Lakers to sign 6'9 Wenyen Gabriel
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:07 am    Post subject:
Wenyen's too good for the g-league, so I can see the Lakers trying to give him some minutes. He could probably kill it overseas, but I understand why he wants to stay here. Still young!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:16 am    Post subject:
Is he friends with Monk?

Maybe they brought him in to make Monk happy although I don't see how we could sign him with the team in this current state.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:09 pm    Post subject:
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Is he friends with Monk?

Maybe they brought him in to make Monk happy although I don't see how we could sign him with the team in this current state.


Lakers are being smart. They realized (too late) these 6"9 guys are worth gold.

Stanley
Sekou
Gabriel

All have the athleticism to become very good 3D players which is what we need. All they need to do is get the 3pt shot down.

I think we are giving up this season and the strategy for next season is to stack up on 6"8 wings... that should of been the strategy all along.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:53 pm    Post subject:
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Frank Vogel on Wenyen Gabriel: "My understanding is he'll be with us full time and not really with the G League." Admits Wenyen may get some run.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:42 pm    Post subject:
Just play him. How can it get any worse?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:44 pm    Post subject:
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Frank Vogel on Wenyen Gabriel: "My understanding is he'll be with us full time and not really with the G League." Admits Wenyen may get some run.


That's good to know.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:52 pm    Post subject:
Speaking of 6’ 9”, I miss Kuzma. The Lakers do too. He’s playing very efficiently in D.C. His 17 & 8.8, plus his height and defensive abilities would provide a lot more options than Vogel has this year.

As someone said, the Lakers started the season with more guards than Buckingham Palace.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:42 pm    Post subject:
Underrated pickup. He’s getting minutes with the lakers for sure. His energy is exactly what this lazy ass team needs
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:41 pm    Post subject:
Just play him and live with his mistakes. Vogel hates young players.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:20 pm    Post subject:
Let him get some burn. Already better than Ariza.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 2:59 pm    Post subject:
Wenyen Gabriel got in during garbage time but showed heart, hustle and athleticism, things that this team is sorely lacking.
WG has a lot of defensive potential. He plays hard defensively and rebounds well.

IMO Gabriel is an improvement over Doumbouya.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:24 pm    Post subject:
With our next three games against bad or mediocre teams, coach needs to give Gabriel some meaningful playing time. I'm sick of seeing us play so small so much of the time.

Plus we need to develop more young players since we have almost no draft picks anytime soon.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:21 am    Post subject:
TDRock wrote:
pio2u wrote:
TDRock wrote:
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The Lakers are waiving forward Sekou Doumbouya to make room to sign forward Wenyen Gabriel to a two-way contract, league sources tell @TheAthletic.


So this person is better than Sekou? Was Sekou near the limit of how many games he could play is a two-way player why not just bring him back up?

I mean...
Sekou was not even close to being the best player with the South Bay Lakers.
I don't know if it's his injury or not but things never got rolling for him in South Bay.

Wenyen G. & Doumbouya have similar game.


Oh Werd?

I actually don't even remember seeing him in the SBL games that I watched. I was more thinking about having some continuity for a damn change. But if Sekou is wack then that's not helpful so… I don't know anything about Wenyen besides what folks have posted here so I shall keep an open mind.


They definitely don't have similar game.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:20 pm    Post subject:
Not a single minute
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:26 pm    Post subject:
What happen to "He'll get playing time", Frank?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:47 am    Post subject:
If only the Lakers had a young bouncy big man that we could throw out there for 10-15 minutes a game.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:54 pm    Post subject:
He got into the game, I can't believe this
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:50 pm    Post subject:
Best player on the team tonight.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:08 pm    Post subject:
Underrated pickup ....... gives us more young players to rotate in for energy, hustle and D.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:13 pm    Post subject:
Play him more
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:17 pm    Post subject:
He played well tonight. Having a stretch big could be valuable down the stretch. I think they miss Morris.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:40 pm    Post subject:
From what I’ve seen so far, I wonder if a big/small lineup would work:

Monk or THT (Enuf WB already)
Reeves
LBJ
Johnson
Gabriel

Should be able to switch and rebound better
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:53 pm    Post subject:
I think he can be good complimentary player for AD.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:54 pm    Post subject:
Laker_Jocker wrote:
From what I’ve seen so far, I wonder if a big/small lineup would work:

Monk or THT (Enuf WB already)
Reeves
LBJ
Johnson
Gabriel

Should be able to switch and rebound better


Reaves, Monk, LBJ, Gabriel and AD might work.
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