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I hope we end up top 3 again lol even by default like last year

 

with lebron, we're comfortably in the top 6. without him, we're an 11th place team in the west. i'm not sure why that's shocking, though. again, we pay him max money. teams can't have max money not playing or not playing like a max guy. it's death. everything else breaks.

like, vando is a 9th/10th man on our team if lebron's here.

i just don't see how game 1 is some sort of referendum on team building or the obvious indicator that we must make panic trades (imo, wiggins for whatever riley wants is a panic trade--unless riley is taking vando's contract back).

we're likely going to lose more than we win while lebron's out, and no amount of summer shuffling was going to change that.

 

so 81-1?

 

Can't judge this team until Maxi's back.

 

The key information I want to get as a Lakers fan is when the new ownership is really going to take over and change things ..

 

To be clear, I don't expect a panic trade.

It's not the front office's MO.

I do expect them to make a move sometime between Christmas and the trade deadline which is how they tend to operate.

As with most seasons, there are definitely guys that teams are going to want to move or who will get bought out, etc. To their credit, I think the front office has navigated those options about as good as any team could especially factoring in Luka.

 

drink this in haterz. It won't stay this way.

 

I thought I heard that would take place toward the end of the year/early next year last night but don't see confirmation of an actual date.

Sooner the better IMO.

 

I kinda feel like there's a chance of this happening. Lol

I feel like its going to be a dogfight in the middle of the West again this year. We got two tough matchups off the jump, but if we can stay in the middle while LeBron is out, I can see us making another real run once the team starts to gel in the second half of the season.

 

So, what you're saying is, we are tied with Houston!!

 

It’s okay guys, old man is coming back sometime in November and will lead us to first place in the West.
We can outscore everyone!

 

Wemby is going to be a problem, he is 21/8 at the half against the biggest team in the NBA with AD, Lively, PJ & Flagg starting.

He has crushed AD so far.