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Can Lakers use a real PG to dish the ball instead of Luka and Austin jacking? After all Luka does burn out and works well with other point guards in the past.

 

lol this place is bonkers. too many wild takes to address all at once, tbh.

at least vince admits we have to keep reaves, basically at any cost. if you can't agree to this, i'm not sure what there is to discuss. you just want to be mad.

 

and i think you're overblowing it and underestimating the fact that you actually can go out and get defensive players to mitigate this like denver and dallas did (100 million years ago in 2023 and 2024).

the continued problem has been trying to re-tool whilst trying to figure out the lebron denouement.

 

Have to or want to is not one and the same. Lakers have been reluctant to move Austin for some time. Austin will be back because Lakers want to. Right now the only question is how much. We all know this. This was even before Luka and Austin bromance. That's not the point. The point is is this a legitimate championship blueprint. Even if Luka/lakers want him back.

 

we have no idea if they've reluctant to move reaves or what's been offered for him, nor does it matter at this point.

energy should be focused on how to make it work, not if it can work. you're in it already.

btw, you know who are bad defenders that have been successfully targeted in the playoffs? jalen brunson and karl anthony towns. no way knicks can possibly field a real contender, right?

 

Lakers can be out in the 1st round for the next 2 seasons and they will still defend. We have been down this road many times Dlo/Austin Luka/Austin. Each season ends the same with the same concern moving forward. It's dejavu. Each season comes with hopes of a different result doing the same things.

 

I think Lakers should move on from Lebron and bring Austin back. However I am not expecting a championship. This is why I think they should lean and go on the younger side.

 

60M as #1 on a team at 32 years …. no. 38-40M as a 2 yes. At 25-28 years yes of course and we did. Talent. Anyone can get injured especially if paying their *** off every minute they’re on on the floor. Salary cap keeps going up each year traditionally as well.

 

Difference there is you paid base on results. You seem reluctant when the odds get stacked. So hesitant when have to shell out max. Davis was a beast in NO and was easily a #1 option playing the role of a big man. Lakers never won a title without an allstar big man. I would shell out 60 million on that before a guard I can easily replace unless it's a super talent like Kobe.

 

What kind of dance are you doing you asked about #1 option decision NOW on AD knowing HIS injury history, Plus I don’t agree with half your opinions about AR in the first place especially short changing what he does for the team offensively with his complete combination of skills nor your simplistic one way player nonsense as if he doesn’t compete his a** off every night out there and got better this year, nor that there’s no way for a brilliant new owner in Walter to build a competitive team with a shot health willing every year simply because an outstanding team player like AR is on the team at 38-40M.

 

and that's what I was talking about earlier. Mavs was hesitant on paying Luka even as a top 3 player because of health and work ethic. He is now a Laker. It's not about Austin that's my point. Is who we need to help Luka. I am not short changing Austin or what he does. I am questioning his fit with Luka if the goal is to win a championship. Yes given Davis injury history he is no longer a max player. Lebron no longer a max player. Austin do not come close to the impact these players had in their prime. Meaning at no point is he a max player. So it's not short changing. That is why I make a comparison to Markkanen. Nice player but if the goal is to win you cannot make him your max player.

 

In short if I teamed let's say prime Wade a Davis I have a level I know I will be a top team. Let's say I teamed Austin and Markkanen i am not sure what I got there.so now I am scrambling thinking what can I add to them to elevate the team to the level I am trying to be.

 

Shoot the front office and Mark all your thoughts on why they’re doing it wrong and you’re not going drop it until they acknowledge that You “might” be smarter than them. Will have the same exact effect as all the energy spent here telling us it is a fact there’s no way to win a chip with AR on the team.