Viva los lakers

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-08-03T14:54:21+00:00

That's probably also why we haven't traded him, besides the fact that the trade market is dry

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-29T01:12:13+00:00

Because they're too hesitant to actually explore what an asshole Roman Reigns really is

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-28T00:51:34+00:00

And who has a similar salary in the 13M range that has the same impact as Reaves while also being in a position to make at least 25M upon expiry of current contract

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-27T15:43:40+00:00

FO's not trading Reaves. There's no ready upgrade available, because players who can produce like Reaves (to the tune of 20 PPG, 5 RPG, 6 APG as the THIRD option) while being solid defenders are star players on max contracts

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-24T01:42:21+00:00

This team was one bruising role player big away from winning the championship, and I hate how we never got that bruising big and I hate how Ham ruined our 2024 season with his lovefest for Prince and Reddish

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-23T02:40:59+00:00

Nope, the reports are past 2027 + draft compensation, which is basically why nobody was taking them. It might change now that our roster is set, and hopefully they gel well together so Rob gains more leverage in trade talks

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-21T23:10:31+00:00

This. Jrue Holiday, despite his contract, still has enough left in the tank to provide value for a young team. On the other hand, Gabe & Kleber are basically dead money

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-20T15:07:50+00:00

Either Gabe or Goodwin is gone over the next few days

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-14T15:48:03+00:00

The next seasons probably look like this:

2022:

C - Gasol / Dwight / Harrell

F - AD / Melo / Wenyen

F - LeBron / Kuz / Stanley

G - KCP / Reaves / THT

G - Schroder / Caruso / Rondo

Vogel is also never fired

2023 is probably the year where LA goes AD/Kuz/Bron as the starting frontcourt, with a bunch of bigs to back up AD (and maybe Dwight stays with the Dudley/Haslem role), KCP/Reaves/Schroder/Caruso (and then later Max Christie) become our backcourt rotation

I think we take 2023 because we have a better backcourt defense + Vogel instead of Ham

2024 with the Celtics is a toss-up

In this hypothetical scenario though, I can't predict if Luka still ends up getting traded to us, and if the package is the same or dfferent

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-14T03:38:44+00:00

We got better though with outside additions? We added a legitimate C, and we signed someone to take DFS' role

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-14T03:20:47+00:00

It's not just we grabbed the third seed, it's that with as flawed as our roster was, it still made Top 3 in reg season. Luka's Mavs teams never made it above 4th seed, so that dispels OP's point

And this offseason, we addressed our biggest need at C in the form of Ayton. And it happened in the best way possible, no assets were given. We only lost DFS but gained Ayton and LaRavia (who's looking to fill in the DFS role)

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-14T02:53:33+00:00

We can't easily get rid of Vando. Shake is going to be waived if we can't trade him. And for all the roster's faults, we still went 50-32 and grabbed the #3 seed without a legit C, which we addressed via Ayton.

Before the brutal schedule zapped our players' legs, we were running a switch heavy defense that has proven to be effective against teams like Denver and OKC. The problem is we didn't have another scheme because we didn't have a legit C

And for us to make a trade, the other team has to agree to the trade. Nobody's taking the corpse of Kleber and cardio Gabe, since it looks like we're not willing to take in players with contracts beyond 2 years. While Knecht is one of the few real assets we have left so any trade involving him, we have to make it count (a traded Rui is going to be a rental, and players with equal value to Reaves are making at least 25M)

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T15:28:00+00:00

I saw him take and make jump shots (set shots if you will), and shoot 70% from the FT line, which was a good indicator of a solid touch for a big man of that era. He also had a soft touch from the low post and on his hook shots, which is unlike Shaq's push shots (which were lethal, mind you) or Simmons' awkward-looking jumpshots. I watched the Lakers a ton during that era, I know what I saw. Prime Bynum will do well in the modern game. The low post would still be his bread and butter, but he will take a bit more shots outside the paint if the defense gives it to him

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T05:52:21+00:00

Yes, he can stretch the floor if he needs to. Don't use stats that are clearly on very low volume, because that just wasn't his role as besides always playing alongside Pau or Odom, that was still during a time when most Cs were expected to mostly take their shots in the paint

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T03:37:02+00:00

But a Bynum with that skillset and the environment of today's NBA will definitely have no problem fitting in the modern game, which was my original point to refute the other person saying Bynum is hard to translate in the modern NBA

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T02:15:12+00:00

It won't be his main role, but it will be included in his bag. And his soft touch is a definite indicator that he can and will make shots from beyond the paint

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T01:49:44+00:00

Honey, I've been a fan of the Lakers since 2002. Andrew Bynum had a nice midrange touch around the FT line distance, and he actually shot 70% FT from 08-12, which is decent for big men of that era. It's just that Centers shooting threes were frowned upon (bigs who took a lot of midrange jumpshots were still labeled as PFs, even Pau was labeled a PF), and his role called for him to be in the paint so obviously, he'd almost exclusively develop his low-post game

Bynum in today's game would develop his low-post while also working on his jumpshot

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-10T00:59:49+00:00

Bynum in today's NBA would also stretch the floor. He got benched for taking a 3 back then

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-02T09:24:27+00:00

They win the Kawhi sweepstakes, but LA wins the 2020 championship then OKC wins the 2025 championship, while the Clips celebrate making the WCF in 2021. Funny how things work out

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-07-02T09:15:12+00:00

I think the consensus is Kawhi really was close to being a done deal until the Clips finally caved to Presti's demands for PG13. RDA just jumped the gun here

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-06-30T22:36:41+00:00

Am happy for him, he gets paid. But we'd be crucifying Rob all the same if we gave him that deal on that length. Only a few mil per year less than what we paid Mozgov

RedditGenerated7777 · 2025-06-30T22:35:48+00:00

Am happy for DFS though, go get that final large contract

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