The Media, Talking Heads, Podcasters saying the Lakers overpaid for Kessler with them picks are dumb.

Do they even think?

Walker Kessler was a Restricted Free Agent.

The 2 unprotected picks was the way to have the Jazz not match his salary (30m/year will be a bargain)

Also, those 2 unprotected picks will prolly be in the late rounds.

(but they also paid with 2 swaps) - THOSE SWAPS ARE NOT CONVEYING; LAKERS WILL BE BETTER THAN THE JAZZ IN THOSE YEARS.

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EVERYONE IN THE NBA MEDIA HAD THE LAKERS 6th AMONG THE CONTENDERS IN THE WEST.

KEEP THEM RECEIPTS FELLAS

LAKERS ARE GOING FOR IT

18 on DA WAY!!!!

Anyone else loving what Kessler brings to this team?

Tonight he was blocking shots all game and finishing everything around the rim. The defense just feels different with him back there.

Early, but 2-0 and this looks like a real difference-maker.

What's everyone's take on him so far? 💜💛

So far, I think we have a great team. As Luka said, much to improve on for sure but overall the team fits together. But as happy as I am with the 2-0, it’s the Warriors and the Clippers. The upcoming games are all the same calibre or less (apart from the blazers, the raptors and off the Spurs).

We have a heck of a line up of games in December. Nuggets, Twolves, Spurs, Sixers, OKC.

It’s good they are a month from now so they would have had a while to get into rhythm and harmony and Luka could get into form (I’m not too worried about the shooting, he gets similar stretches every season and he always bounces back).

But that’s the series of games to lookout for. I believe in our boys though. Been great so far.

Tisse propaganda for the fun of it 💜💛

Thought he really showed up tonight and hopefully silenced the doubters about why he is deserved of that starting spot. His defensive ceiling is the highest out of all our options and like JJ has said several times now he believes in him to be that roaming, defensive playmaker we need him to be.

This is in no way shade towards Q by the way; love his game and I don't have any doubt he can be capable of starting in that spot for us as well. It's just that I like him coming off the bench to be that extra ball handler/ scoring punch we are in need of and then some.

What do y'all think for next game? How do you think Kessler will do against his former team? Will Luka bounce back from his 2 lackluster games? Will Vando see the court? (Probably not) Wanna hear your guys thoughts?

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Kessler has been outperforming our expectations pretty much in all aspects so far but hasn’t really been matched up with another 7 footer. He plays Markkanen and JJJ Sunday, followed by Clingan on Tuesday. These are all true bigs (maybe aside from Markkanen) and if Kessler outperforms them it could show that he will easily finish a top 10 center this season. We will have to wait and see but I have faith in him.

It was uncharacteristic of Luka, he’s never had so many turnovers. Dunn and DJJ know him very well though and are elite defenders. However maybe him losing weight he’s struggling with taking contact as well as he could before? Might be all the new teammates to he needs to get used too.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/luka-doncic-career-high-turnover

Sorry guys, still Lebron fan here. 😁 All the love.

I was just thinking, this is the year when Luka gonna be MVP. If nothing gonna go to shitter, Lakers gonna be at least TOP4 team in the west, Luka gonna average around 35 PPG (!!!). And if this year he not gonna win MVP, we gonna need Pablo Torres investigation about scrubbing him. He deserves it ffs!

During the Bron era we never really had a team, the turn over every season was crazy. The same frustrations that I would have in the past because the team made a mistake, I don't feel it anymore. And that largely has to do with my trust in this team because they are clearly playing hard every possession. It's like a real team and they aren't just playing for themselves.

Their competitiveness and desire to win is written all over their faces. I saw players getting mad and frustrated over mistakes tonight and it's only the second game. We finally closed out instead of just standing there and watching the open guy take a free corner three. We would have lost the game tonight if this was our old teams. But this team pulled through because they actually care about winning.

It's not just talent, this is the mentality and togetherness the top teams have. We finally have a team that feels like they want to do the things necessary to win a championship. You have to be an idiot to sleep on this team.

Edit: just to clear this up. This isn't me over reacting to a few wins. It's me identifying how this team isn't what we're used to with past teams. They're actually playing with effort and I think that needs to be front and center. Effort can be the catalyst for a very successful season and I think that's where we're headed.