“It’s too bad he won’t re-sign. But then again, who does?”

Which laker is gonna do the tears in rain speech though

You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down, and you see Joel Embiid, he’s running toward you. You look at him cross-eyed and he flips over on his back. Embiid lays on his back, belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

Roy Batty is a free agent this summer, the Lakers should go after him.

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Ford Superduties on fire off the shoulder of Interstate 635. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Whataburger. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to go to Los Angeles.”

Cells.

Have you ever been to a Finals?

Cells.

Do you they keep you in a box out?

Cells.

When you’re not performing like an MVP, do they keep you in IR?

Cells.

“The ball comes off the rim on a missed shot. You’re in position for a rebound, but you’re not getting the rebound. Why is that, DeAndre?”

“call me Rick Deckard the way I’m hunting down these Replicants.” - Rob Pelinka

Within cells interlinked

No salary cap on cloning machines

Replicants?

Give me Jonny’s golden quest

All I’m saying is I’d like to see Rob Pelinka take the Voigt-Kampff test

Lakers: “Introducing the 2027 Los Angeles Lakers, Kareem, Kobe, Jerry West, Magic, and Luca!”

Magic: “I ain’t gonna be there”

Lakers: “One of you will be”

The Lakers have entered the Matrix

I want more life good teammates, fucker

I read it as if he was Keanu Reaves in that American football movie. Replacements - replicants, close enough.

Honestly wouldn’t be surprising at this point

JJ Redick in a FA meeting giving the Voight-Kampff test

The trade was absolutely insane and made no sense on so many different levels. But, what I am always flabbergasted by, is the fact that the Mavericks made the Finals and they actually improved that team over the off season. After spending the first 6 years of his career trying to find the right pieces to put around Luka, Dallas seemed to have found a perfect combination. The team that lost to the Celtics in the Finals, added Klay Thompson, Naji Marshall, and Quentin Grimes. They added needed shooting and defense to an already well built team around Luka. And, the team was going to continue to grow and improve together, because a player like Derek Lively was young, and PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford were recently acquired. But, Nico blew the whole thing up before they even had a chance to really play and grow together. Without a doubt, the worst trade in NBA history.

Yeah after they got the #1 pick Luka himself has always the biggest (and maybe only) loser of the trade

Tell that to our fans that think we can snap our fingers and find in demand pieces for every team with 3 picks, a Dalton as our major assets

And just like that there were no winners of that trade, only losers

As much as I respect Bron, dude needs to change teams/retire or take a pay cut in order for the Lakers to properly build around Luka. You’re not going to be winning any championships with a ⁴¹⁄₄₂ year old and 2 traffic cones being your top 3 paid players.

And if LeBron has a farewell tour on the Lakers, that season is going to be a wash, too, because it’ll be all about LeBron. I remember with Kobe’s farewell season, the young core couldn’t really develop because the gameplan was just pass Kobe the ball so he can brick shots.

I kinda wonder if Luka regrets signing that extension. It just feels like it’ll be a few seasons before there’s a good enough roster for a serious contender in LA.

It is interesting that the only team Luka was shopped to is the one team where he wouldn’t be the biggest star and one that would have some of the worst trouble trying to build around him due to their existing roster and their salary cap being tight between Luka and LeBron plus basically having to keep LeBron happy as well.

Like teardrops….in the rain. From the free throw line.

All teams get a sick City Edition trench coat.

We talkin techs?!

Because we love our fake internet points.

Because no one reads the article 

Because 90% of this website reads the title and comment and doesn’t actually read the post or the article. Only way to convey multiple points.

Nobody reads articles on this subreddit.

that’s how it always works; people slice up an article and just make different threads of the same article with different points for the points

Because you touch yourself at night

Exactly. It took the Mavs 6 years to build that team. I said it the moment Luka was traded it was a lose lose trade for Mavs and Luka. The Lakers unfortunately have no path to creating a team that good or deep anytime soon. You can’t build teams through free agency anymore.

The only free agent was Derrick Jones Jr and that was a huge hit on a vet min guy.

You can if you sign and trade a Lebron James

Just a lot of bad luck. As bad as we did around Luka for the early part of his career, it’s not like we had the draft capital to build around him like Spurs and Thunder have around their stars. Lively is the only lottery talent that’s ever been drafted to a Luka team lol. That’s insane.

Very similar to Lebron’s first stint in Cleveland tbh. Lots of playoff appearances, 1 Finals run, and ultimately no championship because the rosters they were saddled with weren’t good enough.

He should go to a good organization.

Lakers org isn’t like it used to be. FO is average, got carried by Nico (and LeBron+AD), and they never went all-in.

I think this Lakers team was a good team. They just weren’t healthy until post-all star break. To me, they were the third best team behind OKC and San Antonio if Luka played. With the way the Knicks are playing, maybe them as well. But can’t be too mad at this roster even with the lack of depth.

Aday Mara is good, but he’s a lottery pick lol

Honestly the annoying thing about this article is the biggest reason they lost is that Luka was hurt.

If Luka is owed better teammates they’re owed better health from him. Both him and Reaves left Bron hanging.

And I get that it’s not totally on them, shit happens, but I also think Luka wasn’t totally present this year. Some of that is the family stuff which sucks but someone please tell me how replacing Lebron with Dereck, PJ, and Josh Green is gonna help if Luka is sitting out a whole series and flying back and forth to Europe mid season for treatment and family stuff.

There should be an equal spotlight on Luka once again getting hurt.

P.J Washington cloning experiment

Well they also promised it would be quick and not a long process when pitching him an extension.

Subscribed.

Rosters that change and improve.

That same roster beat your roster that year. You improved and won it the next year.

That roster was the last team to beat OKC, and did it in 6 games without home court advantage

Maybe be grateful Dallas inexplicably blew up the team instead of running it back

By that year’s super team. Celtics were head and shoulders above everyone else that year. The Mav’s still did great things with that roster.

Against a full blown super team lol

Rosters improve over time. Just like your team did after the Mavericks beat them.

The team’s pieces that year were mostly built at the trade deadline leading up to the playoffs, too. Pretty good for a team that didn’t even get a full season to gel or an off season to build further.

That Celtics team was fucking stacked lol. You guys have completely crumbled since letting people go. It was a one year absurd team.

By one of the best rosters ever lol.

They beat OKC tho, Celtics were just insanely good that year, best team since those KD Warriors

Still got a championship in the last decade 🤷🏽‍♂️

“He’s got a way higher ceiling than Harden”
How so?

Agree. They need to see this as a two-year plan. That’s the only way. We’re not matching OKC or SA in one off season.

this is the crux of the argument.

1. Either you think this core is good enough to win a chip or not.

2. If you are not, you are wasting Luka.

Getting Luka back doesn’t clear OKC/Minnesota/SA (acknowledge that it’s better than Laravia eating your minutes)

Because free agency sucks and it’s easy for other teams to see the kinds of players the lakers want so they can hold out for an overpay

The problem the Lakers are facing is that like four of their key players are hitting the free agency at the same time. Even if they do manage to get LeBron to come back for less money that will be offset by the raise they will have to give AR, Rui and Kennard if they want to keep them.

And then who’s really in the FA that would fit them? John Collins if they want to give him a shot? (Though he’s probably already peaked and is regressing) Mitchell Robinson? Do they gamble and try to go all in on Duren, hope Detroit don’t match and he isn’t just a younger Ayton?

I think the best chance they have to get good is to get some assets and do it through trades.