The Los Angeles Lakers 2024-2025 NBA Season

[DJ Fieri]

We'll see. I rather keep him tbh.

Big and more defense since we have basically none right now.

Bron occasionally plays good defense but he cannot do it every night, Vincent has been solid.....but we need more.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Exactly!

Do you think his conditioning miraculously improves just because he’s on the Lakers?

Maybe he learns from a pro like Bron who can help him with that. Bron (like Kobe) keeps in great shape.....Luka could learn from an old-head like Bron.

 

[trojanfan12]

Losing Christie hurts this season and the future.

He was really developing and he plays good defense, something Doncic doesn’t do.

I am amazed that the Lakers always give up the most in any trade they make.

AD, Christie and JHS plus a 1st given up for basically Doncic ( the other 2 guys are throw in’s for salary purposes ).

Luka is a 5 time All NBA player and he's only 25. So the Lakers got a top 5 player in the league and managed to hang on to 1 of their future firsts. Losing Christie sucks, but they managed to also keep Reaves. Keeping that 1st gives them the chance to add a starting quality big as well either by Thursday or over the summer.

The Lakers did not "give up the most", Dallas did, they lost a top 5 player.

Additionally, there are reasons beyond Luka's conditioning concerns that Dallas wanted to do this. They have wanted AD for years and have contacted the Lakers several times over the years, but the talks never went anywhere because Luka was never an option. This time he was.

Another reason they wanted to do this is because Luka and Kyrie have always been something of a "wonky" fit because they both need the ball to be most their most effective. AD should fit seamlessly with Kyrie. It's a "win now" move for them.

For the Lakers, they have a top 5 player for the post-Lebron era and depending on what moves they make by Thursday or over the summer, it could be "win now" and set them up for the future.

 

[trojanfan12]

Maybe he learns from a pro like Bron who can help him with that. Bron (like Kobe) keeps in great shape.....Luka could learn from an old-head like Bron.

Plus, the Lakers training staff is pretty good. They seem to have gotten a handle on AD's injury issues which seemed to be related to how he was working out...they should be able to help Luka too.

 

[DJ Fieri]

 

[DJ Fieri]

Luka is a 5 time All NBA player and he's only 25. So the Lakers got a top 5 player in the league and managed to hang on to 1 of their future firsts. Losing Christie sucks, but they managed to also keep Reaves. Keeping that 1st gives them the chance to add a starting quality big as well either by Thursday or over the summer.

The Lakers did not "give up the most", Dallas did, they lost a top 5 player.

Additionally, there are reasons beyond Luka's conditioning concerns that Dallas wanted to do this. They have wanted AD for years and have contacted the Lakers several times over the years, but the talks never went anywhere because Luka was never an option. This time he was.

Another reason they wanted to do this is because Luka and Kyrie have always been something of a "wonky" fit because they both need the ball to be most their most effective. AD should fit seamlessly with Kyrie. It's a "win now" move for them.

For the Lakers, they have a top 5 player for the post-Lebron era and depending on what moves they make by Thursday or over the summer, it could be "win now" and set them up for the future.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Seriously doubt Bron was behind this but it's still funny....