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| Ben Wallace teaching the Laker bigs on how to play defense and rebound would be a welcome sight. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Megaton wrote: | Hope you guys are excited for that Westbrook and Beverly backcourt defending the likes of Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, etc  |
You have a choice. You can joyously scream "The season is lost before it starts." Or you can say, "Let's see what happens."
I prefer to be in the second group. The first group seems pointlessly depressing and unnecessary to me, but if that's what you want to do, that's your business. |
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anth2000
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Ben Wallace teaching the Laker bigs on how to play defense and rebound would be a welcome sight. |
Hi IG, there is no context here. Is this just your wish or is it something being reported? I can't tell.... |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| anth2000 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Ben Wallace teaching the Laker bigs on how to play defense and rebound would be a welcome sight. |
Hi IG, there is no context here. Is this just your wish or is it something being reported? I can't tell.... |
Ben Wallace was at the Lakers practice today as a guest. There are some videos of him talking to the guys, including AD |
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| 27 wrote: | | anth2000 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Ben Wallace teaching the Laker bigs on how to play defense and rebound would be a welcome sight. |
Hi IG, there is no context here. Is this just your wish or is it something being reported? I can't tell.... |
Ben Wallace was at the Lakers practice today as a guest. There are some videos of him talking to the guys, including AD |
Yep |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | 27 wrote: | | anth2000 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Ben Wallace teaching the Laker bigs on how to play defense and rebound would be a welcome sight. |
Hi IG, there is no context here. Is this just your wish or is it something being reported? I can't tell.... |
Ben Wallace was at the Lakers practice today as a guest. There are some videos of him talking to the guys, including AD |
Yep |
hell yes, bring him in....dude was great. |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | I wonder if Mo Harkless will be bought out by OKC. 6'7 long wing defender, and somehow only 28. Only a 32% 3 point shooter however, but may be someone you can have out there defensively as a 3/4. |
Bought our or not that’s gonna be a no from me dawg. |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | roger_federer wrote: | | until the ownership fixes the mess of the FO they built, the chance of a star player coming to Lakers is very slim. |
As long as AD stays healthy all we need is the Wiggins types or LaVine types. |
Jeanie only pays “superstars” max money. She will likely not see Wiggins as that. |
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lakersfever714
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | roger_federer wrote: | | until the ownership fixes the mess of the FO they built, the chance of a star player coming to Lakers is very slim. |
As long as AD stays healthy all we need is the Wiggins types or LaVine types. |
Jeanie only pays “superstars” max money. She will likely not see Wiggins as that. |
She saw Westbrook as a superstar. Assuming we let WB's contract fall off our book, we'd still only have about $30M in capspace next year. Not enough to sign either Wiggins or Irving. |
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| Draymond 3yr or 1+1 |
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| pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | FWIW Pacers writer Bob Kravitz who works for TheAthletic said that Turner can be traded at any moment and he bought up the Lakers. |
Feel like the bigger story here is that Jeanie sold the team to a Pacers beat writer. |
You would think that there would be more discussion about the Lakers being sold.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | FWIW Pacers writer Bob Kravitz who works for TheAthletic said that Turner can be traded at any moment and he bought up the Lakers. |
Feel like the bigger story here is that Jeanie sold the team to a Pacers beat writer. |
You would think that there would be more discussion about the Lakers being sold. |
honestly it sounds like rob told them 1 FRP and that's it and then gave them a soft deadline which expired last week. indiana probably thought we were bluffing and would cave. rob did not and now it seems we are going to start the season with our roster. the 1 FRP is probably not even on the table right now and the pacers are going to look like epic morons if they don't get anything for turner. all cuz why? all cuz the pacers really needed to get one over the lakers (here's looking at you Pop and Ainge) |
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I think it is simpler than that, I think that Indy only deals with Rob if they are ripping him off.
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| nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | FWIW Pacers writer Bob Kravitz who works for TheAthletic said that Turner can be traded at any moment and he bought up the Lakers. |
Feel like the bigger story here is that Jeanie sold the team to a Pacers beat writer. |
You would think that there would be more discussion about the Lakers being sold. |
honestly it sounds like rob told them 1 FRP and that's it and then gave them a soft deadline which expired last week. indiana probably thought we were bluffing and would cave. rob did not and now it seems we are going to start the season with our roster. the 1 FRP is probably not even on the table right now and the pacers are going to look like epic morons if they don't get anything for turner. all cuz why? all cuz the pacers really needed to get one over the lakers (here's looking at you Pop and Ainge) |
Pacers will probably end up getting something for Turner. It just won’t be any picks like how the Pistons didn’t get any picks for Grant. But of course since they can’t rip off the Lakers, they’ll make a trade like that out of spite like the Thunder with Paul George.
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | | Hope you guys are excited for that Westbrook and Beverly backcourt defending the likes of Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, etc |
As opposed to what? A Schroder and Beverley backcourt? It takes a team effort to defend the superstars. We'll see what Ham manages to do. |
How about a backcourt that actually makes sense? Like Nunn and Reaves? Or maybe Beverly and Reaves?
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Was watching Dennis’s FIBA highlights and his passing looks much better then in 20-21. Still seems to have that burst too.
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| pjiddy wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | I wonder if Mo Harkless will be bought out by OKC. 6'7 long wing defender, and somehow only 28. Only a 32% 3 point shooter however, but may be someone you can have out there defensively as a 3/4. |
Bought our or not that’s gonna be a no from me dawg. |
Too tall for rob dawg |
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| nomoreshaq wrote: | | Balto wrote: | | logical24 wrote: | | Balto wrote: | | logical24 wrote: | | If IND took Russ/1 1st for Buddy/Myles we would get a 7m trade exception from it no? 40m > 47m |
Correct, but one report said they would want Lakers to also take on Theis which would then mean the overall trade would add an additional $800k to the Lakers. Not a ton |
Could we maybe re-route Theis somewhere else? We dont need 4 centers 5 if you count AD lol? |
How about Theis+Nunn to Suns for Crowder? |
Lakers->Crowder, Turner, Hield, Theis
Pacers->Russ + 1FRP + 2nd rounders or a swap
Suns->Nunn, Gabriel + 2nd rounders or a swap |
From the Pacers' POV this is the same deal they've been turning down the entire summer so I'm not sure why they'd do this. OTOH, from the Lakers' POV this is the type of deal for which I'd give up 2 FRPs if you're adding on Crowder to the long-rumored Indy haul. In that case, Theis and Gabriel are probably are extraneous inclusions.
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| Dennis100mtrash wrote: | | pjiddy wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | I wonder if Mo Harkless will be bought out by OKC. 6'7 long wing defender, and somehow only 28. Only a 32% 3 point shooter however, but may be someone you can have out there defensively as a 3/4. |
Bought our or not that’s gonna be a no from me dawg. |
Too tall for rob dawg |
Yeah he only signs 6’6 or smaller nowadays unless it’s a PF/C.
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| Megaton wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | | Hope you guys are excited for that Westbrook and Beverly backcourt defending the likes of Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, etc |
As opposed to what? A Schroder and Beverley backcourt? It takes a team effort to defend the superstars. We'll see what Ham manages to do. |
How about a backcourt that actually makes sense? Like Nunn and Reaves? Or maybe Beverly and Reaves? |
And it's better against George, Leonard, and Booker because it has Reaves? No pressure, Austin.
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| Megaton wrote: | | nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | FWIW Pacers writer Bob Kravitz who works for TheAthletic said that Turner can be traded at any moment and he bought up the Lakers. |
Feel like the bigger story here is that Jeanie sold the team to a Pacers beat writer. |
You would think that there would be more discussion about the Lakers being sold. |
honestly it sounds like rob told them 1 FRP and that's it and then gave them a soft deadline which expired last week. indiana probably thought we were bluffing and would cave. rob did not and now it seems we are going to start the season with our roster. the 1 FRP is probably not even on the table right now and the pacers are going to look like epic morons if they don't get anything for turner. all cuz why? all cuz the pacers really needed to get one over the lakers (here's looking at you Pop and Ainge) |
Pacers will probably end up getting something for Turner. It just won’t be any picks like how the Pistons didn’t get any picks for Grant. But of course since they can’t rip off the Lakers, they’ll make a trade like that out of spite like the Thunder with Paul George. |
the laker spite is so real.
david stern - veto
pelicans - refused to deal AD until they did
twolves - f'ing lurch
spurs - whiners forever
utah - ainge
pacers - maybe they are still pissed when kobe smoked them in the playoffs?
sacramento - perpetual hatred of the lakers
wizards - been good partners
magic - been good partners
charlotte - mitch prob would help |
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| nomoreshaq wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | | nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | pjiddy wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | FWIW Pacers writer Bob Kravitz who works for TheAthletic said that Turner can be traded at any moment and he bought up the Lakers. |
Feel like the bigger story here is that Jeanie sold the team to a Pacers beat writer. |
You would think that there would be more discussion about the Lakers being sold. |
honestly it sounds like rob told them 1 FRP and that's it and then gave them a soft deadline which expired last week. indiana probably thought we were bluffing and would cave. rob did not and now it seems we are going to start the season with our roster. the 1 FRP is probably not even on the table right now and the pacers are going to look like epic morons if they don't get anything for turner. all cuz why? all cuz the pacers really needed to get one over the lakers (here's looking at you Pop and Ainge) |
Pacers will probably end up getting something for Turner. It just won’t be any picks like how the Pistons didn’t get any picks for Grant. But of course since they can’t rip off the Lakers, they’ll make a trade like that out of spite like the Thunder with Paul George. |
the laker spite is so real.
david stern - veto
pelicans - refused to deal AD until they did
twolves - f'ing lurch
spurs - whiners forever
utah - ainge
pacers - maybe they are still pissed when kobe smoked them in the playoffs?
sacramento - perpetual hatred of the lakers
wizards - been good partners
magic - been good partners
charlotte - mitch prob would help |
Good point, but I wouldn't put the Pelicans in that category. They did trade us AD for a reasonable enough package. Plus, back in the day (different management, I know) they traded us Kobe. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | | Hope you guys are excited for that Westbrook and Beverly backcourt defending the likes of Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, etc |
As opposed to what? A Schroder and Beverley backcourt? It takes a team effort to defend the superstars. We'll see what Ham manages to do. |
How about a backcourt that actually makes sense? Like Nunn and Reaves? Or maybe Beverly and Reaves? |
And it's better against George, Leonard, and Booker because it has Reaves? No pressure, Austin. |
He has a thing that makes a better option by default: he's actual SG height.
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I wouldn't worry about the Clippers. I would genuinely worry about making the playoffs first given how the West is always so competitive every year. This year, we're seemingly going to have Kawhi, Zion and Jamal available to an already insane Western conference.
But I think Pat Bev would have to be the dedicated wing defender. Maybe he could hit up Tucker and ask him for pointers. I don't know. If Tucker could do it, why can't Bev? Right? |
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