The reason why Giannis has stayed healthy all this time, is because he always has a bigman on the floor with him to help him with the heavy work. Lakers is overworking AD where he is their prime defender, rebounder and they still expect him to score at a high level.
💯AD is the only superstar that gets forced to play a certain way, like he's a slave. He's like, "please get me a center! I beg you!" Lakers are like, "Shut up peasant! Get back to work!"
@PhillipP75 AD is admittedly and definitely one of the worst big men in basketball history. Prone to injuries and occasionally being overrated. If you he was not injury prone he would have been probably the best player in basketball history and enabled the lakers to win 4 consecutive championships
The bad trade of Zubac to the Clippers by Magic is haunting the Lakers big time. What hurts is that Zubac loved the Lakers and admired Kareem Abdul-Jabar.
@AlfonsoCarter-n9x The Lakers also had the opportunity to retain Brook Lopez, when he became a free agent, after playing with the Lakers. Again, Magic fumbled the ball. He did not resign Brook Lopez, although he wanted to return big time.
@@user-di1vv1fu3owhy not? He’s a legit top 10 center in this league and we gave him up for a mf who was out of the league by the next year. Our front office has a history of doing stupid shit like taking Lonzo over Tatum for one.
@@akaliotp6766 its true. He got Lakers to draft some pretty good picks and we won a cbampionship. If it wasnt for Lebron and his ego we would probably win more. Klay Thompson knew better and chose Dallas over LA!
@@KpR333 let McDonalds tell you too run the register clean up the lobby drop the fries flip the patties cook the nuggets and work the drive thru you’ll be injured too
@@JonSmith-hk1bq i cant wait to be past this lebron and ad era. They are just bringing the team culture down. No energy from guys on defense and it starts with the leaders of the team.
@@KpR333 Got news for you. The Lakers are going to be completely irrelevant for at least half a decade once Lebron's gone. They've got one of worst front offices in the league.
@ Very well. Put your faith in Pelinka and Buss with Kurt Rambis and his wife getting votes for some reason and see where it gets you. The Lakers don't have a professional front office.
This is my biggest frustration with this team and especially AD. Seems like everytime we get in a rythm and stacking up a couple wins, injury always seem to happen.
It's like they are allergic to wins, whenever they stack wins they somehow gets injured or something happens Lakers: Ohh we're winning most games, let's take a break
And this is when the lakers rely heavily on 40 year old lebron to carry the team to wins then are flabbergasted when he can’t…good lord this franchise FO is such a joke.
This team is not built to survive without AD. Bron yes, AD no. Without AD, the Lakers are the Wizards or the Hornets. AD and the entire fan base have been begging the front office to get another center. Their failure to act on this one issue may have doomed the season.
Don't agree. With LeBron after the 1 week break when he was fresh he was making a big impact. But now he's got to dig deep because you can tell from the last two games he's either re aggravated the foot, or he's just getting tired and worn down and needs a couple of games to recover. too bad he can't get them with ad out which really worries me that we will see a really tired terrible lebron or a injured and out for a month lebron.
@motorsportsvault8484 Reeves takes a lot off of Lebron offensively if you've been watching the games since D Lo got traded they have Reaves be the primary ball handler in the first half. It gives Lebron more energy for 2nd half. Defensively they got DFS Rui and now Vando to help before Vando it was Cam. Who does AD have to help him? Jackson Hayes only plays when he sits. Even the one team that has kept us from winning again has an MVP center. It's obvious what we need!
@Moxiie-r1q yeah tbh I think last night was on a bunch of players being out not just ad and bronny was shaky but that's the only way he's gonna learn he had some good moments. Better than jhs. Will miss Anthony davis though.
We dont need to give up future picks for a center when lebron is 40 yrs old and AD is soft as hell. We should be developing our young guys and making them ready in 2 yrs like we did with Josh Hart, BI, Lonzo, and Kuzma.
@@KpR333except for bronny and Dalton, what young guys? Dalton isnt that young. Koloko? The team doesn't have alot of young developmental talent, it's built of mid to late 20 something guys, so in theory to win now.
I had a severe rib strain once, and it took 6 weeks to be completely pain free.. Strains in the abdomen region can linger.. I expect AD to be out at least a couple weeks
Since there re-evaluating him in 1 week, sounds like it’s more he suffered a grade 1 strain, but with the All-Star break around the corner, they could just rest him to play it safe
I got an ab strain that never heals. Every time I think its good, it's not. Of course I am not a professional basketball player, but I do work out regularly by running & lifting weights.
I’m thinking he misses next 7 games that gets us to all star break. Unfortunately our roster is super top heavy so I see us dropping close to all all 7 without AD.
@@CreativeBigL Kobe was a lifelong Laker. He earned it. Lebron has been bouncing around and at least those other guys were showing grit and playing hard. These guys follow lebron and ADs laziness... nobody is playing freely besides Lebron and AD
@@KpR333 Bron gave his city a championship ending a 52-year drought ! Kobe had Shaq who was the FMVP for all 3 of their final appearances! Bron has been the captain in all of his finals trips. You Kobe ( R.I.P ) Stans are really annoying ! Y’all are not even real basketball fans !
@Flush0000 lonzo was second pick...tatum 3 and fox 4. Lakers picked lonzo in large part bc of magic's advice, him being a point guard really fell in love with him. The lakers could have had tatum and fox and now that fox is up for trade there's all this tqlk about what they have to give up to get him when they could have had him, thx magic
@chf159 What I'm saying is Lonzo was raked above Foxx, so the Lakers made the correct choice with the information they had at had. You're looking from hindsight it's easy to say what should have happened when you're looking from the future. You're basically saying that someone who missed winning the lottery by 1 number should have known better than to pick the number they chose. Nobody can see the future.
We need 2 centers. I don't want to see Hayes play another minute. Even if we do get a starting center to play next to AD, then who is the backup center and injury insurance for moments like this? Most teams have 3 centers. We have zero.
Lakers were fine until JJ started experimenting with the line up. Bron went out when it was around 26-9 or something like that. Offense went downhill from there and never gained their momentum. I understand they had a back to back but that wasn’t a really good line up he put in with bronny.
If Davis is really out that long, asking price on any available center just went up due to the urgency. It's a bad time to be a Lakers fan anyway you look at it.
The price is still the same. The lakers are pretty public about “needs”, from the fans to their superstars. Nothing wrong with expressing yourself, but lets teams know you are desperate. Any trades for real talent was always going to be high price
Im not one for wishing injuries on people but AD going down could be a blessing in disguise to see how badly we need another guilty big man. This could be a big kick in the ass for thr Lakers front office...
@KpR333 dirk? The guy with the one legged step back? The guy with the awesome 3 pt shot? Dirk was never a center. Never asked to bang with centers consistently.
@@PulseOfPSE no what they need to do is trade every single player they have besides LeBron and bronny for draft picks and expiring contracts and let LeBron stat pad for the rest of the season and then kindly asked to GTFO
I love that AD got injured at this time, at this duration. Now rob can think about getting another center. I heard its not a long term kind of injury so im sure the lakers will be fine that's if they get another big. Plus AD’s foot injury have time to also rest
These guys think a center is the issue.. nobody talks about the offense we are missing without AD.. who is going to shot create? Most of AR points & assist come from Ppl being afraid of AD lol
@@wills.9422 After we traded D'lo, we got worse in the half court. We used to employ a lot of line-ups with 2 of any combination of LBJ, AR, and D'lo. Now, minus D'lo, and without any real replacement, AR and LBJ are the only facilitators, and so most of our line-ups after the first 8 minutes and in the closing minutes, have only 1 playmaker. So yeah, a center isn't our only need, but it is the biggest issue, specifically if we don't want to be a first round exit by Denver again. Remember that rebounding also can help your offense, especially offensive rebounding. We need to address both issues, but if we ignore the center need for a 3rd year in a row, I will laugh as we lose to Denver again. AD will probably request a trade if that happens lol.
A Myles Turner trade should be imminent now. Screw holding on to those draft picks. Rob, get it done, call up multiple teams for 3 or 4 team deal. Just get it done
I knew it was gonna be serious enough that he'd miss atleast some time. If its only a week and 3 games missed that's best case. Gotta hope this is something that doesn't cause him to now be out longer than a week. Teams gotta step up. This wizards game is very important. Have to win it. If we lose that man we're probably definitely gonna drop vs knicks and clippers without AD so we'd be looking at potentially just 4 games over 500 then if we lose next 3. We take care of business vs Washington and then even if we lose vs knicks and clippers we'd be 6 games over 500. If Lakers are serious about trying to remain high in standings there gonna have to do whatever it takes to beat Washington and to hang on while AD is out and potentially have to try to win some of these games without AD longer than a week. As for Christian Wood I'm sorry but it's absolutely pathetic that he's still out.
This is why I’ll never forgive Margic, Jeanie Buss, Lakers Management and/or anyone that was involve in trading Zubac!!!! That will forever haunt Lakers until they get a legit reliable center! Been saying this even before AD came to the team!!!!
@@djdsmooth72 Zubac has gone on to be a decent center at the least. The lakers however have struggled without a reliable center unless it’s AD and when he does play center in clutch situations he either gets outplayed or injured and yet people expect him to be the best offensive, defensive, and life saver at the same time. Its not realistic for AD at the center position
The severity of AD’s abdominal strain will determine how long he’s out. For mild strains, best case scenario is 2- 3 weeks. For more severe strains, it can be 6 weeks to 2 months.
@ exactly. That should be the goal going forward. Unfortunately I think front office is more concerned with milking LeBron and AD for as long as they can.
@@tmoney6475 i think that was their thinking but this season has changed a lot. If we as a casual fan see it. These guys running a billion dollar business definitely see it
I still don't think we're likely to get a center without trading one of Rui, Hayes, or Woods. I think we're more likely to get a guard and play more small ball lineups with LeBron, DFS, Vando, Rui, Max, Knect, Reaves, or Gabe.
Pelinka is one of the best GMs in the NBA. He is thinking about the future and when the senior citizen retires we can trade AD for a lottery pick and some young talent 💪
I love how these guys get an MRI the next day he had a older person who is retired and definitely needs MRI like my grandmother can get one they make her jump through loops and she's still not eligible
Thank you Magic Johnson. You did a fine job as president of basketball and operations giving away Ivica Zubak to your arrival for nothing. thank you magic.
@@ron.mexico. yes bro why do people want to stay stagnant and losing without developing our young guys. Might as well get them experience if we are going to lose
I blame Vogel for all this playing AD out of position and laker Nation and Pelinka for supporting it. I’ve been mad for three yrs. Get this guy a freaking Center already!
How about that DLo trade now? We needed a scorer in a trade for DLo, who gives you playmaking and shot making even if inconsistent at times. Without AD, this team doesn't have enough ball scorers. Lebron is going to have additional burden and I sure hope he doesn't get hurt next.
I literally don’t understand what more Rob needs to see that we need another big man not only to help AD but even as a backup big at some points. If we don’t get a big man I really think AD gonna request a trade after Bron retires.
I’m tired of hearing there is no update on Christian Wood. Wtf is going on with that dude? He looked great in his time with the Mavs and he just came to the Lakers looking absolute garbage until he was unplayable due to injuries. His ceiling looked so high. I’m sick of players coming to the Lakers and losing ALL of their talent smh
Comparing the 2020 build and the current roster, there is one more move the Lakers need to consider and make - at center or at a facilitator point guard position. The Lakers are still short on the center, and possibly at the point guard position. DFS covers Danny Green's role well with defense and 3 pt shooting albeit not as many 3 pointers as Green. Vando covers Caruso's defensive role. At the Center position the Lakers should go for it and trade no more than one first round pick for Myles Turner who I think will be fired up. During the championship run, Vogl wasn't a guards coach like JJ is but Rondo brought in playoff Rondo. Currently, you have JJ as coach which may make up for whatever Rondo brought otherwise, the Lakers should trade for Fox if there is no confidence in AR who does have some experience in the 2023 conference finals run. In that 2023 run, Malik Beasely had Danny Green's role short of Green's defense. It's good that the Lakers never traded for Buddy Hield. If Rob didn't break up the 2020 team, the Lakers would had repeated easily defeating the Suns and the Bucks. Too bad. Rob is a players agent, does anything players ask, and crunches numbers well but not a highly experienced GM. If he is to stay longer as a GM, he needs to be stay his ground and leave well enough alone.
I love this channel and you Trev but you can’t be serious about saying the Lakers weren’t healthy going against the 6ers who were missing 4 starters who were averaging almost 60+ points per game. We can’t keep making excuses for a subpar Lakers performance.
Whoever you get in a trade for a center , they won’t be on ad’s level . You’ll be lucky to go .500 while ad is out even if you got turner . If he misses 3 weeks and you go .500 you’re gonna slip to 7 or 8 out west . And then you’ll literally have to play .750 basketball the rest of the way if you wanted to be a 5th seed , that’s unlikely . If you think you can with the west as a 6,7 or 8th seed , you’re insane . We got lucky to be the 5th seed cause teams like Dallas were hurt . If ad is out 3 weeks the real chance to be a contender this season is over
I said Trade A.D. on Christmas day or next day for Lavine and Vucevic here. They fumbled the Dlo Trade for Lavine in a Package but had a 2nd Chance to Trade A.D. in a Package for Lavine and Vucevic but again they dropped the Bag.
No AD for a while, this team packs it in too much already, no defense we're in trouble. Rob has to get Miles Turner some kind of way to save our season. Give up the a 1st Rui and Hood Shafino
AD on strike, he wants a center 😂
Yup that’s exactly what he’s doing
I think so he showed that if we had a back up center we could have won
Fasho. It's a good move to. I respect it
Basically
@@presidentialsuites1702we need a starting center not a backup
The reason why Giannis has stayed healthy all this time, is because he always has a bigman on the floor with him to help him with the heavy work. Lakers is overworking AD where he is their prime defender, rebounder and they still expect him to score at a high level.
💯AD is the only superstar that gets forced to play a certain way, like he's a slave. He's like, "please get me a center! I beg you!" Lakers are like, "Shut up peasant! Get back to work!"
AD doesn’t play anywhere near Gianni’s though. Giannis can guard on the perimeter way better than AD.
That's a good point.
bro its not that deep he is one of the most injury prone players in history. sometimes its out of your control.
No it’s not😂😂Giannis has been injured in 2 straight post seasons what are you talking about?
This is why we need a center… AD wasn’t going to go forever without getting hurt… Hopefully one week doesn’t turn into 3…
The real problem is rob pelinkas 8 turnovers last night
@PhillipP75 AD is admittedly and definitely one of the worst big men in basketball history. Prone to injuries and occasionally being overrated. If you he was not injury prone he would have been probably the best player in basketball history and enabled the lakers to win 4 consecutive championships
The whole team played like shit@@robertw174
EXACTLY!!! I like Hayes. Nice kid. The problem is he fouls WAY TOO MUCH, and he doesn't have a jump shot. It's not the solution we need.
@@kimstewart1204 and ADs 8 turnovers last night was the real killer
The bad trade of Zubac to the Clippers by Magic is haunting the Lakers big time. What hurts is that Zubac loved the Lakers and admired Kareem Abdul-Jabar.
I agree we’ve had the history of getting rid of quality players
@AlfonsoCarter-n9x The Lakers also had the opportunity to retain Brook Lopez, when he became a free agent, after playing with the Lakers. Again, Magic fumbled the ball. He did not resign Brook Lopez, although he wanted to return big time.
Y’all gotta let that go , we all know Zubac would’ve never made it to see this team.
@@user-di1vv1fu3owhy not? He’s a legit top 10 center in this league and we gave him up for a mf who was out of the league by the next year. Our front office has a history of doing stupid shit like taking Lonzo over Tatum for one.
@@MrLakersFan4Lifeyea but Zubac wasn’t a great player at first just like Hart but they became great role players later on
Fire Rob fire Rob fire his ass he fucked up the whole squad he should of never break the championship team we had honestly
Rob Pelinka is one of the best GM in the league 💪💪💪
Ok miss
@@KpR333 😂😂😂😂😂
@@akaliotp6766 its true. He got Lakers to draft some pretty good picks and we won a cbampionship. If it wasnt for Lebron and his ego we would probably win more. Klay Thompson knew better and chose Dallas over LA!
Exactly STARTING WITH BEING A PUS)Y RACIST BLOWJOB GETTING RID OF MAGIC
this is just wear and tear for the last 4 years, the lakers management stupidity never ceases to amaze me
😂
This is just his softness coming into play.... twinkle toes
No, it's much more. AD has ALWAYS been injury-prone.
@@KpR333 let McDonalds tell you too run the register clean up the lobby drop the fries flip the patties cook the nuggets and work the drive thru you’ll be injured too
@@deereed3303this is crazyyyy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
AD said let’s see how those backup centers do when I’m gone 🤣
Not many teams shrug off losing an All-NBA center.
@@JonSmith-hk1bq i cant wait to be past this lebron and ad era. They are just bringing the team culture down. No energy from guys on defense and it starts with the leaders of the team.
@@KpR333 Got news for you. The Lakers are going to be completely irrelevant for at least half a decade once Lebron's gone. They've got one of worst front offices in the league.
@JonSmith-hk1bq lol your opinion is 🚮
@ Very well. Put your faith in Pelinka and Buss with Kurt Rambis and his wife getting votes for some reason and see where it gets you.
The Lakers don't have a professional front office.
This is my biggest frustration with this team and especially AD. Seems like everytime we get in a rythm and stacking up a couple wins, injury always seem to happen.
It's like they are allergic to wins, whenever they stack wins they somehow gets injured or something happens
Lakers: Ohh we're winning most games, let's take a break
@youtubewatcher6124
Exactly and at the end of the year all we hear is "if AD and Bron were healthy".
Most of our wins were against injured teams tho 😂
@@ivanp2490 ad is gone to Dallas lol. He can find a center there
This sucks, this was our chance to stack a bunch of wins before the all star break. Now every game until then is 50/50 shot to win or lose.
I know
50/50 against bad teams. Guaranteed loss against good teams
Felt like 50/50 when we had AD 😂
@@Chanbawamba don’t be negative like that lol
Let’s be real,it was 50-50 even against bum franchises (Hornets & 76ers) because The Lakers play down to their opponents and let them catch up.
And this is when the lakers rely heavily on 40 year old lebron to carry the team to wins then are flabbergasted when he can’t…good lord this franchise FO is such a joke.
This team is not built to survive without AD. Bron yes, AD no. Without AD, the Lakers are the Wizards or the Hornets. AD and the entire fan base have been begging the front office to get another center. Their failure to act on this one issue may have doomed the season.
Don't agree. With LeBron after the 1 week break when he was fresh he was making a big impact. But now he's got to dig deep because you can tell from the last two games he's either re aggravated the foot, or he's just getting tired and worn down and needs a couple of games to recover. too bad he can't get them with ad out which really worries me that we will see a really tired terrible lebron or a injured and out for a month lebron.
@motorsportsvault8484 Reeves takes a lot off of Lebron offensively if you've been watching the games since D Lo got traded they have Reaves be the primary ball handler in the first half. It gives Lebron more energy for 2nd half. Defensively they got DFS Rui and now Vando to help before Vando it was Cam. Who does AD have to help him? Jackson Hayes only plays when he sits. Even the one team that has kept us from winning again has an MVP center. It's obvious what we need!
@Moxiie-r1q yeah tbh I think last night was on a bunch of players being out not just ad and bronny was shaky but that's the only way he's gonna learn he had some good moments. Better than jhs. Will miss Anthony davis though.
We dont need to give up future picks for a center when lebron is 40 yrs old and AD is soft as hell. We should be developing our young guys and making them ready in 2 yrs like we did with Josh Hart, BI, Lonzo, and Kuzma.
@@KpR333except for bronny and Dalton, what young guys? Dalton isnt that young. Koloko? The team doesn't have alot of young developmental talent, it's built of mid to late 20 something guys, so in theory to win now.
I had a severe rib strain once, and it took 6 weeks to be completely pain free.. Strains in the abdomen region can linger.. I expect AD to be out at least a couple weeks
Since there re-evaluating him in 1 week, sounds like it’s more he suffered a grade 1 strain, but with the All-Star break around the corner, they could just rest him to play it safe
I got an ab strain that never heals. Every time I think its good, it's not. Of course I am not a professional basketball player, but I do work out regularly by running & lifting weights.
I’m thinking he misses next 7 games that gets us to all star break. Unfortunately our roster is super top heavy so I see us dropping close to all all 7 without AD.
@@GameStarGreenprobably so
Luckily the all star break is coming up I think he'll be back after then
This is the justification Rob needs to not make a move and give up on the season.
@@semowashere bingo 🎯
Finally we can start focusing on development and then the senior citizen can retire or leave and we can rebuild strong 💪💪
Kpr
How did that development go with senior citizen Kobe?😂
@@CreativeBigL Kobe was a lifelong Laker. He earned it. Lebron has been bouncing around and at least those other guys were showing grit and playing hard. These guys follow lebron and ADs laziness... nobody is playing freely besides Lebron and AD
@@KpR333 Bron gave his city a championship ending a 52-year drought ! Kobe had Shaq who was the FMVP for all 3 of their final appearances! Bron has been the captain in all of his finals trips. You Kobe ( R.I.P ) Stans are really annoying ! Y’all are not even real basketball fans !
Here we go again
I knew it was bad news when I saw Trev in a Hurley hoodie 😢
We lost zubac bc of magic, idiot m9ve and also the fox whom we could have gotten over lonzo...when will they learn...
@@chf159 Lonzo was ranked over Fox
@Flush0000 lonzo was second pick...tatum 3 and fox 4. Lakers picked lonzo in large part bc of magic's advice, him being a point guard really fell in love with him. The lakers could have had tatum and fox and now that fox is up for trade there's all this tqlk about what they have to give up to get him when they could have had him, thx magic
@chf159 What I'm saying is Lonzo was raked above Foxx, so the Lakers made the correct choice with the information they had at had. You're looking from hindsight it's easy to say what should have happened when you're looking from the future. You're basically saying that someone who missed winning the lottery by 1 number should have known better than to pick the number they chose. Nobody can see the future.
1-2-3 play-in tournament time. Now we can start the rebuild
We are done
Kiss me on the mouth
Time to focus on developing our young players 💪💪💪
this was our chance to break into top four seed and stay
@@Alex-ov7bm instead I think we fall back to 11th.
He did it for a center
Time for LeBron to take a few rest days.
You mean last nights game wasn’t a day off? 😆
@@No-More-Idolslebron and knetch the only ones that did something last night
He already does on defense...every game
Yes!! Time for Lakers to focus on development of their young players and we can blow up this lazy team led by a senior citizen
Time for a trip to Miami, for that juice💉💉💉
Annnnnnnd this is where RUI comes in and shines.
Huff would have been a great plug in player for times like this.
We need 2 centers. I don't want to see Hayes play another minute. Even if we do get a starting center to play next to AD, then who is the backup center and injury insurance for moments like this? Most teams have 3 centers. We have zero.
AD not hurt... he's sick of it all!!!
Damn we saw what happened once AD left the game. We’re screwed.
They have so far won 4 out of 6 games without AD (didn't play or left early). Stop crying. 🥱
Lakers were fine until JJ started experimenting with the line up. Bron went out when it was around 26-9 or something like that. Offense went downhill from there and never gained their momentum. I understand they had a back to back but that wasn’t a really good line up he put in with bronny.
If Davis is really out that long, asking price on any available center just went up due to the urgency. It's a bad time to be a Lakers fan anyway you look at it.
The price is still the same. The lakers are pretty public about “needs”, from the fans to their superstars. Nothing wrong with expressing yourself, but lets teams know you are desperate. Any trades for real talent was always going to be high price
Every time AD is the focus for more than 3 games, he's boumd to get hurt.
Im not one for wishing injuries on people but AD going down could be a blessing in disguise to see how badly we need another guilty big man. This could be a big kick in the ass for thr Lakers front office...
Right we i get happy about where we’re at 🤦🏾 💜💛
Season is over, thanks Pelinka, this was bound to happen all the minutes he plays down on the box
He is soft as hell. Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol were able to do it 🤷🏽♂️
@KpR333 dirk? The guy with the one legged step back? The guy with the awesome 3 pt shot? Dirk was never a center. Never asked to bang with centers consistently.
@@KpR333what a terrible comparison LOL
@viggogonsowski3651 yeah he just averaged 8 rebounds a game hanging out at the 3 pt line
@@akaliotp6766 you mad AD is soft as hell?
I’m glad the All star break is coming up
Thi s is one of the reasons why you do not give away games you should win for laziness and that is what the Lakers have been doing
What is that website Trevor is on? That column that shows where to watch is super helpful
Cant take AD to get hurt for Rob to get a center , Either way He needs to go 💜💛
Robs 8 turnovers last night was the real problem
@@robertw174 yes LeBron made 8 turnovers. So lakers should not build there team and get centre???
@@PulseOfPSE no what they need to do is trade every single player they have besides LeBron and bronny for draft picks and expiring contracts and let LeBron stat pad for the rest of the season and then kindly asked to GTFO
@@robertw174Certified Bron hater.
This gives Rob the excuse he needed to not use any of the draft capital. Man what a bummer
It's that time of the year again let's see what we really got on this team Go Lakers
I love that AD got injured at this time, at this duration. Now rob can think about getting another center. I heard its not a long term kind of injury so im sure the lakers will be fine that's if they get another big. Plus AD’s foot injury have time to also rest
This is why some fans wanted Zach earlier when the price was low because now the team is down 25-30 points
Zach who?
@@Eastra3lavine
These guys think a center is the issue.. nobody talks about the offense we are missing without AD.. who is going to shot create? Most of AR points & assist come from Ppl being afraid of AD lol
@@wills.9422 After we traded D'lo, we got worse in the half court. We used to employ a lot of line-ups with 2 of any combination of LBJ, AR, and D'lo. Now, minus D'lo, and without any real replacement, AR and LBJ are the only facilitators, and so most of our line-ups after the first 8 minutes and in the closing minutes, have only 1 playmaker. So yeah, a center isn't our only need, but it is the biggest issue, specifically if we don't want to be a first round exit by Denver again. Remember that rebounding also can help your offense, especially offensive rebounding. We need to address both issues, but if we ignore the center need for a 3rd year in a row, I will laugh as we lose to Denver again. AD will probably request a trade if that happens lol.
This is a smart move for AD. Lets get that center
A Myles Turner trade should be imminent now. Screw holding on to those draft picks. Rob, get it done, call up multiple teams for 3 or 4 team deal. Just get it done
Karma for Rob Pelinka for not getting a center
Get us a big ASAP
I knew it was gonna be serious enough that he'd miss atleast some time. If its only a week and 3 games missed that's best case. Gotta hope this is something that doesn't cause him to now be out longer than a week.
Teams gotta step up. This wizards game is very important. Have to win it. If we lose that man we're probably definitely gonna drop vs knicks and clippers without AD so we'd be looking at potentially just 4 games over 500 then if we lose next 3. We take care of business vs Washington and then even if we lose vs knicks and clippers we'd be 6 games over 500. If Lakers are serious about trying to remain high in standings there gonna have to do whatever it takes to beat Washington and to hang on while AD is out and potentially have to try to win some of these games without AD longer than a week.
As for Christian Wood I'm sorry but it's absolutely pathetic that he's still out.
He pulled a Jimmy Butler out there
This is why I’ll never forgive Margic, Jeanie Buss, Lakers Management and/or anyone that was involve in trading Zubac!!!! That will forever haunt Lakers until they get a legit reliable center! Been saying this even before AD came to the team!!!!
What has he won or done
@@djdsmooth72 Zubac has gone on to be a decent center at the least. The lakers however have struggled without a reliable center unless it’s AD and when he does play center in clutch situations he either gets outplayed or injured and yet people expect him to be the best offensive, defensive, and life saver at the same time. Its not realistic for AD at the center position
The severity of AD’s abdominal strain will determine how long he’s out.
For mild strains, best case scenario is 2- 3 weeks. For more severe strains, it can be 6 weeks to 2 months.
A strain is a tear. Abdominal tears take a long time to heal.
The West is so tight we are only 3.5 games up on the 11th seed Warriors. 5 to 7 games without AD drops us out of the play-in.
Hopefully we can start focusing on developing our young guys instead. We're not winning anything with a 40 yr old lebron
@ exactly. That should be the goal going forward. Unfortunately I think front office is more concerned with milking LeBron and AD for as long as they can.
@@tmoney6475 i think that was their thinking but this season has changed a lot. If we as a casual fan see it. These guys running a billion dollar business definitely see it
@ I hope you’re right because this season is cooked.
@@tmoney6475 You're saying this and then when AD comes back they go on a run then you say something else. Just be patient buddy
AD putting pressure on Pelinka 😂. #ADonStrike 💀💀💀
AD being out for at least a week means we are cooked....
I still don't think we're likely to get a center without trading one of Rui, Hayes, or Woods.
I think we're more likely to get a guard and play more small ball lineups with LeBron, DFS, Vando, Rui, Max, Knect, Reaves, or Gabe.
Everyone talking about the FO, AD ALWAYS hurt. Dude is Mr. Glass.
once they get a new center, AD will be miraculously healed.
Rob better trade for a Center now!! AD probably done for the year. Strain?? We are toast!!
Nah
Pelinka could not trade his way out of a paper bag with a hole on both sides.
Pelinka is one of the best GMs in the NBA. He is thinking about the future and when the senior citizen retires we can trade AD for a lottery pick and some young talent 💪
Issa wrap 💯
I love how these guys get an MRI the next day he had a older person who is retired and definitely needs MRI like my grandmother can get one they make her jump through loops and she's still not eligible
Tell grandma to become a professional player
I remember Shaq had the same issue his first 2 years with the Lakers. Shaq missed a lot of games those seasons.
Isn't the deadline in a weeks time? 🤔 What a coinkidink.
Thank you Magic Johnson. You did a fine job as president of basketball and operations giving away Ivica Zubak to your arrival for nothing. thank you magic.
Hachimura at center is an MTA turn style without the toll
We need another big to tackle hartenstein and chet, jokic and gordon and jarret allen and mobly.
IMO, a 3rd star is more of a priority to acquire ASAP. If you have a caliber like DFox, LaVine, DMurray for sure the offense deficiency is solved.
Just a note the correct pronunciation is PUHr-tl (very soft r) not PURTOL
Get a center 'cause we need a center. Is this the in it? That's the bottom line.
Season is over. We are not going to get anyone good and now AD is out
Time to let our young guys shine and develop 💪💪💪
@ and get rid of Lebron
@@ron.mexico. yes bro why do people want to stay stagnant and losing without developing our young guys. Might as well get them experience if we are going to lose
@@ron.mexico. It’s Always these Hispanics hating on the G.o.a.t of basketball 😂
@@ron.mexico. I feel bad for you, for suffering since 2018. Y'all haters didn't want him to come in the first place.
Go Lakers
AD said get a big now
We're in deep sh*t now
I blame Vogel for all this playing AD out of position and laker Nation and Pelinka for supporting it. I’ve been mad for three yrs. Get this guy a freaking Center already!
Same as it ever was. Even so, what a sh*t effort last night.
Get a good center not just a center
It was fun while it lasted ✌️
They can give Dwight Howard a 10 day contract for the mean time when AD is out..
How about that DLo trade now? We needed a scorer in a trade for DLo, who gives you playmaking and shot making even if inconsistent at times. Without AD, this team doesn't have enough ball scorers. Lebron is going to have additional burden and I sure hope he doesn't get hurt next.
Now The Wizards want a 1st round pick for Valenciunas
Yall need league pass. Vucevic is fuckin nice!
That man just wants a center he not hurt but doing this will hurt the team now and we will start losing games
I literally don’t understand what more Rob needs to see that we need another big man not only to help AD but even as a backup big at some points. If we don’t get a big man I really think AD gonna request a trade after Bron retires.
Ain't nobody coming to this circus, and you know this already.
That’s actually not a bad scenario for the lakers
Abdominal and groin injuries are problematic and potentially chronic if not taken care of properly. Really worried. Prepare for a freefall.
He's gonna be dramatic about it to force a trade for a Big 😂
We might as well trade him 😂
Go get Dwight
Nobody wants the booty Goon
I Truly believe this.
All prices just went up for potential sellers cause we super desperate now.
I’m tired of hearing there is no update on Christian Wood. Wtf is going on with that dude? He looked great in his time with the Mavs and he just came to the Lakers looking absolute garbage until he was unplayable due to injuries. His ceiling looked so high. I’m sick of players coming to the Lakers and losing ALL of their talent smh
Comparing the 2020 build and the current roster, there is one more move the Lakers need to consider and make - at center or at a facilitator point guard position. The Lakers are still short on the center, and possibly at the point guard position. DFS covers Danny Green's role well with defense and 3 pt shooting albeit not as many 3 pointers as Green. Vando covers Caruso's defensive role. At the Center position the Lakers should go for it and trade no more than one first round pick for Myles Turner who I think will be fired up. During the championship run, Vogl wasn't a guards coach like JJ is but Rondo brought in playoff Rondo. Currently, you have JJ as coach which may make up for whatever Rondo brought otherwise, the Lakers should trade for Fox if there is no confidence in AR who does have some experience in the 2023 conference finals run. In that 2023 run, Malik Beasely had Danny Green's role short of Green's defense. It's good that the Lakers never traded for Buddy Hield. If Rob didn't break up the 2020 team, the Lakers would had repeated easily defeating the Suns and the Bucks. Too bad. Rob is a players agent, does anything players ask, and crunches numbers well but not a highly experienced GM. If he is to stay longer as a GM, he needs to be stay his ground and leave well enough alone.
I love this channel and you Trev but you can’t be serious about saying the Lakers weren’t healthy going against the 6ers who were missing 4 starters who were averaging almost 60+ points per game. We can’t keep making excuses for a subpar Lakers performance.
How can the Lakers win without AD😢
we going from 5th right now to 11th lol. This team smh
Rob got to make a trade to get a Center. The season is on the line. That's like 3 weeks injury. Get a rim protector
Whoever you get in a trade for a center , they won’t be on ad’s level . You’ll be lucky to go .500 while ad is out even if you got turner . If he misses 3 weeks and you go .500 you’re gonna slip to 7 or 8 out west . And then you’ll literally have to play .750 basketball the rest of the way if you wanted to be a 5th seed , that’s unlikely . If you think you can with the west as a 6,7 or 8th seed , you’re insane . We got lucky to be the 5th seed cause teams like Dallas were hurt . If ad is out 3 weeks the real chance to be a contender this season is over
They should have 2 antony davis when he like to take a break 😂
I said Trade A.D. on Christmas day or next day for Lavine and Vucevic here. They fumbled the Dlo Trade for Lavine in a Package but had a 2nd Chance to Trade A.D. in a Package for Lavine and Vucevic but again they dropped the Bag.
😂 right on time I fucking hate us 😂 frfr
No AD for a while, this team packs it in too much already, no defense we're in trouble. Rob has to get Miles Turner some kind of way to save our season. Give up the a 1st Rui and Hood Shafino
I blame jj for AD injury and for losing a very winnable game play bronny early fuck up the rotation
the cat is a lakers fan as well
Ok I’ve heard enough trade for a center or we dropping to the play in
We are doomed
What happened to DFS? I was sold on he is a great 2-way player. Sorry but I don’t see it. He averaging 8 points.
Go Lakers 🌊🏀🟣🟡💪🏼
Untilis 🔙 everyone else has to step up on both sides of the ball
🔥 Robbie April 6th if we don't get a center🎉😂
I like trey Jamison he's physical