The Los Angeles Lakers 2022-2023 Season Thread

[DJ Fieri]

Booker out and Ayton is questionable....we gotta steal this one.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Shit, James is out along with Reaves and JTA. Not to mention AD who could miss a month, maybe more.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Need RW and Bryant to step up. If Ayton is out.....Bryant could be a beast.

And Schroder too.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Well....fuck.

 

[DJ Fieri]

And RW isn't playing?

Went from a game we could steal to just another loss now.

 

[The Q]

Just a heads up

Lakers have 4 players under contract

Reaves is an rfa

Walker with limited bird rights

And they have like 34m in cap space, plus 11 empty roster spots

They need to make moves now even if they’re more for next year

 

[DJ Fieri]

Bad loss....but expected with James, AD and RW out....would have been a miracle if they won.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Just a heads up

Lakers have 4 players under contract

Reaves is an rfa

Walker with limited bird rights

And they have like 34m in cap space, plus 11 empty roster spots

They need to make moves now even if they’re more for next year

Yeah....I would approach that Indy trade again....

Even without AD....Hield and Turner can help out a lot. Better reinforcements than what we have right now. James can't do it with what we have presently. Except for the rare win over Denver. The exception, not the rule.

 

[DJ Fieri]

And then trade out Bev and Nunn plus maybe a 2nd in a separate deal.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Schroder is a dog on defense and can give us better offense than Bev. Bev seems to have declined rapidly.

 

[The Q]

Yeah....I would approach that Indy trade again....

Even without AD....Hield and Turner can help out a lot. Better reinforcements than what we have right now. James can't do it with what we have presently. Except for the rare win over Denver. The exception, not the rule.

I’m just saying that you’re cap space really isn’t that much when you consider all the empty roster spots

You are trading picks not only to try to get in this year, but to secure bird rights as well

 

[DJ Fieri]

 

[DJ Fieri]

I’m just saying that you’re cap space really isn’t that much when you consider all the empty roster spots

You are trading picks not only to try to get in this year, but to secure bird rights as well

I get it....

And if it involves Turner....he is a C (allowing AD to play PF) who can shoot.

 

[DJ Fieri]

And without AD....James, Hield and Turner is a solid trio to tread water till AD returns.

 

[shopson67]

I get it....

And if it involves Turner....he is a C (allowing AD to play PF) who can shoot.

Allowing AD to play PF isn't necessarily ideal though. That pushes Lebron to the 3 and on down the line...

 

[DJ Fieri]

Allowing AD to play PF isn't necessarily ideal though. That pushes Lebron to the 3 and on down the line...

At his age.....SF is what James should be playing, not PF. Banging with other PF's can lead to injuries.

 

[DJ Fieri]

 

[shopson67]

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So, in other words, no consensus.

 

[Retroram52]

If the Lakers can get both proposed deals done by adding Shield and Turner AND Kuzma, that would be the ultimate and the beginnings of replacing all three of James, AD, and RW.

 

[DJ Fieri]

If the Lakers can get both proposed deals done by adding Shield and Turner AND Kuzma, that would be the ultimate and the beginnings of replacing all three of James, AD, and RW.

No chance we get all 3 of them.