The depth is bad. You are really praying the young core of max, dalton etc to outperform to save this depth but I only have hope for max and dalton really.
ReddishScarab
Koloko ain’t no damn pf
letsgetfree
Same shit except maybe a healthy Jarred Vanderbilt and some rooks.
Brilliant_Ebb_1787
Not a lot of depth. Outside of the 1st slots can barely trust any of the second slots to be reliable, healthy, or consistent. Doesn’t look great tbh lol.
LynchMob187
Guards stay getting cooked. Letting go of Caruso and KCP still hurting
AussieRabbit55
KCP would be dope still.
CompetitiveSense2787
Mediocre. One injury this whole roster falls apart. Why o why did we break apart that 2019-2020 roster?
bigball3r23
i’m not saying the team will play bad, i think they’ll be mediocre/good but almost everything has to go right if they’re to be good. everyone but bron & ad players need to take a leap and play significant minutes and on top of that everyone has to be healthy.
Fwallstsohard
If vando can stay healthy, Hayes can blossom, gabe returns to down, and the rookie can contribute it’s not terrible.
That’s a lot of “ifs” though.
ThikLatino88
nottherealstanlee
Lots of takes in here that’ll look silly soon. The roster is solid. Better than people give it credit. Not elite like Boston or arguably OKC, but better than most.
Apollo4236
It shows how much we need vando to be healthy
petestrumental
They’re not gonna be top 3, or even top 5 team, but I believe that they can definitely get out of the play in if they stick to the roster they ended last years season with. They aren’t great but definitely not bad.
OWNAGE619
I don’t see any game changers coming off of the bench. Gabe vincent and Vando probably but that’s asking for a lot.
Odd-Direction9452
Health aside, we are banking on a lot of things to break right. If Christie makes the leap we expect, Gabe has a resurgence, and Koloko emerges as a legit nba center then this is a better roster than last year. Otherwise, there are only 6 players here you can trust night to night.
Late-Comedian1777
One of these guys has to become a reliable 3rd option. But I see us needing one more all star to really make the deep playoff push. We don’t have that right now
InfiniRunner91
bronny is too high up the depth chart here
Kobe_stan_
That’s 3 potentially viable NBA players in Max, Vincent and Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt is still hurt. Knecht is promising but unproven, and the rest have shown either nothing or barely enough to stay in the NBA all
Danny_III
Starting role players are extremely flawed, depth is terrible.
Upstairs-Strategy277
We need max to step up majorly! & dlow & gabe Vincent to build their trade stock
Doncicfuturegoat
No, but I understand that the Russ trade fucked us and since then we had a good trade window in 2023. The summer 2023 was supposed to be good, however we didn’t improve the team.
Jeannie/Rob decided to lowball Caruso, they didn’t value him and we got no POA defender for a while before Vando. Those two plus Bron and AD made a brain dead decision to trade for WB and we completely shut down our championship window.
We need to live with it.
White-Gravity
Yikes… there’s a lot of pressure on Knecht to perform
Winter-Gur-9762
Is there any chance Lewis gets mins this year ?
Winter-Gur-9762
Our only hope is if Austin, Rui, and DLO play better then last season, if not then it’s just gonna be the same season again.
BoltShine
ColeHoops
I’m fine with it for now but we need a good defensive guard. If we meet up with Denver, Minnesota or OKC in the playoffs we are cooked. Shai, Ant and Jamal will have a field day.
Relative_Wallaby1108
How many times are we going to have a conversation about this roster. I feel like this is the 3rd depth chart I’ve seen posted today. The roster is thin as fuck. The Lakers need to pray Knecht contributes in a meaningful way and Reaves somehow takes a leap. They need to trade for a real center ASAP. The roster management on this team has been a disaster for 3 seasons.
FA-_Q
Starts better ball out or they done for
Calibred2
Same roster as last year. Added a couple role players.
IlGrandBoss
I trust JJ, the team still at best a 6 in the west, to be a top 3 team we need the bench to perform, Prince is going to be missed badly.
We’re 7-8 players deep, hoping Gabe will pick up his old self, Vando and Max are good bench players.
The question will be Wood and Hayes.
moneylongerrr
I would swap Rui and Vanderbuilt , I like Vanderbuilt being a defensive and dirty work backbone for the starters. As well as Rui coming off the bench and ideally being able to spark a bit of offense
TopIllustrator9849
*Chuckles* We’re in danger.
Agreed_fact
Need a guard that can defend at a high level. DLo + AR have a clear ceiling no matter how much AD cleans up inside.
ThatOneGuyy310
Ah shit here we go again
Tangentkoala
It’s gonna be a fun roster to watch.
Will it win anything serious? Probably not.
kiboyski
I thought Koloko is a center
Jacoby_Brisket21
Not great at all… maybe play-ins
misguidedxyouth
with injuries, it’s gonna be our starting 5 beginning to trade deadline 💀
imnotknox
Get the feeling Bronny gonna have more minutes than Cam
bruswazi
First round exit. Best case scenario, 2nd round.
Bearclawhere
Bronny?
allanjameson
SnapsOnPetro24
Our Small Fowards are gonna get torched this year
The_King_In_The_Bay
The whole season depends on if Vando has developed a corner 3.
rickydcm
Depth is bad but I’m still curious to see how they play without Darvin Ham. It felt like and very noticeable last year that most of the loses they had was due to being out coached.
shrinkinghubris
OOOFFF. I mean, just, Jesus fucking Christ, Rob Pelinka needs to be fired.
This is a .500 team, if we outperform then we maybe have a repeat of last year.
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The depth is bad. You are really praying the young core of max, dalton etc to outperform to save this depth but I only have hope for max and dalton really.
Koloko ain’t no damn pf
Same shit except maybe a healthy Jarred Vanderbilt and some rooks.
Not a lot of depth. Outside of the 1st slots can barely trust any of the second slots to be reliable, healthy, or consistent. Doesn’t look great tbh lol.
Guards stay getting cooked. Letting go of Caruso and KCP still hurting
KCP would be dope still.
Mediocre. One injury this whole roster falls apart. Why o why did we break apart that 2019-2020 roster?
i’m not saying the team will play bad, i think they’ll be mediocre/good but almost everything has to go right if they’re to be good. everyone but bron & ad players need to take a leap and play significant minutes and on top of that everyone has to be healthy.
If vando can stay healthy, Hayes can blossom, gabe returns to down, and the rookie can contribute it’s not terrible.
That’s a lot of “ifs” though.
Lots of takes in here that’ll look silly soon. The roster is solid. Better than people give it credit. Not elite like Boston or arguably OKC, but better than most.
It shows how much we need vando to be healthy
They’re not gonna be top 3, or even top 5 team, but I believe that they can definitely get out of the play in if they stick to the roster they ended last years season with. They aren’t great but definitely not bad.
I don’t see any game changers coming off of the bench. Gabe vincent and Vando probably but that’s asking for a lot.
Health aside, we are banking on a lot of things to break right. If Christie makes the leap we expect, Gabe has a resurgence, and Koloko emerges as a legit nba center then this is a better roster than last year. Otherwise, there are only 6 players here you can trust night to night.
One of these guys has to become a reliable 3rd option. But I see us needing one more all star to really make the deep playoff push. We don’t have that right now
bronny is too high up the depth chart here
That’s 3 potentially viable NBA players in Max, Vincent and Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt is still hurt. Knecht is promising but unproven, and the rest have shown either nothing or barely enough to stay in the NBA all
Starting role players are extremely flawed, depth is terrible.
We need max to step up majorly! & dlow & gabe Vincent to build their trade stock
No, but I understand that the Russ trade fucked us and since then we had a good trade window in 2023. The summer 2023 was supposed to be good, however we didn’t improve the team.
Jeannie/Rob decided to lowball Caruso, they didn’t value him and we got no POA defender for a while before Vando. Those two plus Bron and AD made a brain dead decision to trade for WB and we completely shut down our championship window.
We need to live with it.
Yikes… there’s a lot of pressure on Knecht to perform
Is there any chance Lewis gets mins this year ?
Our only hope is if Austin, Rui, and DLO play better then last season, if not then it’s just gonna be the same season again.
I’m fine with it for now but we need a good defensive guard. If we meet up with Denver, Minnesota or OKC in the playoffs we are cooked. Shai, Ant and Jamal will have a field day.
How many times are we going to have a conversation about this roster. I feel like this is the 3rd depth chart I’ve seen posted today. The roster is thin as fuck. The Lakers need to pray Knecht contributes in a meaningful way and Reaves somehow takes a leap. They need to trade for a real center ASAP. The roster management on this team has been a disaster for 3 seasons.
Starts better ball out or they done for
Same roster as last year. Added a couple role players.
I trust JJ, the team still at best a 6 in the west, to be a top 3 team we need the bench to perform, Prince is going to be missed badly.
We’re 7-8 players deep, hoping Gabe will pick up his old self, Vando and Max are good bench players.
The question will be Wood and Hayes.
I would swap Rui and Vanderbuilt , I like Vanderbuilt being a defensive and dirty work backbone for the starters. As well as Rui coming off the bench and ideally being able to spark a bit of offense
*Chuckles* We’re in danger.
Need a guard that can defend at a high level. DLo + AR have a clear ceiling no matter how much AD cleans up inside.
Ah shit here we go again
It’s gonna be a fun roster to watch.
Will it win anything serious? Probably not.
I thought Koloko is a center
Not great at all… maybe play-ins
with injuries, it’s gonna be our starting 5 beginning to trade deadline 💀
Get the feeling Bronny gonna have more minutes than Cam
First round exit. Best case scenario, 2nd round.
Bronny?
Our Small Fowards are gonna get torched this year
The whole season depends on if Vando has developed a corner 3.
Depth is bad but I’m still curious to see how they play without Darvin Ham. It felt like and very noticeable last year that most of the loses they had was due to being out coached.
OOOFFF. I mean, just, Jesus fucking Christ, Rob Pelinka needs to be fired.
This is a .500 team, if we outperform then we maybe have a repeat of last year.
Damn this roster is ass
Swap the Christians…
Move Koloko to C (7’1″ 230 lbs)
Move Wood to PF (6’8″ 214 lbs)