The LeBron James All-NBA (2nd) and Luka Doncic - 24-25 Thread

[Mos_Heat]

Reaves once again struggling against the pressure

[IG2]

DLo is such fool's gold. Incapable of putting together 2 good games in a row. And Lakers won't trade him because of the occasional flashes he shows.

[tone wone]

Damn that was a GREAT look.

[nzahir]

I missed the game until last 4 min, honestly didnt think we would lose another game to Detroit.

Yes I know they arent bums anymore, but still not a good team and we should have wanted revenge. I assumed we turned the corner.

But I was wrong, we aren't a contending team as is, so why did I expect better

Looking at the box score

Too many TOs and Dlo not great

Athletic teams can give us real trouble, especially if they have size

And nobody to shut down teams best guys with Vando out

Need to make some god damn trades already

[Tracymcgoaty]

We lost because AD couldn't convert wide open dunks and Reaves and DLO folded.

Im going to call AD Ass Davis from now on. Because he plays like absolute ass when it matters.

[dcstanley]

DLO, Rui, and Reaves play with zero physicality. Austin at least tries but he gets absolutely manhandled by ball pressure from athletic wings when he's on-ball. Also doesn't help that JJ was forced to go center-less because there are zero playable bigs besides AD and of course the Lakers were destroyed in those lineups.

This team has had the same deficiencies for two years now. Rob is truly terrible at his job.

[nzahir]

DLO, Rui, and Reaves play with zero physicality. Austin at least tries but he gets absolutely manhandled by ball pressure from athletic wings when he's on-ball. Also doesn't help that JJ was forced to go center-less because there are zero playable bigs besides AD and of course the Lakers were destroyed in those lineups.

This team has had the same deficiencies for two years now. Rob is truly at terrible at his job.

Yup really frustrating that having a backup C alone tonight seems like it would have won the game (and many other games the last few years)

The least we could do is spend some 2nds for a playable backup C

I dont see RW3 costing more than some 2nds

Kessler will cost at least a 1st from most teams.....but we can unprotect 2027 and offer a swap in 28 if they want? Only doing a Kessler deal if we push in chips for Lavine, BI, or Butler tbh. Or another good move

Sharpe shouldn't cost more than a few 2nds either. JHS and 3 2nds seems very fair, if not an overpay

We shouldnt make any windowdressing moves though, should push in chips and make real moves

[trickshot]

Missed it because it looked like an auto L. Can't just outeffort that big of an athleticism deficit. Better off benching a third of the shot takers and grinding for 90 points.

Also need at least one dynamic shot taker for closing situations because current AD and Bron have lost soo much dynamism. The athleticism thing comes back to bite in crunchtime when guys can't create real separation. Dlo is a heartbeaker because on paper he should have the dream coach, PF and C combo to be THAT guy but I guess the red flag was how he couldn't make it work on an even better situation with the Warriors.

[AmIWrongDude]

Bron has been looking waaay more spry these past few games. No surprise that he’s not washed and people have just been dying to see the day he is.

This Laker team sucks though. Absolutely have to make a move. One of AR or DLO NEED to go.

[tone wone]

Honestly, he's just playing harder than he did earlier in the year. That goes a long way. Go rewatch the 1st quarter....he was flying around at both ends. I wonder how long he can keep up this energy burst

[nzahir]

Bron has been looking waaay more spry these past few games. No surprise that he’s not washed and people have just been dying to see the day he is.

This Laker team sucks though. Absolutely have to make a move. One of AR or DLO NEED to go.

Dlo isnt a playoff player, has to be him

My question is....what if its both?

If we were somehow going after Lamelo, Fox, or Trae Young. Wouldnt see it working with 1 of those and Reaves

We need to push our ceiling higher as a team

Reaves, Christie, Bron, AD and a role guy is not enough

Not even sure if BI would be enough due to his fit

Similar question for Butler, but have seen him play off ball before, a better defender, and he brings intesnity and fire

Edit:

We dont have a high enough impact guy on offense to really compete there

Defensively we could build that identity around AD, Max, Vando?, Vincent, and trade for a defensive minded wing, a backup C, and even upgrade the pg spot with getting someone bigger than Vincent

So if we arent going to go and get a high end impact level offensive guy like Butler or one of those guards listed above, I wonder if we should build aronund it defensively

[TroubleS0me]

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[nzahir]

HOW DOES PELINKA STILL HAVE A JOB!!!

The non C min are painful to watch

Backup C can legit be addressed TODAY

Go and get Richards, Sharpe, etc

They shouldn't cost more than some 2nds

Unless we are focused on a deal for Sexton and Kessler, I don't see why we would wait

[trickshot]

Know it's not for everyone but Reaves and Schroder would have been a decent pairing. Then again too many issues and not enough trade assets because someone gave all the assets and best would-be assets player options.

[Mos_Heat]

Gotta give it to Christie. His recent play has been one of the main reasons why LAL looks solid

[zimpy27]

Know it's not for everyone but Reaves and Schroder would have been a decent pairing. Then again too many issues and not enough trade assets because someone gave all the assets and best would-be assets player options.

We've seen it.

2022-23 season including playoffs.

Schroder was not better than DLo

[zimpy27]

Gotta give it to Christie. His recent play has been one of the main reasons why LAL looks solid

Yeah he's been good.

Christie, Reaves, Rui, LeBron, Davis has a +20 rating per 100 possessions in 70 minutes of play so far.

The lineup has been killing it.

Lakers need some bench help

[trickshot]

Know it's not for everyone but Reaves and Schroder would have been a decent pairing. Then again too many issues and not enough trade assets because someone gave all the assets and best would-be assets player options.

We've seen it.

2022-23 season including playoffs.

Schroder was not better than DLo

That can't be true on defense but also depends on who else was on the roster. Also talking fit not talent. Like Reaves is a better fit than Dlo. In any case I hated watching the Lakers that season under Ham and basically can't even recall properly but I never got the feeling anything I saw under him was indicative of anything. I wouldn't actually be surprised if Dlo looks better in a crappy one on one, go improvise kind of offense. Schroder truly is mediocre running offense as the main initiator but he wouldn't have to do that under JJ.

[zimpy27]

Know it's not for everyone but Reaves and Schroder would have been a decent pairing. Then again too many issues and not enough trade assets because someone gave all the assets and best would-be assets player options.

We've seen it.

2022-23 season including playoffs.

Schroder was not better than DLo

That can't be true on defense but also depends on who else was on the roster. Also talking fit not talent. Like Reaves is a better fit than Dlo. In any case I hated watching the Lakers that season under Ham and basically can't even recall properly but I never got the feeling anything I saw under him was indicative of anything. I wouldn't actually be surprised if Dlo looks better in a crappy one on one, go improvise kind of offense. Schroder truly is mediocre running offense as the main initiator but he wouldn't have to do that under JJ.

Well maybe it could have been different under JJ instead of Ham. But right now as I said above, Christie, Reaves, LeBron, Rui, Davis have a +20 net rating. So this squad is looking really good now.

PG: Reaves (38) | Guard (10)
SG: Christie (30) | Guard (18)
SF: LeBron (38) | Knecht (10)
PF: Rui (34) | Davis (14)
C: Davis (24) | Center (24)

As you can see, Lakers really just need a backup C and backup guard to have a strong 8-man playoff rotation.

Vando and Wood could take role of backup C honestly.

The backup gaurd spot is DLo right now but upgrading that to 2-way player would be impactful. Or getting a starting PG so that Reaves can play backup guard.

[zimpy27]

I think defensive playmaker is still main need or at least a wing playmaker.

Ingram, Butler, Brown, Lonzo, Simmons

One of these guys.

I know lakers are keen on Brogdon+Val, it's tempting I think because Brogdon might be better in 6th man role since he won a 6MOY once.