Realistic Offseason — 49,500,000 Luka Doncic
12,428,571 Jarred Vanderbilt
8,104,000 Deandre Ayton
6,000,000 Jake LaRavia
4,201,080 Dalton Knecht
2,296,271 Bronny James
2,150,917 Adou Thiero
6,800,000 Incomplete Roster Charge (1.36 x 5)
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Payroll: 91,480,839
Cap Hold: 20,906,361 Austin Reaves
Total: 112,387,200
Salary Cap: 165,000,000
Cap Space: 52,612,800
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Signing:
25,000,000 LeBron James (27,612,800)
15,000,000 Marcus Smart (12,612,800)
12,600,000 Luke Kennard
9,425,000 Rui Hachimura (Room Exce
Jarred Vanderbilt logged just 5 minutes of play despite a 12-man rotation for the Lakers in a blowout loss — Looks like after Redick and Vandy got into an argument after he missed 3 straight free throws, Vandy got benched the rest of the game, logging only 5 minutes of play. The shorthanded Lakers played 12 other players tonight with everyone else having at least 12 minutes of play in their blowout loss to OKC.
[Highlight] JJ Redick takes a timeout with 16 seconds into the 2nd quarter, subs out Jarred Vanderbilt, and both sides had to be held back
[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (62-16) demolish the South Bay Lakers (50-28), 123-87. — ||
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|[](/OKC) **123 - 85** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/OKC-vs-LAL-0022501155/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Pat Fraher, Justin Van Duyne, and Ashley Moyer-Gleich|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|34|31|28|30|123|
|Los Angeles Lakers|27|20|15|23|85|
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[Lowlights] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turns the ball over with a bad pass, then fouls Jarred Vanderbilt on the corner 3 attempt to end the 1st quarter (with replays).
The Thunder take a challenge, but it was not successful. Vanderbilt misses all 3 free throws — Ball don't lie?
[Highlight] Isaiah Joe drills a deep step-back three, Jarred Vanderbilt turns it over, and Joe cashes in again from deep. Back-to-back threes
Laker faithful!! We going thru it.
Lakers Injury Report For April 5th against Dallas
[Murray] Marcus Smart remains out. Hasn't played in two weeks due to right ankle contusion.
Jarred Vanderbilt is also questionable for Sunday at Dallas due to right calf soreness
In addition to Luka Doncic (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique) dealing with Grade 2 strains
Bro, what the hell is this injury report, what do you mean we can lose Vando as well...
Cap experts can you explain how much cap space will we have next season? I know that Austin reaves will have a 20m cap hold. So if we don’t re-sign Rui Kleber and keep Kennard at a similar contract will we have around 70m in cap space?
It is Vando’s Birthday today. Happy birthday Vando 🎂🥳
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (49-26) defeat the Washington Wizards (17-58), 120-101. —
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|[](/WAS) **101 - 120** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/WAS-vs-LAL-0022501098/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Sean Corbin, Josh Tiven, and Pat O'Connell|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Washington Wizards|26|18|33|24|101|
|Los Angeles Lakers|25|40|26|29|120|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (49-26) defeat the Washington Wizards (17-58), 120-101. — ||
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|[](/WAS) **101 - 120** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/WAS-vs-LAL-0022501098/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Sean Corbin, Josh Tiven, and Pat O'Connell|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Washington Wizards|26|18|33|24|101|
|Los Angeles Lakers|25|40|26|29|120|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (47-26) defeat the Brooklyn Nets (17-56), 116-99 behind Lukas 41 point performance — ||
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|[](/BKN) **99 - 116** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/BKN-vs-LAL-0022501075/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Sean Wright, Brian Forte, and JD Ralls|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Brooklyn Nets|30|29|25|15|99|
|Los Angeles Lakers|35|26|24|31|116|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (47-26) defeat the Indiana Pacers (16-57), 137-130. — ||
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|[](/LAL) **137 - 130** [](/IND)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-IND-0022501052/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Gainbridge Fieldhouse|
|**Officials:** Eric Dalen, Ben Taylor, and Evan Scott|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|45|30|30|32|137|
|Indiana Pacers|28|31|26|45|130|
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3 GOOD/3 BAD/1 WTF for 3/23/26 vs Pistons — Had some family in town so wasn't able to do the last couple write ups, but was able to catch last night's game. All the kudos in the world to Daniss Jenkins for stepping in for Cade, in the end it came down to he made a shot and Luka missed a shot that he's made before. Smart's absence to check Jenkins was truly missed, and Austin had to do his best defensively while still having energy for offense. Still there's still a lot to like about the Lakers' performance and there's a reason the Pist
[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (52-19) hold back the Los Angeles Lakers (46-26), 113-110. —
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|[](/LAL) **110 - 113** [](/DET)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-DET-0022501038/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Little Caesars Arena|
|**Officials:** John Goble, Scott Twardoski, and Natalie Sago|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|27|25|35|23|110|
|Detroit Pistons|23|42|24|24|113|
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[Highlight] LeBron James with the no look pass to Jarred Vanderbilt for the easy dunk to tie the game (with replays)
Jarred Vanderbilt on IG: 😭😭😭
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (45-25) defeat the Orlando Magic (38-31), 105-104. —
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|[](/LAL) **105 - 104** [](/ORL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-ORL-0022501024/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Kia Center|
|**Officials:** Sean Corbin, Marc Davis, and Marat Kogut|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|37|25|20|23|105|
|Orlando Magic|30|35|22|17|104|
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|**Team**|**PTS*
Orlando is on a 3-game losing streak and after being torched two Alexanders for 40 points, I'm going to check the Lakers roster for any other Alexanders just to be safe. — Charlotte dropped a ton of threes on our head, but they've been doing for three months now, so no Alexanders needed for that. Lakers are on a roll though, so they may not need an Alexander for this game. This honestly feels like a "Where's Austin?" game since LeBron and Luka have both been having a great week.
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**LeBron Raymone James** - Nope (Safe; We know everything about LeBron now, so not much to report. But, did you know he loves dino nuggies? You didn't? It's because I made it up)
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (44-25) defeat the Miami Heat (38-31), 134-126. — ||
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|[](/LAL) **134 - 126** [](/MIA)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-MIA-0022501010/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Kaseya Center|
|**Officials:** Derrick Collins, Courtney Kirkland, and Mark Lindsay|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|29|30|38|37|134|
|Miami Heat|42|23|23|38|126|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (44-25) defeat the Houston Rockets (41-27), 124-116 to continue their win streak to 7. — ||
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|[](/LAL) **124 - 116** [](/HOU)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-HOU-0022501007/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Toyota Center|
|**Officials:** Sean Wright, Brent Barnaky, and Mousa Dagher|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|35|32|22|35|124|
|Houston Rockets|26|29|37|24|116|
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[Highlight] Jarred Vanderbilt followed Luka Doncic to every ref he went up to at the end of the 1st half.
Jarred Vanderbilt followed Luka to every ref he went up to.
Luka has had the best defensive in/off rating in the team since his last tech — \-38.8 diff, that’s just insane. 105.2 defensive rating.
Him running down on defense instead of arguing with the refs makes a massive difference.
He’s actually not a bad defender when he stops giving up easy points in transition.
Lakers Starters combined for 137 of the team's 142 points in today's victory over Chicago
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (41-25) defeat the Chicago Bulls (27-39), 142-130. — ||
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|[](/CHI) **130 - 142** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/CHI-vs-LAL-0022500960/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** John Goble, Mark Lindsay, and Matt Kallio|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Chicago Bulls|26|36|36|32|130|
|Los Angeles Lakers|26|41|41|34|142|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (40-25) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (40-25), 120-106 behind Luka Doncic's 31/11/11 triple double & Austin Reaves 31/7/8 performances — ||
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|[](/MIN) **106 - 120** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/MIN-vs-LAL-0022500946/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Zach Zarba, Kevin Cutler, and J.T. Orr|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|21|24|23|38|106|
|Los Angeles Lakers|16|29|39|36|120|
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This just shows that we were puttin in effort on the defense!
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (38-25) defeat the New York Knicks (41-23), 110-97. — ||
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|[](/NYK) **97 - 110** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/NYK-vs-LAL-0022500922/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Tre Maddox, CJ Washington, and James Williams|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|New York Knicks|23|26|20|28|97|
|Los Angeles Lakers|31|23|34|22|110|
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Updated Net Points for the roster — Here are some takeaways/changes.
1: The team has been about a middle of the pack defense in recent weeks due to the heavy zone usage and that's portrayed here among the starter's values.
2: Luka's playing his best basketball as a whole right now while both AR/LeBron have fallen off a bit for different reasons.
3: Jaxson Hayes has officially supplanted Ayton for having the most productive minutes at the C position on the roster. He's elevated his own play while Ayton has continually fallen off
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (38-25) defeat the Indiana Pacers (15-48), 128-117. — ||
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|[](/IND) **117 - 128** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/IND-vs-LAL-0022500914/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Scott Foster, Karl Lane, and Nate Green|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Indiana Pacers|27|24|29|37|117|
|Los Angeles Lakers|35|29|35|29|128|
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[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (37-24) defeat the New Orleans Pelicans (19-44), 110-101. — ||
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|[](/NOP) **101 - 110** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/NOP-vs-LAL-0022500891/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** JB DeRosa, Josh Tiven, and Jenna Schroeder|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|New Orleans Pelicans|33|18|27|23|101|
|Los Angeles Lakers|31|23|22|34|110|
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[Buha]: With the Lakers' roster fully healthy, Jarred Vanderbilt was a DNP-CD for the first time since Dec. 10 vs. San Antonio.
[Post Game Thread] The Phoenix Suns (34-26) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (34-24), 113-110 despite Deandre Ayton finishing strong with 2PTS 4 REB and a game low -24 — ||
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|[](/LAL) **110 - 113** [](/PHX)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-PHX-0022500855/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**Location:** Mortgage Matchup Center|
|**Officials:** Sean Wright, Matt Kallio, and Mousa Dagher|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Los Angeles Lakers|27|22|31|30|110|
|Phoenix Suns|22|27|31|33|113|
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Who is the worst player on the Lakers team — Found this nice little stat called net rtg on/off diff on the nba site. It’s basically the team’s net rating when a player is on the floor minus the net rating when they’re off the floor.
It basically shows us, who, when on the floor is actually making the Lakers better or worse:
https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612747/onoffcourt-summary?dir=D&sort=DIFF\_NET\_RATING
Marcus Smart leads the regular rotation players at 7.0
Jake LaRavia is the worse among the regular rotation players at -6.9.
[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (31-26) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (34-23), 110-109. — ||
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|[](/ORL) **110 - 109** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/ORL-vs-LAL-0022500840/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Brian Forte, Robert Hussey, and John Butler|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:---|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Orlando Magic|25|28|26|31|110|
|Los Angeles Lakers|33|23|24|29|109|
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Jarred Vanderbilt: Where did this guy go? Haven't seen him make one defensive play, is it because of poor defensive schemes by JJ? Or just a regression due to injury. I remember Bron raving about Vando couple of years ago.
[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (37-19) led by Jaylen Brown & Payton Pritchard annihilate the Los Angeles Lakers (34-22), 111-89. — ||
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|[](/BOS) **111 - 89** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/BOS-vs-LAL-0022500823/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Michael Smith, Pat Fraher, and Curtis Blair|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
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|Boston Celtics|28|32|24|27|111|
|Los Angeles Lakers|28|22|21|18|89|
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LeBron was in the 99th percentile in Assist Percentage last night and even though his Points Scored per attempt is lower this season it's still a higher percentile compared to league average at his position. He's also in the 94th percentile finishing at the rim. — LeBron is actually in the 100th percentile in assist % this season that has a lower than 14% TOV relative to his position with the highest usage rate.
If anyone has any gripes with him and are not considering his teammates are missing shots he is creating than you are doing him a huge injustice.
A lineup I would like to see soon is Luka / AR / Kennard / Rui / Lebron
Kennard / Rui have a +10 point differential when on the floor together in a small sample size. The spacing they create at opposi
I analyzed Lakers Lineup date. This is my new rotation. Kennard addition — Hi all!
A lot of you have probably seen my previous post a few weeks ago with the rotation I thought would work for us. With the addition of kennard I wanted to make a new similar post as some people have asked me for that. We don't have a lot of lineup data for kennard specifically, but we do have his old lineup data, lineup data from our own team without kennard so there is a lot of data to build something logical.
Just like last time a few things I want to say before starting out, if you d
The Lakers perfect off season has them missing out on Giannis, and Trading Reaves...Hear me out — Look before you hate me, hear me out. I love Austin Reaves, I really do. The reality is he's not a good enough defender to commit the money he's going to receive when he's already playing next to Luka. Picture this: a clean sign-and-trade for Austin Reaves that doesn’t just bring back two elite 3-and-D wings; it brings back **three** high-upside pieces, including a 21-year-old rim-running center who already looks like he belongs and enough cap space to finally saw a proper center to pair with L
LeBron + Vando + Ayton Lineup Looking Very Solid (+20.3 over 109 minutes) — Catching Lakers games here and there, it's been kinda hard to miss that the LeBron/Vando/Ayton (+Smart) lineup is lowkey cooking in those subunit minutes. With all the athleticism and defensive versatility around LeBron, he can just focus on doing his thing, and the numbers seem to back it up
Pushing the Vando agenda 🔒 — The 4th most impactful Wing Stopper this season
\#1 ranked Defensive Positional Versatility, with him guarding PG/SG/SF/PF/C each 18.54%-22.81% of the time
A- Matchup Difficulty, showing he takes on hard matchups
A+ Defensive Rebounding Talent
A- Perimeter Isolation Defense
A- Defensive Playmaking#1 ranked Defensive Positional Versatility, with him guarding PG/SG/SF/PF/C each 18.54%-22.81% of the time
Full list of every Lakers player LeBron has assisted, Reaves already top 10 all time — Saw someone (@NBACrazyStats) posted on Twitter every person Chris Paul has assisted in his career so naturally my mind went to LeBron (as often times it does) so here is the full list of everyone LeBron has assisted in regular season and playoffs
Zydrunas Ilgauskas — 887
Anthony Davis — 727
Kevin Love — 616
Chris Bosh — 586
Dwyane Wade — 543
Anderson Varejão — 419
J.R. Smith — 408
Drew Gooden — 399
Mario Chalmers — 302
Austin Reaves — 295
Kyrie Irving — 278
Kyle Kuzma — 277
Mo Willi
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (33-21) defeat the Dallas Mavericks (19-35), 124-104, on the back of Lebron James being the oldest player to record a triple double. —
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|[](/DAL) **104 - 124** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/DAL-vs-LAL-0022500791/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Rodney Mott, Zach Zarba, and Che Flores|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
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|Dallas Mavericks|31|32|19|22|104|
|Los Angeles Lakers|36|28|32|28|124|
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I built a simulation engine to settle "What If" matchups (96 Bulls vs. 17 Warriors, etc). Please give me some feedback! — https://preview.redd.it/4ktv01y03xig1.png?width=1930&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1d81f68bd8ea91fda7ee9826d825e65026bce9f
Like many of you, I spend way too much time arguing about how classic teams would fare against modern spacing or how a prime Shaq would handle a small-ball lineup. I got tired of using "vibes" to decide, so I spent the last year building an engine to simulate these matchups using actual data training algorithms.
I didn't want this to be a "random number generator." I scraped sec
Where is this effort? With Bron and Luka out we almost won it against full strength nuggets
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (36-16) utterly demolish the Los Angeles Lakers (32-20), 136-108. — ||
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|[](/SAS) **136 - 108** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/SAS-vs-LAL-0022500774/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Scott Foster, Leon Wood, and Justin Van Duyne|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
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|San Antonio Spurs|47|37|31|21|136|
|Los Angeles Lakers|30|25|26|27|108|
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Predict the starting lineup — My guess is
Smart
Luke
Jake
Rui
Maxi/Hayes
[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (41-13) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (32-20), 119-110. —
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|[](/OKC) **119 - 110** [](/LAL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/OKC-vs-LAL-0022500769/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Crypto.com Arena|
|**Officials:** Eric Dalen, Josh Tiven, and Andy Nagy|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
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|Oklahoma City Thunder|31|36|26|26|119|
|Los Angeles Lakers|30|28|33|19|110|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
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[Highlight] Draymond Green gets his arm wrapped around Jarred Vanderbilt, and in ends up in Vando sent to the floor (with replays). It remained a shooting foul, no review. Rui Hachimura having a conversation with Draymond Green about it during Vando's free throws
JARRED VANDERBILT: 13 PTS 8 REBS 2 ASTS 2 STLS 1 BLK on 4-6 FG 2-3 3PT 3-4 FT in 19 mins. Deserves more love for how he's been hooping since that DNP stretch