Exclusive Around the NBA: Forgettable February edition

This February is anything but forgettable.

 

A hammer blow to the side of the head can fix that.

 

SlyPokerDog immediately starts searching for his hammer.

 

Yet it will be one I so wish to forget.

 

I remember someone on here last saying that NO WAY SAC would trade Haliburton. Well

 

Some sunshine in case you needed it

 

What are people's thoughts on Jalen Green? Is he a bust?

 

Norm on the Clipps look exactly like his usage on Blazers. Matador defense, never looking to make a pass and just chilling at the corner 3 most plays.

 

Funnily enough, Hart and Alexander-Walker both at the Rockets/Pelicans game tonight. Good for them. Great teammates

 

So glad he’s gone

 

RealGM Wiretap
Lakers No Longer Believe They Can Win With Russell Westbrook
FEB 9, 2022 11:18 AM


The tone in the locker room after the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday was that the team is in need of immediate action ahead of the trade deadline.

Sources have told The Athletic that the Lakers no longer believe they can win at a high level with Russell Westbrook alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. But before Tuesday's game, the thinking was the Lakers would be unwilling to wave the white flag and admit their mistake of trading for Westbrook.

One Lakers staffer who had reservations about the trade when it was made in July recently told The Athletic, “I didn’t think it would be this bad.”

The Lakers discarded the remaining supporting cast of their title winning team of 2020 in trading Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma for Westbrook while also letting Alex Caruso walk in free agency.

The only realistic trade of Westbrook at this venture is to the Houston Rockets for John Wall.

BILL ORAM/THE ATHLETIC

 

But he hits tho

 

Why u say that? He was 18ppg on great shooting clips

 

Lakers cannot win with Westbrook --- DUUUUUUUUH and No Shit Sherlock -- LOL

I think almost every fan who was not a Laker fan could see this coming ... this was so predictable and taking my Laker hate out of it for a minute the GM of the team should be fired ... and replaced with NeO ( then we would never have to worry about the Lakers again ) but being serious. Never mind being serious time to rag on the Lakers and bask in how they suck and maybe in a worse spot then the Blazers cause only thing they have going for them is they are in LA but James is not getting any younger and Davis well he cannot stay healthy so what else do they got ??

Not much cept tradition and in the end if the franchise is being run badly does not mean much so as much as the Blazers look bad atm -- kind of glad were not the Lakers

 

Yeah and this might be the ONLY time I would not mind the Blazers losing to the Lakers but to be honest IF the Blazers stole one tonight might also put a smile on my face too --- LOL

Blazers can lose every other game but just beat the Lakers and I can live with that

 

I actually think they can win with Westbrook... they just have to use him the right way. You have to sit the dude down and say that the 18 minutes a game that LeBron and AD sit are his time to shine. You always sit LeBron and AD at the same time and tell Russ to just play his crazy Brody ball against other teams' bench guys. He can't play with those two guys they are just too good for him to be dominating the ball and making all of the decisions but he can still ball especially at a second unit level.

This would make the Lakers bench a lot stronger despite them lacking depth in a serious way. This will make their time with LeBron and AD on the court flow seamlessly and become much more productive. It's really their only hope for making a run the rest of this season, getting out of the play in games and winning in the playoffs. They also might be able to build Russ's value up a little and try to fool someone into taking him in the off season.