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I think it's awesome that Giannis goes to Miami, that's probably the least likely team to contend of all his suitors

he'd be a big problem if he joined OKC or C Bags and stayed healthy

 

I think the Lakers need to focus on adding talented players.

All this talk about lob threat this and that.

looking at the finals Wemby Towns. Nobody in here would say Towns fits what Luka does. But wouldn’t yall want him now? He’s not a lob threat.

so this leads me to Sabonis. No way do I not acquire him. No way do I say no I don’t want him.

if the Kings want to trade him. I’ll take him. Now I don’t think the Kings will trade with us. And that’s just stupid cause they’re just dumb f***ing idiots. Cause look at Mike Brown.

that will be 2 championship winning coaches that the Kings have fired.

quite simply put you add talent and you acquire it. Jokics not a lob threat but we’d acquire him. You get the talent and deal with the rest. Simple as that.

I’ll take Sabonis.

Luka
Reaves
Smart
Lebron
Sabonis

Hayes
Robert Williams
Thiero
Kennard
Hachimura
Thyblsee

yall figure the rest out. I could care less. I want talent. The Lakers have to get more talented players. You need a talented roster to compete with these other teams.

 

Apparently the bucks favoured trade is with Portland - but Giannis is out on them. Boston may swing for him and Brown is the best player that could be traded for Giannis. So that leaves Heat as the current front runner and that package would be Herro, Ware, JJJ and Jovic

I'm almost certain we would attempt to go for Ware if the Bucks were open to trading him. He is just a phenomenal fit allows us to play big or 5-out. The trade would be we take Wiggins and Ware for 2 firsts.

 

I would trade two first round picks for Sabonis. I would. I feel like it could be a Gasol level trade for this team.

him and Luka would be incredible.

and looking at you San Antonio. You know what Sabonis does????????????


he boards!!!!!! He gets rebounds. I’d be pressing getting Sabonis hard.

 

And Abeer I repeat Abeer. Wemby is in play. If the Spurs don’t win this championship. When he’s due to be a free agent L.A. is an option. He has other interests.

and he’s going to be obsessed with winning a championship. Legacy legacy I look at Shaq

I don’t see that team winning. I don’t like the coach I don’t like Fox I don’t like The way they utalize him. Rob has relationships.

Luka is a superstar hall of famer who can score at will. I see Wemby as the guy he would like to team up with. And Luka is a guy Wemby wants to play with.

Abeer I know you think I’m crazy. I repeat Abeer I know you think I’m crazy but Luka his ability to score will make things so easier for Wemby.


There’s way more spacing with players like Luka. And that’s why superstars try to play with other superstars because of what you’re seeing in this series.


As good as Fox is he’s not Luka. Fox was acquired to be his Robin. He was never a Luka. Ironically Fox is the reason Sacramento didn’t draft Luka. I just see it I know how the Lakers move. Mark Walter his golden plan Ohtani in Baseball. And his golden plan why he bought the Lakers. Wemby Jabbar Shaq we’ve seen this before. When Wemby gets here he’ll be ready.

Luka
Reaves
Thiero
Hachimura
Wemby

 

I blocked him a long time ago.

 

I've never believed in blocking people, we're here to debate and have different points of view thrown at us. Lord knows half the forum could of blocked me over the Westbrook years haha.

 

Harden actually played pg from sg is first position So he too can control the pace of the game. Luka plays to score in fact it was something he tried to work on last summer playing off the ball. Luka also lives and die by the 3 and will be just like Harden as he ages. James harden can drive, and hit the mid. https://youtube.com/shorts/rEIiYA1ecRE?si=UoBP4YLS8NxUqBb5 ......... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-3se02aHZmc Bird played defense, was not a foul baiter, did not have a step back did not take that many 3s as the game was different.

 

Not sure how i would but would start by letting Lebron go. Either have Austin come off the bench or traded. Wont have Luke, Austin and Luka on the same team. find a talented big a pg and get 3/d to round out the team.

 

I like Sabonis but i would round out the team with long athletic 3/d players and ditch the Austins, Luka, Lebron core.

Smart
Luka
Wiggins
Rui
Sabonis

Hayes
Robert Williams
Thiero
Austin
Thyblsee
Laravia
Keon Ellis

 

I do see now why there’s all this infatuation with Andrew Wiggins now watching the finals. 3-D is so important. OG Harper Castle Bridges.

All you need is for one guy to get hot. Wiggins got hot in the finals and won the Warriors a title.

hard to acquire I would assist any other team in a big trade to get him. We need him.

That’s the guy I want next to Luka.

 

Mitchell Robinsons gonna make him some money after what he’s done in these finals. We just don’t want him to be John Koncack or Jerome James. As long as he’s Javelle McGee that’s fine. Do your job be the lob threat protect the paint.

 

Sabonis fits less Luka than Russ with Bron. Yuck

 

This is why i was not feeling Lakers in the post season. I think JJ lean to much on his type of players. I felt like his beef with Van just did not balance out the the team. He i think they were going to be healthy going into the playoff if he did. And why i think they were going to wear down eventually. Van is not perfect but the best wing defender other than Smart on the team. I felt with Both Luka and Austin benching Van and playing Luke 20 min was not going to cut it.

 

oh, i actually believe that a) wemby is the type that WOULD leave SA if he felt they didn't have the right situation, and b) wemby and luka in la would make a ton of sense for everyone, including adam silver. that said, wemby would be the first big-time player not to sign his first extension in...as long as i can remember?

i'm sure we'll be monitoring that situation closely, though.

i actually think they fit great? you'd just have to re-work the entire roster around them in short order. those two plus rangy defenders who can finish plays could cause a lot of problems for opponents. i agree with the kobe/pau comparisons there, actually. actually, one could argue sabonis has had a better start to his career than pau did, pre-la.

i feel icky saying it, but if we decided reaves wasn't worth a max but his agent demanded it, i'd call sacramento for an even swap of those two, trying to buy low on sabonis. main pause with him for me is the meniscus tear. that can go south. it doesn't always, but it can.

are you imagining a vando/knecht/laravia package there? because i don't think it gets there.

if you operated under the cap, you could make it work, though. maybe get them to take the same package, even? which would preserve some space to keep lebron and smart, etc., as it would only eat about 10m in space to absorb those deals in return. this would also make ayton expendable/usable in trade if necessary?

split the 40 million in space on lebron (20), smart (14), hayes (6)

see if you can trade ayton/1st/swap for coulibaly?

keep kennard on room exception?

ware (5)/hayes (6)
lebron (20)/thiero (2)
wiggins (30)/coulibaly (9)
luka (51)/ kennard (9)
reaves (40)/smart (12)/bronny (2)

vet mins to round out the backup guard and forward spots to help mentor/fill-in for bronny/thiero?

that team, i believe is actually under the tax, not just the apron. it's not wildly unrealistic either?

 

I really want us to buy into that early 2nd round. I'd take Onyenso in the 2nd round, it's low risk and high upside as a 3rd string big. Plus there's the Virginia connection. I think he'll get drafted but maybe some of the other bigs like Raphael Castro, Udeh Jr will end up UDFA.

 

As long as Donald Trump doesn't show up to a Knick game. The Knicks will win at home

 

If Lakers want to get the most high end combination of rim-protecting and lob-catching possible in the draft, they should draft Onyenso with #25. I don't care if he is mocked in the early 2nd. We are only a few picks away from that. If we trade for a 2nd, there's a chance he may not be there.

If Lakers don't mind getting a lower end version, they could trade into the 2nd round and get one of those bigs you mentioned, or someone else like Okarpa, etc. Lakers might also be able to get one undrafted, as you mentioned. It's a pretty deep archetype in this draft, which is great for us. I would say Onyenso is more NBA ready than some of these guys, and could be an effective rookie backup, like Lively was. The others might be more on the third unit development or two-way contract side.

 

Damn Abeer you like Kendrick Lamar when you drop. Your posts. Like when Kendrick drop it’s Kendrick dropped. Abeer bringing fire.

I do think Luka is in L.A. for a reason. And that’s championships. I do think Wemby is the plan. I do think Wemby was bought up in meetings. Wemby isn’t your average guy. International superstar icon. Giannis tripple. Dude is obsessed with winning that championship. He’ll go home and obsess about it. How do I do it.

Kareem won and still wanted to come here. Shaq saw the team. That’s why I say when you get Luka it changes everything.

from the basketball fit. Him and Wemby are perfect. Lob threat. Who protects everything. Can shoot. So you’re spacing it. Him and Luka are Curry Klay splash brothers light. Walter knew what he’s doing.

see all of yall sharp ones in here Abeer Cookie Slick. There’s ways you can tamper without tampering our new state of the art facility we will invest in to keep players healthy. The bio chamber or whatever it is. The best training staff. Rob relationships with Wembys agent.

I’ll try to do a series on it. But Jerry got Shaq also because of his relationship with Shaqs agent Leonard Almatoo who lived here in Manhattan beach. Jerry worked on him.

Rob’s working on Wembys agent. We know the Kobe stuff. The training that’s there. The Kobe thing is real. Lebron came here because of Kobe. Marks keeping Rob around for a reason.

I remember when Ohtani signed with the Dodgers he said he had to have Andrew Friedman would always stay with the Dodgers.

Wembys very similar to Ohtani. Teen prodigy. Obsessed with winning. The parents had a plan. Ohtani had a plan. Goals he had to win a certain amount of championships. These international kids are different.

San Antonio is not the San Antonio of old. No Popovich. He’s not coaching them. And Mitch Johnson isn’t that. Now maybe they hire Kerr. But I just don’t see that team being able to keep him. Even Tim Duncan flirted with Orlando and that was real in 2000 to go play with Grant Hill and Mcgrady. Duncan backed out last minute. So as good as San Antonio was Duncan still flirted. And that’s big fundamentals. So Duncan and Wemby are like Kareem and Shaq two different guys so Wemby would definitely leave for here.

Also the Fox contract is going to destroy that team in second apron Harper Wemby Vassell Castle. It’s going to be alot of money.


Wembys not going to say it but he doesn’t like playing with that guy. If San Antonio would’ve been able to get Luka we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

Nike Wembys a Nike guy. Iconic the first big that might be able to sale shoes. The kids love him. Like they loved Curry. As Kids we loved Shaq but them shoes ain’t selling like Wembys could especially here in L.A. Nike will want him here. Wemby will clear a billion here. His most money won’t be NBA money. Shoe money.

Silver wants him here. The L.A. New York Knick rivalry will take another level and carry the NBA to new heights. Lakers C Bags. How about Lakers Knicks. The NBAs two iconic cities top Markets battling out in a new NBA rivalry.

so stay tuned get ya popcorn ready. Buckle up.

 

Couldn’t put the Sabonis stuff here with Wemby but Sabonis has L.A. ties. His wife’s from here. And They like L.A. think they live out here. International connection with Luka.

if we were able to get Domantis to push his way here AD style and say I only want to play for the Lakers. I could see it possible.

Oh my gosh the passing ball movement court vision with him and Luka and LeBron. The offense would be so good. And he’d get rebounds. Work hard. Defense would come.

but as yall said athletes around them that would have to Protect them. I do think the off season will be interesting. We have a shot with this guy. Why not??? They would play great off of each other him and Luka.

very good pick and role. I just think we need to get better. And a Center like this would give team fits. What I’m learning about Towns. Guys like this that make Centers work and are constantly moving Centers around. These are the kind of Centers you need.