30 Dec 2022 05:42:44
The 5 biggest mistakes the Lakers made in the last 10 years.
5. Draft Ball over Tatum.
4. Trade for Westbrook
3. Trade for Davis. Could of signed him a year later.
2. Sign Lebron. Single handedly ruined the Lakers.
1. Buss leaving. He was building a good team just needed to let them mature. Team would be a lot better with the young guys back.

Ball, Caruso
DLO, Clarkson
Kuzma
Randle, Nance, Wagner
Zubac, Bryant
And with the draft picks we missed.

1.) 22 Jan 2023
22 Jan 2023 00:34:45
You said a lot here. Just to point out first if the Lakers didn't make the trade which sent DLO out the pick for Kuzma wouldn't have come in. Also you forgot Ingram and Hart. So now lets look at that team with Ingram and Hart. First off the Lakers would be paying more for that team then the team they have now. Factoring in the draft picks they traded like #4 and #8 in recent years apart of the Davis trade. Next there wouldn't have been a championship in 2020. That's not happening. This overall is not a championship roster nor a playoff roster. So roster movement would have happened no matter what. I would say DLO, Randle, Clarkson, Nance and Wagner wouldn't have been apart of the team at this point. Ball and DLO wouldn't have made much sense together. I do agree Tatum should've been picked over Ball if they kept DLO. Now lets talk #3. Lakers would NOT have had Davis the next year. He would have been traded to Boston. A package was on the table but the Lakers package was better and the Celtics reluctance of trading Tatum. #2 Lebron James is a superstar talent. The issue is Davis has been injured and Westbrook trade didn't make sense. This year the Lakers could've won 10 more games if they just made 1 or 2 plays more and didn't give up big leads.

Here are a few mistakes I think they made.

*Trading Zubac away for Mike Muscala.
*Trading for Westbrook.
*NOT Trading for Buddy Hield from the Kings in exchange for Kuzma and Harrell.
*Select Ball over Tatum. However Davis wouldn't be apart of the team due to financial reasons if Tatum wasn't apart of the trade which Ingram was apart of anyway. Ingram, Tatum, Randle together? Not sure if that would work out. Randle would've had to be traded.
*Renouncing Julius Randle and getting nothing in return.

So after all this the Lakers would probably be in the exact same position and one less championship. With Lebron, Davis, and Westbrook Lakers fans would expect better. It's just an underachieving roster. Could shooters help? Yes but it cost salary cap which the Lakers don't have due to the contract of Westbrook.

2.) 23 Jan 2023
23 Jan 2023 01:09:04
Randle asked to leave because of LeBron. If he wasn’t here he would of stayed. I disagree they would be in a way better position with DLO, Ball, Ingram, Randle and Zubac. Not to mention they would have all those picks to up grade the roster. So trade a couple a get a real star. Davis and LeBron are great players but when is the last time they did not miss 1/ 4 of the season? So one championship and only because they had months off between. Is worth be more competitive for the last 4-5 years? The season before they traded for Davis they were 3rd or 4th before LeBron went down. Plan and simply they had depth with now they do not. The Westbrook trade was a total flop and that was LeBron and Davis wanting him. My reasoning behind keeping the youth is you could of traded for other stars that are not as old or injury prone. Media keeps saying how durable James is when he has missed 1/ 4 of the games every year except the season he had months off during it. To much money into guys that can’t play a full season.

3.) 23 Jan 2023
23 Jan 2023 23:12:40
I think we can both agree that Randle would've stayed if Lebron wasn't around and that the Westbrook trade wasn't a good idea. I wouldn't say it was a total flop but a $47M point guard off the bench is not what the Lakers really need. That will be corrected in the offseason. The only stars I could think of that would join the Lakers without Lebron and AD would be Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Those guys are not leading the Lakers to a championship either. Lakers made an huge investment in both Lebron and AD. All we can do is hope that the team will start winning games and get back into the playoff picture. AD returning is a start. Lebron is 38 years old so I don't expect him to play 75+ games a year. More like 60 games. That's just the way it is. To me that's not a big deal as long as they are winning without him which they are not. The idea that Westbrook would be the savior when Lebron is out didn't make a different.