Stein: Lakers have agreed to trade for Russell Westbrook

The Hypnotoad · Post #21 » by **The Hypnotoad** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:20 am

How many #1 picks is Westbrook going to be traded for on this albatross contract of his. Bad trade.

SlimShady83 · Post #22 » by **SlimShady83** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:20 am

Will Lebron be a spot up shooter this year ie: stretch 4?

SlimShady83 · Post #23 » by **SlimShady83** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:22 am

If this happens also .. I can see AD spending a lot of the time on the 3pt line this year along with Bron

myersia · Post #24 » by **myersia** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:24 am

Im good with this. Push the pace. Just need some shooters to kick out too. AD gotta be the 5 and Bron has to play 4 to make it work.

Lakers24gm · Post #25 » by **Lakers24gm** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:25 am

Absolutely hate this trade for the Lakers as of now. Im willing to give them some time to fill out the roster but man. ONly way i see this working is Bron plays a lot of 4 and AD a lot of 5.

KL78192020 · Post #26 » by **KL78192020** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:26 am

Good trade for the Lakers he isn't even that bad a 3 point shooter.

Ball so hard · Post #27 » by **Ball so hard** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:29 am

The Wizards should change their name to Washington Lakers. How many young players picked by us do they now have. Wagner, Bonga, Robinson, Kuzma.

Ball so hard · Post #28 » by **Ball so hard** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:32 am

SlimShady83 wrote:If this happens also .. I can see AD spending a lot of the time on the 3pt line this year along with Bron

This wouldn't be a good thing. AD is a below average 3pt shooter.

SlimShady83 · Post #29 » by **SlimShady83** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:32 am

Lakers24gm wrote:Absolutely hate this trade for the Lakers as of now. Im willing to give them some time to fill out the roster but man. ONly way i see this working is Bron plays a lot of 4 and AD a lot of 5.

they said this a while back (can't remember where) but they want Bron to play the 4 next to AD it's the reason why they've been looking for primary ballhandler, I'm expecting Bron to be more of a spot up shooter and passer? we'll have to wait and see

SlimShady83 · Post #30 » by **SlimShady83** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:34 am

Ball so hard wrote:
SlimShady83 wrote:If this happens also .. I can see AD spending a lot of the time on the 3pt line this year along with Bron

This wouldn't be a good thing. AD is a below average 3pt shooter.

Than maybe they trying to bring back the 90's style of basketball and go big

who knows what they have plan, but this what I'm expecting.

My line up is in my signature, it will be interesting, I don't think the Defense will be good this year, but hopefully we'll be ok in that.

Ckay · Post #31 » by **Ckay** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:36 am

toodles23 · Post #32 » by **toodles23** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:37 am

KL78192020 wrote:Good trade for the Lakers he isn't even that bad a 3 point shooter.

Uh he might be the worst volume 3 point shooter in the NBA. 29% from three over the last 4 seasons. He's awful.

This reminds me a lot of the Drummond signing last year.

Michael Lucky · Post #33 » by **Michael Lucky** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:43 am

toodles23 wrote:
KL78192020 wrote:Good trade for the Lakers he isn't even that bad a 3 point shooter.

Uh he might be the worst volume 3 point shooter in the NBA. 29% from three over the last 4 seasons. He's awful.

This reminds me a lot of the Drummond signing last year.

He isn't a volume three point shooter by any stretch. Yeah if this was the 90s he'd be classified as such.

Michael Lucky · Post #34 » by **Michael Lucky** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:44 am

The Hypnotoad wrote:How many #1 picks is Westbrook going to be traded for on this albatross contract of his. Bad trade.

2 years on the contract, not even remotely the same as the 3 and 4 years before.

Post #35 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 am

Schroder
THT
Westbrook
LeBron
AD

Westbrook led the league in assists 3 of the last 4 season and has been at the top of the list most of the last decade... Like I said in the GB, why does he have to be our shooter? Takes the ball out of LeBron's hands more which makes our offense less stagnant, like when we had Rondo... AD shoots 3s, THT can shoot, defend and attack, if we keep Schroder, he can be more of a pure shooter, Lebron won't have to attack as much and can take it easier on the outside, which makes it easier for him to keep his 3pt% up...

Or flip Schroder and THT for someone else... It's still a major upgrade over a bunch of inconsistent bodies that contributed little to our wins... the mvp of that trade from our side is probably KCP.

Post #36 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:53 am

Westbrook finally in a town that can appreciate his fashion decisions... Too late?

Ballerhogger · Post #37 » by **Ballerhogger** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:01 am

Slava wrote:I don’t understand this, it’s also a **** ton of money to take on and no obvious way to change course if it doesn’t work out well.

Were in all in win now mode anyways .. it’s a gamble , but brook only has 2years left there playing off Lebron timeline . We gave up meh players for all star

thebigbird · Post #38 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:02 am

Pelinka is an absolute clown. Worst GM in the league. I cant think of a worse trade in recent memory.

loveshaq786 · Post #39 » by **loveshaq786** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:03 am

Is it official?

Is there any hope in another deal instead of this one?

If this is what we ended up with, while giving up our first round pick, I'm very disappointed

thebigbird · Post #40 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:05 am

Kilroy wrote:Schroder
THT
Westbrook
LeBron
AD

Westbrook led the league in assists 3 of the last 4 season and has been at the top of the list most of the last decade... Like I said in the GB, why does he have to be our shooter? Takes the ball out of LeBron's hands more which makes our offense less stagnant, like when we had Rondo... AD shoots 3s, THT can shoot, defend and attack, if we keep Schroder, he can be more of a pure shooter, Lebron won't have to attack as much and can take it easier on the outside, which makes it easier for him to keep his 3pt% up...

Or flip Schroder and THT for someone else... It's still a major upgrade over a bunch of inconsistent bodies that contributed little to our wins... the mvp of that trade from our side is probably KCP.

That lineup has the worst spacing in the entire NBA.

Schroder - 33.5%
THT - 28.2%
Lebron - 36.5%
Westbrook - 31.5%
AD - 26.5%

When LeBron is your best three point shooter youre in a world of trouble.