2025-26 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

Spacing wasn't a problem precisely because we didn't have to field a player like Simmons and we played very little Vanderbilt.

I don't understand why, on a team where you have a player who is consistently guarded by two opposing players, we should choose to give an attacker to the opposing defense, allowing him to effectively double-team Luka.

Hiding Vanderbilt's offensive deficit was already difficult and will be; it means that when the ball comes out of Luka's double-team, you have three effective attackers out of four.

I don't understand why we should create another problem for... Ben Simmons?
It seems to me that this team already has several other problems; I wouldn't add another.

Bro, Simmons is coming off a season where he didn't get 3 FGA.
In the 2025 NBA, he'll have less than 3 FGA.

You have to be better than Gary Payton to be eligible for the playoffs with such offensive prowess.

 

Bunch of nonsense. We didn't have to hide Vanderbilt 's offense. Taking him off the floor didn't solve anything either, it simply made the defense even worse. The small ball spread offense stuff, doesn't work for us in the playoffs period. We've leaned into this idea, that playing 3 perimeter oriented offensive players, with LeBron is the way to go. It is not, that's why we are 0-3 in our last 3 playoffs series, and have only won 2 games in the process.

 

It has been proven time and time again that mentally fragile players just don't work on the Lakers. I'm having a hard time coming up with a player more fragile than Simmons.

Hell NO!

 

And I'm absolutely sure that adding a player who doesn't reach 3 FGA allows us to win a PO series, absolutely.

 

Javale and Dwight didn't shoot much either. We won a chip with them

.

 

Not really sure why people keep throwing out the Beal in Phoenix stuff. He's on a buyout, not making 40-50M. That means that he's on a better, deeper team. That matters too

 

Beal at 5 mil is a no brainer signing to me.

I just trust the Clippers.

 

They are still going to Flip!

 

Neal’s a good fit for the clips to replace norm Powell. We didn’t have the same opportunity for him. Clips will be good, but they’re on borrowed time whereas we are wisely looking to get younger and more flexible.

 

I will be interested to see how well he fits with Harden and Kawhi when he didn't like being the third wheel in Phoenix but we will see. Just think he had a better opportunity with the Bucks or even the Heat.

 

Ayton is the clear better signing to me but the media won't ever admit that.