2020-21 Roster: Thoughts & Predictions

Thought Dwight received the bi-annual, who is the only real blow to our roster in my opinion.

We won a championship without Bradley in the bubble.

Would like to pick up Dedmon and another 3/D player if possible.

 

Let's give Trezz a chance and see if he can play better defense. Trezz might surprise us all defensively. Lakers knows that losing Dwight means losing some of that interior defense. Trezz might not be the rim protector but there are areas he can improve defensively that he is very capable of.

 

This is what has me worried too. Javale and Dwights ability to get above the rim both on O and D shouldnt be understated. Right now we have AD and maybe a 6'8 Montrezz

 

Gasol is still solid on D too

 

as a guy who can block shots and get above the rim though?

i know he can still body guys up but im not too confident on his ability to alter shots at this point.

his BPG last season arent bad, but that was a limited sample size.

id love for him to be able to provide some of what we lost with dwight and javale but im skeptical

 

Gasol is a way better (clever) defender and than McGee ( who wasn't a factor against good teams) .

He's the master of the drop coverage .

As for the offense , Lakers will put even more pressure on the rim with Schroder and Harrell in a different way .

D12 wasn't going to play like this and stay focused for a 2nd consecutive season .

Enjoy the fact we won't experience boredom in the regular season .

If we stay healthy , a 2nd championship will be the outcome , I have no doubt about it

 

Gasol was great on Jokic.

Javale got owned. As long as are covered on matchups that matter, I think that’s most important.

how many great centers will we face on the path to the Finals? AND Is their team good enough to derail us? I’m not seeing it yet.

Phoenix could be interesting is Ayton makes a jump, but if we have suffocating perimeter D, that player would have to be Shaq-like to affect a series.

 

There were serious question marks about our roster last year too, and the coaching staff made it work. I don't agree our D has taken a serious hit, we just have players with different skill sets on the team now. I trust in Vogel to make it work, especially on D.

 

We sacrificed a bit of size & athleticism in our interior Defense, but we've become much more Versatile.
Gasol/Trez/AD/Morris(?) is a great Defensive rotation, & best thing is... None of them are a liability on Offense.

KCP/Matthews/Schroder/Caruso are more than capable perimeter Defenders
& we all know what AD & LeBron can do..

I'm not worried about our Defense at all.

 

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Someone needs to spell check that Last Name.. LOL

 

Fixed it for you. LOL how does that happen from a FO employee?

 

It is a bit negligent & thoughtless.. Especially if the intent is to lure his Brother... o_O

 

Giannis: Nope!

 

agree with general sentiment, but some specific arguments aren't compelling for me. data (and my eyes) suggest matthews is an upgrade on green, and his locker room presence has been a plus at every stop. only health stops that from being a huge win.

also, i think folks focus too much on lobs and blocks from centers. they're fun and cute, but that's not where your centers make their cash. box outs, icing pick and rolls by deftly playing lanes, etc., is where it's at.

and i agree that kuz as a bench scorer is undercut by trez/schroder, but i also think kuz has been miscast as an offensive focal point. how about he starts with gasol, lebron, matthews, and caruso, and is the dive guy on the weakside? then we just murder people with trez/schroder like the clips did with lou/trez.

 

I like Kuz with the starters and trez and schoder tearing up the bench, but I think you’re forgetting about someone in the starting lineup...

 

Guy is not a Laker, why would abeer include him?