Will the Lakers blow it up this summer?

[SlimShady83]

It's time for LeBron and KD to go to the Warriors.

Why can't It be Curry/KD to the Lakers?

Edit: actually I get It, Bron has to leave another team LOL

[jkvonny]

Blow it up.

Get younger.

Majority of the West is younger, deeper and better.

[Tottery]

Dinwiddie, Rui, possibly Reaves and DLo should be used as a package for something. The bench just doesn't help them. AD is playing great. Not sure why he'd be the first to go.

Also, James is participating in the Olympics. Unless he retires right after, he is going to be gassed the entire season.

Package for what?

That’s a pile of junk.

There is always a disgruntled player in the offseason or a team looking to rebuild. They'd have options if it was a big package, but they won't do it. More than likely, they'll trade some players to free up salary space and try to sign another verge all-star player. For example, Derozan will be an UFA soon. He turned down a lot of money, so maybe he signs with the Lakers(where he wanted to go in the first place). Lakers just need to free some space.

To be clear, in no way do I think adding a player like Derozan gives them an edge against a team like Denver, but they need to be better during the regular season as well. Someone like him would allow James to play less minutes and even sit out some games.

[Sixers in 4]

There is noone to spend his cap space on next summer.

Not happening unless he or AD demands a trade

[mg]

Alot of it is out of their control.

I highly doubt Lebron will opt out especially at his age.

If Lebron stays they really need to keep AD as they likely couldn't get anybody better.

At the draft they can go after another star or pseudo star by cobbling together 3 FRP's + auxiliary players such as Rui and DLo(assuming he opts in). Assuming Lebron and AD are back they need to find a 3rd guy who can produce in the playoffs. Despite being down 0-3, they actually have been competitive with the Nuggets despite none of their roleplayers showing up.

[LaLover11]

LeBron/AD needs to be blown up 100%
They just don't work together, It's the Big Man &Small man Duo Era not the Center and SF era

AD would be great in Sacramento or Warriors
LeBron can be amazing in a team like Boston or Spurs

[Tottery]

Alot of it is out of their control.

I highly doubt Lebron will opt out especially at his age.

If Lebron stays they really need to keep AD as they likely couldn't get anybody better.

At the draft they can go after another star or pseudo star by cobbling together 3 FRP's + auxiliary players such as Rui and DLo(assuming he opts in). Assuming Lebron and AD are back they need to find a 3rd guy who can produce in the playoffs. Despite being down 0-3, they actually have been competitive with the Nuggets despite none of their roleplayers showing up.

Don't even need to cluster a bunch of FRP's together. There is going to be a lot of UFA this offseason and as I pointed out, Derozan turned down a ton of money. They could potentially free up some cap space and sign him for a lesser amount. It's going to be an interesting offseason with the amount of top name FA's.

[One_and_Done]

They won't blow it up, nor should they. Denver is a bad match up, but if they could add an OG type player and if Vincent is healthy they'd have a punchers chance. They'd have had a good chance of a deep run if they'd matched up with OKC instead.

Even if they can't contend tho, who cares? Ride it out and cash in on Lebron riding into the sunset. The guy is 39, you can only ask so much.

[dygaction]

They shouldn't. The NBA is rigged. Cxhange the game to two quarters, Nuggest lose.

[mg]

Alot of it is out of their control.

I highly doubt Lebron will opt out especially at his age.

If Lebron stays they really need to keep AD as they likely couldn't get anybody better.

At the draft they can go after another star or pseudo star by cobbling together 3 FRP's + auxiliary players such as Rui and DLo(assuming he opts in). Assuming Lebron and AD are back they need to find a 3rd guy who can produce in the playoffs. Despite being down 0-3, they actually have been competitive with the Nuggets despite none of their roleplayers showing up.

Don't even need to cluster a bunch of FRP's together. There is going to be a lot of UFA this offseason and as I pointed out, Derozan turned down a ton of money. They could potentially free up some cap space and sign him for a lesser amount. It's going to be an interesting offseason with the amount of top name FA's.

Sure. I think they will make a trade too. It could be someone like Dejounte or Lavine. Laker haters won't like it but signing Derozan(or better yet a 3 pt shooter) in FA and trading for Dejounte could give them 1-2 more shots at a ring before Lebron finally hangs 'em up. I'm not a Laker fan at all but it's fairly obvious that Lebron and AD are still very good playoff performers but the support guys are not nearly good enough.

[Tottery]

Alot of it is out of their control.

I highly doubt Lebron will opt out especially at his age.

If Lebron stays they really need to keep AD as they likely couldn't get anybody better.

At the draft they can go after another star or pseudo star by cobbling together 3 FRP's + auxiliary players such as Rui and DLo(assuming he opts in). Assuming Lebron and AD are back they need to find a 3rd guy who can produce in the playoffs. Despite being down 0-3, they actually have been competitive with the Nuggets despite none of their roleplayers showing up.

Don't even need to cluster a bunch of FRP's together. There is going to be a lot of UFA this offseason and as I pointed out, Derozan turned down a ton of money. They could potentially free up some cap space and sign him for a lesser amount. It's going to be an interesting offseason with the amount of top name FA's.

Sure. I think they will make a trade too. It could be someone like Dejounte or Lavine. Laker haters won't like it but signing Derozan(or better yet a 3 pt shooter) in FA and trading for Dejounte could give them 1-2 more shots at a ring before Lebron finally hangs 'em up. I'm not a Laker fan at all but it's fairly obvious that Lebron and AD are still very good playoff performers but the support guys are not nearly good enough.

I fully agree. Though, I don't believe their roster is terrible as is...it's just not good enough to compete against Denver. Losing this series isn't really James or AD's fault though.

[TravisScott55]

Tickets are selling in LA as long as Lebron is there they aint blowing it up.

[HanzGruber]

Not a chance. I’m sure ham and dlo will be gone tho. Probably get coach bud and try to get another guy to make one last push with lebron still there

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

The Lakers sunk this team breaking up part of the championship squad + the WB trade. It's too hard playing catch-up to those decisions + trying to get ahead of an aging Bron.

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[doogie_hauser]

They should but they won't.

They are in a naive holding pattern, still naively clinging to hope that the Bubble Chip of 2020 can be replicated.

[doogie_hauser]

Tickets are selling in LA as long as Lebron is there they aint blowing it up.

Not true. The Lakers missed the playoffs for 6 Years or so before Lebron signed with them, like the Knicks, they will always be an event/marquee team to watch at home, no matter how good or bad they are faring on court.

Seems to me current LAL Front Office is far more invested in the Lebron 'Brand' and what many kinds of marketing and sales it brings to the franchise, rather than actively aiming to seriously win another chip.

Feel sorry for AD more than anything, it's his prime years and talents been wasted now, not Lebron's.

[mg]

Tickets are selling in LA as long as Lebron is there they aint blowing it up.

Not true. The Lakers missed the playoffs for 6 Years or so before Lebron signed with them, like the Knicks, they will always be an event/marquee team to watch at home, no matter how good or bad they are faring on court.

Seems to me current LAL Front Office is far more invested in the Lebron 'Brand' and what many kinds of marketing and sales it brings to the franchise, rather than actively aiming to seriously win another chip.

Feel sorry for AD more than anything, it's his prime years and talents been wasted now, not Lebron's.

They will actually have trade assets this summer (Reaves, JHS, 3 tradable FRP's). It's either now or never for them to add an impact guy next to AD/Lebron. They need to replace Ham with a proven playoff coach too. We will find out really soon if they are serious about trying to win another ring before Lebron retires or if they are just content to coast on his brand during a retirement tour.

[Ito]

Lakers tryna do the impossible and taint lebrons career

[WentzerWuver]

Lakers tryna do the impossible and taint lebrons career

Just cause they can not beat one team due to matchup disadvantages, fans need to resort to these kind of threads?

Like you really thought they should beat the Nuggets when smart sports guys had known from the beginning as the team most likely to be swept. I even suggest they should purposely lose to the Pelicans and even created a thread with them as the obvious sweep candidates yet many fans still chose the Heat like noobs.

Let's get something straight - Lakers are legit and can dominate against most playoff teams except the Nuggets. No team will rebuild just cause they cannot beat one team otherwise just about every team will need to start over as well im I right Lol. So just stop overreacting and hope the Lakers can do the right thing by setting themselves up to not play them until they reach the conference finals like last year.

[rand]

Poll and thread title are asking two different questions. No matter whether the Lakers should move on from AD or LeBron, I'm pretty sure they won't unless one/both of those guys leaves of their own accord.