2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

Man don't EVER quote Jason Reed on anything! The same guy will turn around 3 days later and post a Westbrook could be the key article. He contradicts himself every other day. They need to hire more writers at that rag. Stats can be presented all kind of ways, I agree with Frank on one thing..stats and analytics can be useful but it's more to the game than looking at stats in a vacuum. I posted above on this subject..take what you will, but Jason Reed? Thumbs down on just about every take he has. It's subject to a 360 a week later.

Same Website LOL

https://lakeshowlife.com/2022/09/05/lakers-russell-westbrook-bounce-back/

The regular cats around here are better writers than Jason Reed IMO. The editor BTW.

 

You literally just posted above, USING STATS, that your boy Westbrick really wasn’t that bad last season.
Now you are claiming that stats are meaningless and can be misconstrued???
You wonder why some of don’t take you seriously here? It’s this talk out of both sides of your mouth, politician, garbage you just exhibited.

 

Reaves is closer to 6' 6" actually if I recall from last year one of the stat pages. Like 6'5 3/4"

Edit .... found it. Must have been from the combine.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/austin-reaves/


12 - Austin Reaves
6-6, 195 Point Guard/Shooting Guard

Notes: Measured: 6’4.5” barefoot, 6’5.75” in shoes, 8’5.0” standing reach, 197.2 lbs, 6’6.25” wingspan …

 

That's because you have a reading comprehension problem. I said what I said..reread it Columbo.

I didn't post any advanced stats or analytics, that's not my thing. Career FG% is straightforward, so is 3pt attempts, games played, turnovers, FT, minutes played. It's hard to misconstrue those. Look em up for yourself, Basketball Reference is my go to spot, I get stats, game logs, rosters and contract information, all in one place.



You are about as irritating and irrelevant as most Politicians. I don't take you seriously at all, but I will enjoy smacking you around some once the season starts. You talk out of both sides of your mouth, ears and every other orifice.

 

We in mid season form already

 

A brightside to not moving Russ:

If we had not signed Russ then we would have had Buddy Hield's crap contract on our books for this season and a loss of Kuzma and Montrezl and certainly had still not won any championships with Hield shooting 36% (probably less with us, we are the Lakers) and we would be cap-straddled until 2024. At least now we are free and clear in '23 with LBJ and AD and if need we can move any other little contracts we need to for space.

Another thing: It is a contract year for Russ (I know, I know...it will make him want his 20/10/10 even more) but maybe, maybe, this makes him look at coming off the bench because he is not doing those numbers with the starters. Darv has already said, "not playing D, not starting" when asked about Russ and Beverley playing together and said it emphatically which I take as an obvious message to Russ. Russ' new agent can start setting up next summer telling Russ "let's go find you that 15 million a year deal by showing you can play some D too". Which is probably what Russ fired the last guy for. Anything is possible" ~ Kevin Garnet

 

We're really digging deep, having to list off Huff and Swider. If either see the court, even though Swider is currently our best shooter, then we are in deep s***. Since we're expending the parameters to include them, let's include Pip Jr as well.

Pat Bev 6-1, 180
Nunn 6-2, 190
Pip 6-3, 170 (won't play)
Russ 6-3
Walker 6-4
AR 6-5, 197
Christie 190 (won't play)

Your entire guard rotation is either undersized, too light in the pockets or in most cases... both. Russ is an undersized SG, as is Walker. Bev and Nunn are small PGs.

JTA is more a 4/5 than anything and in that position, he's small. Gabriel is the same weight as Walker. That's correct.

Outside of Bron, who will play everywhere, Brown is the only wing we have with appropriate size and we don't know what role he's ready for. Usually when we put all our eggs in one basket, it ends terribly. We had one more, but Rob gave him away to DA as a Christmas gift (Stan).

 

sir, let's keep politics off this forum please



Unless it's Big Guy lol

 

professionalism? hahahahahahahahaha. must've missed that last season

and him showing up to team functions isn't "professionalism," it's part of his job. we're really gonna stoop so low as to praise the guy for showing up to work?

 

If we keep Westbrook, we need to surround him and LBJ/AD with nothing but shooters. This could mean Jones and/or JTA get less minutes than if Westbrook were traded (due to their below average shooting). Lakers might look to bring Carmelo back now. Basically, Jones and JTA could be replaced by Huff and Melo now (we will see). Swider may even get a shot.

 

IDk...folks were clamoring for Hield (6'4) and Conley (6'1)

Who has all these huge guards? IDk..most PG in the NBA are smaller than Westbrook. Same size as Nunn or Beverley. I don't see that as a big issue. I'll have to see these guys play first, yes Stanley took advantage of his opportunity here, but I don't think he's irreplaceable.

Either Bryant or Jones is going to start IMO, added to Lebron and AD, that's great length and size 3-5. I'd like to see Gabriel out there with AD and Lebron when Anthony slides over to the 5. Similar scenario 3-5.

Reaves, Walker, Brown I think one of them starts too. Bev and Nunn can be a potent combination off the bench even being small.

I believe this roster has a lot of possibilities. I think folks are sleeping a bit on Gabriel, he's skinny but he's long and moves well. Walker and Brown are young and both former 1st rd picks, Austin is going hoop, I expect him to take a step up this season.

I doubt Pippen or Christie plays either, but Swider has a legit jumpshot,, and 6'9 is still 6'9 he's not a glacier. I'm not counting him out, and don't see him playing as deep s***, he's not going to be a starter.Huff has a tougher path because we already have two 5's besides AD. Injuries come into play though.

We might pick up somebody before the season starts, someone is going to get cut somewhere as usual. Im not all that worried at the moment.

 

Lol..I'd love to be praising Lebron and AD for that over these last two seasons!!

Couldn't help it

 

I totally disagree with you. It ain't Rob's fault that nobody will trade with us. It might be his fault that we got RW in the first place but through all of this, remember that the Lakers FO, Rambis, Magic, Jeannie and everyone else she talks to most likely told him to sign him. Everyone in our FO was all on board for the 3 superstars. It was risky and it backfired bigtime. If Jeannie decides to fire him over this, so be it, but my guess is that she had something to do with all this as well.

You all want your cake and eat it too. How many times have I heard Lakers fans say that there is a Lakers tax, we rarely get the same deals as other teams and are held to a separate standard. ?????

Not sure when I will feel that Rob is done around here but as fans, we are getting to the point where we are soooo entitled that we won't give ANYONE a chance. Hell, everyone wants to ship out Lebron, Davis and Rob while wishing the Buss family would sell the team to some super rich fat cat who can blow billions away without a care. It is F'ing BS!!! The Lakers fan base was always a really good one because we grew up in the school of hard knocks. We came in second place for years and we had to eat crow. But it never drove us away because we all had hope and a desire to see our team get over the hump. Nowadays, nobody even wants to climb the hill, they just want to have rings handed to them. Guess what?? That s*** don't happen in real life. Rings have to be earned and you can't earn them without some problems. How good did Chicago do after Jordan left? Watch what happens to the Warriors when Steph and Thompson are done. It typically takes teams 10-20 years to get back to the top. Generational players do not come along that often. And even the ones that do get old and get injured. There are way more failures for every single team in existence than there are successes. In any sport.

People should root for there team and quit being spoiled douchebags.

 

and you thought things couldn't get worse!

Stephen A Smith, newly signed by Klutch Sports, in talks to become an announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers



Reuters 9/9/22 Breaking News Written by Brian Windhorst

Breaking News! Stephen A Smith, long regarded as a pillar in the sports broadcasting community, commanding respect from his peers and athletes alike wherever he goes, is in advanced talks to join the Los Angeles Lakers as a Play by Play Announcer. It's not immediately known if he will be replacing an existing announcing team member, but he's expected to more likely play the role of color commentator vs the play by play role handled brilliantly by Stu Lantz.

The team saw a need for a shake up on all sides of the organization to provide greater accountability and structure for the players. Smith will be tasked with calling out poor play by Laker veteran players loud enough that he can be heard on the court and in the stands. Despite Kurt Rambis' and Klutch Sport's backing, this decision is not sitting well with all players. When LeBron James was asked about the potential hiring at the practice facility Thursday, he offered a "no comment", and said he didn't even know who they had as announcers currently.....

Click here for more of the article so I don't get in trouble for posting the whole thing.

Just WOW!!!

 

Nice try

 

Just a reminder that things could always be worse