2020-21 Roster: Thoughts & Predictions

eh, i look at it like i looked at last year, when it was reversed in the eyes of most: winning the offseason isn't winning the title. lots can happen. tons of people on this forum told me all year there was no way we'd win because the clippers were an unstoppable juggernaut. and i kept saying: you just need to be in the mix, then see what happens.

we should be in the mix again. as should the clippers. let's see what happens.

 

.... Get him Savory

 

Beverley telling Steph Curry about the next 5 years ahead...

 

We have 3 roster spots open..I would keep Dudley though basketball wise it doesn't had much as we are loaded at the 4.
Then, we need a defensive guard or a sniper (we can't get 2 with Dudz) and a center. We are also lacking a wing defender, but with Dudley and McKinnie that's a bit redundant though neither are good enough to share minutes with Matthews, so would get one if it's really good

Top best guys available on those positions
Batum
Ellington
Dedmon

Chandler
Courtney Lee
Wanamaker
Bellinelli
Glen Robinson III
Mbah a Moute
Marvin Williams
Poetl
Mahinmi


If we snatch two of the top 3 is not even fair. It would probably be the best roster ever.
I'm worried with the center position, Gasol will not play all games and we need to cover him.

LeBron / Schroder
KCP / Caruso
Wes / Kuz / McKinnie
AD / Keef
Gasol / Harrell

 

regular season you can get by with trez at center most nights, imo. one more body for fouls and such would be good. i'm still a taj gibson fan for that spot.

 

Ellington signed.

 

Not seeing any details on this.. Is this confirmed..?

 

With such a quick turnaround to the season it was such a good idea to add young legs to this team. We swapped out all the older vets for young/hungry players. They'll help with Lebron's early season load managing.

 

i'm hoping schroder can win us a few games by getting hot--something we didn't have at all last year outside our two stars.

 

We have many more scoring options than we did last Year. Good luck Doubling AD or LeBron with this Roster. Heck, our Bench would probably be a borderline Playoff Team on it's own.

 

well, i think that's overselling it, but yes, i think that on paper, this is a better roster than last year's and that we should be able to rest AD and lebron more than we did last year.

 

did we already cut Jordan bell?

 

Ha,, Well maybe I'm getting a bit overexcited, but I can easily see Caruso, Matthews, Kuzma, Morris & Harrell being able to compete with many Teams on their own... Not a lot of Teams can say that about their Bench.

 

Yes.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/260572/Lakers-Waive-Jordan-Bell

 

This team is so fun to play in 2k. I experimented with a few lineups, but ended up liking our biggest contracts the most: Schroeder, KCP, Lebron, AD, Harrell. I didn’t even have to really use Lebron or AD as primary pieces of the offense, they mainly just operated as decoys getting easy buckets while I feasted off the Schroeder/Harrell pick and roll with KCP spacing the floor.

In real life, I think the starting lineup we go with will be basically the same as last year but with Wes replacing Green, Gasol replacing McGee: Lebron/KCP/Matthews/AD/Gasol.