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I hope Bron asks out. That would be cool.

But also hard thinking we’d get a return we want or find satisfactory while not adding long term money. His contract is now an albatross unless he changes his role.

 

Lol...Lebron aint the problem man.

 

PF means Giannis, KD, the Heyena, Sengun, Jabari Smith, AD, Flagg, Williams, Randle, Gordan, Markkanen, etc..NO..I don't think Luka or Austin can handle any one of those dudes...No sir. There are some killers in this league, that play that position, either full time or during parts of games.

Even at 40..Lebron is a better look than those two, or Rui. We have to get a good player with size to replace Lebron IMO. That needs to take precedence over a POA defender IMO. If we get some quality length and athleticism on the wings, I'm really not worried about guys getting by Luka or Austin ,on the perimeter. A shot blocking stretch 5 would be nice too.

 

https://x.com/WITNESSKJ/status/2005461649462067609?s=20

 

Lol..well 23min isn't exactly a large sample size.

 

Ellis is vastly overrated around here.

 

LOL … you know what “they” say

 

Sure didn’t impress tonight. Hits a screen and it’s like a fly on a windshield. Can the (Dodgers’ farm system development) translate here and turn Nick the quick Jr into a lite version of Ellis, with micro-wave offense instead, for one tenth of the cost and allocate those dollars and the urgency as Slick suggests into a much bigger player? For when LeBron is gone? Has to be an athletic young 2-way player as big or bigger than Rui and Jake but higher ceiling potential than either? And keep Jake over Rui.

Nick’s 2” shorter but 10lbs heavier, and has 6’8” wingspan just 1” shorter, and is as quick or quicker PLUS the scoring.

 

….. ^^^ and for the height and strength needed for that POA D for the bigger PGs with also great quickness, for the same one tenth of Keon’s expected salary next year … put that same development effort and minutes into Manon. He impresses me athletically on D every time he gets in the game.

 

I'd still take a flyer on this kid LT...but at the right price. Dalton and a 2nd. However this stuff about a top 4 protected 1st, or signing him for 20-25M over the summer...absolutely not.

The other thing is, will JJ even play him? He's not fond of young guys IMO. The talent development questions, about our current coaching staff, is going to come up more when Lebron leaves.

Idk...I'd sign Nick to a regular deal, buy low on Ellis and save the assets we have, for a bigger more athletic wing player myself.

 

Here are some random team stats so far this season. Mixed bag for our Lakers so far.

The Lakers are the 2nd best shooting team in the NBA!

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/shooting-pct

Our 3pt % sucks though.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/three-point-pct

Jacking up a bunch of 3's isn't a great idea either

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/three-pointers-attempted-per-game


More offensive stats

https://www.foxsports.com/articles/...ng-team-offense-rankings-and-efficiency-stats

Our rebounding is meh...but some other good teams are just as mediocre

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/total-rebounds-per-game

Our rebounding percentage is actually good.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/total-rebounding-percentage

Team Defense..yuk..but Denver is yucky too.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/defensive-efficiency

More Defensive stats..ouch..ouch

https://www.foxsports.com/articles/...ng-team-defense-rankings-and-efficiency-stats