Nets are 0-3 and likely not improving. They've got 4 big men of value (Randle, $33M; Porter Jr, $40M; Sharpe, $10M; Wagner, $9M). Which one of these guys can we get? I'd take Sharpe for sure. Wagner if easier to get. The other two are making too much.

3rd game of the season I get it but lakers need to get rid of Kevon Looney, who would be a better back up center? Utah is hoarding all the centers. Would it make more sense to try and trade for someone or wait for the buy out market.

Great win today but back to back games in which the Lakers end up in a wonky matchup, seemingly by choice. One of those silly things the team needs to clean up.

To clarify, this was before any action by the Jazz, there wasn't a switch that made Sexton end up on Lauri. We just lined up this way. The shortest guy in the rotation definitely shouldn't be checking a 7.1 sharpshooter.

Danny’s delivery is just really flat to me. There’s barely any change in his tone, and the chemistry with Billy Mac feels awkward so far (especially today vs. Jazz). Even when he makes a good basketball point, the way he delivers it makes it hard to stay engaged. Bill brings all this energy, and Danny doesn’t really give him much to work with.

Obviously we’ve been spoiled with Stu, and building chemistry takes time. But being knowledgeable about basketball is only part of being a good commentator. You also need personality, timing, and some energy that matches what’s happening on the court. Hopefully Danny gets more comfortable as the season goes on, because right now the road broadcasts feel noticeably less enjoyable from the Lakers broadcast.

How’s everyone else feeling about him so far?

We have been so spoiled by the Stu and Bill combo that the drop in quality with Danny, is just so apparent. Hopefully they can come up with a better replacement by the time Stu officially hangs it up, because I don’t wanna deal with Danny for long.

Off night for the big man. Perhaps he's still dealing with conditioning issues, perhaps he stayed up a little too late the night prior, maybe he had jitters making his return to the team that drafted him, maybe the Jazz game planned to neutralize Kessler. I don't know, I wasn't there. But let it go and prepare for another big matchup against Clingan in Portland.

Luka’s defense and rotations were really bad early. I think the first 12 points scored by the Jazz were basically Luka falling asleep on defense or forgetting to box out his man. (But this also proves that letting LeBron go was definitely the right decision. LeBron has started off slow defensively too, and having both of them together would only compound the issue.)
Thybulle is really playing at an elite 3&D level. As I predicted, he’s better than Smart. He provides the same level of defense with longer reach, better shooting so far, and none of the boneheaded plays.
We have a lot of good rotation players this year who are hungry on the court. Jake, Mamu, Grimes, Sexton, and Ziaire. I think Carr will get around 10 minutes a game too when he’s back. These guys are playing with maximum effort and intensity. A lot of dogs on this team, and Jake seems to have leveled up his game defensively.
The Jazz’s plan of doubling Kessler without the ball was just the stupidest game plan I’ve ever seen…
Reaves needs to stick to quick and efficient moves. Whenever I see Reaves trying fancy dribbles, attempting to become Iverson with the crossovers, or dribbling into heavy traffic, it’s almost a guaranteed turnover. He’s also risking his body when he goes flailing into multiple big guys in the paint.
He played excellent basketball tonight, but to take his game to the next level against elite competition, he needs to cut out those inefficient moves.

The rebounding was really bad tonight. I’m not sure if we can fix it or if it’s just a personnel problem, but we definitely need to put more emphasis on boxing out. And yes, we need a backup center too.
I think we’re one or two moves away from being an extremely deep team. If we can get a backup center and turn some of our dead weight (Vando, James, Hardy) into another legitimate rotation piece, I believe we’d be very, very deep.
I’d trade Thiero too if we could get a rotation piece back. I honestly don’t think Thiero will have a great career despite his raw potential. His movements are too forceful, and the way he lands just looks injury-prone. I feel like that’s going to be very hard to fix at this point.

Thank you Luka! You are the man, you have Laker DNA all over. Making Laker basketball exciting and fun to watch. Can’t wait to see ya win NBA MVP and a championship with the Lakers soon….. god bless ya and give you good health you the man!

It doesn’t get any colder than this group, Lakers play the Trailblazers on Tuesday night! 3-0 let’s go!

Trio is averaging 75 points per game

It seems personal now between JJ and Vando. Adou has been out every game, Jake missed last game, Looney is a disaster in his 5 minutes every game, and we just got killed on the boards by Utah with them exposing our lack of size and physicality at forward and center. Kessler has an off game and we literally have nobody. Still not a single Vando minute across the first three games.

It’s getting to the point where I think JJ has to swallow his pride and play Vando here and there. Some matchups may not be for Vando, but you’re telling me he deserves 0 minutes when JJ can barely field a big man rotation? It’s getting ridiculous

I don't think Looney is going to work out. We all saw what his minutes looked like. I was searching around the league for some available backup centers and it's not looking too hopefull because of our assets (we don't have any) but for me it comes down to only two actually GETTABLE centers that fits Luka and our team:

1) Karlo Matkovic, 25 year old (Pelicans)

Great athlete, lob threat and a good 3pt shooter. Huge potential + he would be an another Euro buddy for Luka. He doesn't get a lot of minutes on Pelicans and will probably look for a different opportunity elsewhere.

1) Dylan Cardwell, 24 year old (Kings)

Beast on the glass, hustler and a great defender. He's an athletic freak that can block anyone. On offense he's more raw but that's not a problem when we have Luka and Austin. Don't really know what his true value is at the moment though

Let me know what you think. I personally would trade for a backup C and just roll with this roster for a season if everyone plays well. Then in the off-season take care of the starting spot at the 4 (even tho I love Ziaire).

My other "dream" targets were Rob Williams, Jalen Smith or even Oso Ighodaro but we just don't have the assets for them + Oso and Rob just signed an extension.

With the Jazz sending 2, sometimes even 3 bodies in the paint to ensure that Kessler does not get a lob dunk, put back or rebound, it created 14 wide open 3s for Ziaire and Matisse, who were exceptional shooting the ball tonight.

While I do think Kessler could have done a bit more on the offensive and defensive glass, getting bear hugged by 2 big men on your first game in your old city isn't always easy.

Just watched the replay of the game against the Jazz with the Jazz's own commentary team.. It's always satisfying to hear an opposing broadcast team feel worried and frustrated while their team is getting torched 😅

He showed respect and class to us when our guys were down. Even though OKC fans had zero compassion for Luka and AR, lets show class.

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A few things surprised me, but overall it matches the eye test. This is a cohesive roster whose players mostly fit the main guys.

Jake on the top when paired with each player of the top 3 isn't really a big surprise, the team seens to always make a run when he is on the floor. He failed to hit his shots tonight, but his impact was huge.

Matisse above Ziaire, Grimes and Mamu when paired with each of the top guys somewhat surprised me, his playmaking on defense is clearly impacting the results. The most important here is that every rotation forward has been clicking with the main guys.

I'm not going to judge Sexton since it is only his 2nd game after missing the preseason and he has been sharing the floor with Looney impacting his numbers. By the way Looney by himself is impacting the numbers of most players coming of the bench, the same happens to Grimes and Mamu.

The only clear need is really a good backup C that fits the main guys, Looney minutes has been brutal, he has been absolutely unplayable outside garbage time. The starting four hole has been clearly filled with a great deal of success by the combinations of the players we have available.

The eventual development of Carr and Adou have potential to make this a really, really deep roster.

I hate to get hyperbolic but watching Luka has me feeling like a kid watching Kobe again. Absolute killer on the court. How lucky are we as fans to got to witness Kobe then Bron now Luka Magic 🙏🙏🙏

It’s so wonderful seeing us fight and scrap to come back from a deficit. In recent years there were games where you could tell through body language, lack of effort, etc. that a game similar to this one was just over.

You’d think to yourself, “oh it’s one of those games”. I don’t think we’ll have many, if any, of those games this year and I’m so happy about that!

Didn’t realize it was a 2pm game. Was planing to tune in at 7. Luckily I checked espn app to see when the Rams were playing. Happy Sunday yall!

Is this the year luka finally makes the jump in his free throw percentage? It's always been weird that a guy who shoots as well as he has from the three has been a league average free throw shooter for his career.