Lakers @ Jazz, Game #33, 2/24, 7:00 PM PT

[Ballerhogger]

Lebron better rest please Vogel put your foot down . Put in McKinney PLEASE anyone else

[BEazy]

We need to make a trade. This is getting ridiculous...

[NoseBleedLakers]

Dare I say that's game lmao. This team is so damn pathetic right now. Onto the next against Portland. Probably another blowout L.

[BEazy]

All you have to do with Gasol is lob pass to Gobert and Gasol has no chance. It's either a score or a foul. This is why Gasol is useless..

[NoseBleedLakers]

I think LeBron juet mailed it in for the night with that deep three lol.

Mitchell with an off night and Utah blowing these clowns out of the water by 24.

No AD or Schroeder and not one **** player has stepped it up in place of those two. The fact that they're not even trying tonight is **** annoying.

[LAKESHOW]

We gettin fked up

[BEazy]

You can see it now, these guys are not playing team ball. They're playing selfish out there. This is going to get even uglier than get better.

[chefy]

damn man

[BEazy]

We always seem to embarrass ourselves on national TV.

[NoseBleedLakers]

Season-low in scoring tonight. Lakers always finding ways to embarrass themselves when they're the underdogs. Zero fight to even give themselves a chance.

[BEazy]

Probably going to lose the next 3 games too. Then act all high and mighty when we beat the weak ass Kings. Then get slaughtered by the Pacers.

[NoseBleedLakers]

Outscored by 42 points from three. I'm sorry, but that's **** absurd lol.

Lakers were shooting 42% and averaging 13 made threes back in December, dropped down to 37% and 11 made in January, and now at 29% and 9 made per game this month.

They can continue to shoot it all they want, but I don't see it getting better.

[Slava]

You can't out work fatigue, I thought Pelinka got ahead of it by changing the roster so much and adding fresh legs but even younger dudes like Caruso seem a step slow. Once AD went down, the Lakers should have just shut down LeBron for a few weeks as well, let Vogel coach a team around Schröder/Trezz/Kuz and took the record however it went. Every team that went deep in the playoffs last season is suffering right now.

Miami 15-17
Raptors 16-17
Celtics 15-17
Nuggets 17-14

[kblo247]

You can't out work fatigue, I thought Pelinka got ahead of it by changing the roster so much and adding fresh legs but even younger dudes like Caruso seem a step slow. Once AD went down, the Lakers should have just shut down LeBron for a few weeks as well, let Vogel coach a team around Schröder/Trezz/Kuz and took the record however it went. Every team that went deep in the playoffs last season is suffering right now.

Miami 15-17
Raptors 16-17
Celtics 15-17
Nuggets 17-14

Pelinka can make contact tracing rule about 8-9 guys out and then give Bron his needed week or two off as well as the rest of the team all while not forcing them to play any games

[Slava]

You can't out work fatigue, I thought Pelinka got ahead of it by changing the roster so much and adding fresh legs but even younger dudes like Caruso seem a step slow. Once AD went down, the Lakers should have just shut down LeBron for a few weeks as well, let Vogel coach a team around Schröder/Trezz/Kuz and took the record however it went. Every team that went deep in the playoffs last season is suffering right now.

Miami 15-17
Raptors 16-17
Celtics 15-17
Nuggets 17-14

Pelinka can make contact tracing rule about 8-9 guys out and then give Bron his needed week or two off as well as the rest of the team all while not forcing them to play any games

That would only stack more games at the end of the season and before the playoffs, the time when LeBron usually rests.

[sashaturiaf]

As last season's team was dependent on Bron's playmaking, this season's team is way too dependent on AD's everything.

The interior play went from what was a strength last season to what's frankly embarrassing right now. Anytime Trez is in the game it is a layup line for the other team, and Marc Gasol is a terrible fit next to coasting year 18 Bron bringing zero energy. And it's not like the perimeter play has gotten substantially better, I said it here even when AD was still healthy that this team lacks an identity and was promptly told it was fine.

As always Bron's body language is terrible as soon as adversity hits, you can count at least one play a game where his man gets a layup because he's complaining about a call instead of running back. What sort of example is that setting for the rest of the team.

The team is straight up terrible right now, if AD is out another 3 weeks you're probably looking at a 7 or 8 seed by then. To me this regular season is a write-off, key is to get AD healthy for the playoffs and the Lakers still have a shot against any team even the Nets.

[Beethoven]

I wouldnt be surprised if by the time AD returns, we are standing around 8th seed or even out of playoff contention.

[tamaraw08]

You can't out work fatigue, I thought Pelinka got ahead of it by changing the roster so much and adding fresh legs but even younger dudes like Caruso seem a step slow. Once AD went down, the Lakers should have just shut down LeBron for a few weeks as well, let Vogel coach a team around Schröder/Trezz/Kuz and took the record however it went. Every team that went deep in the playoffs last season is suffering right now.

Miami 15-17
Raptors 16-17
Celtics 15-17
Nuggets 17-14

Pelinka can make contact tracing rule about 8-9 guys out and then give Bron his needed week or two off as well as the rest of the team all while not forcing them to play any games

That would only stack more games at the end of the season and before the playoffs, the time when LeBron usually rests.

Yes but you have the whole team esp Lebron get the much needed rest they need at the same time prevent 6 more loses and AD don’t miss any more games.
If you don’t do it, Lakers would likely lose 6 more games and you have a very exhausted Lebron trying to get in the top 8 for the playoffs.

[Catchall]

Pelinka can make contact tracing rule about 8-9 guys out and then give Bron his needed week or two off as well as the rest of the team all while not forcing them to play any games

That would only stack more games at the end of the season and before the playoffs, the time when LeBron usually rests.

Yes but you have the whole team esp Lebron get the much needed rest they need at the same time prevent 6 more loses and AD don’t miss any more games.
If you don’t do it, Lakers would likely lose 6 more games and you have a very exhausted Lebron trying to get in the top 8 for the playoffs.

Jazz fan here. I'm going to be honest, I've never seen a team just give up like that in the middle of the 2nd quarter. Lakers stopped trying to score inside on Gobert and knew they couldn't shoot well enough to keep up offensively, so they just checked out.

I think it would take a lot for the Lakers to fall lower than the 5th or 6th seed. The West teams 6 - 8 are more or less .500-level teams. If the Lakers aren't going to be a top-2 seed, I'm not sure it makes much difference for them to play as the 5th or 6th seed. I'd also worry more about your roster overall. Marc Gasol and Wes Matthews are probably not going to cut it at this stage of their careers. I think you need to treat them as situational players and go get Whiteside and another guard/wing.