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My Take


Rajon Rondo was an absolute BRILLIANT signing. He is known as a leader who believes in teaching young guys and garners there respect. He plays the game viscously and has a work ethic beyond reproach. This is the absolute BEST PG the Lakers could sign to help Alonzo Ball evolve correctly. Lonzo still has potential to become a good shooter. People who think the Lakers are going to trade him are crazy. If I had to guess, Lonzo is probably the most untouchable Laker on the roster

Lance Stephenson same thing. Incredible work ethic. viscous, a little crazy. Exactly who could help Ingram become more aggressive on both ends of court. Plus Stephenson has talent, and in the right system, right circumstances could become the Lakers 6th man the next 5 years. He will not be as apt to be as crazy with Lebron and Rondo there to check him.

Javale McGee I do not understand. Honestly my opinion of him may be tainted by Shaw’s ruthless attacks on him, but I BELIEVE in our Front Office so my fingers are crossed. I really wanted a Defensive guy to man the 5. I don’t know enough about McGee to know if that’s him.

Zubac over Bryant disappointed me. Bryant had energy, blocked shots, could shoot the 3, moved better. Supposedly Zubac has really dropped weight and is moving better so maybe he’ll be the guy.

LeBron was not my favorite player. I thought of him as a mercenary , but signing with us for what basically will be the rest of his career makes me change my mind. If he had signed a 2 year deal I would have hated it. That would have meant Lakers would gut team to win now, the fact he signed a 4 yr deal makes me believe he thinks the kids are gonna be what he needs to win 2 or 3 titles and is ready to put in the time. Honestly LeBron being with a young team at the end of his career saves his legs, and also means he’ll be more active in mentoring these guys, and I just don’t see anyone not working 150% with him over their shoulder.

Kawhi was out all of last year and Lakers refusal to trade the farm for him is the right thing. After this season our team will show a lot better and next off season I would imagine Magic could have his pick of the free agents. Whoever they sign next season will be the missing piece . Playing another year gives Magic time to see which player would benefit us the most.

KCP I wasn’t thrilled with , I don’t really like his game, but we will see.

Honestky the one Laker I think could be traded at some point is Kuzbass. He’s one dimensional and his ceiling is nowhere near the other guys. I’m even going to go out on a limb and say in 10 years Josh Hart’s career will have eclipsed Kuzbass.

i think Magic is making excellent basketball decisions and this season is about learning to win and learning who has what it takes so next offseason they can construct the team to take on GS. Not wanting Cousins shows this FO has more FireWire than the last. The chance that Cousins comes back to be the player he was are slim to no me. Look what that injury did to the greatest player in the game. Vousins is huge and has more stress on his body than Kobe ever had.

Im totally happy with everything. Next season Deng will be easier to move, one year left . Well have a lot of money next year too. I would not be surprised to see Lakers resign Rondo and Stephenson long term then. My hopes are they sign a healthy Kawhi , or Jimmy Butler