I think I prefer Jake in the starting over Ziare. Hes a little better at boxing out/rebounding which helps Kessler and ziare has been great coming off the bench for more offense.

Williams and Thybulle have been the fourth and fifth best players in Lakers by a large margin.

I didn’t realize Zaire could shoot. I thought he was just a hustle guy.

All of them contributed to today’s game without Luka. What are you talking about?

I think they are going to regret the Grimes and Sexton contracts, but they made up for it with other great moves

Must keep Ziaire at all costs. He’s such a great fit next to Luka and AR. He’s never been this open in his life and he’s drilling his 3s with so much confidence

Thybulle has been such a great addition too. That offball distribution is beautiful every game

Mamu has been pretty good even if the counting stats don’t support it. He does a really good job of connecting and moving the ball and seems to be really smart offensively filling in the gaps. He does a lot of stuff others don’t do. Really underrated impact.

Ziare Williams was really solid for the Grizzlies. I’m really surprised he got bounced a round a lil before finding his place with the Lakers.

Man Sexton is so frustrating to watch at times, then he’ll come up with some dumb ass looking clutch ass hook shot. He’s our new Marcus smart

Really liked thybulle on the sixers he just never developed enough of a shot with us. Grimes can have nice offensive spurts and decent D, i would have liked to keep him

I like the group’s hustle. I like how they strategize each play. Luka rest games are a good test for the others to gain rhythm and develop more team chemistry and trust.

I don’t think I would describe Zaire Williams as having cemented his place in the starting lineup after he had another great game off the bench.

Both Thybulle and Williams have been great. Thybulle’s 3s have been off the last two games but I’m sure it’ll bounce back. He hits corner 3s at a much higher clip than other spots. Williams has been an ideal 3&D wing. Dude is long and good on defense. He can pick up players full court, and is good at finding open shots. He doesn’t force up contested shots and makes open 3s.

I think Mamu has been good. I have been 100% ok with him shooting and handling the ball. I feel he is one of those players where he can randomly explode for 20+ pt any given game.

Grimes has been passive, feels like hes scared to shoot sometimes and opts to pass. His defense has been good. I feel like he needs 1 or 2 games where he just gets buckets to build confidence.

Sexton… my goodness… the energy is there but that bbiq…he turns into a blackhole about 50% of the time. He dives head first into a crowd and gets himself trapped, forces up a shot, or wastes the clock. Sometimes you can just see his teammates getting frustrated with him.

I like Zaire, but I also don’t want to overlook some of his issues. He’s also currently getting the Rui treatment with his 3pt attempts. They are wide fucking open most of the time.

He’s not close to a max player and really is a system player. Those guys aren’t getting more than a mid level at most more than likely. He still needs to get stronger overall, but I love what he’s bringing so far.

I think he’s a rotation player more then a starter and he’s excelling in his role right now. That being said he fits our timeline and our system and I hope they retain him. I think long term he would be better off as a 3 if we can get a more physical PF to play next to him that can make up for his rebounding deficiencies. Adou in theory could fill that role if he can improve his shot enough to warrant starting.

Luis scola

They can split the full MLE and keep both

Sexton is the only concern, all the other guys have shown their worth

I’m happy for Tisse. I’m hoping he stays healthy. He just couldn’t do it in Portland, it was always some weird injury keeping him out.

could have get smart instead of sexton