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We have a thread like this every year. It's an opportunity for us to see if we're making any significant improvement over the course of the season. Also, it's a place to discuss what other teams are doing without having to go to the NBA Discussion.

So, I'll start. We're playing 50% ball right now. That's not good, but it's not horrible either, considering we have 10 new players and some of them were out, including LeBron for two games. Our long-range shooting is better now (we're #4 in the league in 3pt%, and we'd be #1 if it wasn't for Russ taking quite a few), but the defense has looked pretty bad. We can't be #21 defense in the league and expect success. Here are the latest power rankings on nba.com:

https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2021-22-week-2

Other than that, who came hot out of the gate?

East: Knicks, Bulls, Heat, Wizards: 4-1.

West: Jazz 4-0, Warriors 4-1.

We are currently #9 in the West (3-3). Next game: Houston Rockets.

Topic for live comments or broader discussions specifically about Lakers games

Here’s the roster so far. Our 2 two way dudes.

https://basketball.realgm.com/dleague/teams/South-Bay-Lakers/12/Rosters/2022

The GMs have spoken. Here are the results that pertain to us.

For the full results, here's the link:
https://www.nba.com/news/2021-22-gmsurvey

So they have us making the finals, but doubt our chances against the Nets. I wish they would run this poll again and factor in the Kyrie sideshow. If he only plays half the games and can't practice with the team, they have a zero...

Let’s keep all media day talk in this one thread.