Jordan Goodwin Discussion: He’s A Banshee

Discussion in 'Lakers Discussion' started by ElginTheGreat, Feb 8, 2025.

  1. abeer3

    abeer3 - Lakers Legend -

    Top Poster Of Month

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    29,095
    Likes Received:
    78,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    i mean, if wood's really out for the whole year, why didn't we just apply for the medical exemption before the 15th? you're telling me we just now figured out he was fully dead? or that the hope of him coming back was greater than the roster exception? or am i misunderstanding in that the exemption doesn't cover the apron/tax stuff?
     
  2. KareemtheGreat33

    KareemtheGreat33 - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    12,177
    Likes Received:
    24,790
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    The Don whisperer
    Location:
    Las Islas Filipinas
    Online
    I don’t know, I have no idea, maybe Wood is up for resurrection :LLLLLebronlaughing:
     
    Cookie, LakeShowAZ and LTLakerFan like this.
  3. LTLakerFan

    LTLakerFan - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    37,300
    Likes Received:
    62,116
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    So Cal
    Online
    Nooooo …. don’t be so hard on yourself. :giggle:
     
  4. pika1708

    pika1708 - Lakers Starter -

    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2020
    Messages:
    3,231
    Likes Received:
    5,836
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    I think we thought we would trade him. I also imagine it's not easy to apply that exemption as it's very rare and if it was easier I'm sure many teams would use it to extend their playable roster

    Anyway, we really should give a standard contract to Goodwin. He's quite a solid backup and gives us what we need.
    Maybe we can stretch someone? It helps cut the cap this year I guess, although making it slightly bigger for the future.
    Not sure how I feel about that just to add an additional backup C/Goodwin, but it would be only around 1M more or so, with the cap increase it could be almost unnoticeable.
    Maybe we ask Bron if he wants to take 1mil less next year just to add another big and have a slightly better chance this year. His window is short and maybe he accepts it


    If we can only have 1, I think we've to go with the C and hope Cam/Knecht can do a solid job as Goodwin been doing.
    Funny how we traded Cam and Knecht, got Goodwin and improved in that position. Great job by Rob really, he's really good at the deadline
     
    Panko, TIME, lakerjones and 3 others like this.
  5. ElginTheGreat

    ElginTheGreat - Lakers MVP -

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2014
    Messages:
    11,253
    Likes Received:
    31,579
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    I'd find a way to keep Goodwin. I think he's shown enough on both ends of the floor to justify it. He is another player that adds toughness and ability to do dirty work out there. I don't want us to lose him particularly since none of our center options seem that great.
     
    abeer3, Juronimo, Panko and 5 others like this.
  6. ElginTheGreat

    ElginTheGreat - Lakers MVP -

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2014
    Messages:
    11,253
    Likes Received:
    31,579
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    I also get the sense that Goodwin is another guy we will be able to trust in the playoffs.
     
    abeer3, Barnstable, Panko and 3 others like this.
  7. sirronstuff

    sirronstuff - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    32,031
    Likes Received:
    77,897
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Your time is running out Ham
    Location:
    Laker Purgatory
    Online
    maybe we let the trade go through so we can keep Goodwin

    :Crazyartest:
     
  8. FrontOfJersey22

    FrontOfJersey22 - Lakers All Star -

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2021
    Messages:
    5,646
    Likes Received:
    9,717
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    If he ends up signing with another team, I’m going to be pissed.
    He plays very solid D and doesn’t try to be something he’s not.
    He’s really a younger version of Gabe, albeit by just two years.
    I’m really surprised that he hasn’t stuck with a club by now.
     
    ElginTheGreat, Panko and LTLakerFan like this.
  9. JSM

    JSM - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    18,878
    Likes Received:
    73,214
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Buha and Irwin both said similar to Woike, the team likes him a lot.


    We'll likely milk all the two-way eligibility out of him, makes it much easier to navigate financially.

    BUT yes, he's been extremely impressive. If he can maintain a baseline anywhere close to what we've seen in this past two games, he's a rotation level player. He should eat all of Shake's minutes, any Cam minutes, and DK minutes until he gets his head right or unless he's on a heater.

    He reminds me a lot of Josh Hart and that's mana from heaven (right, Rob?) right about now.
     
    Cookie, ElginTheGreat, abeer3 and 3 others like this.
  10. Pioneer10

    Pioneer10 - Lakers All Star -

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2019
    Messages:
    5,255
    Likes Received:
    14,227
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Of all the guys taking away minutes from - Godwin losing minutes is tough. I get it he's on a 2 way but they need someone to fill those Max assigments. Gabe is small, Vando/DFS are huge. Need an inbetween go to defender
     
  11. pika1708

    pika1708 - Lakers Starter -

    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2020
    Messages:
    3,231
    Likes Received:
    5,836
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Yeah, I forgot about him, he must stay in the rotation. He should play tonight and we will surely see a difference
     
    sirronstuff and TIME like this.
  12. Pioneer10

    Pioneer10 - Lakers All Star -

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2019
    Messages:
    5,255
    Likes Received:
    14,227
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Can't shoot worth a lick but I still like watching him more than Gabe lol
     
  13. KareemtheGreat33

    KareemtheGreat33 - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    12,177
    Likes Received:
    24,790
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    The Don whisperer
    Location:
    Las Islas Filipinas
    Online
    Hustle guy gets paid
     
  14. JSM

    JSM - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    18,878
    Likes Received:
    73,214
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Good rebounder, hustles, can handle a bit and he's decent defensively. He struggles to keep his man in front of him with certain matchups, but even on those matchups he's better on both sides than Shake.
     
    ElginTheGreat and abeer3 like this.
  15. LTLakerFan

    LTLakerFan - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    37,300
    Likes Received:
    62,116
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    So Cal
    Online
    Is it possible hypothetically to at the deadline for the final playoff roster release Shake and one of Morris or Len and add Jemison and Goodwin …. in that order of importance IMO … but add both of them?
     
    Cookie, ElginTheGreat and abeer3 like this.
  16. abeer3

    abeer3 - Lakers Legend -

    Top Poster Of Month

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    29,095
    Likes Received:
    78,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    yeah, i keep asking these questions because i'm not sure how the prorating works and how late you can sign.

    sounds like len ate up half of the 1.6 million of wiggle room we had. the question is whether the prorating can be dragged long enough so that each guy only got 400k, right?

    len's number dropped by 12k in one day (is it games or days?).

    so, if we wait 30 days to sign guys, does is save something like 300k? or is it games? if so, that's not enough, right?

    we definitely have room for one more, though.
     
    Cookie and ElginTheGreat like this.
  17. LTLakerFan

    LTLakerFan - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    37,300
    Likes Received:
    62,116
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    So Cal
    Online
    Can we do the “rescind” trick again with Len and add Jemison? :rofl:
     
    Cookie likes this.

Share This Page