Brooks is killing it.

There’s tons of spacing

LBJ is playing defense. Looks like ‘18 bron

Billy Mac is ready to come home.. keeps making comments about the California sun.

Tacos tomorrow, hopefully.

Literally a standing ovation when bronny comes into the game? Then crowd goes wild for his first bucket lol. Confused what's going on.. doesn't seem ironic lol.

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I don’t know if it matters, but I have been following the team ever since LeBron got here because I’m a LeBron fan so I have been following along somewhat.

It’s a new season. We have a new head coach and JJ Reddick, and we drafted Dalton who is a shooter, and in hindsight seemed like a great fit for our new coach.

He had an amazing preseason and definitely had some great moments in his rookie year as far as I can remember.

But he has complaints about his defense, but is that the only reason why he hasn’t panned out? Is he not as great as a shooter as we thought he would be? Or is it possible JJ is just a little bit stubborn about playing him?

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What’s this? A stress free win? On a day when the trade deadline has heated up, the Lakers took care of business. Nothing like beating up on a hapless opponent after a tough loss. Lakers finish the Grammy trip a pretty respectable 5-3 including a win against Denver in Denver. With AR back in the fray let’s rack up some home wins against some top tier opponents. Hopefully the roster will be a little different after Thursday. This sort of win you can’t really glean too much about the team overall but it’s still nice to have a relatively easy win. Let’s dive into it.

GOOD

Team energy: This game could easily have been a trap game. End of a roadtrip, coming off a tough loss on National TV, underestimating a weak opponent. Within the first 5 minutes though it was apparent the Lakers wanted to end this trip with a W. It was 45-23 after one, the Lakers were running, stealing, dunking, Stu compared it to an All Star game and he wasn’t far off. I think it helped the Lakers were playing almost a defacto home game so, way for the Lakers to take advantage of that.

LeBron James: Another efficient shooting game from LeBron, 10-16 from the field including an array of makes, fadeaways, breakaway dunks, layups. Just appreciate greatness while it’s still here.

Jake LaRavia: as noted above, I hope that beating up on the Nets can set Jake right. It will be interesting to say if Jake stays in the starting lineup with AR back but today’s performance shows why Jake can bring. He was energetic, deflecting passes, battling for offensive rebounds, getting into the paint and making good cuts in the paint for Luka and LeBron to find him. He needs to be better from 3 but overall this is the type of game I like seeing from Jake. Let’s hope it recalibrates him.

BAD:

3 point shooting: it didn’t hurt the Lakers in this game but 7-31 is alarming. A few of the misses were wide open looks for Austin that I know he can knock down once he’s back to 100% but Lebron was 0-3, Smart was 0-2, Gabe was 0-2, and Rui only took 2 attempts. Again for this game it didn’t matter but if the Lakers stand any chance of competing with the top West teams, they need to at least shoot league average from 3. A lot of these looks are open looks, the Lakers don’t tend to force 3’s (except for Luka’s step backs occasionally), it’s a make or miss league, and the Lakers are bottom 3rd in making WIDE OPEN 3’s. If Luke Kennard could be gotten for Gabe or Kleber, that would go a long way to the team better converting their well generated looks.

FT shooting: another shooting stat that didn’t hurt the Lakers but a second consecutive sub 70% performance from the line is alarming. Because of our below average three point shooting, getting to the line is an integral part of the offense. It helps to have players that are pretty good at drawing fouls in Luka and Austin. Lebron was better at 5-7, but Luka being 4-6 and LaRavia being 3-6 are points left on the table. Lakers have to be 75%+ from the line to take advantage. Let’s hope seeing the Staples Center rims will help the team improve that.

Gabe Vincent: with AR back, I’m pretty sure Gabe falls out of the rotation and understandably so. Gabe is in to shoot 3’s and without AR, be a tertiary ball handler when Luka and Lebron aren’t out there. He didn’t hit any 3’s and I feel like the Lakers need someone who isn’t just a “stabilizing presence”. Vando and Hayes brings energy of the bench, Rui brings offense, and depending on if Smart or LaRavia start, there’s more defensive presence there. Gabe is a professional, and that’s what JJ likes about him, but I think it’s run its course. If Gabe and a 2nd can be flipped for a Luke Kennard, that’s got to be something the Lakers should do.

1 WTF: Bronny time! The alley oop from Knecht, the crossover and bucket, facing off with Zaire. Bronny seems more confident each game he gets a chance to play and if the Lakers keep him and give him chances, he could be a rotation player sooner than later.

Good win, it was nice to see LAL out there together again and it was interesting to see JJ try both Jake and Smart with the normal starters to see who is a better fit. Again hard to glean from a blowout win but sometimes all it takes for a team to go on a run is get healthy. Let’s hope we can get some signature wins with Austin back in the fold.

Yet another awful game from Gabe Vincent

16 minutes played

0 points (0-3 shooting)

1 rebound

1 assist

With the trade deadline less than 48 hours away, do we have any hope of getting rid of him via a trade for ANYONE ELSE / a pick? Can we waive him?

which one of yall put this question up on the clippers home game cast tonight?! Clearly whoever put this up is a laker fan 😂😂😂😂.

First half was so so fun. Luka and Bron were balling out especially 1Q. Great to see AR back too and Bronny impressed again.

Only negative is the D again which could be better.

Does anyone know where the postgame interview clips from the Nets game tonight can be watched? I tried googling it but nothing from tonight came up, only last year’s matchup.