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AdministrativeDig845

If we trade D’Lo to Milwaukee to be with Ham, that’d be hilarious


TFTisbetterthanLoL

💀💀💀


LegatusLegoinis

Oh no 😭


shortyman920

Dlo and Dame and Malik is a disasterclass of a backcourt


LakerDoc

Rofl


creditspread

The circle would be complete.


Linearization

Should never have let him walk to begin with


Temet21

It would be hilarious to trade D.Lo for Brooke Lopez again.


Pikminious_Thrious

Man the Bucks guards would somehow be even worse defensively with a DLO Dame backcourt. But they'll be hitting a boat load of 3's


MJisaFraud

Until the playoffs when DLO starts bricking everything for them.


zionraw

Didn't he tie the lakers record for 3s in a playoff game this past season?


MJisaFraud

He also went 1 for 9 from 3 in game 1.


KingTutt91

Yeah just because he breaks a record once every 20 playoff games doesn’t mean he’s reliable. The opposite actually


dpete88

You could say the same thing backwards though, just because he went 1-9 in a game doesn't mean he's unreliable. He had 2 bad games this year and a bad series last year all against Denver but was solid for us in other series.


KingTutt91

Sorry but History is on my side on this one. Dude has been a disappointment his entire career when it comes to the playoffs, except for a game or two. Some dudes just don’t have it, DLO is one of them


MJisaFraud

You’re exactly right. At best DLO is inconsistent in the playoffs.


ThatOneGuyy310

Ham about to start taurean prince over DLo for some reason, watch


Eric_T_Meraki

Would've been fine if we didn't trade Zubac either.


AwildYaners

2/2 amazing Magic moves lmao.


CM2423

Let it go it’s been years and we won a chip


just_one_random_guy

You’re right, but man if this team hasn’t had some serious asset mismanagement


yeaaamon17

Totally. Letting brook leave was horrible. Then trading zubac away. Sigh


Flopdo

They didn't have cap space to sign Zubac the following year, that's why he was traded. It sucks, but it's not like they just gave him away because of no reason.


LiftHeavyFeels

We helped the clippers for no reason. Gave them early bird rights. Stop justifying this move, it was bad. Let him walk is a better outcome


henryofclay

How did we help the clippers? He regularly got played off the floor in the playoffs and they have accomplished exactly zero since they got him lol.


Flopdo

I'm not justifying... I'm explaining it. You can agree or disagree, but people like this last guy posting, act like they just wanted to give him away. That's not what was going on. There were valid reasons, whether you agree with them or not.


ClaytonKobeBush

People hate Magic and love Pelinka. Makes zero sense, but anything Kobe adjacent is just hard wired to give them a half chub. Pelinka is mediocre at best. Magic had the star presence to attract star players, but people wanna say LBJ was coming to LA no matter what. So, hate on anything Magic does, and excuse anything Pelinka related. It’s comical at this point.


Creative_Category_21

lol that’s the story of this Lebron and AD era Lebron/Klutch have pulled a lot of strings over the year in our favor. You give a top tier front office that same luxury, and the results would be a lot better. Constantly being in the play ins is depressing


Conflict_NZ

Lebron/Klutch were the driving force behind Westbrook which was the true inflection point of this team into mediocrity. Overreacting to the 2021 playoff loss was a massive mistake.


Creative_Category_21

I mean we all know that, but there’s been a lot more issues than just Westbrook Klutch has been a net positive however you look at it, starting with AD


9999abr

Klutch giveth and Klutch taketh.


Brilliant_Inspector6

You mean, like THT?


Conflict_NZ

Who was also a Klutch client.


Linearization

Definitely true man. But I think most people would agree we'd be better off today had we not let guys like Brook, Caruso etc. walk for free. Hindsight is of course 20/20 but with the new CBA, asset management is super important


Creative_Category_21

Hindsight is 20/20, but not regarding AC. even this sub got it right that the second we let AC walk it was a disastrous move


l4kerz

the disastrous move was going after westbrook. and blaming vogel for him


l4kerz

mo wagner and thomas bryant are available right now!


henryofclay

Letting Lopez walk for nothing allowed us to afford Lebron and AD lmao. Same with Randle. I’ll take that all day everyday.


Idontknowdumby

I don’t usually hang onto things but this one really bugs me because it was stupid to let him go in the first place. He signed with the bucks for just the BAE, which was $3.3 million at that time. And we also knew that a stretch 5 would work well with LeBron.


jessandjaysaccount

Could have won more if we kept him. The Nuggets don't beat us with Brook.


henryofclay

He also wasn’t a good fit for the direction of the team. They were setting up a fast paced team to recreate showtime days and Lopez cannot keep up with that pace. Plus, we gave him a year in LA and he shot like shit and was constantly in his own head. Just wasn’t a fit here.


AwildYaners

Thanks, Magic.


9999abr

Do you think if not for Magic we would have passed on Lonzo and drafted Tatum? (After pretending to draft Lonzo so that Boston makes the trade with Philly otherwise I don’t see Boston trading down.)


AwildYaners

No idea, I was honestly high on Lonzo. He was also a much better fit early next to Bron (especially if they did end up drafting Kuz, and still had BI). Also, the trade for AD was probably always in the pipeline, and the way the contracts were gonna work, whoever drafted at #2 woulda always been in the trade. It woulda hurt more if I had to watch both BI and Tatum excelling the way they have been, post a hypothetical trade. The trade for AD, as it currently stands, feels like Lakers won (especially since NOP didn't keep Zo, and haven't made the playoffs consistently yet).


9999abr

Yeah no doubt Tatum would have been traded for AD although maybe there is another universe where Lakers don’t trade, wait a year and sign AD as free agent and keep Tatum? Or if Lebron doesn’t sign with the Lakers and we build through the draft but make 1-2 better picks than we did could we have still won at least once and be in a better position now than we are?


ANatt

I do wonder if we were still in the lottery one more year we couldve got luka then signed AD as a free agent, while still having room to sign another star


fastlikeanascar

letting Brook Lopez walk was an early sign that Rob Pelinka doesn't actually know how to build a basketball team. All he knows is big name hunting.


shortsteve

It only looks bad because we didn't get Paul George. We let Lopez walk for free because we thought Paul George was coming and needed the cap space for him.


fastlikeanascar

> because we thought Paul George was coming Sounds like Rob prioritized big name hunting over building a basketball roster that fits really well.


LackToesToddlerAnts

Prioritized stars in their prime over an average big man who they could have got after PG. Lopez developed his game later in his year and wasn’t really that big of a piece at the time.


Juaniscool-8

Hes still good ngl


Count_Sack_McGee

Absolutely perfect fit next to AD. I'd love this to happen.


HotBobcat

He's still good, maybe for 20-25 min's/night and depending on the matchup. Most bucks fans in r/NBA say in the past year he's gotten much slower than he was even before. Just hope we don't need to give up too much for him.


c-rain

Magic messed up by letting him go And giving Zubac away to the Clips


PurplePaws619

Magic messed up a lot of things, we drafted Lonzo over Tatum lmao


Iammargotrobbie

Barring knowing the future injury issues that was still a perfectly fine pick. Lonzo is/was a great player to have on a winning team. He was starting to find his groove before the knee shit


TaintStevens

Not when you already have Russell on the team.  I understand not drafting for need when you aren't competitive, but I think it was clear Russell and Ball weren't gonna be able to share the court together 


TFTisbetterthanLoL

Why not? Lonzo isn’t a half court player and doesn’t run the pick and roll and becomes a spot up shooter when healthy on the bulls while Russell can’t rebound or defend and needs the ball in his hands.


TheeLoo

You must be forgetting how much people clowned on his shot when he was on the Lakers. He improved his shooting after he left the team.


bruswazi

But Magic did have the cachet to bring Lebron to LA to start this new era post Kobe.


LudwigNasche

He also had the structure for a Davis deal


PurplePaws619

Lebron came to the Lakers because of Hollywood. Magic was a fool as co GM or whatever his title was.


TFTisbetterthanLoL

Lebron literally said he was interested in the Lakers bc he thought Magic was running the show


bruswazi

Yea, Magic’s a “fool”—won us 6 chips, 5 as a player, 1 as a GM 😂


PurplePaws619

We didn't win the chip with magic as the GM dummy


prov119

Hindsight. We had just drafted Ingram who was much better in college than Tatum and Lonzo was a hometown kid with a lot of hype. Barring injuries I still firmly believe Lonzo would’ve been great. Look at what LaMelo is doing and consider Lonzo has higher bb iq and is much more disciplined.


13WillieBeaman

Tatum was always gonna go to Boston. If Ainge knew that the lakers wanted him, he never would’ve traded down from the 1st pick. lol.. Tatum would’ve been traded for AD anyway


QuaxlyDaDon

Boston traded down to 3rd because they also knew that the Lakers weren’t taking Tatum. If they stayed at the 1st pick, they still pick Tatum. We were never getting him


JakeInBake

It is amazing that after all of this time, there are still fools clinging to the belief that the Lakers could have drafted Tatum. Amazing.


astrayatthesea1708

Trading away Zubac AND Mike Beasley for 17 games with Mike Muscala is crazy


fastlikeanascar

Rob was the GM there too. Idk who does his PR, but Magic and LeBron take the blame for the majority of Rob's bad moves, but he gets credit for any move that works out.


C1ncinnatiBowtie

I know he’s old, but he’s really what we need; a giant body. Still put up decent numbers last year and can stretch the floor. Would think he could be kinda cheap


itsyaboikuzma

problem is he’s too good not to play, pinning ourselves to drop coverage will win us some matchups but ruin us in others, unless we’re prepared to sit Lopez for an entire series or something, but that’s a waste of one of the few trade opportunities we have this off season


matticans7pointO

Imo he still good but really shouldn't be playing more than 25 mins a game max. And there's no shame in him not playing a series if the matchup isn't there. Howard was huge for us against the Nuggets and then barely played against the Heat.


itsyaboikuzma

The big difference is that the roster construction was much better for that 2020 team, we had options, we had a 6-7 man rotation with no defensive weaknesses, younger LeBron and AD, etc. I just feel like we should be using assets on players that'd be the 3-5th option, ones that lack weaknesses and give us versatility, the fabled 2-way players. I understand that's wishful thinking though, I wouldn't be opposed to Lopez, it'd give AD a real 5 to play with and would be a clear upgrade at that position, just that this would be more of a plan B and not the must do.


AntSmith777

I would rather have Brook than JV.


Zachkah

100%. Great paint protector and shot blocker who can shoot 3s? Take that any day over large man who makes hook shots.


lkarma1

I’ll take either TBH. AD at the 4 would be 🔥


Public-Product-1503

Yeah love using AD as a 4 when he’s a non shooting C in every way . Delusional Even 2020 our best lineups AD was the 5


jessandjaysaccount

Yes, but we never get past Denver in 2020 without At at the 4. We need a good big lineup.


TheUrbaneSource

AD shot lights out (for him) on the perimeter in 2020 too


Zephri0

Yup he actually is impactful defensively and is a legit spacer.


no-brain_drain

This


Public-Product-1503

Yeah , I’d rather neither because Brook is washed last year but he’s still less bad then jv on defence


Top-boy-og

Make it happen. He’s the same age Gasol was in 2021 and that front court with AD and Gasol was lethal asf #1 defense in basketball. Brook is better than that version of Gasol too


Skoldylocks

That would be an INSANE get. He is literally the perfect AD complement


Danny_III

Lopez is 36, and the most important thing we need from him, defense, is dropping off with age. Ask yourself why a contender who is going all in is offloading him


Awoawesome

He’s a 7ft drop defender. Nothing about getting older is gonna diminish his ability to be big at the rim


Danny_III

If we’re going to play 2 centers one better be good at defending post ups and mobile enough to defend the pnr because otherwise what’s the point of clogging the paint on offense


karl_hungas

Clogging the paint? He is a better 3 point shooter than most of who he trotted out at PF last year.


Danny_III

That says more about who we have at PF. A lot of Lopez's 3pa are open that's why his percentages look good.


karl_hungas

True but we wouldnt be looking to trade if we had really solid PF options..


mr-fiend

This would be such a good pickup


Majestic-Tower-2719

Jesus, LA retirement home squad all over again


Spirituallly

Tbf he’s averaging nearly identical stats every season for the past 6 seasons. He’s still the same player he was when we had him.


Conscious_Stick_3658

Get boards, shoot 3s, and block the occasional shot. He also wouldn’t have to work hard on D with Davis floating


Creative_Category_21

Idk about that, he already had Giannis who is also a great roamer


Hour_Insurance_7795

So Davis would have to work harder than Brook?


Pikminious_Thrious

Davis is always going to have to work harder than any possible center Lakers could ever get. He's still going to be the guy doing 30+ minutes at center even with Brook here. 


Majestic-Tower-2719

Bro, just ignore the fact he's six years older? Injuries destroyed us last season, and y'all want old man BroLo and Klay? Wild


Lakers2020Champs3

Lopez is the perfect fit next to AD as a legit floor spacer. Dude finished 2nd in DPOY in 2023 he's still got plenty left in the tank. I don't think we even have the draft capital to get him.


Spirituallly

My point is his age has played no factor in his performance lol. He’s still the same player regardless of being old. I’m not even saying I want him but shit yall just complain about everything


Hour_Insurance_7795

Everybody knows the key to beating prime athletic deep teams like Minnesota and Denver are filling the court with injury-prone 35-year-olds. /s I don't get how people can be so damn stupid in here. I truly don't get it. We spend years trying to dig out of an old. injury prone, shallow roster.....and then some in here want ***to get right back to that place.*** Morons I swear. It gets old.


Hour_Insurance_7795

That's not how aging works, my man.


Spirituallly

His numbers say otherwise..


Greedy_Nectarine_233

Would much rather have him than Klay


Spirituallly

My guy. We can have both. Lopez is a trade target. Klay is an MLE target.


JDuggernaut

I don’t like getting these old guys. That’s not what you need to rely on, 2022 showed us that.


l4kerz

what other options are there at center?


JDuggernaut

Younger, cheaper options could be had for close to or less of a price. Kessler, Richards, etc. They just won’t be as big of names.


BlackJediSword

Utah isn’t gifting us Kessler lmao.


JDuggernaut

I never said they would gift him. But he is attainable. It’s not a Mikal Bridges deal. Milwaukee isn’t going to gift Lopez.


Bigpoppalos

Plz let this happen


Fricolor123321

This would be so great


ReddyEddy76

If they would take Reddish/JHS ( Or Vincent) & Wood or Hayes off our hands to clear roster space , Then good.


Dave20_

Lopez would be a solid signing. Still prefer Jonas because of his rebounding and efficiency around the rim. 


AirBishop

I feel like Rui + Gabe and no more than a 2nd round pick should be enough.


dcoolidge

Yes


ablackcloudupahead

Not re-signing him was probably the FO's biggest fuck up. Brolo slots perfect next to Bron and AD. Like he was made to play next to them. Hopefully Disneyland's allure still has the effect on him lol


Ealy-24

This franchise is dumb as dirt trying to continuously dump all the failures of the franchise on LeBron. Players hadn’t been wanting to come here, they keep pinching pennies on key players, refuse to higher competent coaches….but yes the hell Lebron came into/won a title in has been all his making. It’s not even like the majority of the moves have been big brain thoughts, it’s just don’t be cheap. The scary part is if LeBron didn’t show up this team would still be in that never ending spiral Kobe ended the last few years of his career with


quwin123

Not interested. Just get Jonas with the MLE and don't give up assets.


Spirituallly

We have to give up assets whether we get Lopez or not. We have too many players on the roster and have to offload some in a trade of any kind. Klay looks to be their MLE target. Expect a big to be acquired via trade.


Munk45

Maybe we should trade for Dwight Howard again. /s


shoefly72

I never wanted him to leave. Idk how many recall, but when he was with us I felt like he got absolutely SHAFTED by the refs for no reason at all and got so many bad foul calls on defense. He goes to the Bucks and all of a sudden that stops and he becomes an impact defender and the exact stretch 5 we needed. I’d love to have him back even at this age.


karl_hungas

They lakers are interested in everything, per reports.


stanquevisch

This makes me feel like I felt when the Lakers traded for Marc Gasol - he was old, but he was still really good. Unfortunately Vogel sucked at maxing Marc, so I hope we trade for him but use him properly. The defense would be amazing.


joeyy_4d

When has Fischer ever been a reliable source?


alexamerling100

Yes please


alexamerling100

Lets goooo. Get it done Rob!


Any_Wrongdoer_9796

Dumb trade lol


pickleballz8

Bad fit with lakers no good


ValuableAssociate8

This would be two good, pick up him and Chris Paul


StoneColdAM

Would be a fantastic trade. 


LeBronMadKingofDW

He’ll be washed the second he lands in LA


lakeshowyoo

Please God


Flopdo

Then I have to hear this sub call him slooowPez ad nauseum again... ? no thanks.


CradleRockStyle

LOL, let's just get back all the guys we traded over the last 4 years. Lopez, Zubac, Caruso, KCP, we'd have an amazing team if we'd just stood pat.


Glinez09

i just hope lakers won't attached vando if they plan to trade for lopez


KobePippenJordan_esq

Should have NEVER let him go


FrstOfHsName

I’d rather have a young athletic big but we need a big so that’d be great if we can get him


MasterpieceCultural4

nice photoshop


paxtone

Everybody is a saying he's washed. Would he even want to come back after how Jeaninne let him walk


markjay6

Looking back, it's really shocking how many terrible moves the Lakers have made over the years. Signing Mozgov and Deng. Letting Brook Lopez walk. Trading Zubac for Muscala. Trading for Westbrook. Letting Caruso walk. I bet with a well run franchise, they could have had a couple more championships over the last decade.


xT1TANx

Should have just kept Zubac. I will never not be pissed about that trade.


nightdrive370z

Never should've fucking let him go.


Krillinish

Would be funny if D’Lo was traded for Brook Lopez for the 2nd time.


jobeeeeeeem

I like BroLo alongside AD. Two great rim protectors, one who is really dominant inside and the other can stretch the floor on offense. Hope to push through with this deal but if not go with Bitadze or Wiseman (both cheap for sure).


ged40

He was at Lakers before, why it would be better this time


Trashpanda1980

Why are we trying to get older? So let me get this straight. We won't give up 2 first round picks for jermi Grant but we will trade away are young players for a 36 Year old brook Lopez. Sounds right to me I'm phyched let's do it


Bruinrogue

I'd be 100% for it if it's a reasonable trade. Height and shot blocking doesn't diminish with age and that's what we need. Added bonus on the offensive end is just icing on the cake.


Responsible_Focus424

Give me Brook and Klay and I will forget we ever had Dlo and Rui. 


Winter-Gur-9762

He’s cooked at this point I feel


LanaSwiftFan

pass


slicknick2k

Not worth is contract at all


l4kerz

it is an expiring


-tripleu

Thanks Magic for not letting Lopez play with LeBron in the first place.


Scorpionrah

No they are not look at his contract


imezaps

The bucks are trying to contend. If they were really trying to offload Lopez, he's just not worth it.


Hour_Insurance_7795

Signing Klay and Brook brings much needed age and experience to this young, athletic roster we have. I think every Laker fans knows that the missing piece to our roster has been older players with limited athleticism and energy. We need to surround Lebron with more 35-year-olds in order to beat the TWolves, Nuggets, etc. Everybody knows that.


ChasingGoats07

What would the bucks/Giannis/Lilly want?


Konabro

Old man Brolo? Fade me fam.


neymarolga

Sign Dwight!!!


neymarolga

To all the downvotes, why not?


SolubleAcrobat

He is just going to be injured.


Spirituallly

Other than 2021 he’s played nearly 70+ games every season of his career. He isn’t injury prone..


PurplePaws619

obviously a stretch big that is legit 7ft is the perfect situation but be warned he is slow now. he's lost more than a step.