@@jackshannon4695 We can switch JV to PG and bench DLO when defense is needed. There is at least some solution to the PG problem. However, we have NO solution for the center position against big good center. AD in 5 is very risky for us and when AD is down, we are fxxked.
I really don’t get the Dlo hate and it’s weird. Ppl just want to see a trade just to see one. U can’t look over him being the 3rd best player on this team. This has to stop!
It's really to mask the fact that because no one on the Lakers is a two-way player except Anthony Davis... not even LeBron! So the third best player on the team is always going to be the scapegoat, just ask Westbrick. Pretty soon Reaves is going to be Bron's new Whipping Boy!
@@leonardwilliams8565Westbrook deserved the hate/criticism he got for his play (not personal stuff) because he was really bad. He wasn’t a scapegoat, he was just a huge disappointment and his play consistently showed that.
@@YouReallyDontKnow he wasn't bad he just didn't fit. That team didn't have any shooting, so Russ couldn't play his game. Russ would be a great fit for this team as a 6th man because we have guys who can shoot.
DLo breaks LA 3pt record while not playing a full season. 3rd best player on the team. Has 2 bad games against defending Champs in playoffs that he significantly helped to get them to in the first place. Weird Lakers fans, "Trade DLo!!"
The hate DLo gets even from the media is so beyond dumb. Like First Take the other day said DLo is not a good player because he's sporadic. No shit, he's a 3rd option, he's not always going to be consistent game to game when the game plan is for him to be a third wheel. Lakers fans want to trade him because they just want a trade. They don't understand what it means to build chemistry. You can't just put a team together anymore and expect it to win a championship. There needs to be comradery and according to the Lakers players, outside of LeBron - DLo is the one they want to play with the most.
The Dlo hate is because people don’t like lying,a false hope or broken promises you say every year to save yourself but don’t actually do anything about it! No lick of defense doesn’t even try to hustle on plays
Trevor is type of guy to get cheated on and then stay w the same chick because he doesn’t learn lol. When will this DLO shit pass . The only team open to Dlo is Brooklyn. No one else wants him. Lakers put themselves in a corner of desperation by keeping him. Every team and their mom knows they NEED to trade him at the deadline.
Nah it’s because rob gave him a player option and cam / and Hayes and whoever else wanted a player option . Rob go back to the old days where all stars minimum have player options or all nba players
I don’t hate him, just have seen enough of him. Since his time when he got drafted and when he’s been back I think he’s always been a good scorer. Never really a good leader. He is who he is, I give him credit for trying harder defensively this year. I just don’t think he’s the one to pair with Lebron and AD. Also, he’s one of our trade able assets.
i dont have a problem with dlo, but in the playoffs he must come off the bench in limited minutes are the lakers are never going to win. He needs a specific role in the post season.
Bro no one hates dlo Everybody knows he’s a good dude We just hate him for our team. He’s good but not good enough. Denver was the measuring stick He’s not at Murray’s level and Murray isn’t even a “super” star level player. Clearly Bron and ad are elite players to build a chip around We just can’t keep waisting their prime not contending.
Yes, D’Lo is a Bad Fit with AR however, D’Lo has a History of Hatin’ (Swaggy P/Schroder/Gobert) which, could be a Problem in The Loc(k)er Room and a Reason other Players don’t want to play with Him. Haters can repent/change however, The Probability of a Hater “Growing a Heart” or becoming Hater Free is Extremely Low.
Only Swaggy P hates DLo. DLo's issue was with Ham, not Schroder. The entire team did not like Ham. And DLo and Rudy are still good friends. Reports of them not getting along is exaggerated as fuck
Trevor do you remember when Dlo quit on the team in the playoffs when u refused to join the huddle it's surprising you don't understand why he gets alot of negativity around him, for God sakes he played a playoff game and didn't even score, PLEASE STOP DEFENDING DLO !!!
Trevor still acting like Dlo wasn't the third best player on the team...and won't open his mouth to talk about the real weak link.Reaves got targeted and cooked all year...that's why he was the only starter with a negative plus/minus for the season.
Can you give a few reasons or a convincing reason. I love them both and they both come up short in the playoffs. BUT the reason I rather have DLO is that man is a sharp shooter. Remember he broke the Lakers all time season 3 point record. And I can say honestly those 3s helped us get to the playoffs
@@Phokyocouchdennis gave us consistent 15-20 points “in the playoffs” and regular season while being our most consistent point of attack defender. I’d take him over dlo any day. Dlo barely helped us get to the playin then disappears when it matters most. Y’all so delusional
@IsaacClark23 Not true. He averaged 14 ppg on 40% overall FG in 6 games in the 2020 playoffs and a terrible 7 ppg on 40% overall FG in 16 games in the 2022 playoffs. Maybe try checking actual stats instead of making up stuff to suit your biased opinions.
He was slightly better in the regular season - 15 ppg on 44 overall FG in 2020 and 13 ppg on 41% overall FG in 2022. Schroder is a pretty good backup but Dlo is a better starter and better overall.
@@dmitryowens He also mentioned Schroder’s excellent point of attack defense….which you conveniently ignored while telling him to “ stop making stuff up “. Why ignore that? Because you’re a DLo stan.
@@raymondtuckerjr1886 Oh please. The last time we traded DLo, we immediately got better at point guard. Whether it was Zo, Rondo, LeBron, Schroder or Caruso running the point - we were BETTER and/or made the playoffs/won banner #17. FURTHER, DLo has been traded by every team he’s ever played for & benched in the playoffs by every team he’s ever made the playoffs with. Not being able to get it done in the playoffs might ride over at the Clippers, but that don’t ride over here at the Lakers, my guy. Therefore - Raymond Tucker - as a fan, YOU too can go along with DLo to wherever his next stop is. Just make sure you keep your bags packed because he won’t be there for long either. He never lasts more than a couple years before he’s moved again.
@@_WEsTWooDnobody reading allat. You letting a grown man get you that upset, you gotta get your priorities straight bro. trevor isn’t defending him, he’s being honest but your hatred is just blinding😂
@@_WEsTWooD that's CAP. When Dlo went to the Nets, he became an All star. And Zo was going backwards. Schroder is NOT a better point than DLo. Caruso is NOT even a point guard. And LeBron is Lebron. Y'all won a chip with rondo but that was like 3 years after Dlo left. So outside of Rondo and LeBron, Dlo has been y'all BEST pg in a while and it ain't even close. YOu're hatred for DLo needs to be studied.
@@0Smoove0 Upset? I don’t need to be upset to give facts. In fact, I laughed at Trevor if you can’t tell by the opening post. I’ll tell you what “ ain’t nobody tryna do “ and it’s hear this DLo propaganda stuff just cause it looks like he stuck on the Lakers and nobody wants him - again. Get your own priorities in order. Don’t project your problems onto me, homie
@@giftedimagesllc 1st of all, DLo was a REPLACEMENT all star on the Nets. He didn’t even get selected initially. And after his 2nd year there it was BYE BYE too. And the point was we were a better team after moving DLo & still made the playoffs without him on the roster….responding to the dude before you who said “ no DLo, no playoffs “ like we can’t add another guard and make the playoffs just the same. Hell, if LeBron decided to take over point guard duties we’d make the playoffs. He’d be burned out come playoff time, but we’d be in the playoffs. BTW, you too….when we finally do ditch DLo, you go with him. You been stanning for DLo for 365 days straight..that’s what needs to be studied..stanning for a dude with little to no trade value.
Russel had two good playoff games against Denver but no one bats an eye on that. Those two games they lost was because of Darvin Ham’s poor rotations to close the games and Jamal Murray hitting those two game winners. Game 2 and 3 were winnable if Darvin Ham didn’t mess up the rotations when lakers had the big leads. And Vanderbilt should have played because he was ready to play but the coach didn’t want him to play. But casuals still gonna blame Dlo but not Darvin Ham
Yes I’m a casual for blaming Dlo lolol . Dude is the definition of a regular season player. There’s no way dlo can drop 0-7 , eat fruit snacks on the bench , pout like a baby, and you still act like he’s a great player ? Just no way lol
DLO AVG 6PTS in last season West Finals. We lost to them by an avg of only 6pts a game during that sweep. If he avg lets say even 12 we dont get swept and we would have went to the Finals. Him avg 6 pts had nothing to do with Ham . You Shelo cheerleaders are hilarious
@@mescudi971 So what about those other two games he played good? Game 2 he had 7 made threes and lakers were up 20 points at halftime. Darvin Ham making Rui play center on Jokic, and then Denver makes their run and he doesn’t call timeout. But yeah let’s blame Dlo 😂
@@jackinralph1 What’s hilarious is you don’t talk about the other two good playoff games he had against Denver. Game 2 he made 7 threes and lakers were up 20, but Darvin Ham decided to make Rui play Center on Jokic, and then make his pathetic three guard lineups (Gabe, Dinwiddie, Reaves) while Dlo, LeBron, and AD rest. And then he lets Denver comeback without calling timeouts, But yeah let’s blame Dlo for that 😂 and then benching Vanderbilt for game 3 when he was available to play was also the coaches move, season on the line and Darvin doesn’t play him was such a Darvin Ham thing to do 😂 game 2 was supposed to be the momentum changer, but nooooo we have a clueless coach that wants to play small ball when lakers were up big for most of the series
It's not that people hate dlo but his defensive shortcomings and his poor playoff play makes him expendable. How many times can you kick the can down the road and hope for a better deal when one of your best players turns 40. There's not that many more trade deadlines and off-season in lbj career. Seems stupid to keep waiting
Dlo is the 3rd best player on the Lakers NO DOUBT...WE can't be so STUPID THAT WE TRADE DLO AND NOT GET SOMEONE BETTER BACK.AND RIGHT NOW I DONT SEE NO BETTER PG OUT THERE😮😮😮
We for sure only made the playoffs 2 years in a row because of DLo's 3's.But Also Lost in the playoffs due to his zero point performances and non existent defense...soo its a real pickle
That is not the reason they lost. Y'all just want a scapegoat. Every single second DLo was on the floor, they were winning. Lakers had no rebounding. He did pretty good defensively that series
When has telling the truth ever been hate? Dlo is good player in tbe regular season but his numbers prove that he isnt reliable in the playoffs. All his percentages dropped significantly this year and prior years in the postseason. You can't trust him in big moments and that's a fact.
Dlo is not bad. Not great but good enough. His problem is defense and slow. Defense can be fixed by other guys. We are more in need for a good rebounder and solid center aside with AD
I'm sick of all the blaming but Noone on the team is a leader enough to come out and criticize his own players. Coaches don't take accountability, and no leadership to hold teamates accountable. Kobe wouldn't hesitate to let everyone know what's wrong with anything. There's no Mamba Mentailty. Someone light a fire under some bu tts!!!
This fanbase is too fickle. Dlo went on a stretch last year where he was hitting like Curry, and ya loved him. Obviously, he isn't gonna carry us every night, but he had a bunch of moments last year where he was the best scorer on the team.
These are the point guards who ranked higher on plus minus than D'Lo: 1. Brunson 26M 2. Holiday 33.6M 3. Lillard 44M 4. Doncic 43M 5. Murray 31.6M 6. Maxxey 40.7M 7. Haliburton 49M 8. Irving 40M 9. Conley 10.3M 10. Alvarado 1.7M 11. Exum 3M 12. Fox 32.6M 13. Melton 12.8M 14. Curry 54M 15. D'Lo 18M Now that we got that out of the way, how you getting someone better to start over D'Lo? 😂 Shall we do this exercise for SGs and SFs with Reaves, Rui or Vando, so you can realize that we don't have a starter anywhere near what other teams have there? With all the talk about spacing you would think that fans would understand how it works by now, but they don't. The center's ability to shoot and pass determines 80% of a team's spacing. That's the only thing AD lacks. Out of the remaining 20% about 80% of that part of spacing is determined by how well your PG shoots the ball. The best shooters at PG last season where: 1. Conley 44.2% 2. Holiday 42.9% 3. Murray 42.5% 4. D'Lo 41.4% (9. Steph Curry 40.8%) Do you want mediocre spacing? You need D'Lo to have that. Without him you have terrible spacing. Get a 35% league average PG in there and guess what? The spacing will be bottom 8 in the NBA. Without spacing you have to rely on athleticism and skill on the wing for your offense and you have to have elite defense. Reaves, Christie, Knecht, Hachimura, Lewis 😂 The only two players on this roster that can play defense are Gabe Vincent, whom you want traded probably with D'Lo coming off the bench and Vando, who has been no factor offensively. He makes spacing worse, because teams leave him. So now you have no spacing added to no spacing, which means you will not get easy buckets at the rim, because the paint will be packed. But that's not even the point. Our perimeter defense last year ranked among the worst of the worst. Multiple teams set franchise records in 3s made against us. So we have no defense for the shooting of other teams. And without D'Lo we have no spacing either. We have no athleticism at the 2 and 3 starting unless we start a guy that makes spacing worse still. We don't have a single 2-way wing on the roster, not one. And after you get rid of D'Lo you guys all want to get a traditional big with even less shooting than AD and you want these guys paired, so LBJ can't conserve energy and has to defend 3s all year long, which he has not done in three years and doesn't want to do. That's why AD plays the 5. LeBron wants to be a PF. He has played 0 minutes at SF in 3 years. So essentially the grand Lakers Nation plan is to make energy conservation mode LeBron part of our non existent perimeter defense. 🎉 So... 1. We don't have money. We can't get a great starting PG. In fact there are 0 available PGs better than D'Lo anywhere near his income. 2. We are a .500 team without D'Lo for spacing. It'll destroy our spacing again. 3. We have no minutes for a traditional big and don't have the roster to play one alongside AD 4. There isn't a single PG we can trade for in the entire NBA right now. None of you guys make any sense. Lakers Nation should be renamed into Boston Celtics Lakers lineup destruction nation. 😅
@@gregpollard7158 to be honest bro I’ll take rui over dlo for we expect dlo to be the 3 after lbj and ad rui a good role player we were looking for him to do something because nobody else was talk bout nothing
Idc what everyone else thinks, I hope we keep on this season and see what he does. If not lays great in the regular season and really steps up in the playoffs I hope we keep him for good. I might too optimistic about him, but I like him, he’s just insanely fun to watch when his shot is falling. The only other player who gets me more amped is lebron lol
@@YouReallyDontKnow you have lost your mind. You watched it play out 2 years in a row! You tryna make it 3? He's been on 5 different teams. He's a BUM!!!
@@dennisknowles9293 I know that I am trying make the point that there is no real Dlo hate I just don't believe he is a playoff guy in big games and moments. Sometimes that is all it is.
Can we stop already with the Kobe statues??????!!!! This is so dumb. Get over it, Jeannie. Tells you that Rob is only the GM BC HE WAS KOBE’S AGENT. How else does he have a job???
It doesn't look good when a player celebrates a 3 point shot in pre-season but doesn't care about defense and disappears in the playoffs. Honestly, nobody should be celebrating a 3 ever. It's your job to make baskets. Celebrate a game winner. I also don't want to hear about his lack of athleticism. There are plenty of guys with less hops and slower acceleration who don't disappear in the playoffs. None of them are making excuses.
None of the contenders are saying probably this or run it back same unit they upgraded upgraded except Boston they just locked the same group in Lakers Rob isn’t half of Philly GM or presti or any other contender GM
i think rui should be the one needs to be trade convert the dude into two legit rotation players. like in the charlotte trade rui and get cody martin and nick richards or either grant and nick richards
I like Dlo. There’s a swag with dlo and reeves. But we need a big 💯 bruiser. Deandre Ayton or Markken I’d trade two 1st. See if cousins available. Otherwise see what we can do if a good trade open up mid season then ok
It’s the GM plain and simple if darryl morey was here we’d be good because deals done for less is happening with all the “ contenders “ vs a non contender in the Lakers
DLo quickness was not brought up for brooklyn or as a 1st round pick im not tryn hear that and If Austin isn’t a all star send him and 2 first rounds and other guys players for lauri
DLO is just fine... his position actually changes during the playoffs because Bron usage goes way up. How can you expect Bron and ADs numbers to go up and no one elses numbers go gown. Youll gonna regret when DLOs gone. The playoff thing is overblown... he had 2 outstanding playoff games in 5 games last season. Your 3rs option is the x factor not mista consistent. I can imagine how youll woulda treated Lamar Odum today.. he wasnt consistent but when he waa good the Lakers won and he was gonna have 3 or 4 good games in a 7 game.series...
DLO has been a playoff bust on every team he’s played with! STOP IT🤣. He’s always trash in the postseason. And two out of five games for a starting PG not winning you a championship. So keep DLO and enjoy another 1st round exit. A starting PG who has one way of scoring and plays ZERO defense! Yeah a true gem!
@@MsCamicam hes 3rd option... Steph Curry is struggling to be consistent with Bron.. Trade him for peanuts... you will regret it.. and ima laugh at the lack of bball knowledge? Lol Playoffs... outside of Bron and AD who has been consistent?
Here’s what’s really going on….NBA execs are not looking for SLOW ball dominant guards. The preference at the guard spot is always speed & quickness. So DLo is mid at best in terms of value. Magic knew SLOW at point guard wasn’t going to cut it, so what did Magic do? Traded DLo immediately & drafted a more athletic guard..Lonzo. Slow is not the way. Faster pace = more offensive possessions = more wins. Stop trying to sell us on DLo and start putting some pressure on Pelinka to move this slow dude DLo to another team, Trevor 😐
They why do the Mavericks have Luka Doncic if no team wants "slow ball dominant guards"? If I recall, Tyrese Haliburton, Fred VanVleet and some other unathletic players still have jobs
@@dom3221 Lol Hilarious..the Mavs actually have Luka because the Hawks preferred the quicker/speedier Trae Young, and the Mavs love their slow Euros with size. Remember..Luka was traded on draft night, my guy. And where does DLo come into play here? Because if DLo were 6’7” with a sizable weight advantage like Luka, DLo probably wouldn’t be so weak in the playoffs. Just as Trevor has said many times..DLo can’t handle the physicality of the playoffs. Does that sound like Luka? No. And on top of that, DLo’s obviously not athletic. This isn’t grade school basketball, this is the NBA….being weak physically AND slow is not ideal. That shouldn’t be hard to understand. As for Haliburton & VanVleet..pay attention..because I never said these types of dudes can’t be employed, genius. I said the preference at the position is geared towards speed & quickness. The ability to get downhill. Haliburton is plenty quick, but that aside..it would still be room in the league for him if he wasn’t. DLo has been in the league for 9 years, right? So of course there’s room for the guys who aren’t as gifted if DLo or worse can stick around. But execs would still rather have guys like Tyrese Maxey or Mitchell. But everybody’s not fortunate enough to have those types. And that’s where DLo comes in..he’s a placeholder, and he’s been that since Magic replaced him with Lonzo.
Okay. And then who plays point guard? Russell isn't a perfect player, but he needs to be replaced. Now tell me, who is available at the point who is better than Russell? But wait, most of the Russell trades we hear about don't even mention a point guard. Lakers Nation enthusiastically demands a trade dealing the team's only reliable PG for a backup center. I don't understand the logic at all.
Trevor we’re not falling for the fake DLo regular season gimmick he’s not a playoff player do you want the Lakers to win a championship Yes or No it’s simple he cannot be on the team if we are trying to contend for the championship.
My personal opinion, popular or not is this. I see what he brings, see what he makes money wise and I see how long he’s been in the NBA. Not to mention that he wants to be a Laker can has chemistry with the team. It makes perfect sense to me that you pay him around what he already makes, which is around what a 6th man makes, and he transitions into our 6th man next. Resign him with that roll in mind, not what he can’t give you as a starter, but how great he would be for the Lakers bench long term. 3 years $60 extension. He can easily give the team 15 points and 4.5 assists off the bench, that would be so valuable. Then you focus on the starting point guard spot, someone who is reliable on defensive, can hit an open shot, has a high basketball iq that you can play late game. See what you can get with a health Gabe Vincent, if it’s not him, then look to trade him with either a pick, package with a role player or both, and get what you need at the starting spot. This is what I honestly think would solve the issue. I’m more interested in giving up a couple of minimum contracts and picks for Walker Kessler. Someone who can play important minutes now, at 23 can start with AD when Bron retires, after this year still has a team option before being restricted, so you don’t have to worry about losing him, AND you don’t have the lose a rotation player in the deal. That would be a major win IMO. Thanks for reading lol
@@dom3221 Yeah, I’m actually not going to forget that idea lol Again, you need a starting pg that fits the role not Steph. Also he would come in and set the tone for the 2nd unit, which is a big part of what a 6th man does.
These are the point guards who ranked higher on plus minus than D'Lo: 1. Brunson 26M 2. Holiday 33.6M 3. Lillard 44M 4. Doncic 43M 5. Murray 31.6M 6. Maxxey 40.7M 7. Haliburton 49M 8. Irving 40M 9. Conley 10.3M 10. Alvarado 1.7M 11. Exum 3M 12. Fox 32.6M 13. Melton 12.8M 14. Curry 54M 15. D'Lo 18M Now that we got that out of the way, how you getting someone better to start over D'Lo? 😂 Shall we do this exercise for SGs and SFs with Reaves, Rui or Vando, so you can realize that we don't have a starter anywhere near what other teams have there? With all the talk about spacing you would think that fans would understand how it works by now, but they don't. The center's ability to shoot and pass determines 80% of a team's spacing. That's the only thing AD lacks. Out of the remaining 20% about 80% of that part of spacing is determined by how well your PG shoots the ball. The best shooters at PG last season where: 1. Conley 44.2% 2. Holiday 42.9% 3. Murray 42.5% 4. D'Lo 41.4% (9. Steph Curry 40.8%) Do you want mediocre spacing? You need D'Lo to have that. Without him you have terrible spacing. Get a 35% league average PG in there and guess what? The spacing will be bottom 8 in the NBA. Without spacing you have to rely on athleticism and skill on the wing for your offense and you have to have elite defense. Reaves, Christie, Knecht, Hachimura, Lewis 😂 The only two players on this roster that can play defense are Gabe Vincent, whom you want traded probably with D'Lo coming off the bench and Vando, who has been no factor offensively. He makes spacing worse, because teams leave him. So now you have no spacing added to no spacing, which means you will not get easy buckets at the rim, because the paint will be packed. But that's not even the point. Our perimeter defense last year ranked among the worst of the worst. Multiple teams set franchise records in 3s made against us. So we have no defense for the shooting of other teams. And without D'Lo we have no spacing either. We have no athleticism at the 2 and 3 starting unless we start a guy that makes spacing worse still. We don't have a single 2-way wing on the roster, not one. And after you get rid of D'Lo you guys all want to get a traditional big with even less shooting than AD and you want these guys paired, so LBJ can't conserve energy and has to defend 3s all year long, which he has not done in three years and doesn't want to do. That's why AD plays the 5. LeBron wants to be a PF. He has played 0 minutes at SF in 3 years. So essentially the grand Lakers Nation plan is to make energy conservation mode LeBron part of our non existent perimeter defense. 🎉 So... 1. We don't have money. We can't get a great starting PG. In fact there are 0 available PGs better than D'Lo anywhere near his income. 2. We are a .500 team without D'Lo for spacing. It'll destroy our spacing again. 3. We have no minutes for a traditional big and don't have the roster to play one alongside AD 4. There isn't a single PG we can trade for in the entire NBA right now. None of you guys make any sense.
Don't forget Rui too in the 2nd playoff vs. the Nuggets?! Oh, those three-Russell Reaves and Rui-muddied their pants when we needed them. Unbelievable.
If Russell could just play good in the playoffs like in regular season, he'd be our future..guess the lights to big for him, and watch him go somewhere else and have the season of his career🤦😑
Is DLO bad in the playoff or just bad vs Denver? Let’s not forget we had Westbrook before him. Trading DLO averaging 18 and 6 + 1st round pick and other players for someone averaging 20 and 8 may not be the best move.
@@MsCamicam it’s against the same team tho. Small sample size. The team wasn’t built to beat Denver. At some point Lakers have to realize the grass is not always greener. Literally if they would have stayed put and never got Russ, the team could look a lot better. Gave away too many assets to get Russ, then more to get rid of him. Can’t do the same with DLo. Remember when the Lakers wanted to trade Kuzma, now he’s the missing piece. 🤦🏾♂️
D,lo was getting 20 a game or 15 pts a game I will take that got better at Shooting Lakers need expiring contracts 3 point shooting improved at least he gets us to the Play offs trade him at end of regular season simple he is coming of a better Season and then trade him
DLO is a Laker hate or love doesn’t matter, he’s on the squad and the Laker fans who trash on that man for no reason because of some missed shots in the playoffs couch gms. News flash the front office knew he wasn’t a good defender when they traded for him so that’s a non factor as far as I’m concerned DLO is very skilled player who puts butts in the seats.
@@conquistojones3646 he puts people in the seats? You sound crazy. Real Lakers fans don't have no love for DLo. Only simps like yourself think this bum is any good. Nobody wants that lame! That's why they can't trade him
You'd spend a second round pick to give up the team's only reliable point guard for a center? Okay, so you just trashed the offense because you've removed the most effective spacer from the floor and are now asking Reaves to take over the ballhandling duties. And how about the defense? Oh look, now Lebron's playing SF so the defense has a huge hole. That trade makes the Lakers not only worse, but much worse. If the Lakers are sending out Russell, they need a point guard back that has many of the same attributes as Russell.
@@JonSmith-hk1bq so DLo Austin reaves was a great defending back court? What did we sign max christie for ? And I guess lebron is chasing around Michael porter as a 3 how many Michael porters can you think of in the league ?
@@knell7900 No. Reaves and Russell were absolutely not a great defending backcourt. But you're not upgrading the backcourt's defense. You're crowding Lebron out of the PF slot and forcing him to chase wings around at age 40. As for why we gave Christie $8 million a year. I have no clue. That was a baffling overpay. We're not even sure if he's a real NBA player yet, but I'm pretty confident that he's not ready to carry the point for 30 minutes a night.
Look at are backcourt now look at all of the back courts of the present and past champions. Look at the back court of any team Bron won a chip with. Look at the backcourt of all of the contending playoff teams now look at ours. You try to tell me we will win with Dlo. Tell me of all I had you look at you see our backcourt being better. The guards dominated in the playoffs and won Boston their chip. We dont have a dynamic guard nor can either one play D. Fans will be fans criticism comes with it. I will never forget HE AVG 6PT VS DENVER in Last year West Conf Finals We lost by ready for this an avg of wait for it........6 POINTS I dont like him never have never will. He is a diva, he slow, cant guard a locked closed door, he is wildly inconsistent, a career playoff loser. cant create off the dribble not a dribble drive threat, a toxic teammates who snitches on other players and criticized his own coach during the play-in cause Ham would not baby him. So whats to like, He is trash as starter more trash in the playoffs. Trevor you sound like her boyfriend stop defending and crying for Shelo. I am tried of you telling me "we can do no better than Shelo" He didnt start playing until January and he was non-existent in the later games of the in-season tourney that was won by Bron Ad Prince and Reaves. Shelo to the bench great she starting we will never win a chip with him and thats a fact. I dont care abiut the mini streak he went on so he wouldnt get traded. Others teams keep getting better and we keep waiting to see which Shelo is gonna show up. I know Monk was not a lead guard but we let him walk for 9 million and he is 10X better sorry a** Shelo who makes $18 million per year thats $200K per game to do nothing
Who cares how many points he gets in the regular season. He's a bum. He can't play when it matters. That's why that 18 mil is not working. He's untradable. And Trevor you talk basketball. But you are very blind when it comes to talking basketball. You and Lil Sean are Lames
Dlo is one of our best shooters yall crazy ...we need a Center
Agreed.
Trade Dlo for a center then
Dlo is a come on defense
@@jackshannon4695 We can switch JV to PG and bench DLO when defense is needed. There is at least some solution to the PG problem. However, we have NO solution for the center position against big good center. AD in 5 is very risky for us and when AD is down, we are fxxked.
I really hope that we don’t let DLo go!!!!! We need him and he knows his team mates
I really don’t get the Dlo hate and it’s weird. Ppl just want to see a trade just to see one. U can’t look over him being the 3rd best player on this team. This has to stop!
It's really to mask the fact that because no one on the Lakers is a two-way player except Anthony Davis... not even LeBron! So the third best player on the team is always going to be the scapegoat, just ask Westbrick.
Pretty soon Reaves is going to be Bron's new Whipping Boy!
He is the only Laker that consistently hits 3's.
@@rogers6168lebron and rui were consistently very good as well
@@leonardwilliams8565Westbrook deserved the hate/criticism he got for his play (not personal stuff) because he was really bad. He wasn’t a scapegoat, he was just a huge disappointment and his play consistently showed that.
@@YouReallyDontKnow he wasn't bad he just didn't fit. That team didn't have any shooting, so Russ couldn't play his game.
Russ would be a great fit for this team as a 6th man because we have guys who can shoot.
I appreciate DLo. He's a glue guy (attitude) that Lakers will miss if they let him go
We need to focus on getting a CENTER !!!!!
I keep saying, run this team back and add a big center (we just added Vando back) and we will be back in the playoffs
DLo breaks LA 3pt record while not playing a full season. 3rd best player on the team. Has 2 bad games against defending Champs in playoffs that he significantly helped to get them to in the first place. Weird Lakers fans, "Trade DLo!!"
The hate DLo gets even from the media is so beyond dumb. Like First Take the other day said DLo is not a good player because he's sporadic. No shit, he's a 3rd option, he's not always going to be consistent game to game when the game plan is for him to be a third wheel.
Lakers fans want to trade him because they just want a trade. They don't understand what it means to build chemistry. You can't just put a team together anymore and expect it to win a championship. There needs to be comradery and according to the Lakers players, outside of LeBron - DLo is the one they want to play with the most.
Not Lakers fans. BronSexuals
The Dlo hate is because people don’t like lying,a false hope or broken promises you say every year to save yourself but don’t actually do anything about it! No lick of defense doesn’t even try to hustle on plays
Russel deserves all the flack he gets , he needs to step his game up defensively , and in playoffs.
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No DLo hate from me. I've liked him since we drafted him. Honestly, the only trade Im into at this point is for Lauri, as doubtful as that is
Could not agree more stood up when LeBron missed some games he covered very well madness to pick anyone until The start of the play offs
Trevor is type of guy to get cheated on and then stay w the same chick because he doesn’t learn lol. When will this DLO shit pass . The only team open to Dlo is Brooklyn. No one else wants him. Lakers put themselves in a corner of desperation by keeping him. Every team and their mom knows they NEED to trade him at the deadline.
And he a 🐀
Nah it’s because rob gave him a player option and cam / and Hayes and whoever else wanted a player option . Rob go back to the old days where all stars minimum have player options or all nba players
"Need"? To trade him or you "want" to trade him. They don't "need" to trade him. They stink without him.
No one wants any of our players , don’t act like it’s just dlo.
@@wills.9422 facts
I don’t hate him, just have seen enough of him. Since his time when he got drafted and when he’s been back I think he’s always been a good scorer. Never really a good leader. He is who he is, I give him credit for trying harder defensively this year. I just don’t think he’s the one to pair with Lebron and AD. Also, he’s one of our trade able assets.
i guess we are no longer a playoff team 😔 u cant have ur starting pg be a no show in the playoffs and expect a 40year old to carry in the playoffs.
if dlo is the best 3rd laker again we are in trouble. You konw who is the perfect fit for dlo, Jeremy Grant
I think DLo is going to soar 🚀 under JJ Reddick
Score zero jj gonna benched him fasho cuz jj dont tolera diva light skin😂😂😂
U do realize literally all of our players peaked/soared under Ham right? He is what he is bro.
He probably won't. But compared to the PG position, we are much weaker in center position.
i dont have a problem with dlo, but in the playoffs he must come off the bench in limited minutes are the lakers are never going to win. He needs a specific role in the post season.
I think that was the plan with gabe. Since gabe played well in the playoffs the yr before. At least I hope that was the plan
Bro no one hates dlo
Everybody knows he’s a good dude
We just hate him for our team.
He’s good but not good enough.
Denver was the measuring stick
He’s not at Murray’s level and Murray isn’t even a “super” star level player.
Clearly Bron and ad are elite players to build a chip around
We just can’t keep waisting their prime not contending.
Yes, D’Lo is a Bad Fit with AR however, D’Lo has a History of Hatin’ (Swaggy P/Schroder/Gobert) which, could be a Problem in The Loc(k)er Room and a Reason other Players don’t want to play with Him.
Haters can repent/change however, The Probability of a Hater “Growing a Heart” or becoming Hater Free is Extremely Low.
@@gregpollard7158 that’s damn near facts but idk if u not hooping gang
Only Swaggy P hates DLo.
DLo's issue was with Ham, not Schroder. The entire team did not like Ham.
And DLo and Rudy are still good friends. Reports of them not getting along is exaggerated as fuck
Trevor do you remember when Dlo quit on the team in the playoffs when u refused to join the huddle it's surprising you don't understand why he gets alot of negativity around him, for God sakes he played a playoff game and didn't even score, PLEASE STOP DEFENDING DLO !!!
A bunch of one way players will get exposed when it matters. No more sugarcoating
Trevor still acting like Dlo wasn't the third best player on the team...and won't open his mouth to talk about the real weak link.Reaves got targeted and cooked all year...that's why he was the only starter with a negative plus/minus for the season.
I’d rather have Dennis Schroder
Can you give a few reasons or a convincing reason. I love them both and they both come up short in the playoffs. BUT the reason I rather have DLO is that man is a sharp shooter. Remember he broke the Lakers all time season 3 point record. And I can say honestly those 3s helped us get to the playoffs
@@Phokyocouchdennis gave us consistent 15-20 points “in the playoffs” and regular season while being our most consistent point of attack defender. I’d take him over dlo any day. Dlo barely helped us get to the playin then disappears when it matters most. Y’all so delusional
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Not true. He averaged 14 ppg on 40% overall FG in 6 games in the 2020 playoffs and a terrible 7 ppg on 40% overall FG in 16 games in the 2022 playoffs. Maybe try checking actual stats instead of making up stuff to suit your biased opinions.
He was slightly better in the regular season - 15 ppg on 44 overall FG in 2020 and 13 ppg on 41% overall FG in 2022. Schroder is a pretty good backup but Dlo is a better starter and better overall.
@@dmitryowens He also mentioned Schroder’s excellent point of attack defense….which you conveniently ignored while telling him to “ stop making stuff up “. Why ignore that? Because you’re a DLo stan.
I hate when Trevor starts defending DLo because that means he’s probably coming back. 😅
@@raymondtuckerjr1886 Oh please. The last time we traded DLo, we immediately got better at point guard. Whether it was Zo, Rondo, LeBron, Schroder or Caruso running the point - we were BETTER and/or made the playoffs/won banner #17. FURTHER, DLo has been traded by every team he’s ever played for & benched in the playoffs by every team he’s ever made the playoffs with. Not being able to get it done in the playoffs might ride over at the Clippers, but that don’t ride over here at the Lakers, my guy. Therefore - Raymond Tucker - as a fan, YOU too can go along with DLo to wherever his next stop is. Just make sure you keep your bags packed because he won’t be there for long either. He never lasts more than a couple years before he’s moved again.
@@_WEsTWooDnobody reading allat. You letting a grown man get you that upset, you gotta get your priorities straight bro. trevor isn’t defending him, he’s being honest but your hatred is just blinding😂
@@_WEsTWooD that's CAP. When Dlo went to the Nets, he became an All star. And Zo was going backwards. Schroder is NOT a better point than DLo. Caruso is NOT even a point guard. And LeBron is Lebron. Y'all won a chip with rondo but that was like 3 years after Dlo left. So outside of Rondo and LeBron, Dlo has been y'all BEST pg in a while and it ain't even close. YOu're hatred for DLo needs to be studied.
@@0Smoove0 Upset? I don’t need to be upset to give facts. In fact, I laughed at Trevor if you can’t tell by the opening post. I’ll tell you what “ ain’t nobody tryna do “ and it’s hear this DLo propaganda stuff just cause it looks like he stuck on the Lakers and nobody wants him - again. Get your own priorities in order. Don’t project your problems onto me, homie
@@giftedimagesllc 1st of all, DLo was a REPLACEMENT all star on the Nets. He didn’t even get selected initially. And after his 2nd year there it was BYE BYE too. And the point was we were a better team after moving DLo & still made the playoffs without him on the roster….responding to the dude before you who said “ no DLo, no playoffs “ like we can’t add another guard and make the playoffs just the same. Hell, if LeBron decided to take over point guard duties we’d make the playoffs. He’d be burned out come playoff time, but we’d be in the playoffs. BTW, you too….when we finally do ditch DLo, you go with him. You been stanning for DLo for 365 days straight..that’s what needs to be studied..stanning for a dude with little to no trade value.
Russel had two good playoff games against Denver but no one bats an eye on that. Those two games they lost was because of Darvin Ham’s poor rotations to close the games and Jamal Murray hitting those two game winners. Game 2 and 3 were winnable if Darvin Ham didn’t mess up the rotations when lakers had the big leads. And Vanderbilt should have played because he was ready to play but the coach didn’t want him to play. But casuals still gonna blame Dlo but not Darvin Ham
Yes I’m a casual for blaming Dlo lolol . Dude is the definition of a regular season player. There’s no way dlo can drop 0-7 , eat fruit snacks on the bench , pout like a baby, and you still act like he’s a great player ? Just no way lol
DLO AVG 6PTS in last season West Finals. We lost to them by an avg of only 6pts a game during that sweep. If he avg lets say even 12 we dont get swept and we would have went to the Finals. Him avg 6 pts had nothing to do with Ham . You Shelo cheerleaders are hilarious
@@mescudi971 So what about those other two games he played good? Game 2 he had 7 made threes and lakers were up 20 points at halftime. Darvin Ham making Rui play center on Jokic, and then Denver makes their run and he doesn’t call timeout. But yeah let’s blame Dlo 😂
@@jackinralph1 What’s hilarious is you don’t talk about the other two good playoff games he had against Denver. Game 2 he made 7 threes and lakers were up 20, but Darvin Ham decided to make Rui play Center on Jokic, and then make his pathetic three guard lineups (Gabe, Dinwiddie, Reaves) while Dlo, LeBron, and AD rest. And then he lets Denver comeback without calling timeouts, But yeah let’s blame Dlo for that 😂 and then benching Vanderbilt for game 3 when he was available to play was also the coaches move, season on the line and Darvin doesn’t play him was such a Darvin Ham thing to do 😂 game 2 was supposed to be the momentum changer, but nooooo we have a clueless coach that wants to play small ball when lakers were up big for most of the series
@@mescudi971So you're gonna ignore the other 2 great games he had because he threw up a stinker? It happens, get the fuck over it
It's not that people hate dlo but his defensive shortcomings and his poor playoff play makes him expendable. How many times can you kick the can down the road and hope for a better deal when one of your best players turns 40. There's not that many more trade deadlines and off-season in lbj career. Seems stupid to keep waiting
Dlo is the 3rd best player on the Lakers NO DOUBT...WE can't be so STUPID THAT WE TRADE DLO AND NOT GET SOMEONE BETTER BACK.AND RIGHT NOW I DONT SEE NO BETTER PG OUT THERE😮😮😮
We for sure only made the playoffs 2 years in a row because of DLo's 3's.But Also Lost in the playoffs due to his zero point performances and non existent defense...soo its a real pickle
Not a real pickle I’d rather not make it just to say we made
That is not the reason they lost. Y'all just want a scapegoat. Every single second DLo was on the floor, they were winning. Lakers had no rebounding. He did pretty good defensively that series
@@dom3221 is he apart of rebounding ?
When has telling the truth ever been hate? Dlo is good player in tbe regular season but his numbers prove that he isnt reliable in the playoffs. All his percentages dropped significantly this year and prior years in the postseason. You can't trust him in big moments and that's a fact.
Dlo is not bad. Not great but good enough. His problem is defense and slow. Defense can be fixed by other guys. We are more in need for a good rebounder and solid center aside with AD
I'm sick of all the blaming but Noone on the team is a leader enough to come out and criticize his own players. Coaches don't take accountability, and no leadership to hold teamates accountable. Kobe wouldn't hesitate to let everyone know what's wrong with anything. There's no Mamba Mentailty. Someone light a fire under some bu tts!!!
This fanbase is too fickle. Dlo went on a stretch last year where he was hitting like Curry, and ya loved him.
Obviously, he isn't gonna carry us every night, but he had a bunch of moments last year where he was the best scorer on the team.
He’s a defensive liability tho. Reaves too
@@originalclassicsFalse narrative. Reaves maybe but DLo did decent defensively this year
@@dom3221 bro he takes off plays on d all the time and doesn’t hustle. Hes ass.
These are the point guards who ranked higher on plus minus than D'Lo:
1. Brunson 26M
2. Holiday 33.6M
3. Lillard 44M
4. Doncic 43M
5. Murray 31.6M
6. Maxxey 40.7M
7. Haliburton 49M
8. Irving 40M
9. Conley 10.3M
10. Alvarado 1.7M
11. Exum 3M
12. Fox 32.6M
13. Melton 12.8M
14. Curry 54M
15. D'Lo 18M
Now that we got that out of the way, how you getting someone better to start over D'Lo? 😂
Shall we do this exercise for SGs and SFs with Reaves, Rui or Vando, so you can realize that we don't have a starter anywhere near what other teams have there?
With all the talk about spacing you would think that fans would understand how it works by now, but they don't. The center's ability to shoot and pass determines 80% of a team's spacing. That's the only thing AD lacks.
Out of the remaining 20% about 80% of that part of spacing is determined by how well your PG shoots the ball. The best shooters at PG last season where:
1. Conley 44.2%
2. Holiday 42.9%
3. Murray 42.5%
4. D'Lo 41.4%
(9. Steph Curry 40.8%)
Do you want mediocre spacing? You need D'Lo to have that. Without him you have terrible spacing. Get a 35% league average PG in there and guess what? The spacing will be bottom 8 in the NBA. Without spacing you have to rely on athleticism and skill on the wing for your offense and you have to have elite defense.
Reaves, Christie, Knecht, Hachimura, Lewis 😂
The only two players on this roster that can play defense are Gabe Vincent, whom you want traded probably with D'Lo coming off the bench and Vando, who has been no factor offensively. He makes spacing worse, because teams leave him. So now you have no spacing added to no spacing, which means you will not get easy buckets at the rim, because the paint will be packed.
But that's not even the point. Our perimeter defense last year ranked among the worst of the worst. Multiple teams set franchise records in 3s made against us.
So we have no defense for the shooting of other teams. And without D'Lo we have no spacing either. We have no athleticism at the 2 and 3 starting unless we start a guy that makes spacing worse still. We don't have a single 2-way wing on the roster, not one.
And after you get rid of D'Lo you guys all want to get a traditional big with even less shooting than AD and you want these guys paired, so LBJ can't conserve energy and has to defend 3s all year long, which he has not done in three years and doesn't want to do. That's why AD plays the 5. LeBron wants to be a PF. He has played 0 minutes at SF in 3 years. So essentially the grand Lakers Nation plan is to make energy conservation mode LeBron part of our non existent perimeter defense. 🎉
So...
1. We don't have money. We can't get a great starting PG. In fact there are 0 available PGs better than D'Lo anywhere near his income.
2. We are a .500 team without D'Lo for spacing. It'll destroy our spacing again.
3. We have no minutes for a traditional big and don't have the roster to play one alongside AD
4. There isn't a single PG we can trade for in the entire NBA right now.
None of you guys make any sense. Lakers Nation should be renamed into Boston Celtics Lakers lineup destruction nation. 😅
It was the cellphone on the bench that did his career in simple…
JHS is better than Max Christie
Dlo is the 3rd best player on the team unless you can get a player that will instantly become the 3rd best played on the team there is no discussion
d'angelo russell is a regular season basketball player ain't nothing wrong with that if you not trying to win a championship
Nobody want dlo gang they even gave Dillon brooks a boatload😂
Agreed - And, I also think D’Lo is a 6th Man that can come in and give You 15-20 Points in 15min.
@@gregpollard7158 to be honest bro I’ll take rui over dlo for we expect dlo to be the 3 after lbj and ad rui a good role player we were looking for him to do something because nobody else was talk bout nothing
Idc what everyone else thinks, I hope we keep on this season and see what he does. If not lays great in the regular season and really steps up in the playoffs I hope we keep him for good.
I might too optimistic about him, but I like him, he’s just insanely fun to watch when his shot is falling. The only other player who gets me more amped is lebron lol
@@YouReallyDontKnow you have lost your mind. You watched it play out 2 years in a row! You tryna make it 3? He's been on 5 different teams. He's a BUM!!!
It's not hate it's his lack of showing up in the playoffs I'd rather have someone who's not as good but shows up in the playoffs like KCP
KCP is off the table Bro
@@dennisknowles9293 I know that I am trying make the point that there is no real Dlo hate I just don't believe he is a playoff guy in big games and moments. Sometimes that is all it is.
DLo and Reeves are the worse backcourt in the game. Trevor you need to stop talking basketball please!!!
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When DLo getting a statue?🤔
Can we stop already with the Kobe statues??????!!!!
This is so dumb.
Get over it, Jeannie.
Tells you that Rob is only the GM BC HE WAS KOBE’S AGENT.
How else does he have a job???
This is some next level glazing
Dlo has numbers 🤩 for shooting😊doesn’t do enough of anything else in my opinion!
If DLo as a pg not better than magics pg or a lot of other teams and nobody want him on a expiring contract it shows a lot
Trevor literally just said why. All those teams have point guards they really like. It has nothing to do if DLo is better or not
@@dom3221 it has everything to do with that . U think your guard is better than everything that he does
@@dom3221 so if u had a chance to get better at a position you wouldn’t strike like darryl morey does? That’s why he’s one of the best gms
Summer 2023 all over again 😅
The thumbnail is crazy
It doesn't look good when a player celebrates a 3 point shot in pre-season but doesn't care about defense and disappears in the playoffs. Honestly, nobody should be celebrating a 3 ever. It's your job to make baskets. Celebrate a game winner. I also don't want to hear about his lack of athleticism. There are plenty of guys with less hops and slower acceleration who don't disappear in the playoffs. None of them are making excuses.
I like DLo All I want is a True Big. Preferably a Stretch Big
"Let me dig into him a little bit more." That's sus Trev
None of the contenders are saying probably this or run it back same unit they upgraded upgraded except Boston they just locked the same group in Lakers Rob isn’t half of Philly GM or presti or any other contender GM
i think rui should be the one needs to be trade convert the dude into two legit rotation players. like in the charlotte trade rui and get cody martin and nick richards or either grant and nick richards
I like Dlo. There’s a swag with dlo and reeves. But we need a big 💯 bruiser. Deandre Ayton or Markken I’d trade two 1st. See if cousins available. Otherwise see what we can do if a good trade open up mid season then ok
Is it windy inside his home or what is the wind shield on the microphone for? 😂
calling it next statue gonna be unveil 2/4/25
The d lo hate is sickening
It’s the GM plain and simple if darryl morey was here we’d be good because deals done for less is happening with all the “ contenders “ vs a non contender in the Lakers
D'Angela and Palinka must pay this guy. 😂😂😂
It’s all the Lebron fans. They bandwagon on everything
DLo quickness was not brought up for brooklyn or as a 1st round pick im not tryn hear that and If Austin isn’t a all star send him and 2 first rounds and other guys players for lauri
DLO is just fine... his position actually changes during the playoffs because Bron usage goes way up. How can you expect Bron and ADs numbers to go up and no one elses numbers go gown.
Youll gonna regret when DLOs gone. The playoff thing is overblown... he had 2 outstanding playoff games in 5 games last season. Your 3rs option is the x factor not mista consistent. I can imagine how youll woulda treated Lamar Odum today.. he wasnt consistent but when he waa good the Lakers won and he was gonna have 3 or 4 good games in a 7 game.series...
DLO has been a playoff bust on every team he’s played with! STOP IT🤣. He’s always trash in the postseason. And two out of five games for a starting PG not winning you a championship. So keep DLO and enjoy another 1st round exit. A starting PG who has one way of scoring and plays ZERO defense! Yeah a true gem!
@@MsCamicam hes 3rd option... Steph Curry is struggling to be consistent with Bron..
Trade him for peanuts... you will regret it.. and ima laugh at the lack of bball knowledge?
Lol Playoffs... outside of Bron and AD who has been consistent?
Come on Trevor. When any player gets hot, fans love it for as long as the hot shooting lasts.
With DLo the shooting did last. It's basketball. You're not gonna shoot great every single game. Not even superstars do that
Here’s what’s really going on….NBA execs are not looking for SLOW ball dominant guards. The preference at the guard spot is always speed & quickness. So DLo is mid at best in terms of value. Magic knew SLOW at point guard wasn’t going to cut it, so what did Magic do? Traded DLo immediately & drafted a more athletic guard..Lonzo. Slow is not the way. Faster pace = more offensive possessions = more wins. Stop trying to sell us on DLo and start putting some pressure on Pelinka to move this slow dude DLo to another team, Trevor 😐
They why do the Mavericks have Luka Doncic if no team wants "slow ball dominant guards"? If I recall, Tyrese Haliburton, Fred VanVleet and some other unathletic players still have jobs
@@dom3221 Lol Hilarious..the Mavs actually have Luka because the Hawks preferred the quicker/speedier Trae Young, and the Mavs love their slow Euros with size. Remember..Luka was traded on draft night, my guy. And where does DLo come into play here? Because if DLo were 6’7” with a sizable weight advantage like Luka, DLo probably wouldn’t be so weak in the playoffs. Just as Trevor has said many times..DLo can’t handle the physicality of the playoffs. Does that sound like Luka? No. And on top of that, DLo’s obviously not athletic. This isn’t grade school basketball, this is the NBA….being weak physically AND slow is not ideal. That shouldn’t be hard to understand. As for Haliburton & VanVleet..pay attention..because I never said these types of dudes can’t be employed, genius. I said the preference at the position is geared towards speed & quickness. The ability to get downhill. Haliburton is plenty quick, but that aside..it would still be room in the league for him if he wasn’t. DLo has been in the league for 9 years, right? So of course there’s room for the guys who aren’t as gifted if DLo or worse can stick around. But execs would still rather have guys like Tyrese Maxey or Mitchell. But everybody’s not fortunate enough to have those types. And that’s where DLo comes in..he’s a placeholder, and he’s been that since Magic replaced him with Lonzo.
Very true Trevor
Trevor, you're just wrong about Dlo. Stop beating a dead horse. He HAS to go.
Okay. And then who plays point guard?
Russell isn't a perfect player, but he needs to be replaced. Now tell me, who is available at the point who is better than Russell? But wait, most of the Russell trades we hear about don't even mention a point guard. Lakers Nation enthusiastically demands a trade dealing the team's only reliable PG for a backup center.
I don't understand the logic at all.
Trevor we’re not falling for the fake DLo regular season gimmick he’s not a playoff player do you want the Lakers to win a championship Yes or No it’s simple he cannot be on the team if we are trying to contend for the championship.
My personal opinion, popular or not is this.
I see what he brings, see what he makes money wise and I see how long he’s been in the NBA. Not to mention that he wants to be a Laker can has chemistry with the team.
It makes perfect sense to me that you pay him around what he already makes, which is around what a 6th man makes, and he transitions into our 6th man next. Resign him with that roll in mind, not what he can’t give you as a starter, but how great he would be for the Lakers bench long term. 3 years $60 extension. He can easily give the team 15 points and 4.5 assists off the bench, that would be so valuable.
Then you focus on the starting point guard spot, someone who is reliable on defensive, can hit an open shot, has a high basketball iq that you can play late game. See what you can get with a health Gabe Vincent, if it’s not him, then look to trade him with either a pick, package with a role player or both, and get what you need at the starting spot.
This is what I honestly think would solve the issue. I’m more interested in giving up a couple of minimum contracts and picks for Walker Kessler. Someone who can play important minutes now, at 23 can start with AD when Bron retires, after this year still has a team option before being restricted, so you don’t have to worry about losing him, AND you don’t have the lose a rotation player in the deal. That would be a major win IMO. Thanks for reading lol
DLo has a history of not being a good 6th Man so you can forget that idea. He's a player who sets a flow, not come into one
@@dom3221 Yeah, I’m actually not going to forget that idea lol
Again, you need a starting pg that fits the role not Steph. Also he would come in and set the tone for the 2nd unit, which is a big part of what a 6th man does.
These are the point guards who ranked higher on plus minus than D'Lo:
1. Brunson 26M
2. Holiday 33.6M
3. Lillard 44M
4. Doncic 43M
5. Murray 31.6M
6. Maxxey 40.7M
7. Haliburton 49M
8. Irving 40M
9. Conley 10.3M
10. Alvarado 1.7M
11. Exum 3M
12. Fox 32.6M
13. Melton 12.8M
14. Curry 54M
15. D'Lo 18M
Now that we got that out of the way, how you getting someone better to start over D'Lo? 😂
Shall we do this exercise for SGs and SFs with Reaves, Rui or Vando, so you can realize that we don't have a starter anywhere near what other teams have there?
With all the talk about spacing you would think that fans would understand how it works by now, but they don't. The center's ability to shoot and pass determines 80% of a team's spacing. That's the only thing AD lacks.
Out of the remaining 20% about 80% of that part of spacing is determined by how well your PG shoots the ball. The best shooters at PG last season where:
1. Conley 44.2%
2. Holiday 42.9%
3. Murray 42.5%
4. D'Lo 41.4%
(9. Steph Curry 40.8%)
Do you want mediocre spacing? You need D'Lo to have that. Without him you have terrible spacing. Get a 35% league average PG in there and guess what? The spacing will be bottom 8 in the NBA. Without spacing you have to rely on athleticism and skill on the wing for your offense and you have to have elite defense.
Reaves, Christie, Knecht, Hachimura, Lewis 😂
The only two players on this roster that can play defense are Gabe Vincent, whom you want traded probably with D'Lo coming off the bench and Vando, who has been no factor offensively. He makes spacing worse, because teams leave him. So now you have no spacing added to no spacing, which means you will not get easy buckets at the rim, because the paint will be packed.
But that's not even the point. Our perimeter defense last year ranked among the worst of the worst. Multiple teams set franchise records in 3s made against us.
So we have no defense for the shooting of other teams. And without D'Lo we have no spacing either. We have no athleticism at the 2 and 3 starting unless we start a guy that makes spacing worse still. We don't have a single 2-way wing on the roster, not one.
And after you get rid of D'Lo you guys all want to get a traditional big with even less shooting than AD and you want these guys paired, so LBJ can't conserve energy and has to defend 3s all year long, which he has not done in three years and doesn't want to do. That's why AD plays the 5. LeBron wants to be a PF. He has played 0 minutes at SF in 3 years. So essentially the grand Lakers Nation plan is to make energy conservation mode LeBron part of our non existent perimeter defense. 🎉
So...
1. We don't have money. We can't get a great starting PG. In fact there are 0 available PGs better than D'Lo anywhere near his income.
2. We are a .500 team without D'Lo for spacing. It'll destroy our spacing again.
3. We have no minutes for a traditional big and don't have the roster to play one alongside AD
4. There isn't a single PG we can trade for in the entire NBA right now.
None of you guys make any sense.
If he is that good, why does nobody want him ?
Don't forget Rui too in the 2nd playoff vs. the Nuggets?! Oh, those three-Russell Reaves and Rui-muddied their pants when we needed them. Unbelievable.
@@Lakerzallday I like reeves and rui dlo is a wrap
It means he s laker for life 😊
If Russell could just play good in the playoffs like in regular season, he'd be our future..guess the lights to big for him, and watch him go somewhere else and have the season of his career🤦😑
Never going to happen gang he should have been traded after Denver💯
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DLO and Rui have to go period, Playoff jokes, Trae Young is the move
T wolves fans always hated on Dlo as well. Nothing new.
Is DLO bad in the playoff or just bad vs Denver? Let’s not forget we had Westbrook before him. Trading DLO averaging 18 and 6 + 1st round pick and other players for someone averaging 20 and 8 may not be the best move.
It is if that player can perform in high pressure and must win games. Which DLO has proven for two seasons now he’s incapable of doing.
@@MsCamicam it’s against the same team tho. Small sample size. The team wasn’t built to beat Denver. At some point Lakers have to realize the grass is not always greener. Literally if they would have stayed put and never got Russ, the team could look a lot better. Gave away too many assets to get Russ, then more to get rid of him. Can’t do the same with DLo. Remember when the Lakers wanted to trade Kuzma, now he’s the missing piece. 🤦🏾♂️
D,lo was getting 20 a game or 15 pts a game I will take that got better at Shooting Lakers need expiring contracts 3 point shooting improved at least he gets us to the Play offs trade him at end of regular season simple he is coming of a better Season and then trade him
Trash shouldve traded dlo and rui and gabe (rui is good just not good fit)
DLO is a Laker hate or love doesn’t matter, he’s on the squad and the Laker fans who trash on that man for no reason because of some missed shots in the playoffs couch gms. News flash the front office knew he wasn’t a good defender when they traded for him so that’s a non factor as far as I’m concerned DLO is very skilled player who puts butts in the seats.
@@conquistojones3646 he puts people in the seats? You sound crazy. Real Lakers fans don't have no love for DLo. Only simps like yourself think this bum is any good. Nobody wants that lame! That's why they can't trade him
Mofos forget ANTHONY DAVIS DISAPPEARED AGAIN in last game vs. NUGGETS 🤔
So did DLO!
DLO is my favorite Laker. No hate here.
DLo for 6th man of the year !!!!
some of you are real emotional…minimizing dlo’s contribution for being the 3RD BEST PLAYER says more about you than him
I disagree with everything you said about Dlo
He’s slow w/no athleticism,no defense,chokes in playoffs doesn’t help 😢
👁❤️Kobe & Gigi🏀
How about just dont start dlo during playoffs? 🤔
Playoff DLo does not exist lol. Litteraly falls out the playoffs everytime. Send him to a non playoff team 😅
Dlo same same snittttch foooooling the fakers so he wont get traded the second time😂😂😂😂😂
Gabe Vincent is a scrub - Schroder is significantly better. Trade him.
Brother you spilling on all these dlo stats ! You trying to win a championship or what. If so then you can't keep non playoff players its simple
Lmao and what? You think by not saying these stats gives the Lakers a better chance at winning a championship?
If he so valuable and magic got a bunch of big men the Dlo for wendell carter and a 2nd pick simple and plain . Stop saving no value
You'd spend a second round pick to give up the team's only reliable point guard for a center?
Okay, so you just trashed the offense because you've removed the most effective spacer from the floor and are now asking Reaves to take over the ballhandling duties. And how about the defense? Oh look, now Lebron's playing SF so the defense has a huge hole.
That trade makes the Lakers not only worse, but much worse. If the Lakers are sending out Russell, they need a point guard back that has many of the same attributes as Russell.
@@JonSmith-hk1bq so DLo Austin reaves was a great defending back court? What did we sign max christie for ? And I guess lebron is chasing around Michael porter as a 3 how many Michael porters can you think of in the league ?
@@knell7900 No. Reaves and Russell were absolutely not a great defending backcourt. But you're not upgrading the backcourt's defense. You're crowding Lebron out of the PF slot and forcing him to chase wings around at age 40.
As for why we gave Christie $8 million a year. I have no clue. That was a baffling overpay. We're not even sure if he's a real NBA player yet, but I'm pretty confident that he's not ready to carry the point for 30 minutes a night.
Look at are backcourt now look at all of the back courts of the present and past champions. Look at the back court of any team Bron won a chip with. Look at the backcourt of all of the contending playoff teams now look at ours. You try to tell me we will win with Dlo. Tell me of all I had you look at you see our backcourt being better. The guards dominated in the playoffs and won Boston their chip. We dont have a dynamic guard nor can either one play D. Fans will be fans criticism comes with it. I will never forget HE AVG 6PT VS DENVER in Last year West Conf Finals We lost by ready for this an avg of wait for it........6 POINTS I dont like him never have never will. He is a diva, he slow, cant guard a locked closed door, he is wildly inconsistent, a career playoff loser. cant create off the dribble not a dribble drive threat, a toxic teammates who snitches on other players and criticized his own coach during the play-in cause Ham would not baby him. So whats to like, He is trash as starter more trash in the playoffs. Trevor you sound like her boyfriend stop defending and crying for Shelo. I am tried of you telling me "we can do no better than Shelo" He didnt start playing until January and he was non-existent in the later games of the in-season tourney that was won by Bron Ad Prince and Reaves. Shelo to the bench great she starting we will never win a chip with him and thats a fact. I dont care abiut the mini streak he went on so he wouldnt get traded. Others teams keep getting better and we keep waiting to see which Shelo is gonna show up. I know Monk was not a lead guard but we let him walk for 9 million and he is 10X better sorry a** Shelo who makes $18 million per year thats $200K per game to do nothing
If Dlo had such a great season Trevor why were we trying to trade her before the deadline? Answer that question
Keep dlo trade rui 😊
No one wants Dlo because he sucks stop with the excuses
Definitely getting a thumbs down on this video
DLO GAY
Lakers 😘✌️
Dlo SHOULD be dismissed. He's absolute trash.
Trade him for Ben Simmons. That should work
Trade Lebron and his Son
Who cares how many points he gets in the regular season. He's a bum. He can't play when it matters. That's why that 18 mil is not working. He's untradable. And Trevor you talk basketball. But you are very blind when it comes to talking basketball. You and Lil Sean are Lames
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Appreciate u for telling the truth