Series Thread: 1st Round: 3) LA Lakers vs 6) Minnesota T-Wolves

[DJ Fieri]

It will be interesting to see who the Lakers target this summer at center.

Clint Capela.

 

[thunderc]

Guess you haven’t been paying attention to the Shannon sharpe news lately?

is he gone?

 

[bksballer89]

is he gone?

Heading that way. Was messing with a 19 year old and now she claiming sexual assault so now he dealing with a civil case. Claims he will be back at espn for nfl preseason but i doubt it

 

[thunderc]

Heading that way. Was messing with a 19 year old and now she claiming sexual assault so now he dealing with a civil case. Claims he will be back at espn for nfl preseason but i doubt it

There are these things called background checks, I have to think there was stuff out there with this guy.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Clint Capela.

now THAT would be hilarious. lol

maybe you should get Gobert?

 

[bksballer89]

There are these things called background checks, I have to think there was stuff out there with this guy.

Maybe but I think the girl can be exaggerating from the stuff I read but there’s holes on both sides. It ain’t a good look for Sharpe though as he always on Ocho case about being professional and now his show with Ocho losing sponsors left and right

 

[Mebert]

JJ clearly does not think he made any sort of mistake at all. He did not overplay his aging roster, they just need to get into championship shape.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Austin Reeves kinda puked on himself in the playoffs.....31% from 3 and really poor D aint getting it done.

 

[WiggyRuss]

JJ clearly does not think he made any sort of mistake at all. He did not overplay his aging roster, they just need to get into championship shape.

its a case of where it was just a mish mash of a roster....they traded for Doncic because they absolutely had to make that deal- and were left with a roster that did not make much sense in the playoffs. No big men really- none that can rebound at least. Hachimura is a 17-20 minute bench player ideally- not a starter.

the problem is they dont really have much in the way of assets to balance this out.

It would be interesting to see them trade LeBron - get some pretty decent stuff for him- and just build around Doncic- youd still have Reeves as a scorer.

Dont think Reeves is an ideal 3rd guy- i mean he is scoring wise but i dont think overall he is an ideal 3rd guy. They need a lot of size, defense and rebounding in the offseason.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Reeves plays no D.....Doncic is not in good enough shape to play D and even if he was in good shape its not his forte....LeBron is too old to play balls to the wall on both sides of the floor.

They need a 3 and D wing....an athletic center that can rebound and play defense and a 4 that is athletic and can shoot. If they got that and just let LeBron play point and be lazy on D it would be okay.

 

[Mebert]

its a case of where it was just a mish mash of a roster....they traded for Doncic because they absolutely had to make that deal- and were left with a roster that did not make much sense in the playoffs. No big men really- none that can rebound at least. Hachimura is a 17-20 minute bench player ideally- not a starter.

the problem is they dont really have much in the way of assets to balance this out.

It would be interesting to see them trade LeBron - get some pretty decent stuff for him- and just build around Doncic- youd still have Reeves as a scorer.

Dont think Reeves is an ideal 3rd guy- i mean he is scoring wise but i dont think overall he is an ideal 3rd guy. They need a lot of size, defense and rebounding in the offseason.

I agree the roster needs some work, I just think it was funny when he overplayed his starters to the point that Thibs would blush he claims it is an issue with being in shape. I guess both can be true, but he should take ownership for how he mismanaged in that game. He is a rookie coach, mistakes are to be expected. I would feel better if he showed signs that he wanted to correct the mistakes.