Sources: Lakers planning individual workouts to evaluate centers Joakim Noah, Dwight Howard and Mo Speights this week in Los Angeles. Another consideration currently overseas: Marcin Gortat. Lakers want a window into physical condition and mindset of a potential addition.
I wonder who that means...
Unfortunately Dwight has always known how to say the right things. _________________ 14-5-3-12
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
I just watched highlights and he actually doesn't looked washed athletically, either. And his toughness, confidence, energy might help this teams personality on the court
Such horrible options the Lakers are forced to consider!
Absolute hindsight issue but it pisses me off that the Lakers could have very easily had nice center depth by signing Cauley-Stein and kept Wagner for end of the bench potential.
WCS wasn't signing here to split minutes with Boog and Javele. One of WCS or Javele wouldn't be here.. to be 3rd string..
I would not have signed Cousins in the first place. Not related to his current unfortunate injury.
Anyone have thoughts on Tyler Zeller? He is still available from what I am seeing. Every team should have a Zeller, Plumlee or Lopez.
Some of these center options are 10-15 mpg options at this stage of their careers. I would prefer they can play 20+ mpg to split with McGee. Centers will need to play significant mpg. Especially on those nights Davis takes off or has minor injuries that reduce his playing time he seems to always have.
Center impact and contribution needs to be more then an afterthought IMO
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
I just watched highlights and he actually doesn't looked washed athletically, either. And his toughness, confidence, energy might help this teams personality on the court
His history with the Lakers informs like 5% of my opinion. That block rate and footage of him on the Wizards is more concerning. And the 2nd back surgery only compounds it. I would personally not be opposed to signing Dwight even from 2 years ago. But this version is done.
I hadn't considered that, I thought Rob/Lebron were just going to TALK to Dwight, like over a dinner. Is Dwight's ego too big to come in for a workout? Is it beneath him? That might be the self un-selecting process right there if Dwight refuses to do a workout.
I hadn't considered that, I thought Rob/Lebron were just going to TALK to Dwight, like over a dinner. Is Dwight's ego too big to come in for a workout? Is it beneath him? That might be the self un-selecting process right there if Dwight refuses to do a workout.
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
Curious how you envision the mpg breakdown for centers next season?
-McGee was 22mpg last year (most in 8 years) so best case maybe push it to 24mpg at most. Can he sustain that the entire season? What if he misses 10 games?
-Noah or other older vets- 15mpg?
- Who is playing that other 9mpg (or most likely more)? Davis?
Lakers are in a tough situation. Not sure i see any easy solutions. They don;t need a low contribution player, they need a solid backup capable of giving them 20+mpg on a nightly basis.
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
Curious how you envision the mpg breakdown for centers next season?
-McGee was 22mpg last year (most in 8 years) so best case maybe push it to 24mpg at most. Can he sustain that the entire season? What if he misses 10 games?
-Noah or other older vets- 15mpg?
- Who is playing that other 9mpg (or most likely more)? Davis?
Lakers are in a tough situation. Not sure i see any easy solutions. They don;t need a low contribution player, they need a solid backup capable of giving them 20+mpg on a nightly basis.
Absolutely AD. Finish halves. He will be our center in closing lineups. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Lakers completed workouts and meetings with Dwight Howard and Joakim Noah on Thursday and have Mo Speights at the team’s facility today, league sources tell ESPN. Both Howard and Noah left impressions that they could be helpful to the team.
Dwight Howard is finalizing contract buyout with Memphis and plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as free agent, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. _________________ Formerly OC Lakerfan
The Lakers will hold the leverage on Howard and can cut him before the NBA's Jan. 7 deadline without cost to the team.
Howard moves the Lakers' roster to a full 15 players. via ESPN
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
I just watched highlights and he actually doesn't looked washed athletically, either. And his toughness, confidence, energy might help this teams personality on the court
His history with the Lakers informs like 5% of my opinion. That block rate and footage of him on the Wizards is more concerning. And the 2nd back surgery only compounds it. I would personally not be opposed to signing Dwight even from 2 years ago. But this version is done.
He played 9 games with WAS. Cmon now I hate Dwight too but using that as the sample size is disingenuous. The real question is his health and most of all attitude. Talent wise he can still put up 15/11/2 when healthy. His season in Charlotte was really good
Noah might be as good as WCS.. I'm not a WCS fan.. and Noah brings the energy, and left a good impression on Grizz fans w his play
Yeah. People who just casually say he's washed didn't watch him on the Grizz. He was a very solid player. We're not looking for a starter; just someone who can play 12-14mpg. He can do that.
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I really don’t get how signing him is an issue. It doesn’t affect us in any negative way other than the media spin, lack of production which is easily remedied by not being on the floor, and if he acts up, then just releasing him.
The benefits outweigh the negatives. And at a low cost.
Truly hoping he is healthy and won’t have an issue with his role.
I really don’t get how signing him is an issue. It doesn’t affect us in any negative way other than the media spin, lack of production which is easily remedied by not being on the floor, and if he acts up, then just releasing him.
The benefits outweigh the negatives. And at a low cost.
Truly hoping he is healthy and won’t have an issue with his role.
I see this similar to Cousins deal. Low risk, high upside. There are differences through as Cousins has a 3 pointer but overall concepts is similar. And cousins deal might be consider more risk because an injury to Cousins midseason or after trade deadline could costs big. And the risk of big injury to Dwight is less than Cousins. And we would know fairly quick if his attitude has negative effects on the team so we wouldn’t be struck in the water if things went bad.
So it’s possible that Cousins injury so early could be the best “bad Luck” the Lakers had. And the signing of Dwight could be the best “mistake” the Lakers have ever made.
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