Nah man if you can get Luka and Mark Williams by giving up AD, Christie, Knecht, and two first round picks! Rob Pelinka should be GM of the year. The Lakers just automatically become contenders with these trades and also set for the next 10+ years. Mark Williams dropped 20 points and 15 rebounds on Jokic couple games ago, the Lakers got what they needed! Also, thank god Hood Schifino and Cam Reddish is off this team! 😂
Oh snap 20point and 15 on Joker?! no way... Make that 22.5-26 Ppg and 17 Boards (w/Luka and Bron/AR) Throwing him dimes and jacking 3's for him to clean up around the rim w/Vando. Also JJ wasn't playing Dalton anyways cuz he was getting burnt so easily on D. and his shot has hardly been falling when he gets minutes. Also Dalton doesn't deserve DFS or AR's minutes
@@trgrgtgrtgr7724 you can simply go check their last game against each other for yourself…Williams had 20 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks against Jokic just on Feb 1…
I had no idea Mark Williams was on the market. Charlotte got rid of Nick Richards because they were riding with Mark Williams. William's is way better than Kessler. Not even close... I believe even nick Richard's is better than Kessler. Kessler overhyped. I cant believe we got Williams. Hes a straight BEAST. Let's go
He seems like a baseball guy talking basketball with his friends - but doesn't know enough to really add anything.. it's like having a semi casual fan in the room
It's not like this is a one off- every time he's on its the same way. Minimal prep time, poor broad knowledge- as much team knowledge as a casual league fan even when it comes to the LAKERS - and makes poor jokes while serving as a foil to ask the most basic questions people who barely follow the league would ask.
@@TyrellClay dafuq are u talkin bout. mark williams cant defend, cant shoot the 3 and is always hurt. we got fleeced almost as bad as we fleeced dallas. we gave up essentially 4 firsts for a big who offers us nothing but scoring. so stupid we gave up knecht
Cam Reddish can go honestly, we already got Vanderbilt back and DFS! Dalton Knecht was not getting enough minutes anyway and Lakers can always get a good shooter in free agency
Now Rob gets a shout out??? It’s ridiculous how the pendulum swings on him. Such hypocrisy. I’m a Lakers fan but I’m embarrassed for our fan base. We’re sad.
@@jamesjones6315 you don't understand how landing the biggest trade in NBA history can change the perception of a GM? Wise people can change their opinions as the evidence changes. He's done a good job this trade deadline, it's ok to say that.
People are forgetting that we have a solid starting five and a deep bench. The Lakers just got younger, and defensively, you’ll be surprised at how good they’ll be.
Lakers best starting lineup should be Center Mark Williams Foward LeBron James Foward Jared Vanderbilt Guard Finney Smith Guard Luka Doncic Bench 6th Austin Reaves 7th Rui Hachimara 8th Gabe Vincent 9th Jaxson Hayes 10th Shake Melton 11th Christian Wood 12th Markieef Morris 13th Bronny James 14th Maxi Kliber Austin Reaves would take biggest hit to being in starting lineup with Luka Doncic You bring Austin Reaves off bench as a 6th man and he has basketball in hands when Luka Doncic goes to bench Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimara would make Lakers one of best bench units in league Jared Vanderbilt and Finney Smith in starting lineup as defenders
It makes 0 sense to bring Austin of the bench, it’s not the player he is anymore C Mark Williams F LeBron F DFS G Austin G Luka Edit: yeah, I forgot Luka lol I guess my brain still hasn’t made peace with it xD
What nepotism allows Ryan to participate in LN? I’m sorry but there’s hundreds of people in this comment section alone that could do better than him. It’s actually alarming how dimwitted this guy is. He quite literally has no idea what he is talking about, it definitely affects the quality.
I don't mind seeing him from time to time. A breath of fresh air, so to say. Trev, Keity, DFree all the time gets stale. I also enjoy seeing Trev/Keith take a deep breath or make a face whenever Ryan said something way out there.😂😂😂
My only issue with mark williams is he is a bit stiff.AD really gave him trouble this year. He is great rebounder and i honestly think he ges up higher for lobs then AD currently does.
I just watched highlights from when the Lakers played the Hornets and saw him run right past AD for two dunks. What I did see was AD running from Williams and the paint as he did always 😂 Also saw him score 20 points and handle Jokic the other day. If he can stay healthy he will be good!
I love this trade avg 16 and 10, longest standing reach in the NBA even over Wemby! Dalton was a project that may never figure out the defensive side. AD makes almost everyone look bad so theres that. This fills a gaping hole with the perfect archatype. Lets go!
@@thekonexperiment4Tatum was always going to the celtics lol, the only reason they traded down was because they knew Philly was taking fultz and lakers lonzo
1: Luka Legend 2: DFS 3: Vando's Vault 4: King James 5: Mark Williams Austin in the Manu Ginobli 6th man combo guard role w/ Rui, Gabe & Hayes/Wood as the bench rotation. Gives us enough defense in the starting unit while also letting AR15 run a 2nd unit that'll have great offensive punch.
I really think this is it, this was the last piece of the puzzle to win the championship this year…there’s no other duo I would rather go into the playoffs with than LeBron and Luka and I haven’t even seen them play yet, that’s how confident I am in them, let’s get Bron his 5th and get banner 18💍🫡
The deals offers come to Rob because he puts the word out he is willing to deal, if he goes to the teams they would ask for more since he is starting the negotiations. The man is an old school gangster.
You can get emotional about losing Kinect but the Lakers can’t win without a big. Jokic, AD, Wemby we couldn’t matchup. This is a brilliant trade to win now. LD,AR LJ, DF and lobs to Mark Williams…. Scarey Laker team
The thing people aren’t realizing with Luka, Lebron and Williams, JJ can run a plethora of good lineups, you can have a shooters lineup with AR and DFS in there or an extremely defensive team with Vando and Gabe Vincent. My only concern with the team is a lack of maybe one really good 3 ball shooter on the bench like DK but still this is a massive upgrade on our team before the trades.
I like it...I worry about the long term health of this player, but we were on eggshells with AD until last year so why not make this deal...We're ready to go now...
Mark williams is a legit 20 n 10 guy once he get in his prime hrs still young n has a lot to learn…but cnt go wrong with a big who has a motor, touch around the rim plays defense, he rebounds n block shots great pick up imo
Ron gutter man is cool id rather it be him than Ryan… really sucks Sean left bc the good people that’s on LN never pop up frl and when Trevor’s gon the streams don’t be the best anymore. Donny’s cool but he’s not as regular as Sean was.
Luka and Mark are going to be an awesome combo for many years. Great get for the Lakers. Can't really clown Rob for sitting on his hands anymore. Got rebounding and replaced AD's defence and rim-running in a respectable way. Open roster spot as well. Lost shooting from both Max and DK. Would rather have seen Rui go than either of those two, and I'm also sad we didn't get Grimes since Mavs moved him anyway afterwards. AR doesn't fit much anymore, in every way Luka does the exact same things much better. Need defence instead. These are good moved but the team lost a lot of defence in Max and AD and haven't replaced it yet.
Should have NEVER clowned Rob. You didn’t know what he was doing yet you passed judgement not only on his actions but also on his abilities. Now you want to praise him. He doesn’t need your praise just like he didn’t care about your criticism. Think about this, had Rob been fired a year ago, Luka wouldn’t be here now. Rob is the only one that could have had the relationship with Nico to get that deal done. So maybe stop criticizing and just let the man do his job! 😂
@jamesjones6315 I was never clowning on Rob, I understand that it's a hard job and I wouldn't have made any trades either until now. I don't know what it is people think Lakers had that other teams wanted. Only the pressure of the deadline was going to open up talks. But, let's also be fair that Rob has dropped the ball a couple of times. Westbrook trade, roster construction, hampering player options, Caruso, Zubac, THT, JHS, Vogel, Dan Hurley... We have lots to judge his abilities and judgement by. He does good stuff and less good stuff.
@@ShockwaveDawn You literally said in your earlier message…”can’t really clown Rob anymore.” Doesn’t that imply that you previously clowned him? I’m using your words.
Mark can def grow into a really good rim protector, similar to what Gafford became after leaving a trash team. There’s alotta similarities between the two, which is great for Luka as well.
We got a true big maybe not better then AD did with us but definitely a true space floor who can score or make plays better then most second option bigs in the league im excited for Mark Williams only concerns is if he can stay healthy because when he healthy he can be dangerous
If you factor in that Dalton Should have been added to the Luka Trade, (But Nico Allowed the lakers to keep Dalton). We essentially Traded Cam and the 2031 1st Round Pick for this Center Longer than Wemby (no puff daddy)
Hey guys, great show. I’m a huge Laker fan going back to the 70s. You forgot one thing Luca has to commit to his body. He will not play 10 more years the way he’s committing to his body now LeBron has to teach him or this trade will not work out he’ll miss too many gamesbut love is fire.
Do these 3 dudes even saw how Mark Williams play? It was not an overpay, Pelinka at the very least hit a home run. It might turn out to be a grand slam in 2-3 years. The kid is still ASCENDING and he is already a beast. I saw the Hornets play and believe me he is one of the few dudes that I saw who has the capability to outplay the Joker, that's the kind of ceiling this dude has. Walker Kessler? He's overyhype, he may be a little bit better on defense but he has average offensive skills.
Mark Williams better player then Robert Williams Hold this L all you dudes who was talking mess about Rob Pelinka all season he landed Luka Donicic And Rob Pelinka got a Center just not how we thought he would 😂
I’ve been a Lakers fan since Magic arrived. I have never been more disappointed by our fan base than I have the past 6 years. There are so many hypocrites in our fan base. There are so many whiners in our fan base. Today they love Rob, last week they wanted him fired. Think about this, Rob is the only person that had the chance because of his relationship to get Luka. Had he been fired like all the fans wanted this would not have happened. So while you’re celebrating the moves, consider why it was possible.
He was before these moves. It takes a GM of the year to put up with the Lebron circus. Ask Cleveland and Miami about that. Rob should prepare his MJ HOF speech for when the Lakers win the title. I would call out everyone including Lakers fans.
Think of the pick swap part this way: it's the "help me get a roster spot open" tax. Basically it's Mark Williams for Dalton Knecht plus a draft pick, the pick swap is for a favor to take on Cam Reddish. Buyout market might be a goldmine or a famine, just saying.
Mark Williams has a higher standing reach than Wemby & is athletic. This is the perfect C to pair with Bron & Luka. He's also younger than Dalton & Kessler so can continue to improve & is on the Luka timeline. People were salivating over Nick Richards who was Mark's BACKUP like come on now
I'm fine with it. We got rid of 2 guys that were not really playing well or at all. And we free up a roster spot so that gives us room for later in the buyout market and off-season.
Luka is a way better version of DK I think people believe Williams is just a big body but he’s younger than DK and has had just as many if not more big games in a position of need I wanted to keep DK but Willam’s can probably be just as good or better than turner or Kessler and weren’t getting those guys
Knecht was already going to be hard to play with Luca. He has just been so bad on defense. I hope knecht turns into a tremendous player but he might be good at shooting but always horrible at D. So who knows what he will look like in the future.
Luka donswish was my idea I suggested someone spent 5$ to share it this is awesome lol every time trev says it, it makes me smile haha so dumb but it's so cool
An A+ for getting Luka but a C+ for trading for Mark Williams. The Lakers got Luka for cheap but probably gave up too much for Williams. However from the few highlights I've seen of him, he seems athletic, fast and active on the boards offensively and defensively. Let's just hope that we don't get Denver or a team with a big front line in the Play Offs.
Trash Lakers were desperate & just took whatever they could afford. 😜You make it sound like trash Lakers have quality players to trade for a really good big.🙄😆
D. Kneck is a good shooter but it's better to retain AR we need a balance team this time Rob Pelinka deserve a statue! Im a basketball player and also a chess player that's why i know how to analyz the team, LA team is a well balnce team Legoat & Luca is two Albert Einstein at the same court plus 2 defensive player Finney-Smith and vando and now an interior defensive with fresh legs with lenght & size this is a championship team! Cliber is the secret weapon to Nuggets JJ is high IQ coach I hope he will analyze the game properly against nuggets Cliber & Mark need to be there against Jokic I hope someone will tell JJ about this!
Hey with Williams as our starter and Hayes as our backup, we're doing all right in the center position now. Crazy we couldn't get Williams when we had ad, but hey we got luka now so it's time to move on
It's hard to take serious when Ryan doesn't know who Mark Williams is (and it seems like he wasn't kidding) and hasn't seen him play. He also didn't know Duarte was available. I respect that you can't know everything, but it's your job to follow the league.
Lakers couldn’t trade with the jazz for anybody after Rob used them in the Doncic trade So Kessler was defs not available unless they gave up something stupid lol Probs the Mark Williams package plus Austin 😂
@ '45, Smith mentioned Mo Bamba. Dude been a laker for a short period and I read somewhere he's waived. If that's true, I think Rob should sign him as a 2nd, 3rd option at backup center position.
Mark Williams Is a Great Get Young Athletic Center for now and future We gave up those meaningless Picks to keep the core together and open up a roster spot
A month ago we were talking about if Lakers could get Nick Richards since he was playing behind Mark Williams. No way anyone thought Williams was available. Between all center options Turner and Williams were probably my top 2, but seemed totally unrealistic. Of course Williams needs to be healthy, but assuming he is this could be the next great Lakers center. (not saying he will be an *all-time* great). Although I would have been fine with bringing in Gafford or Lively from Dallas too, but can't really complain about what we got from that trade.
Please don’t let Ryan back on the show. Dalton is great and has a lot of upside. I’m gonna miss him but lowkey I miss max more. This is a win now move by the lakers. Dalton doesn’t play defense and he’s streaky. His minutes will be limited with what we have right now. Good luck to him. Mark is the right move right now and I feel better about our roster. Mark is who Luka wants. Sounds like Kessler wasn’t available or they were asking for too much, so I don’t know what Ryan is complaining about 😂
Lol at fanatics talking about Dalton. They price is too high maybe because of picks not Dalton. You also opened a roster spot so I don't think it's too high of a price.
Gabe needs to start at sg for POA defense against opposing guards. If u disagree with this statement your a casual and you do not watch full lakers games
I REALLY hope we don’t start AR now that Luka is here. Start Gabe at pg so we have a better defensive 1st unit! Let AR come off the bench & give us a scoring punch with the second unit who will be lacking that if AR starts
Entire fanbase went from "Mark who?" to "Oh yeah baby we got our man!" in about 5 mins. Sorry but I let y'all cope me into believing in the JHS pick. I'm not falling for it this time.
I just watched highlights on Williams I think we might be surprised by his talent. I will say this compared to Kessler I believe Williams is a better fit.
Williams is better period. This podcast was a disgrace. Absolutely no clue about wtf they were talking about regarding mark williams. Bro is better than kessler and they talking like the lakers got a bum and kessler is a god or something. Embarrassing
Fans complaining about Dalton should really watch Mark Williams play. He’s a dawg and checks off our needs for defense. We still have our core role players too! Rob GM of the year
I knew the lakers would have to overpay for a center. Then again it kinda balances out between the Luka trade because if feels like they underpaid for Luka. I don’t really hate it. It’s fine. It’s great what we got.
I hope they get Day'ron sharpe for a minimum like wood or milton or Kleber's contract and a 2nd rounder and then pick up a viable 3 and D player in the buyout.
Austin is 26, Knecht is 23 and Max is 21. Now we have Luka who's 25, Austin still there and Williams who's 23, does it really make that much of a difference?We got luka ffs
Nah man if you can get Luka and Mark Williams by giving up AD, Christie, Knecht, and two first round picks! Rob Pelinka should be GM of the year. The Lakers just automatically become contenders with these trades and also set for the next 10+ years. Mark Williams dropped 20 points and 15 rebounds on Jokic couple games ago, the Lakers got what they needed!
Also, thank god Hood Schifino and Cam Reddish is off this team! 😂
😂😂😂 sadly ima miss cam cuz of his defense but he can’t shoot the 3 consistently, he would of fit perfectly next to Luka if he could
Two months ago
I just feel no hope about This Lakers
Now it's different world❤
No Cam Slander. He’s a very good defensive unit by himself. Something this team will need moving forward.
@@jdilla4591 Nah as soon as Vanderbilt came back, it was over for Cam lol 😂
Oh snap 20point and 15 on Joker?! no way... Make that 22.5-26 Ppg and 17 Boards (w/Luka and Bron/AR) Throwing him dimes and jacking 3's for him to clean up around the rim w/Vando. Also JJ wasn't playing Dalton anyways cuz he was getting burnt so easily on D. and his shot has hardly been falling when he gets minutes. Also Dalton doesn't deserve DFS or AR's minutes
Watching this in full a 2nd time since its live...now at 502,000+💜💛
Ryan consumes all his basketball content thru IG memes and still misunderstands them
Fr. Dude talking down williams when he has not seen a single ball game in his life is ridiculous. Get that clown out
Can you blame him? He's drunk or high most of the time.
😂😂
Hey man he’s a personality/vibe setter hire. Let him rock
@@emoburger42069 its bad vibes
Williams played very well against Jokic. This is a great move for the Lakers.
No he doesn't and the hornets fans are all saying that he struggles to guard heavier and stronger bigs
@@trgrgtgrtgr7724 you can simply go check their last game against each other for yourself…Williams had 20 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks against Jokic just on Feb 1…
@@trgrgtgrtgr7724 he just dropped 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks against Nuggets! Watch the highlights
I had no idea Mark Williams was on the market. Charlotte got rid of Nick Richards because they were riding with Mark Williams. William's is way better than Kessler. Not even close... I believe even nick Richard's is better than Kessler. Kessler overhyped. I cant believe we got Williams. Hes a straight BEAST. Let's go
@@liondiaspora3792
Facts 100% I never was that sold on Walker Kessler like these other dudes
@@liondiaspora3792
Mark Williams had a 38 point game couple weeks ago
Both better offensively but defensively Kessler is better
They need to find a new star to play with Lamelo and miller. Or even start finding a new star with miller and get picks for Lamelo
Mark fits with Luka way better
I'm a Duke Fan! He played for us, Duke bright lights are definitely comparable to our Lakers. He'll handle the bright lights just fine.
Me too!
Don't Duke players have a history of underperforming in the NBA? I know that might be as bad of late, but historically speaking
😂😂😂 AD by himself just killed that argument @@LN-Lifer
@@scorpionvseverybody6524 ??? I don't know what you are trying to say here?
@@scorpionvseverybody6524 he went to Kentucky
Ryan Ward really brings down the quality of the show. I am not sure how he works for you, but he never comes prepared or contributes anything.
Plus his joke about the baby was so cringe…
He seems like a baseball guy talking basketball with his friends - but doesn't know enough to really add anything.. it's like having a semi casual fan in the room
His basketball knowledge is that of a casual. Doesn’t recognise the details of the game.
He clearly doesn’t know ball..talking about why didn’t they go after JoVal. Like dog even casuals would understand why JoVal is def not a fit lol
It's not like this is a one off- every time he's on its the same way.
Minimal prep time, poor broad knowledge- as much team knowledge as a casual league fan even when it comes to the LAKERS - and makes poor jokes while serving as a foil to ask the most basic questions people who barely follow the league would ask.
DK’s skillset is much easier to find than a 7’2 2 way BEAST like Mark Williams. Great pickup for LA
@@TyrellClay dafuq are u talkin bout. mark williams cant defend, cant shoot the 3 and is always hurt. we got fleeced almost as bad as we fleeced dallas. we gave up essentially 4 firsts for a big who offers us nothing but scoring. so stupid we gave up knecht
@@blessembreaksman you are a casual
@ BWHAHAHAHA. I present u with facts and u call me a casual lmfao
I never do this but I cannot finish this video bc of Ryan
I agree, the guy seems to be clueless and totally in the dark at times. Next!
Okay I felt the same… didn’t know enough to give out opinions
100% agree
It sucks to lose Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish but I like getting Mark Williams plus he’s younger than Knecht. Big shoutout to Rob Pelinka!
Cam Reddish can go honestly, we already got Vanderbilt back and DFS! Dalton Knecht was not getting enough minutes anyway and Lakers can always get a good shooter in free agency
@@melvincuaresma-SW we been saying that the last 4 year 😂
@@dontizzle805 Yeah and we got Luka for the next 10+ years 😂
Now Rob gets a shout out??? It’s ridiculous how the pendulum swings on him. Such hypocrisy. I’m a Lakers fan but I’m embarrassed for our fan base. We’re sad.
@@jamesjones6315 you don't understand how landing the biggest trade in NBA history can change the perception of a GM? Wise people can change their opinions as the evidence changes. He's done a good job this trade deadline, it's ok to say that.
People are forgetting that we have a solid starting five and a deep bench. The Lakers just got younger, and defensively, you’ll be surprised at how good they’ll be.
Playoff lineup
PG: Luka
SG: Finney Smith
SF: LeBron
PF: Vanderbilt
C: Mark Williams
Bench
PG: Vincent
SG: Reaves
SF: Rui
PF: Maxi Kleber
C: Wood/Hayes
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Finney smith starting over AR15 is crazy but yeah we pretty solid now
@@benru112 i like it. We need defense
Reaves will be good piloting the second unit
@@benru112 DFS and Vanderbilt together been mowing down people defensively, and DFS can knock down shots
AR 15 starts.
15:12 laker trade breaking news !
Thank you I was looking for this🎉
Lol thank you! I was so confused
Thank u brotha
bless this man!
Trev going crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
DK is streaky and didn’t play defense. We’ll get other 3&D players coming to LA who want to play with Luka and LeBron. We’re good
JJ was frustrated about him not running the plays at times too
Congrats on 500k Trevor and Lakers Nation!!!
Lakers best starting lineup should be
Center Mark Williams
Foward LeBron James
Foward Jared Vanderbilt
Guard Finney Smith
Guard Luka Doncic
Bench
6th Austin Reaves
7th Rui Hachimara
8th Gabe Vincent
9th Jaxson Hayes
10th Shake Melton
11th Christian Wood
12th Markieef Morris
13th Bronny James
14th Maxi Kliber
Austin Reaves would take biggest hit to being in starting lineup with Luka Doncic
You bring Austin Reaves off bench as a 6th man and he has basketball in hands when Luka Doncic goes to bench
Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimara would make Lakers one of best bench units in league
Jared Vanderbilt and Finney Smith in starting lineup as defenders
I freaking love AR but I agree with you. He needs to be our ginobili. Before we got mark I had Luka-Gabe-dfs-vando-LeBron starting group.
It makes 0 sense to bring Austin of the bench, it’s not the player he is anymore
C Mark Williams
F LeBron
F DFS
G Austin
G Luka
Edit: yeah, I forgot Luka lol I guess my brain still hasn’t made peace with it xD
@@magluf
So you saying Luka Donicic coming off bench?😂
@@StoneCold2k57 I mean, it would be the greatest bench unit in the league
Ngl that starting lineup is 🔥🔥🔥Vanderbilt and DFS together is like modern day Ron Artest and Dennis Rodman
What nepotism allows Ryan to participate in LN? I’m sorry but there’s hundreds of people in this comment section alone that could do better than him. It’s actually alarming how dimwitted this guy is. He quite literally has no idea what he is talking about, it definitely affects the quality.
Every single time! Just have to fast forward anytime he or Ron Gutterman start talking cause I know it's gonna be some BS
I don’t know Ryan at all, how is it nepotism?
He's a drunkie and druggie.
Yea I was thinking that I did didn’t want to say it
Blame the guy running the show for this.😆🤣
Rob really cooked AGAIN
Dude was sick of ppl trashing his name .. he just secured his job for maybe Lukas whole laker career
Must admit that ending up with a bright future and going all in now is impressive.
Please no more Ryan Ward streams.
Same goes for the two clowns who subbed for Trevor not long ago, the worst podcast duo ever!
@@fattony9227 That Toronto guy
@@fattony9227lol you talking about Luka right from raptors nation?
I don't mind seeing him from time to time. A breath of fresh air, so to say. Trev, Keity, DFree all the time gets stale. I also enjoy seeing Trev/Keith take a deep breath or make a face whenever Ryan said something way out there.😂😂😂
My only issue with mark williams is he is a bit stiff.AD really gave him trouble this year. He is great rebounder and i honestly think he ges up higher for lobs then AD currently does.
I just watched highlights from when the Lakers played the Hornets and saw him run right past AD for two dunks. What I did see was AD running from Williams and the paint as he did always 😂
Also saw him score 20 points and handle Jokic the other day.
If he can stay healthy he will be good!
and its hard to get up with hornets, now he will be playing championship basketball
I love this trade avg 16 and 10, longest standing reach in the NBA even over Wemby! Dalton was a project that may never figure out the defensive side. AD makes almost everyone look bad so theres that. This fills a gaping hole with the perfect archatype. Lets go!
I was unfamiliar with Mark Williams until I drafted him in fantasy this year…i know the stats dont say everything, but he is a beast a lot of the time
Drunk uncle Ryan. lol
Lakers running through teams.
Please keep Ryan off this channel, thanks.
I still haven’t forgiven magic Johnson for trading Zubac
@@jnam00
That move was terrible
I haven't forgiven magic for drafting lonzo ball over Tatum.
Yeah he definitely owed Jerry West a favor who was GM at clippers at the time. But we just beat the ish outta Zubac Tuesday w/out AD
@@thekonexperiment4Tatum was always going to the celtics lol, the only reason they traded down was because they knew Philly was taking fultz and lakers lonzo
@jnam00 remember magic was the one that negotiated the ad trade and got Lebron to sign not bum palenka
YES! That’s who I wanted them to get! I fuck with Rob heavy GM of the year!
1: Luka Legend
2: DFS
3: Vando's Vault
4: King James
5: Mark Williams
Austin in the Manu Ginobli 6th man combo guard role w/ Rui, Gabe & Hayes/Wood as the bench rotation. Gives us enough defense in the starting unit while also letting AR15 run a 2nd unit that'll have great offensive punch.
I really think this is it, this was the last piece of the puzzle to win the championship this year…there’s no other duo I would rather go into the playoffs with than LeBron and Luka and I haven’t even seen them play yet, that’s how confident I am in them, let’s get Bron his 5th and get banner 18💍🫡
The deals offers come to Rob because he puts the word out he is willing to deal, if he goes to the teams they would ask for more since he is starting the negotiations. The man is an old school gangster.
You can get emotional about losing Kinect but the Lakers can’t win without a big. Jokic, AD, Wemby we couldn’t matchup. This is a brilliant trade to win now. LD,AR LJ, DF and lobs to Mark Williams…. Scarey Laker team
The thing people aren’t realizing with Luka, Lebron and Williams, JJ can run a plethora of good lineups, you can have a shooters lineup with AR and DFS in there or an extremely defensive team with Vando and Gabe Vincent. My only concern with the team is a lack of maybe one really good 3 ball shooter on the bench like DK but still this is a massive upgrade on our team before the trades.
I like it. It's a lot, and I like DK, but this is for the future.
Congrats #LakersNation on 501k subscribers
That Ryan guy is ANOYING as hell lol get him off trevor
I like it...I worry about the long term health of this player, but we were on eggshells with AD until last year so why not make this deal...We're ready to go now...
Peace - Mark Williams will get much better now, nothing wrong with a slight overpay. Lets go
Mark williams is a legit 20 n 10 guy once he get in his prime hrs still young n has a lot to learn…but cnt go wrong with a big who has a motor, touch around the rim plays defense, he rebounds n block shots great pick up imo
Ryan Ward is to LN, what playoff D-Lo is to the Lakers smh. Dude should only ever get PT over Ron Gutterman who is LN's JHS 😂
The guy is clueless.
Ron gutter man is cool id rather it be him than Ryan… really sucks Sean left bc the good people that’s on LN never pop up frl and when Trevor’s gon the streams don’t be the best anymore. Donny’s cool but he’s not as regular as Sean was.
Denver Ron is pretty cool lol
Please LESS RYAN WARD
Better yet, no more Ryan Ward!
Luka and Mark are going to be an awesome combo for many years. Great get for the Lakers. Can't really clown Rob for sitting on his hands anymore.
Got rebounding and replaced AD's defence and rim-running in a respectable way. Open roster spot as well.
Lost shooting from both Max and DK. Would rather have seen Rui go than either of those two, and I'm also sad we didn't get Grimes since Mavs moved him anyway afterwards.
AR doesn't fit much anymore, in every way Luka does the exact same things much better. Need defence instead.
These are good moved but the team lost a lot of defence in Max and AD and haven't replaced it yet.
Should have NEVER clowned Rob. You didn’t know what he was doing yet you passed judgement not only on his actions but also on his abilities. Now you want to praise him. He doesn’t need your praise just like he didn’t care about your criticism. Think about this, had Rob been fired a year ago, Luka wouldn’t be here now. Rob is the only one that could have had the relationship with Nico to get that deal done.
So maybe stop criticizing and just let the man do his job! 😂
@jamesjones6315 I was never clowning on Rob, I understand that it's a hard job and I wouldn't have made any trades either until now. I don't know what it is people think Lakers had that other teams wanted. Only the pressure of the deadline was going to open up talks.
But, let's also be fair that Rob has dropped the ball a couple of times. Westbrook trade, roster construction, hampering player options, Caruso, Zubac, THT, JHS, Vogel, Dan Hurley...
We have lots to judge his abilities and judgement by. He does good stuff and less good stuff.
@@ShockwaveDawn You literally said in your earlier message…”can’t really clown Rob anymore.” Doesn’t that imply that you previously clowned him? I’m using your words.
Mark can def grow into a really good rim protector, similar to what Gafford became after leaving a trash team. There’s alotta similarities between the two, which is great for Luka as well.
I think mark is already better than Gafford
This guy is going to be something special
We got a true big maybe not better then AD did with us but definitely a true space floor who can score or make plays better then most second option bigs in the league im excited for Mark Williams only concerns is if he can stay healthy because when he healthy he can be dangerous
If you factor in that Dalton Should have been added to the Luka Trade, (But Nico Allowed the lakers to keep Dalton). We essentially Traded Cam and the 2031 1st Round Pick for this Center Longer than Wemby (no puff daddy)
You smart!
Mark Williams is the guy that Rob got💜💜💜💜💜💜
Hey guys, great show. I’m a huge Laker fan going back to the 70s. You forgot one thing Luca has to commit to his body. He will not play 10 more years the way he’s committing to his body now LeBron has to teach him or this trade will not work out he’ll miss too many gamesbut love is fire.
Mark is a great player
Do these 3 dudes even saw how Mark Williams play? It was not an overpay, Pelinka at the very least hit a home run. It might turn out to be a grand slam in 2-3 years. The kid is still ASCENDING and he is already a beast. I saw the Hornets play and believe me he is one of the few dudes that I saw who has the capability to outplay the Joker, that's the kind of ceiling this dude has. Walker Kessler? He's overyhype, he may be a little bit better on defense but he has average offensive skills.
Don't think they did, Mar Williams is far superior to Kessler
@@JorgeReyes-bo7ucthat’s literally what they said. And he isn’t far superior they are just about equal
Yall said we needed a big!!! Stop complaining. This dude is young. LFG!!!
Mark Williams better player then Robert Williams
Hold this L all you dudes who was talking mess about Rob Pelinka all season he landed Luka Donicic
And Rob Pelinka got a Center just not how we thought he would 😂
I’ve been a Lakers fan since Magic arrived. I have never been more disappointed by our fan base than I have the past 6 years. There are so many hypocrites in our fan base. There are so many whiners in our fan base. Today they love Rob, last week they wanted him fired. Think about this, Rob is the only person that had the chance because of his relationship to get Luka. Had he been fired like all the fans wanted this would not have happened. So while you’re celebrating the moves, consider why it was possible.
@@jamesjones6315
Facts 100% you told
IN ROB WE TRUST 💜💛💜💛
Pelinka will make another move to get picks maybe Kleber going out.
Until the next time you don’t trust him again????
This guy put up 31 against Walker and 13 rebounds I like the pick up for the hornets
This was a great move 👏 👏 This Guy Mark Williams fits Perfectly With Luka and Bron hopefully we can add another 3 Point Shooter In the off season.
Pelinka as GM of the year!
He was before these moves. It takes a GM of the year to put up with the Lebron circus. Ask Cleveland and Miami about that. Rob should prepare his MJ HOF speech for when the Lakers win the title. I would call out everyone including Lakers fans.
Damn that’s a great pickup for the lakers
Think of the pick swap part this way: it's the "help me get a roster spot open" tax. Basically it's Mark Williams for Dalton Knecht plus a draft pick, the pick swap is for a favor to take on Cam Reddish. Buyout market might be a goldmine or a famine, just saying.
Mark Williams has a higher standing reach than Wemby & is athletic. This is the perfect C to pair with Bron & Luka. He's also younger than Dalton & Kessler so can continue to improve & is on the Luka timeline. People were salivating over Nick Richards who was Mark's BACKUP like come on now
Can Williams be a Tyson chandler type for us ?
Yes
That’s a good comp
Absolutely
I'm fine with it. We got rid of 2 guys that were not really playing well or at all. And we free up a roster spot so that gives us room for later in the buyout market and off-season.
Luka is a way better version of DK I think people believe Williams is just a big body but he’s younger than DK and has had just as many if not more big games in a position of need I wanted to keep DK but Willam’s can probably be just as good or better than turner or Kessler and weren’t getting those guys
Knecht was already going to be hard to play with Luca. He has just been so bad on defense. I hope knecht turns into a tremendous player but he might be good at shooting but always horrible at D. So who knows what he will look like in the future.
Luka donswish was my idea I suggested someone spent 5$ to share it this is awesome lol every time trev says it, it makes me smile haha so dumb but it's so cool
End of game situations AR is going to be deadly!
Mark is 7 months younger than Dalton.
This was a really good pick up. I’m surprised he was available at all.
He was only available because Rob went and got him.
@ Actually, reports say the Hornets enquired about Knect.
An A+ for getting Luka but a C+ for trading for Mark Williams. The Lakers got Luka for cheap but probably gave up too much for Williams. However from the few highlights I've seen of him, he seems athletic, fast and active on the boards offensively and defensively. Let's just hope that we don't get Denver or a team with a big front line in the Play Offs.
Trash Lakers were desperate & just took whatever they could afford. 😜You make it sound like trash Lakers have quality players to trade for a really good big.🙄😆
luka send Mavs to WCF with only dwight powell as the main center. Mark William is a great addition
I love this trade!
D. Kneck is a good shooter but it's better to retain AR we need a balance team this time Rob Pelinka deserve a statue! Im a basketball player and also a chess player that's why i know how to analyz the team, LA team is a well balnce team Legoat & Luca is two Albert Einstein at the same court plus 2 defensive player Finney-Smith and vando and now an interior defensive with fresh legs with lenght & size this is a championship team! Cliber is the secret weapon to Nuggets JJ is high IQ coach I hope he will analyze the game properly against nuggets Cliber & Mark need to be there against Jokic I hope someone will tell JJ about this!
Hey with Williams as our starter and Hayes as our backup, we're doing all right in the center position now. Crazy we couldn't get Williams when we had ad, but hey we got luka now so it's time to move on
It's hard to take serious when Ryan doesn't know who Mark Williams is (and it seems like he wasn't kidding) and hasn't seen him play.
He also didn't know Duarte was available.
I respect that you can't know everything, but it's your job to follow the league.
It’s not about what you know, it’s who you know.
Instead of looking at it like we over paid for him, remember we underpaid for Luka so when it comes to the over all trade deadline we won...
Lets get Dwight Howard as well please. Why not.
He’s washed dude why are you guys obsessed with him?
Lebron to mentor Luka
D12 to mentor Mark Williams
Is he though?
No, because he's old and finished as a basketball player. He will never be back in the NBA again.
Title this year let’s go
Great job Rob
Lakers couldn’t trade with the jazz for anybody after Rob used them in the Doncic trade
So Kessler was defs not available unless they gave up something stupid lol
Probs the Mark Williams package plus Austin 😂
@ '45, Smith mentioned Mo Bamba. Dude been a laker for a short period and I read somewhere he's waived. If that's true, I think Rob should sign him as a 2nd, 3rd option at backup center position.
Lakers needs to trade rui or reaves for a 3 and D guard that can gaurd 1's and 2's if possible
You ain’t been watching no basketball 🤣🤣
I always knew teams would ask for much more because of the fact that Rob Pelinka got Luka for a bargain price!
WHY IS EVERYONE CRYING ABOUT THE PICKS... IN THEORY WE SHOULD BE PICKING 25+ WITH LUKA
This is an AMAZING trade.
LOVE DK. I’m a Tennessee guy. But Marc is younger and a SOLID center for a while.
Mark Williams Is a Great Get Young Athletic Center for now and future We gave up those meaningless Picks to keep the core together and open up a roster spot
A month ago we were talking about if Lakers could get Nick Richards since he was playing behind Mark Williams. No way anyone thought Williams was available. Between all center options Turner and Williams were probably my top 2, but seemed totally unrealistic. Of course Williams needs to be healthy, but assuming he is this could be the next great Lakers center. (not saying he will be an *all-time* great).
Although I would have been fine with bringing in Gafford or Lively from Dallas too, but can't really complain about what we got from that trade.
Please don’t let Ryan back on the show.
Dalton is great and has a lot of upside. I’m gonna miss him but lowkey I miss max more.
This is a win now move by the lakers. Dalton doesn’t play defense and he’s streaky. His minutes will be limited with what we have right now. Good luck to him. Mark is the right move right now and I feel better about our roster. Mark is who Luka wants. Sounds like Kessler wasn’t available or they were asking for too much, so I don’t know what Ryan is complaining about 😂
I love this trade.
Lol at fanatics talking about Dalton. They price is too high maybe because of picks not Dalton. You also opened a roster spot so I don't think it's too high of a price.
Gabe needs to start at sg for POA defense against opposing guards. If u disagree with this statement your a casual and you do not watch full lakers games
I REALLY hope we don’t start AR now that Luka is here. Start Gabe at pg so we have a better defensive 1st unit! Let AR come off the bench & give us a scoring punch with the second unit who will be lacking that if AR starts
Gabe is terrible what are you smoking ?
Entire fanbase went from
"Mark who?" to "Oh yeah baby we got our man!" in about 5 mins. Sorry but I let y'all cope me into believing in the JHS pick. I'm not falling for it this time.
I just watched highlights on Williams I think we might be surprised by his talent. I will say this compared to Kessler I believe Williams is a better fit.
Williams is better period. This podcast was a disgrace. Absolutely no clue about wtf they were talking about regarding mark williams. Bro is better than kessler and they talking like the lakers got a bum and kessler is a god or something. Embarrassing
Fans complaining about Dalton should really watch Mark Williams play. He’s a dawg and checks off our needs for defense. We still have our core role players too! Rob GM of the year
He’s played about 75 games in 2.5 seasons. Idk it’s risky no doubt
I knew the lakers would have to overpay for a center. Then again it kinda balances out between the Luka trade because if feels like they underpaid for Luka. I don’t really hate it. It’s fine. It’s great what we got.
I hope they get Day'ron sharpe for a minimum like wood or milton or Kleber's contract and a 2nd rounder and then pick up a viable 3 and D player in the buyout.
Rob did his work
Sunday he finally will rest
In PelinkGOD we trust
@@janwaltereustaquio statue next to Kobe at this rate.
His one mistake - trusting Bron on Westbrook
1 more buyout piece and he can rest until the summer 😂 we need a 3 and D guard
I no longer have any kind of social media except for UA-cam. So I am stoked to wake up this let’s go LAKERS!
Time to go watch Mark Williams highlights😂
He is a great pick
The Lakers had a nice young core of Austin Reeves Connect 4 and Max Christie. With draft picks, but not anymore.
Austin is 26, Knecht is 23 and Max is 21.
Now we have Luka who's 25, Austin still there and Williams who's 23, does it really make that much of a difference?We got luka ffs
Lakers need to sign Seth curry !!!!!!!!!