Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

forget the showdowns with the Tenants..i can NOT wait to beat the s*** out of the Green turds this year

 

Remember when the Narrative was that the Clippers had the depth & Lakers had no Team.. How ya like us now..?
Would love to see Kuz get 6th Man next Season too just to spite LAC & Williams.

 

My dream this coming year is having Kemba be the glue the C Bags needed, Hayward finally come back fully from his injury and Tatum playing like he did his rookie year, well enough to make it to the Finals so the Lakers can wax the Slippers in the WCF and grab banner 17, in Boston, in the NBA Finals.

 

I'm feeling damn good about us...for once we'll be back in the PLAYOFFS, and once we get there? I Expect LeBron and AD to have unreal post-seasons.

Anything is possible once we get to the playoffs...LeBron is going to have an unreal year as he'll be motivated AF playing with all these guys that have been there, done that and most of all..CAN SHOOT.

 

I'm thinking the first meeting against the tenants will result in a fight ala Ingram VS Paul. Too much hype and animosity between us. And since we are the bigger team, we will put the fear of Jesus on them, enough that they can't recover and totally miss the playoffs, forcing Ballmer to move the team to Idaho for all I care. Then we can meet the Sixers in the finals, where we can finally shut Embiid's loud mouth, so he can finally concentrate on being a better ball player and stop being a troll who has not won anything. On to 17!

 

Watch Beverley have a go at someone like Caruso/Cook and Cousins step in and both of them to get ejected haha! Apart from Beverley no one else on that team is going to go at anyone, they’re all pretty tame.

We got a few dogs who don’t mind getting into it, Rondo, Cousins, McGee and oddly enough Dudley.

 

I still really want Iggy. That's the last dude we need.

 

Lebron has always won a championship in the 2nd year after changing teams. Just hoist the 17th banner already.

 

I’m actually super optimistic about our defensive potential. Vogel is a great defensive mind, so our schemes will play to our players strengths. We’re going to see a lot of funneling I think. We have a few good perimeter defenders in Green, Bradley, Caruso, and Lebron, which is great... but we don’t need to have a switch everything lockdown perimeter.

McGee and AD are so freaking good at timing and angling for blocks when a penetrating player actually gets past them. Their presence will be such a deterrent that perimeter guys will settle for jumpers, making the perimeter defenders’ job easier.

 

I like Shaq the dominant big man of our three peat team. I like Shaq in Shaqtin a fool. I even liked him when he jumped out from behind my couch in 2k19. But I like him best when he lays down some truth. I have always found this a classless move from a classless organization. Thanks Shaq (although Kazaam is still a turd)

 

Last year we were dead last in 3ptfg% on wide open shots. Let's take a look at our roster makeover in this regard compared to some other notoriously elite shooters in the league and our bricklayers from last year:
https://stats.nba.com/players/shots-closest-defender-10/?Season=2018-19&SeasonType=Regular Season&CloseDefDistRange=6+ Feet - Wide Open&sort=FG3_PCT&dir=1

Wide open 3ptfg% (underlined = current player, italics = last year player)

Caruso 53.1% on 1.3 attempts
Steph 52.4% on 4 attempts
Seth 51.4% on 1.5 attempts
Green 51.3% on 2.5 attempts
Cook 49.6% on 1.6 attempts
Heild 49.1% on 4.3 attempts
Daniels 47.9% on 1.8 attempts
Bogdanovic (Indy) 45.8% on 2.6 attempts
Kyrie 45.8% on 2.1 attempts
Redick 45% on 3 attempts
Beverly 44.6% on 2.4 attempts
Korver 42.2 % on 1.7 attempts
Kawhi 42% on 1.7 attempts
Lillard 41.4% on 2.5 attempts
Kemba 41% on 2.6 attempts
CP3 41% on 1.7 attempts
Beal 40.7% on 3 attempts
Bradley 40.4% on 2.5 attempts
DLo 40.3% on 2.5 attempts
Klay 39.2% on 2.3 attempts
KCP 38.8% on 2.5 attempts
Booker 38.8% on 1.6 attempts
Bullock 38.7 on 3.6 attempts
Lebron 38.1% on 2.5 attempts
Ingram 38.1% on 0.8 attempts
Dudley 37.8% on 1.5 attempts
BroLo 37% on 4.1 attempts
AD 36.8% on 1.9 attempts
Rondo 36.6% on 2.2 attempts
Trae 35.9% on 3.6 attempts
Lance 35.8% on 1.8 attempts
Muscala 34.7% on 3.1 attempts
Svi 34.2% on 0.9 attempts
Lonzo 33.9% on 2.3 attempts
Wagner 32.7% on 1.2 attempts
Westbrick 32.6% on 2.7 attempts
Kuzma 31.9% on 3.8 attempts
Hart 31.1% on 2 attempts
Cousins 29.2% on 2.4 attempts


Kuz and Boogie need to drastically improve. But our new additions are really exciting! They're every bit as deadly when wide open as one dimensional matadors like Redick, but they're average to very good defenders! Great job, Rob!

 

“Lakers family”, says Jeanie.

 

I feel you. It’s always extra special to beat the C Bags in the finals. But, I’d rather watch them go 0-82