Came off the buss with billions, now we back in the building: Your GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2025 offseason Thread

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Luka and LeBron would not have had a better shot at a title than this year especially with Celtics going down. I can't believe how bad this team looked while Warriors B team is keeping up with Wolves.

Luka being that bad on defense, while no big man really fukd the team up on that end

Unfortunately Reaves didn’t live up to what we thought
 

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Luka and LeBron would not have had a better shot at a title than this year especially with Celtics going down. I can't believe how bad this team looked while Warriors B team is keeping up with Wolves.
JJ was the number one reason we lost that series, arrogant ass MF smh that shyt bleeds into the team.
 
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Luka and LeBron would not have had a better shot at a title than this year especially with Celtics going down. I can't believe how bad this team looked while Warriors B team is keeping up with Wolves.
Basketball Gods gave y'all a layup with Mark Williams, but y'all smoked it.

Even with that trade, the bench was giving y'all nothing, so the road would've still ended before the Finals (likely at the hands of a healthy GS or Denver or OKC).
 
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I'm not worried at all. When have we not gotten a high caliber big man.
Do we really need one though?

I say run it back with the exact team and just get a new coach. Then we can unlock the true potential of Jaxson Hayes. Teams gonna be running scared next season; a bench of Gabe, Knecht, Vando and DFS gonna feed generations. I think Hayes could even end up even getting an All-Star nod.

All we need is a better coach and then the world is ours. No changes needed.

:ohlawd:
 

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Do we really need one though?

I say run it back with the exact team and just get a new coach. Then we can unlock the true potential of Jaxson Hayes. Teams gonna be running scared next season; a bench of Gabe, Knecht, Vando and DFS gonna feed generations. I think Hayes could even end up even getting an All-Star nod.

All we need is a better coach and then the world is ours. No changes needed.

:ohlawd:

Nah brehito we keeping JJ, I wanna be here in late April/ Early May the next two years having some fun. Treadmill Lakers baby :mjgrin:
 

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shocked this thead isnt talking giannis non stop.....if anyone can do it lakers can. no idea how

Because we don't have the assets unless a certain somebody wants to go home and that team even actually wants him. Reaves/Riu and the next decade of picks ain't getting you Giannis, so not much to talk about
 

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Basketball Gods gave y'all a layup with Mark Williams, but y'all smoked it.

Even with that trade, the bench was giving y'all nothing, so the road would've still ended before the Finals (likely at the hands of a healthy GS or Denver or OKC).
I had Mark Williams on my fantasy squad so I watched Hornets when he played and while he wasn't great at most things, he was great on the glass and could probably be taught how to play defense somewhat(his defense is atrocious but so was Duren with Monty and Duren was much better this year under Bickerstaff). He was also an ideal lob threat.

No idea why he backed away from it just to keep Knecht who didn't even see minutes in the playoffs and will struggle ever getting minutes with our defensive situation being what it is.

Also that said I don't think we lose to Golden State under any circumstance. Wolves were an awful matchup for us. The Warriors were not nor are they more talented than us overall. We definitely would have faired much better against them than the length of the other 2 teams and the Wolves.
 
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