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[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: Lakers' Russell Westbrook more likely to be traded or sent home after Patrick Beverley deal, per report

https://www.cbssport...eal-per-report/

[BSLChrisStoner]

• Schroder back with Lakers on 1-year, $2.64M deal

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The Ringer: The Lakers Can’t Wait Any Longer to Trade Russ

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• Davis: Winless Lakers need to 'stay even-keeled'

[Pedro Cerrano]

We stink.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Yeah, it’s kinda bad. The ceiling doesn’t seem all that high even if things do get clicking.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Their ceiling was always a play-in team. If they stay reasonably healthy, I think that's where they will still end up. There's enough tankers/bad teams in the West that they can be 9th or 10th as long as they don't give up (and there's no reason to since NO gets to swap 1st Rd picks with them).

 

Once Schroder is ready to go, they need to give Russ the John Wall treatment and send him home. That late shot he took against the Blazers might rank among the all-time worst shots ever taken. Not because it was a brick (which of course, it was) but the timing of it defied any logic.

[BSLChrisStoner]

• Turner: Lakers should take 'hard look' at trade

[BSLJalonDixon]

BSL: We Are Witnessing the Cliff Dive of LeBron James

https://baltimorespo...f-lebron-james/

[BSLChrisStoner]

ESPN: James on verge of the point record

https://www.espn.com...r-points-record

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CBS Sports: On LeBron James' birthday, what's the trade destination to present if the Lakers don't move to improve?

https://www.cbssport...ove-to-improve/

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: LeBron James calls out Lakers for reluctance to make trade: 'Y'all know what the f--- should be happening'

https://www.cbssport...d-be-happening/

[TwentyThirtyFive]

CBS Sports: LeBron James calls out Lakers for reluctance to make trade: 'Y'all know what the f--- should be happening'

https://www.cbssport...d-be-happening/

Passive aggressive much. 

[BSLChrisStoner]

Passive aggressive much. 

He's having another high quality year despite some regression, and you get that he doesn't care what the Lakers will look like 5 years from now...  but the roster largely exists as is because of moves he's wanted made.  LA shouldn't feel compelled to spend more draft capital.  The funny thing is despite their bubble ring, the Lakers would be in far better shape had they not traded away the youth they had when he joined LA. 

 

I guess he wouldn't accept a trade - or the teams he would accept would be very limited - but the Lakers should try and move him and Davis. 

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The Ringer: The Rui Hachimura Trade Doesn’t Move the Needle for the Lakers

https://www.theringe...es-lakers-trade

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The Ringer: We May Never See Another NBA Record Chase Like LeBron’s

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ESPN: Missing out on trading for Kyrie Irving weighs on LeBron James, Lakers

https://www.espn.com...on-james-lakers

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The Ringer: Did the Lakers Just Save Their Season?

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CBS Sports: LeBron James running out of time to save both Lakers and twilight of his career

L.A. fears an extended absence for James after a foot injury suffered in Dallas

https://www.cbssport...-of-his-career/

[Pedro Cerrano]

Lakers retired Gasol’s jersey last night.

I don’t follow the NBA quite as much as I used to but he deserves it just for Game 7 of the 2010 finals alone.