The 2025-2026 Los Angeles Lakers Thread (The Luka Era Begins)

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A quarter of the way through the season and Luka is on a ridiculous pace. Need more rebounds from Ayton and more scoring from Laravia.
 
Ayton just realizing that he is not that guy is hilarious. Hopefully it leads to more consistent play and effort.
 
Blow it up.

Get a new coach as well.
Nothing wrong with the coach. The overall roster is mediocre and hot takes had people thinking this team was going anywhere in the playoffs. They had already over achieved by being a 5th seed. All year they lost against good teams and beat bad teams, which kept them appearing decent.

I would love for Lebron to retire as a Laker, but the franchise doesn't deserve him. It wasn't the Buss family that shaped the 2020 title team, it was Lebron, hence the complete dismantling afterwards when Jeanie was planning to sell the team, which was so obvious and a big FU to fans and LeBron (and AD who they said fuck your need for a center).

Many Laker fans don't deserve to see the team win either due just being trendy dummies. The disrespect against Lebron is the first reason. The second is thinking Luka Doncic is going to bring LA a championship. This dude is not him. He's slow, too iso reliant, a ball stopper, and he takes the worst shots ever. I seriously don't get the love fans have for this guy. Amazing stats, but he's won nothing and his style of play can't beat championship defenses. He got bailed out by getting hurt so everyone can blame Lebron again.
 
Nothing wrong with the coach. The overall roster is mediocre and hot takes had people thinking this team was going anywhere in the playoffs. They had already over achieved by being a 5th seed. All year they lost against good teams and beat bad teams, which kept them appearing decent.

I would love for Lebron to retire as a Laker, but the franchise doesn't deserve him. It wasn't the Buss family that shaped the 2020 title team, it was Lebron, hence the complete dismantling afterwards when Jeanie was planning to sell the team, which was so obvious and a big FU to fans and LeBron (and AD who they said fuck your need for a center).

Many Laker fans don't deserve to see the team win either due just being trendy dummies. The disrespect against Lebron is the first reason. The second is thinking Luka Doncic is going to bring LA a championship. This dude is not him. He's slow, too iso reliant, a ball stopper, and he takes the worst shots ever. I seriously don't get the love fans have for this guy. Amazing stats, but he's won nothing and his style of play can't beat championship defenses. He got bailed out by getting hurt so everyone can blame Lebron again.

Lebron is old and washed. And if Luka cant stay healthy next year his ass needs to go too. I'm tired of the old, injury prone roster with no depth that isn't good enough challenge for a title. Most knew the Lakers weren't getting pass the thunder. Like it's been stated the roster isn't good enough.

JJ needs to reevaluate how he coaches. Taking too long to call timeouts. Plays that lead to turnovers after you just took a timeout.
 
The only way Lebron should be a Laker next season is if he's willing to take a drastic pay cut. Other than that, he can be anywhere but LA.
 
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