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Adrock:
RE Warriors tonight: I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you. How dare you?

--- Quote from: BeautifulShy on June 07, 2022, 03:49:52 AM ---System seems good with the 4-1 out but if Russ is staying then it is going to be hard to use that unless they get back a floor spacing 5 or get the defensive wings in a low 3 and D wing free agency.
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The Lakers don't have the assets to make any splashy moves. They can probably get 3 OR D, not a wing who is both. That's fine given the circumstances.

The Lakers held a workout yesterday. People on Reddit and Youtube were dunking all over this. However, it's exactly what they should be doing. Most role players they sign should be under 30. They're likely all coming to come from the scrapheap, undrafted pool, and purchased second round picks. Cross your fingers they find a Spencer Dinwiddie-type diamond in the rough who every other team gave up on.

--- Quote ---Best option seems to be trade Russ for Brogdan and Hield and grab OP Jr with the taxpayer MLE or trade for Rozier, Oubre Jr and Plumlee and go from there with wings and front court depth.
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I've seen the Pacers trade thrown around a lot. I'd agree if the Lakers didn't have to give up any picks. The Pacers would be saving like $60 million in salary. That's the trade. If anything, the team absorbing the extra years/salary should be getting at least a conditional first round pick.

Ultimately, the Lakers' best move is to just ride out the year with Westbrook. Pelinka has been planning for years to have cap space in 2023. Stay the course unless a good trade pops up closer to the deadline next February. The Lakers absolutely should not be trading their 2027 or 2029 first round picks.

BlackNMild2k1:
Well... what can I say about the game tonight?

Draymond didn't bring that energy.
Warriors didn't appear to have that energy and lacked effort at getting the boards.
We can't win if we don't make the necessary stops and get rebounds to give ourselves more chances at scoring, and taking away their extra attempts at scoring.

We simply got out played tonight, and let Smart score 24 points....
Which reminds me... Draymond needs to learn how to score the ball again.
Can we atleast get 10-15pts a night from Dray? Is that asking too much?
I don't prefer him taking shots when unnecessary, but that's mostly because he can't shoot, and his shot looks terrible (shooting like he got a backpack full of books on), but he should be able to make simple layups and short shots next to the rim. The fact that I can't even count on him to make a layup is ridiculous.

But anyway.... on to the next one.

edit: Oh yeah... and then there was of course this nonsense before the game.... :/

I hope when we come back to The Bay for Game 5, the Celtics practice rim is a Milk Crate screwed to a wooden backboard on a post that wobbles a little bit. only seems fair :P

Adrock:
That man Steph Curry. Tiddy Garden got really quiet at the end. Mmm, mmm. Let's fucking go!

GIVE ME GAME 6 KLAY!

BeautifulShy:
Heck yeah!!! Steph put the team on his back and scored 40. Wiggins was huge with all the rebounds.

Adrock:
Curry always seems to have one bad shooting night per series. Good timing with that game being at home and when Wiggins went off.

Speaking of, the Warriors better pay that man, but I don't think they will because they have to pay Poole soon too. What sucks is that Wiggins is clearly best when he's the third or fourth option. I doubt he'll be this effective on another team. We already saw that guy in Minnesota.

Anyway, Tatum weirdly shot a bunch of airballs. And Mark Jackson continues to be intolerable on commentary. "Imma call him Klay. Imma call him Klay." Yeah, because that's his name. What are you talking about?

--- Quote from: Adrock on June 10, 2022, 11:30:10 PM ---GIVE ME GAME 6 KLAY!

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Soon.

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