Would John Wall help the Lakers?

[FAH1223]

Official poll

 

[mastermind]

probably not. He can't shoot and doesn't do anything off the ball.

But he is way better than Russ at this point.

 

[CantStop]

He’d help but he offers the same problems as Russ does just to a lesser extent.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Hell fukkin yes….

You get rid of Aspergers Russ..

Addition by Subtraction

 

[ALonelyDad]

Probably not, his efficiency is similar to Russ while taking more shots. One of the biggest complaints about him in his career has been he doesn't do much offball which he is not a good fit with Lakers.

 

[rightfultoefinger]

probably not. He can't shoot and doesn't do anything off the ball.

But he is way better than Russ at this point.

Oh 100% better. He won’t give you multiple 2-11, 3-15 type games. I’m sure he’d bloody at least make layups.

 

[feelosofer]

In the short term yes, but in the long run, no. The Lakers and LeBron is partially responsible for this too, they should have committed to a youth movement, maybe take this year as a transitional year and try to run it back in 2022-2023 with younger legs.

 

[Diondon]

Keep signing "big name" vets instead of developing young talent, brehs
Let Lebron take your org hostage for the rest of his career for his benefit, brehs

 

[Remote]

Will John Wall help?

Well, Russell Westbrook is pretty bad right now so I would imagine that John Wall would be an improvement -- assuming it's not the John Wall we saw in Houston.
I don't think he elevates the Lakers into a championship contender though.

 

[Consigliere]

They already have one habitually injured talent on the team.

I say no.

 

[staticshock]

In the short term yes, but in the long run, no. The Lakers and LeBron is partially responsible for this too, they should have committed to a youth movement, maybe take this year as a transitional year and try to run it back in 2022-2023 with younger legs.

Keep signing "big name" vets instead of developing young talent, brehs
Let Lebron take your org hostage for the rest of his career for his benefit, brehs

Lakers have been doing this since the 60s…

wilt
Kareem
Shaq
Horry
Fox
Gary Payton
Karl Malone
Pau
Dwight
Nash
Mitch Richmond
Tried to get CP3…


Very rarely in the Lakers history have they went with a “youth movement”. Idk why folks like to act like the Lakers signing big time free agents didn’t become a thing until LeBron joined them

 

[Darealtwo1]

Help? No

The difference between Russ and Wall is that Russ is hurting the Lakers.

Wall will not hurt, but he won't help either.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Sure he would

 

[FaTaL]

Sure why not

 

[O.T.I.S.]

He can’t shoot like that either


It’s like swapping another ball dominant, non-shooting pg for another.


But it’s possibly an upgrade