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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:03 pm    Post subject:

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This guy can't play in playoffs? Wth


Who Says?

Better than Ariza, so...


I am asking can 2way players play in Playoffs?


read what I could out there and

as long as we waive someone and sign him to a contract before the play-in or playoffs etc he can play

We need DJ also and sort of need Bradley eh?

Can't waive Nunn.. baze and ariza?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:06 am    Post subject:

ContagiousInspiration wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
lakerican wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
This guy can't play in playoffs? Wth


Who Says?

Better than Ariza, so...


I am asking can 2way players play in Playoffs?


read what I could out there and

as long as we waive someone and sign him to a contract before the play-in or playoffs etc he can play

We need DJ also and sort of need Bradley eh?

Can't waive Nunn.. baze and ariza?

Ariza is the guy we should waive, without question, to make room for Gabriel (if he does deserve to stay with the team).
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:49 am    Post subject:

We definitely need to keep this guy for the Play-In and the Playoffs (if we make it that far).

Ariza will always have a special place in the hearts of Lakers fans, but he cannot give us what Gabriel can give us at this stage of his career. I actually cannot believe he's still in the league considering he was on our championship team in 2009. The last of his teammates from that season (Pau) retired 1.5 years ago.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:27 am    Post subject:

Who would've imagined that young players are better than washed up vets
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:31 pm    Post subject:

slavavov wrote:
ContagiousInspiration wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
lakerican wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
This guy can't play in playoffs? Wth


Who Says?

Better than Ariza, so...


I am asking can 2way players play in Playoffs?


read what I could out there and

as long as we waive someone and sign him to a contract before the play-in or playoffs etc he can play

We need DJ also and sort of need Bradley eh?

Can't waive Nunn.. baze and ariza?

Ariza is the guy we should waive, without question, to make room for Gabriel (if he does deserve to stay with the team).


Can we waive Baz instead?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:37 pm    Post subject:

I like him a lot finally a 6"9 wing we been asking for


We should lock him and stanley up for 3-4 years on cheap contracts
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:51 pm    Post subject:

I've never seen Stanley dunk....I find that strange
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:53 pm    Post subject:

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I've never seen Stanley drunk...I find that strange


Fixed.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:02 pm    Post subject:

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Really would be interested to see him start not kidding I mean what the hell at this point…..

Monk-WB
Reeves-Elllington
LBJ-THT
Johnson-Melo
Gabriel-LBJ

Just never WB and LBJ on floor at same time, FFS.


Ur getting warmer Frank….it’s called length, mobility and effort…….

DH is cooked!
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:24 pm    Post subject:

With dude starting & playing nearly 32mins tonight, it’s a good time to mention that as it stands we’re at the 15 man roster max and would need to waive a player to convert Gabriel to a standard rest-of-season (ROS) NBA deal.

If he remains on his current two-way deal and does not get converted to a ROS deal, he will be ineligible for the play-in & potentially the postseason.

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Subject to a final agreement with the NBA, players have agreed to keep a majority of the current Two-Way rules for the 2021-22 season, sources tell ESPN. The one change is that a Two-Way player is not eligible for the 2022 playoffs unless his contract is converted.

https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1416107303481266178


Fyi: the NBA did change the rules last season to make two-way players eligible for postseason play due to the health obstacles the pandemic presented. That potential decision could still be in play. However, presently it is not.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:50 pm    Post subject:

ksmgf wrote:
slavavov wrote:
ContagiousInspiration wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
lakerican wrote:
Dennis100mtrash wrote:
This guy can't play in playoffs? Wth


Who Says?

Better than Ariza, so...


I am asking can 2way players play in Playoffs?


read what I could out there and

as long as we waive someone and sign him to a contract before the play-in or playoffs etc he can play

We need DJ also and sort of need Bradley eh?

Can't waive Nunn.. baze and ariza?

Ariza is the guy we should waive, without question, to make room for Gabriel (if he does deserve to stay with the team).


Can we waive Baz instead?

It seems like Baze can still play. But Ariza is done, so let's waive him instead of Baze.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:50 pm    Post subject:

good pick up...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:59 pm    Post subject:

danzag wrote:
Who would've imagined that young players are better than washed up vets


younger players are always better than "washed up"
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:36 pm    Post subject:

I thought he was suppose to be a decent 3 pt shooter? what happen lakers curse?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:39 am    Post subject:

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I thought he was suppose to be a decent 3 pt shooter? what happen lakers curse?


If he had the skills/abilities to check every desired box, then he would have stuck somewhere and wouldn't have been available.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:16 am    Post subject:

Given his D, this 24 yo kid should stick on longer inexpensive contract. Off
the bench he could help in the future. I mean he's a true 6'9" with a 7'1"
reach and a lot of energy.

He's a better option than; Ariza & Baze for sure.

We do need scorers but D is also very important. IF his O were to
come along, we'd be golden.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:19 am    Post subject:

vasashi17+ wrote:
With dude starting & playing nearly 32mins tonight, it’s a good time to mention that as it stands we’re at the 15 man roster max and would need to waive a player to convert Gabriel to a standard rest-of-season (ROS) NBA deal.

If he remains on his current two-way deal and does not get converted to a ROS deal, he will be ineligible for the play-in & potentially the postseason.

Quote:
Bobby Marks
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Subject to a final agreement with the NBA, players have agreed to keep a majority of the current Two-Way rules for the 2021-22 season, sources tell ESPN. The one change is that a Two-Way player is not eligible for the 2022 playoffs unless his contract is converted.

https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1416107303481266178


Fyi: the NBA did change the rules last season to make two-way players eligible for postseason play due to the health obstacles the pandemic presented. That potential decision could still be in play. However, presently it is not.


looks like the power that be are waiting to see AD coming back, prob decide keeping a big (Wenyen) or a small, somebody bout to get cut the day before playin starts, brutal
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:21 am    Post subject:

We should have cut a player and signed him to a Stanley type (team option) deal. Then you'd get early bird rights on him, Stanley, and Reaves after next season. What's the delay? $$$?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:24 am    Post subject:

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We should have cut a player and signed him to a Stanley type (team option) deal. Then you'd get early bird rights on him, Stanley, and Reaves after next season. What's the delay? $$$?

They probably will, but also want to see if he will get minutes once AD is back. Once AD is back, it could come down to a situation where you have to choose who to play between Melo/Stanley/Gabriel, next to AD/Bron.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:40 am    Post subject:

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We should have cut a player and signed him to a Stanley type (team option) deal. Then you'd get early bird rights on him, Stanley, and Reaves after next season. What's the delay? $$$?

They probably will, but also want to see if he will get minutes once AD is back. Once AD is back, it could come down to a situation where you have to choose who to play between Melo/Stanley/Gabriel, next to AD/Bron.


You are probably right which is crazy because for me its players that MIGHT play vs players that WONT play or matter.

Why not keep BOTH Stanley and Gabriel even if they don't work with AD over 1-2 of AB/DJA, Ellington, Baze and Trevor most likely sitting as DNP-CD?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:41 pm    Post subject:

He fits the role we meant for Ariza, better than Ariza will.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:58 am    Post subject:

He has long arms and moves his feet. This allows him to be a presence on offense off the ball and not allow the defense to just know they have to rotate out to a shooter (that isn't even a lethal shooter).

Other than Melo, no one on this team should be sitting outside on the 3 point line all the time. There needs to be movement and that's why it's been such a struggle this year, guys just don't move as much.

These guys like Stanley, Gabriel, Monk, Reaves, they at least move. That's why our offense seems to run better with them.

I have zero expectations from a group that unproven, but a healthy AD, Lebron and Westbrook playing better (like he has the last week) with those guys is certainly going to be more in line with the team we were hoping to have this season than the team we've actually been.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:00 am    Post subject:

he has played OK, but the shine he gets says more about how bad we are as a team.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:54 am    Post subject:

He's likely not starting on a contender of course, but he has usefulness on this team as a rotation player. Can swing between 3-5. Goes to show how badly Rob botched on the rest of the rotation with old vets who aren't even playing right now.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:40 am    Post subject:

Cannot cut Melo just for franchise reasons imho

how are we keeping DJ
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