11-10-2022, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2022, 08:46 PM by KillerLeft.)
(11-10-2022, 08:42 PM)F Gump Wrote: Are the Lakers and Lebron done for the foreseeable future? Are they joined at the hip, while also not seeing eye to eye on how to move forward, making it impossible for either to see success for many more years?
More rumbling from LA, as the franchise craters around Lebron. He's getting impatient and is demanding they do what it takes to become a winner, now, to make THIS season's team good. But they are so bad, and so bereft of assets. Westbrook has been better as a backup, but he's still very much a net negative on the court, contractually, and as a trade chip. The front office is leery of investing more of the future into a trade for somewhat-better pieces for this year, that still will be unlikely to add enough to make them a contender.
And Lebron and AD aren't going to get any better in future years, as age begins to erode their gifts and brings even more injuries.
The only help on the horizon is a 2023 draft pick that is currently about 18, and less-than-max money in 2023 to add a few new players of varying ability. But it's very questionable if that will be enough to move the needle.
If you're not a fan of LAL or Lebron, you probably have lots of feel-good times ahead.
The problem is Davis. He just isn’t the top five player everyone in the league thought he was on his way to becoming when the Lakers traded for him. If he was the dominant force he should have become everything else there would look significantly better.