You don’t watch lakers basketball, LeBron has been one of the most active in off ball cuts and he’s been really effective at it too.

LeBron just doesn’t stand in the corner when he doesn’t have the ball.

Ar deferring to LeBron is very much a real thing tho.

That’s all true, but I think even their collective on ball ability suffers when the three of them play together. Reaves has had some slow starts in these recent games but is able to get going with enough touches. But if the ball has to get shared further it’s fairly rare that they can all get going in the same game because at least one of them is not fully in rhythm.

It’s why Steph is always in everyone’s top 5 when creating a best ever lineup. Probably the best all time off ball player, even if he’s not a top 5 overall all time player

If LeBron can boost his spot up 3pt % to 38% like last season, this can work. In this scenario, Luka is the first banana, Austin is the second banana, and LeBron is the super Draymond.

Right now, he’s taking plays off defense and shooting 31% from 3s. That’s the problem, on top of Ayton taking a unannounced vacation from mid December to early March this season~

Shai is pretty criminal for it himself. He often just stands hands watching the other 4 take their turn on offence.

Frankly it doesn’t matter because of how good he is on the ball and it just makes it a 4v4 with slightly more space for the other guys to operate since Shai has to be guarded tight.

Nah, it’s cause Lebron’s 3 is broken. 

I don’t think the off ball stuff is as much of a problem. Lebron is actually great off ball as he recognizes that’s where most of his half court offensive contributions can be optimized now. The main problem is his shooting. He’s shooting 30.9% on pull up 3s, 35% on catch/shoot, 37% and on wide open 3s. Not an ideal fit around Luka.

I love the non watchers chiming in based off made up shit. Well done, troll.

30-20-20-15-15? Do you really want Jake Laravia with 75% of the offense load as Reeves?

Are we just assuming 5 players play all 48 mins now? Lol

Going by your analysis, considering that a team basically needs to score 115+ points to win an NBA game(league average for scoring this season) how do you distribute the scoring load then?

Let’s continue to get wild and just say it’s 35 for Luka, 25 for Reaves and 25 for LeBron. That adds up to 85. Where do you find the other 30 points from that much lower usage?

Yeah, I have actually liked the fit before Harden’s arrival. It seemed like a true floor general was exactly what the Cavs needed.

How does he not fit on the Cavs they’ve been looking for a good wing forever

I just watched that moment, he seems hesitant. I will say the Knicks do need another playmaker besides Brunson. It could work…

Please god no, Cavs would love him tho ❤️

iHart would be a game changer for the Lakers and I hope it doesn’t happen. If the Knicks are smart they should match whatever Mitch could get short of a max contract because they aren’t going anywhere without a massive rebound monster like him.

Watson is a RFA.

Didn’t the new ownership put the Dodgers team in charge of the Lakers too? I think Freidman and Zaidi are supposed to have final say on roster construction. What they know about basketball, who knows, but it seems like they’re taking power/control away from Rob.

He has always opted out of his current contract before signing any contract with a new team.

I get that, but this is a wasted season for the Lakers if we’re being honest. They’re just waiting for LeBron’s contract to get off of the books so can take that 50M in cap space and spend it on depth.

The Lakers

The Lakers unless you’re attaching a real pick with that

We’ll take JA, thank you very much

S&T for Allen, sign me up.

If it’s for Strus, I hope he enjoys the mid level exception they can offer him.

If the Cavs didn’t already have two ball handlers that are better than him right now: sure I’d like to have him back. But that’s not the case.

Lebron left Cleveland twice and just comes back whenever it is great for him, so his relationship with the fan base is kinda weird. I love LeBron though, I had so many fun years because of him. But I would Much rather move forward with the team we have, then complicate things more.

It’s like if Kobe left the lakers and left them for a team that was stacking talent. And not letting the lakers know leaving them in a horrible situation. Then came back only when everything was setup again for a great situation. Then when things got a little rocky he left again. Both times not letting the organization know and keeping them, and the fans, guessing till the midnight hour.

Now that the Cavs are in a great spot again, and things are rocky for him, he wants to come back again. Then add in the fact that he was born and raised here, but kept leaving. This is even a bigger deal to Clevelanders because they feel betrayed, as we don’t get many big stars, so him leaving his hometown(twice) when he was so loved still lingers. It’s like a toxic relationship with some gas lighting fuck haha. Our team now is super cool and fun - even though I really miss garland - and I don’t want to mess that up.

Plus, Cavs are trying to win, and as I said before: adding another player that needs the ball a lot, and is worse than the other two ball handlers - is a bad move. Not only would it take up money, their team would be worse. And we know LeBron ain’t coming off the bench. I mean you should know this, if you are a lakers fan. In no way was he ever loyal to the Cavs or Cleveland, he only comes back when it benefits him the most, so the Cavs should do the same. They should do the best interest of the Cavs, not LeBron.

As a cavs fan who has been going to games watching him since i was 13; i hope that you get to see him play man. Ive took it for granted when i was young. But when he came back, i made sure to live in the moment. Crazy that im now 35 and hes still playing

i need to him leave the lakers and play somewhere else next season so i can also enjoy watching him one last time without the emotional baggage of luka.

Should have won the whole thing but I guess winning vs the team you get revenue from must feel good

Timberwolves fans are like Lakers fans except their team wins nothing but they still act just as horrible

This is the first and only comment that I have in the Lakers sub. I was banned like 10 minutes after the comment.

Here it is:

This dude was gonna throw up 30 shots in a row if needed, just to get to 10 points. Nobody ever cared more about stats than him.

Yeah its pretty annoying cause the Lakers are obviously the only team I support and I cant even talk shit about the team Ive followed for 20 years lol.

I feel like people just don’t watch the games lol. Not to mention LeBron and reaves shooting poorly at times; both injury related. When reaves has it going (and/or bron), the lakers are pretty good.

It’s def not an ideal squad by any means, but even with that, I feel people are also not appreciating the playoff value of having a reaves or floor general like LeBron controlling the game when your young superstar is resting.

I think the min he plays now (30-33) are pretty good for him