Don’ be a Sabo while chasin’ 4 rings in LA: 2021-22 GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers season thread

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They might not win a game without Bron :francis:
I cant count on that collection of players at that age without Bron out there.

Russ just doesnt fit well with Bron out there. Notice how he has his best games when LeBron sits. I dont know what the contracts look like, but Hield would have been a better choice.
 

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Russ i'll be aight. He's always trash to start the year and Bron had his fair share of screwups when first joining the Lakers. If he's bad down the stretch in the new year then be concerned.

Vogel is a bigger issue right now.
Russ is actually starting the season slightly better than he normally does. I would lower my expectations.. his play will likely improve in the regular season but we have enough of a sample size to predict how he will perform in the playoffs. Five straight years of sub 50 TS%.. That's five years of being the most inefficient high volume player in the league. His weaknesses are too easily exploited and good teams are going to be salivating to take advantage of them. We saw the Lakers turn the 2020 series against the Rockets around when they doubled Harden with Russ' man.
 

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Russ is actually starting the season slightly better than he normally does. I would lower my expectations.. his play will likely improve in the regular season but we have enough of a sample size to predict how he will perform in the playoffs. Five straight years of sub 50 TS%.. That's five years of being the most inefficient high volume player in the league. His weaknesses are too easily exploited and good teams are going to be salivating to take advantage of them. We saw the Lakers turn the 2020 series against the Rockets around when they doubled Harden with Russ' man.
That's why I don't understand how they did the Russ trade. We saw first hand how trash he is.
 
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