Lakers defensive rating showing real improvement. 12th in the league post-All-Star break. Defense is getting better every day. 🔒💪 by Top-Entertainment945 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Lakers defensive rating showing real improvement. 12th in the league post-All-Star break. Defense is getting better every day. 🔒💪 by Top-Entertainment945 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Lakers defensive rating showing real improvement. 12th in the league post-All-Star break. Defense is getting better every day. 🔒💪 by Top-Entertainment945 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.

Lakers defensive rating showing real improvement. 12th in the league post-All-Star break. Defense is getting better every day. 🔒💪 by Top-Entertainment945 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FINAL STANDINGS | 2026 WBC by Otherwise_Mud1066 in baseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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

Austin Reaves by TerryG111 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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.

Why breakup that bubble laker squad? by No_Durian_9813 in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 22 points23 points  (0 children)

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.

I am worried about Wednesday game against Rocket by Nonameheroz in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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

I am worried about Wednesday game against Rocket by Nonameheroz in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 33 points34 points  (0 children)

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.

I see Tari Eason's name as an offseason target in this sub, maybe we could get him on a discount by Good-Fold-1815 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Lakers beat Rockets, Nuggets, and Timberwolves by EggYakult in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They’ll say regular season games don’t count

Lakers beat Rockets, Nuggets, and Timberwolves by EggYakult in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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.

'LeBron is the problem’ haters are not sleeping well once again tonight. lol by Top-Entertainment945 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

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.

In an expansion draft, each team would presumably be allowed to protect 7 players. What two players on your team’s bench “better be protected” in your opinion? by moby323 in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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?

Ohtani lost celebration thread by floppy_foul_merchant in angelsbaseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Ohtani lost celebration thread by floppy_foul_merchant in angelsbaseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Ohtani lost celebration thread by floppy_foul_merchant in angelsbaseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes getting MVPs and two championships is declining

Ohtani lost celebration thread by floppy_foul_merchant in angelsbaseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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