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LakerSD
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| Big Shot Bob wrote: | Lonzo Ball / Rajon Rondo
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Josh Hart
Brandon Ingram / Lance Stephenson
LeBron James / Kyle Kuzma
Dwight Howard / JaVale McGee
Screw it... let's do it. |
Maybe they dominate...in 1999
God help Kuzma. All the 3 point shooting would be on him lol. |
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lakersibleed
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| The Juggernaut wrote: | | He’s still very good but he is not a good teammate. Not sure how the chemistry would be |
If you give him guys that are his contemporaries maybe he is a different teammate than he has been... He and LBJ will probably have more in common than he has had with most any other teammate right?? 
Plus RONDO.. i forgot about him.. he can surely help with that part..lol.. now that i am thinking about it...it would be a total experiment...  |
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pio2u
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| One year for 5 mil;... maybe?? |
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Fortysixn2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| LakerSD wrote: | | Big Shot Bob wrote: | Lonzo Ball / Rajon Rondo
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Josh Hart
Brandon Ingram / Lance Stephenson
LeBron James / Kyle Kuzma
Dwight Howard / JaVale McGee
Screw it... let's do it. |
Maybe they dominate...in 1999
God help Kuzma. All the 3 point shooting would be on him lol. |
I think the narrative that we don’t have ANY shooting is off a bit. KCP/Ingram/LBJ are all at least league average 3pt shooters...I think the average was 36%. On the Bench Josh and Kyle are at least average 3pt shooters. We have 5 guys who are very decent, everybody else sucks though and we don’t have one really good shooter. If guys like Lance and Lonzo don’t shoot a ton of 3 pointers we should be ok. Our numbers won’t be great, but we may not be the worst in the league. |
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Alexisonfire26
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Never thought I would say this but bring Dwight back. A 1 year deal for a good defensive Center is low risk. I doubt he steps out of line after the heat he took from Lakers fans after the Dwightmare. He has a chance to redeem himself amongst Laker fans and the franchise. I bet he behaves. If hes willing to accept hes not a star anymore it should work out.
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Nnamdi21
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| Intlakeshow wrote: | | Nnamdi21 wrote: | | Lopez provides 3 pt shooting but can be cold for long stretches. He can box out and block some shots. He cant board much or post up. Im not a huge lopez fan and dwight provides rebounding and physical play aong with decent D. |
Lopez can’t post up? You talking about Robin? |
Lopez was awful at posting up with us. maybe he was better in Brooklyn? |
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Kirby Brian
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Dwight Howard, Not the hero we wanted. He's the hero we need.
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audioaxes
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I might be able to overlook how he left us IF he was willing to check out his ego and not pretend like he's the second coming of Hakeem on offense and just focus 100% on defense and rebounding. But I dont see that happening.
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mde24
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All Hail "The Suicide Squad"... It's gonna take a different breed of cat to knock out GS, They own the 3 point game. You have got to have some defenders, looking at this team, may as well bring in "The Dwightmare". we lived thru it once. 2018 Team motto: Fortune Favors the Bold... And Sometimes the Very Stupid".
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Bballguru5000
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| As much as I dislike Howard, I would take him on a one-year deal. He still averaged 16.6/12.5 last year. You can pencil him in for that kind of production. And defensively he is still legit. There's no reason to get emotional about it. I'd sign him for 1 year. |
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Bballguru5000
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| mde24 wrote: | | All Hail "The Suicide Squad"... It's gonna take a different breed of cat to knock out GS, They own the 3 point game. You have got to have some defenders, looking at this team, may as well bring in "The Dwightmare". we lived thru it once. 2018 Team motto: Fortune Favors the Bold... And Sometimes the Very Stupid". |
I'm all for it! It will be entertaining, that's for sure. |
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LandsbergerRules
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| mde24 wrote: | | All Hail "The Suicide Squad"... It's gonna take a different breed of cat to knock out GS, They own the 3 point game. You have got to have some defenders, looking at this team, may as well bring in "The Dwightmare". we lived thru it once. 2018 Team motto: Fortune Favors the Bold... And Sometimes the Very Stupid". |
If Lebron can not only bring the Lakers back to greatness, but bring Dwight back to All-Star status, he might well be the GOAT.
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hoopschick29
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Meh, Dwight can go make another baby...his 50-11th. 
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| I'm cool with the media running with LBJ and the merry misfits if they want. Less pressure on the kids. It's sad, but in a way it's a Lavar move. |
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KobeDunk
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| LakerSD wrote: | | Big Shot Bob wrote: | Lonzo Ball / Rajon Rondo
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Josh Hart
Brandon Ingram / Lance Stephenson
LeBron James / Kyle Kuzma
Dwight Howard / JaVale McGee
Screw it... let's do it. |
Maybe they dominate...in 1999
God help Kuzma. All the 3 point shooting would be on him lol. |
Hart, Pope, Lebron and Stevenson say hi |
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srm90
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He can come, if he's willing to play 10-15 mpg and focus solely on defense and being a roll man. And pull any BS in the locker room or off the court and you're cut instantly.
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| KobeDunk wrote: | | LakerSD wrote: | | Big Shot Bob wrote: | Lonzo Ball / Rajon Rondo
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Josh Hart
Brandon Ingram / Lance Stephenson
LeBron James / Kyle Kuzma
Dwight Howard / JaVale McGee
Screw it... let's do it. |
Maybe they dominate...in 1999
God help Kuzma. All the 3 point shooting would be on him lol. |
Hart, Pope, Lebron and Stevenson say hi |
Those players can hit threes, but they’re not threats from the distance who can occupy a defender just because of their reputation, which opens up thebspace for rest of the team. Names like Korver, Channing frys and reddick fit that role. |
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Zubolo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| Intlakeshow wrote: | | Brolo won’t complain about his role, provides spacing, can make free throws, and is a pretty good defender as well. It’s not even close. |
But who will do the dirty work in terms of rebounding and winning the 50-50 balls. 4 rpg in 24 mins really stinks! Right now we don't have a bonafide 'dirty work' guy... every team needs one.. .Randle would have been that guy.. right now our next closest thing to that guy is Stephenson and he plays on the wings.
I don't like how we would compete for 50-50 balls against the likes of PJ Tucker, Clint Capela, Stephen Adams, Draymond Green, etc. We're gonna get beaten up. |
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| Zubolo wrote: | | Intlakeshow wrote: | | Brolo won’t complain about his role, provides spacing, can make free throws, and is a pretty good defender as well. It’s not even close. |
But who will do the dirty work in terms of rebounding and winning the 50-50 balls. 4 rpg in 24 mins really stinks! Right now we don't have a bonafide 'dirty work' guy... every team needs one.. .Randle would have been that guy.. right now our next closest thing to that guy is Stephenson and he plays on the wings.
I don't like how we would compete for 50-50 balls against the likes of PJ Tucker, Clint Capela, Stephen Adams, Draymond Green, etc. We're gonna get beaten up. |
Right, let’s prioritize dirty work over skill lol. There’s a million guys available that can do the “dirty work “, we just signed one of them for the league minimum. DH is a diva, and his play doesn’t match his ego, strong pass. |
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Hector the Pup
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#Stay
(no, really, Dwight. Wherever you are, just stay there) |
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Zubolo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Big Shot Bob wrote: | Lonzo Ball / Rajon Rondo
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Josh Hart
Brandon Ingram / Kyle Kuzma
LeBron James / Mo Wagner
Dwight Howard / JaVale McGee
Screw it... let's do it. |
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Four Decade Bandwagon
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| Zubolo wrote: | | Intlakeshow wrote: | | Brolo won’t complain about his role, provides spacing, can make free throws, and is a pretty good defender as well. It’s not even close. |
But who will do the dirty work in terms of rebounding and winning the 50-50 balls. 4 rpg in 24 mins really stinks! Right now we don't have a bonafide 'dirty work' guy... every team needs one.. .Randle would have been that guy.. right now our next closest thing to that guy is Stephenson and he plays on the wings.
I don't like how we would compete for 50-50 balls against the likes of PJ Tucker, Clint Capela, Stephen Adams, Draymond Green, etc. We're gonna get beaten up. |
When I brought up those points of needing a "dirty work" guy yesterday I was told multiple times James can play PF. With some odd mentions of Kuzma as a C ???
Very disappointed that they had Randle if FO had simply not alienated him. Had shown the man some love for improving. Made an effort to recruit him a bit. Fans that tended to focus on what he could not do (3pt spacing) instead of all the things he could.
Now they are so desperate to get a dirty work kind of guy that D. Howard is being coveted. Ridiculous!
I'm guessing that Randle is going to be missed more then expected for a lot of reasons |
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This loser alienated each and every locker room he's been in
Yes,i can imagine him alongside LeBron and Rondo,with Kobe acting as a supervisor
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Zubolo
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| Intlakeshow wrote: | | Zubolo wrote: | | Intlakeshow wrote: | | Brolo won’t complain about his role, provides spacing, can make free throws, and is a pretty good defender as well. It’s not even close. |
But who will do the dirty work in terms of rebounding and winning the 50-50 balls. 4 rpg in 24 mins really stinks! Right now we don't have a bonafide 'dirty work' guy... every team needs one.. .Randle would have been that guy.. right now our next closest thing to that guy is Stephenson and he plays on the wings.
I don't like how we would compete for 50-50 balls against the likes of PJ Tucker, Clint Capela, Stephen Adams, Draymond Green, etc. We're gonna get beaten up. |
Right, let’s prioritize dirty work over skill lol. There’s a million guys available that can do the “dirty work “, we just signed one of them for the league minimum. DH is a diva, and his play doesn’t match his ego, strong pass. |
Yes.. we have enough skilled players.. if you don't have the physical dirty work types.. you win NOTHING!!!
People mature.. and under strong leadership... especially knowing how many times he's failed to stay on a team, I think he will do everything he can to right the narrative.
Its a gamble I will take. Lopez lack of physicality is too much of an issue. |
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