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Beethoven · Post #1561 » by **Beethoven** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:46 pm

Lakers pick up avery Bradley off of waivers

fteru6uhre54ew · Post #1562 » by **fteru6uhre54ew** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:49 pm

Beethoven wrote:Lakers pick up avery Bradley off of waivers

Literally the best sign of the offseason for me.

Post #1563 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:57 pm

Newly signed players deserve their own thread...

bearadonisdna · Post #1564 » by **bearadonisdna** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:08 pm

My Lakers rotation . It’s hard with all the injuries at the shooting guard.
The center position scares me.
The point of this for me is how I feel Westbrook fits.
To me he isn’t and won’t be the problem .

Jordan -20 Howard -20 Davis -7
Davis-29 Melo -19
James -36 Bazemore-12

Pg. Westbrook -36 Rondo -12
Sg. Monk -24 Bradley -24

Westbrook relegating lebron to the secondary ball handler should not be debilitating. In many ways can be advantageous to lessen the responsibilities of lebron.

If lebron milks ball handling then Westbrook is still the focal point and lead guard of the backcourt .
He has to make himself useful in the half court meaning using his strengths such as rebounding , assisting , driving , midrange scoring and drawing fouls.

bearadonisdna · Post #1565 » by **bearadonisdna** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:24 pm

The way I see it the backcourt is responsible for production independent of the frontcourt.

Besides Westbrook there isn’t a whole lot of firepower so him having a 30 point triple DOuble is ideal considering the type of production you would like allocated to the backcourt .

The thing I thing that will hurt this team the most is opposing 3 point shooting . The Lakers can prove dominance but once a team starts chucking away it can leave a 2 pointer reliant team behind the 8 ball.

Post #1566 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:21 pm

Game thread?

Post #1567 » by **Danny Darko** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:50 pm

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Post #1568 » by **Slava** » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:09 am

Markannen dunk on Jokic was nasty.

tugs · Post #1569 » by **tugs** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:10 am

I feel Suggs right now is too uptight, justifying his selection over Barnes and doing too much

stan francisco · Post #1570 » by **stan francisco** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:38 am

Curry and the GSW look like they mean business this season, since game one. Playing really well. Imagine when they add Klay to the rotation. I’m hoping we get to beat them in the WCF.

Pythagoras · Post #1571 » by **Pythagoras** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 4:41 am

stan francisco wrote:Curry and the GSW look like they mean business this season, since game one. Playing really well. Imagine when they add Klay to the rotation. I’m hoping we get to beat them in the WCF.

Man. I knew they be good this year but they’ve been blowing my expectations out the water. Wish the Lakers had one more high quality wing to help against those guys.

Post #1572 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:41 pm

Danny Darko wrote:

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Zion looks like Shaq and I had a baby!
-Charles Barkley

This is the funniest thing Charles has ever said

Post #1573 » by **Danny Darko** » Sun Nov 7, 2021 3:59 am

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Post #1574 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Nov 8, 2021 12:40 am

Danny Darko wrote:

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Woulda deserved it for the hair... The Lopez brothers did it better...

Post #1575 » by **Danny Darko** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 7:17 am

Kilroy wrote:
Danny Darko wrote:

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Woulda deserved it for the hair... The Lopez brothers did it better...

haha. probably acted like cats whiskers there and saved him

Post #1576 » by **Danny Darko** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 7:31 am

feisty season

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stan francisco · Post #1577 » by **stan francisco** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 7:47 am

Danny Darko wrote:feisty season

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I hope Morris is okay, but I don’t think he’ll tackle Jokic again. A cheap shot like that arguably deserves a retaliation like that. Jokic will probably sit out a few games.

iamworthy · Post #1578 » by **iamworthy** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 6:36 pm

Austin Reaves will be better than Alex Caruso when it's all said and done.

LAKESHOW · Post #1579 » by **LAKESHOW** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 11:07 pm

iamworthy wrote:Austin Reaves will be better than Alex Caruso when it's all said and done.

Quite possibly true, its starting to look that way,we shall see... but carushow does sound better than reaveshow.. lol

Post #1580 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Nov 9, 2021 11:13 pm

LAKESHOW wrote:
iamworthy wrote:Austin Reaves will be better than Alex Caruso when it's all said and done.

Quite possibly true, its starting to look that way,we shall see... but carushow does sound better than reaveshow.. lol

I say we start calling him Neo...