AD NEED AN MD & LESS SCRUBS IN LA’S ANATOMY: THE 2021 LAKERS OFFSEASON THREAD

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Rhakim said:
Oubre is a flashier defender than he is a good defender, just like Schroder he misses assignments and takes risks/gets beat all the time.

I agree that he would be a steal for the MLE, just like Trez was a steal last year for what he signed for. Schroder was a steal too. Drummond was a steal too. Kuzma was a steal too. But last year's experience is a good cautionary tale that stockpiling a bunch of "steals" isn't what gets you a title.

This team already has Westbrook and THT. Unless they're getting rid of one of them, then picking up a 3rd scoring guard who can't shoot is gonna be a real iffy direction to take. Do you really want a Westbrook-Oubre-Bron starting or closing lineup where Bron is the best shooter on the court, or a THT+Oubre+???? second unit that can neither shoot nor distribute?

The absolute biggest need right now is a quality perimeter defender who can actually hit that 3pt shot.
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You have to be realistic, every team wants a quality perimeter defender who can hit 3s. Those players are not cheap. We got our 3 point shooting in, we need defenders on this team. There is really no perfect closing lineup because you have Westbrook who can't shoot, is a average to bad defender and you have shooters who are very bad defenders. Vogel will have to pick and choose depending on what we need. What I do know is Oubre can defend, better than most people on our team, same with Schroder. Schroder was one of the better defenders on our team last year and was pretty good before he went out with covid protocol. You are asking to depend on a 40 year old Ariza and LeBron as your best perimeter defenders. I am also not gonna do revisionist history with last years team, its easy to say it did not work when two of your best players are hurt. Healthy, they are in the finals lol.

If it does not work out, cool. Those two guys would be easy to trade during deadline. No one is trading anything for the old veterans we have.
 
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Flex Luger said:
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JACK! said:
Definitely taking Oubre over Schroeder, would be an excellent get tbh. He had a down year but was pretty good in Phoenix. He's got size and he's versatile plus he's only 25.
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They are not understanding lol, on MLE he's perfect. You don't get wings like him for that cheap and very movable if it does not work. They want to see 40 year old Ariza and Melo taking on the main assignments :scust:
 
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Regular_P said:
Oh my fukking god. :dead:

They gave him more per year than Caruso. What the fukk are they doing?
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Nikka stop crying. THT was better than Caruso in the regular season and playoffs if we're bein honest. One is 21 the other is soon to be 28.

If Frank can get Kuz playing defense then so can THT

And its a real asset to trade if need be.
 
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Dr. Narcisse said:
Nikka stop crying. THT was better than Caruso in the regular season and playoffs if we're bein honest. One is 21 the other is soon to be 28.

If Frank can get Kuz playing defense then so can THT

And its a real asset to trade if need be.
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pretty much banking on him developing the next few years and if he does then that’s a helluva deal. Kuz trash ass was getting paid more per year
 
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