rui, Dennis pitched in & that Russell / Davis kept taking stabs at it with their shots not initially falling. I thought Davis’ whistle was just brutal in the fourth quarter when we finally got him paint touches / didn’t have him playing like prime Dirk.

The switchable big bodies made a big difference in the flow of the game in addition to not having Westbrook make two bad plays in a row and change momentum. They have been so many games the Lakers are played this year where they would give up six or seven points really really quickly on bad switches, bad turnovers by Westbrook, etc., but they didn’t have that this game and that period between the second quarter and the third quarter when they were basically down by about 2 to 5 points the entire time they kept on getting stops to keep the game close.

This is the best our crunch-time / higher leverage defense has been since 2020 & 21 (it’s saying something that I can say that after 1 game). Such a sigh of relief

[MisterHibachi]

Watch on YouTube

Some good stuff in here about Vanderbilt's defense on Durant last year.

[RRR3]

They can very easily go 17-9 looking at their remaining schedule which would likely put them around the 6-8 seed. LeBron and Davis need to stay healthy though. Really hope Ham and Westbrook's stupidity in so many close games doesn't come back to bite them though.

[zimpy27]

They should be able to dominate the rebounding battle every night with this squad.

Turnovers should drop. Main thing I'm looking for the turnover disparity. Lakers have been bad all season and tonight it was 15-15

[zimpy27]

Lakers could get Green as buyout. I really hope they do as he fits perfectly.

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Reaves, Beasley, Green, Rui, Bamba
Lonnie, Reed, Christie, Brown, Gabriel

[RRR3]

Why would you want LeBron to stay in LA

[Mos_Heat]

Lakers could get Green as buyout. I really hope they do as he fits perfectly.

Schroeder, DLo, LeBron, Vando, Davis
Reaves, Beasley, Green, Rui, Bamba
Lonnie, Reed, Christie, Brown, Gabriel

I'm afraid there's gonna be crazy competition for him. Several teams can offer him 20+ minutes per game