Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

yeah, if we don't add any salary beyond next year and lebron walks, we should be able to retain all those guys (and goodwin/knecht/bronny if we wish) and have some space left over to maybe add a couple more rotation pieces in FA next summer. failing that, we could use the extra space to to eat some short-term salary and gather draft capital.

i know everyone wants us to strike huge deals now, but we've quietly positioned ourselves to not be totally devastated when lebron walks/retires--which was always going to be a major problem.

 

Squinting through @Toklat ’s ridiculously dark purple goggles, at least until some one or more players get shipped out, whenever …. with our “assumed” no money spared organizational upgrading from deep pockets apex winner mentality Mark Walters …. I think contrary to the remaining sky is falling crew …. that we just might have the makings of a new and legit Bench Mob pulled from the guys below:

Goodwin, Vincent, LaRavia, Knecht, Vando, Thiero, Kleber, Hayes, James Jr.

Athleticism, size, decent offensive and defensive configurations.

 

it would be great for us if goodwin and knecht took steps forward this year. i feel like we're never very patient with this, but other teams often have success bringing along young guys and grooming them for bigger roles.

i guess rui and reaves are success stories for us here? but their ascents were pretty rapid, so patience wasn't really required.

 

We didn’t have Jake. Maxi or Adou available last year and I’m pretty confident Adou and Maxi will see time off the bench.

 

Yeah I think Goodwin is being slept on a bit. I don't think we can rely on him as our primary POA guy, but I hope he's part of the regular rotation. Loved his hustle and offensive rebounding in the regular season, the latter was something we'd pretty much completely punted on.