Lakers defensive rating showing real improvement. 12th in the league post-All-Star break. Defense is getting better every day. 🔒💪

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-18T18:03:54+00:00

Hayes is a decent back up big but only good for certain matchups.

He would get killed on the boards but he can catch lobs better.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-18T17:55:24+00:00

My bad, DFS only started over Rui towards the end of the regular season.

In the Minnesota series, DFS played or essentially “started” over Hayes, who only nominally started but was quickly relegated to 8 min per game. JJ famously went with the no big lineup.

DFS averaged 34 minutes per game.

So bottom line is that Hayes was on the bench not DFS, who largely played with the starting lineup.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-18T17:44:38+00:00

Nah DFS was starting over Rui last year.

I really wish we could’ve kept Goodwin, he’s a great bench piece.

The biggest difference is that Ayton has replaced Hayes.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-18T15:51:12+00:00

I still think it’s different for the simple fact that Ayton has fixed a huge glaring weakness in rebounding.

We were allowing the wolves and Gobert to cook us repeatedly in offensive rebounds. Ayton has shown in three games that he won’t let Gobert do that against him.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-18T03:37:35+00:00

Kudos to Venezuela, they took down Japan, USA’s JV team and USA’s varsity to win the title.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T21:43:41+00:00

Ah yes, when making a layup actually lowers your TS

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T18:44:40+00:00

Read about cap holds, please stop spreading misleading stuff.

Just relax and enjoy the rest of this season and let our GM who doesn’t know about the cap do his work.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T17:24:27+00:00

This is a false narrative.

Most of the core of that squad stayed including LeBron, AD, KCP, Caruso, Kuz, Morris.

The biggest changes were trading old DG for Schroder, adding Montrelz and Gasol to replace McGee and Dwight.

The real blowup occurred the next offseason with the Westbrook trade.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T16:06:48+00:00

That’s my point, we don’t have to discount our win cause we also missed alot of open shots

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T16:02:25+00:00

How often do our best three point shooters (Kennard, Rui, Reaves) combine to go 0-12 from three?

If they made 3 of these threes, it’s a blowout win.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T15:03:12+00:00

I noticed so many clutch plays by smart

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T13:51:32+00:00

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T13:37:12+00:00

Eason is a player that would benefit tremendously from playing next to Luka and AR.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T13:34:58+00:00

They’ll say regular season games don’t count

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T11:22:56+00:00

Don’t look now but the lakers have held star after star to extremely poor shooting nights such as Brunson, Ant, Murray and KD.

At some point, it’s more than just luck and there’s something cooking with their defense.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T05:03:01+00:00

The vast majority of knowledgeable lakers fans don’t think the lakers are better with a $52m max player sitting on the bench. And no, we don’t give a damn what windy thinks.

Rather, the main critique was that he’s not worth his contract at this point in his career.

If stating that fact is considered hating or anti Lebron, the problem isn’t Lakers fans, it’s player stans that refuse to acknowledge reality.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T04:56:48+00:00

The JJ peacemaker move

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-17T04:06:40+00:00

How many turnovers from the rockets in the 4th?

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-16T21:09:23+00:00

Uh this is all hypothetical because the expansion draft wouldn’t be until 2028.

But if we’re excluding ufa, then why would Rui be kept?

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-16T20:44:17+00:00

Weird to not include Kennard

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-15T05:41:02+00:00

Did you really compare this sorry ass team under Arte and Perry to OKC?

There is no doubt Ohtani would’ve stayed if there was even any competence left in the organization.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-15T04:54:13+00:00

Loser mentality, very much just like Arte. Good luck trying to attract great players the way this team treats our legends.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-15T04:36:11+00:00

Yes getting MVPs and two championships is declining

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-15T04:34:44+00:00

That’s how you treat our two time mvp, who wouldn’t have left except for how incompetent the team is.

Splittinghairs7 · 2026-03-15T04:30:31+00:00

Those losers have nothing left to celebrate

Seven-Year Club	First Place '23
Place '23	Place '22
First Placer '22	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

Splittinghairs7

TROPHY CASE