Notice Of Separation: The 2023 NBA Free agency/Off-Season Thread
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I “get” it…I just don’t see the blazers being the team that will take that stand at this time
Lakers with an almost perfect off-season
However…. there’s a hair thin margin of error, and while the gabe vincent signing was flashy, going from Schroeder to him defensively may be what puts them out in the playoffs. Schroeder gave Steph fits…they now have plenty of wing defenders but zero guys who can guard 1s
Max Christie has tremendous defensive upside. He has high defensive IQ and has all of the tools.
Plus the rookie JHS has defensive potential. I think they will be fine without Schroder.
I think Gabe can do a decent job in that regard. Also Vando was probably the guy who did the best on Steph, but he played himself off the court on the offensive end. Max and JHS are decent options
Lakers need a vet big, and can even bring back Beasley and hope he can get his shot back
Yeah Schroeder gave them good minutes. If they wanted to bring in Vincent I understand but if the choice was between Schroeder and Dlo I’d have kept Schroeder
No.. at least not in the regular season
DS is limited. DLO can playmake and spread the floor. DS wasn't that great in the playoffs besides being a good POA defender.. other than that he didn't provide much
Not a good shooter, not a good playmaker, couldn't get AD involved enough.. good player, just think you can upgrade from him and Gabe/DLO are good choices
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Lakers pretty much running it back aside from Dennis out and Vincent in. Phoenix might have improved some, everyone else running it back. I guess the Lakers are doing the right thing.
I think they needed Shroeder, Rui and Reaves to call this a perfect offseason, and even tho DLo is actually better than the 3 i just mentioned, he's the most expendable fit wise. They basically needed to run this year back, now they've lost shroeder and it's unclear where Reaves is going.
If reaves is out, I think they're cooked. Gabe is going to help out with their shooting but he's no shroeder IMO.
Flex Luger
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Reaves isn't going anywhere.
They are matching anything that he gets, and there aren't teams besides the Spurs, that have cap space to offer him anything. He probably gets 4/54 or maybe just a lil more.
Regardless Lakers already offered him immediately when FA opened.. The issue was always "does DLO come back? At what price?"
Reeves is a RFA they’re 100% signing him
D also is more important than people realize. People forget that when bron was out that ‘big 3’ of d lo reeves and AD was winning games. You need someone like D Lo to carry the offensive load when bron and AD inevitably miss games. An all defense approach will have you end up a 7 seed
D Lo Reeves and Rui should play huge minutes this year and get buckets
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Vincent did a great job in the offs defending of ther point guards
Won’t know until someone makes an offer. Lakers will match unless it’s ridiculous
