It's like you glossed over the fact that the Lakers won a title the year after trading him and he only became a really good player the past...
I agree. Austin was brought into FIBA and you could see his trajectory growing even before that. Austin's improvement has more to do with getting...
Lakers traded Zubac because they were gunning for two max players the next season and felt they couldn't pay Zubac the money he wanted. At that...
Whatever the case is, very important the Lakers finish this in 5 games max and hope Houston and the Warriors go to a 7 game series. That rest is...
I was fine with AD. But you gotta make that Luka trade 100% so it is what it is. My biggest gripe with AD was him crying about playing the 5.....
JJ, LeBron, and Luka sitting in a room together to gameplan for a 7 game series against any team... There's no way they walk out of that room not...
New coach in JJ, Reaves establishing himself as a legitimate All-Star player, LeBron at age 40 still being top 10, trading AD and getting a...
This would be the most memorable Lakers season ever if the Lakers pull it off and win the title. And to go to the offseason with the ability to...
Brook Lopez comes to mind. The talk about him in his Nets days was that he can't play defense and would just give up points. Then he became an...
He's probably the most important player for the Lakers this series. If he can play the 5 and knock down those threes, Minny will have no answer...
Yeah, but that bracket with OKC and then Nuggets/LAC would've been a nightmare for them. I just don't see Houston as a threat. The only thing I...
1) He'll be the best shooting big who can play the 5 at spurts 2) He can't be worse than Alex Len 3) He has no trade value right now. Perhaps a...
Rockets team is inexperienced. I can see the Warriors beating them. They're a well-rounded team without any legitimate superstar so you're relying...
The problem was D'Lo. He did nothing better than Reaves except maybe get hot shooting the ball sometimes. Defense was atrocious, took the ball...
There's a shortage of 3/D players in the league so it's wild that players who can shoot can't seem to play good D while players who can't shoot...
[IMG] Randle is the D'Lo version of a center. Lakers punish teams that try to play big against them because Luka+Bron are big enough to be...
Honestly, I don't think Nico had a say in this. Nico knows basketball. He was good friends with Kobe. Why would he trade Luka, who is a...
Yeah, I don't think Booker is good enough either but the roster they built around him didn't really help Booker. They were honestly better off...
Surprised Reaves isn't up there.
This is the curse of KD... Teams giving up massive assets for him expecting a title but they're left in the dust when he inevitably gets injured...
