Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

Undefeated with Hart in the starting lineup with kuzmania!!!

 

I can used to this!

 

good game. showed they can grind it out for the w. cant wait till the next game to start

 

I love this team.

 

The thing I'm most optimistic about? We beat a hell of a basketball team last night. Denver is no joke.

 

Hart still in the starting 5, this is the key to our succes. I can live with either RR/Zo and BI/KUZ starting but KCP need to be glued to the bench as much as possible.

 

Nah KCP needs to start playing like the best he's capable of again, but yes from the bench with good productive minutes to keep us deep.

 

#HartStart led to a 22-26 deficit in the 1st quarter.

2nd quarter we came back by outscoring them 36-31...

Oh and look at that Hart ends up closing out games again and playing far more minutes than Kcp last night.

Listen I'm not saying Hart doesn't deserve the starting gig or that he's less talented so he should play with the 2nd unit. I believe it's strategic and while we do have KCP here as an extra body, we shouldn't be careless with Hart either. Dude did suffer a hamstring strain this summer and is coming off a broken hand.

You can hurt yourself climbing out of bed, but bubble wrap could minimize risk... That's all I'm saying you weirdos

 

That was a hot Nuggets team we beat after a slow start. That’s exactly the kind of effort I expect out of this team from here on out.

Hart and Lance should eat up a bulk of the minutes at SG, if not when Rondo plays, Id love to see Zo at 2 next to Rondo. KCP is clearly the worst of our guards.

Kuz is getting his swagger back after a slow preseason, hope he carries that when BI comes back. Rondo/Lance/Kuz are going to be an effective bench moving forward.

 

Rachel Nichols digging deep for something "bad" to talk about.

 

I hope the starting unit remains as is! Kuzma fits perfectly next to Bron, same with Lonzo. Rondo can play great of the bench and we could always reevaluate if Ingram starts playing great again.

 

Great problem to have...But do you bring BI off the bench as your 6th man? Do you slide BI to the 2 and put kuz at the 3? Or do you go back to kuz on the bench? Also, I think you gotta start ball. Hes played great and looks like he keeps getting more comfortable. Plus Rondo can eat up other teams 2nd units

 

This game was on a back to back vs a team undefeated. I think that was a great team win. #StartHart

 

I’d trade BI, but prefer for a center. He’s still going to be amazing in a couple of years, so we’re better off waiting. Hard for everyone to get minutes if they are so similar in position or ability

Having 2 guys out temporarily actually helped our rotations. I didn’t see that coming. We have very nice depth, but it will be hard to keep so many guys happy unless they all get tired from our track meet pace and welcome the rest.

 

I can’t see NO trading AD any time soon. One, he is probably top 3 in the MVP this year. Two, they’re looking real good and started 5-0. They’ve got the best front court rotation in the league with AD, Randle and Mirotic (who has started the season off like an all star). Holiday is looking real good with his defence and playmaking, once the scoring picks up he’ll look like an all star too. Moore is playing well on the wings and Peyton has replaced Rondo well. If they could get one more solid wing peice they’d be scary.