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Mark Williams Trade Called Off, What Will Lakers Do Now?!



Mark Williams Trade Called Off, What Will Lakers Do Now?!

With the Mark Williams trade now rescinded, what can the Lakers do at the center position?

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  1. Give Koloko and Jemisin minutes for all their remaining allotted games. Give them 10 minutes each against the Nuggets, Mavs, etc. even if it hurts you in a regular season game.

    Then, unless a good buyout emerges, waive Cam at the end of March and sign whichever one showed out the best. Now they have as much training for the playoffs as possible.

    Also waive Wood and sign Goodwin or, if POA actually seems okay, then sign both of them for a 3 man center rotation.

    It’s not ideal but I would rather have Koloko and Jemisin after more in system training than Bamba or someone.

  2. People paying money to ask the same questions over again is wild. Why do you want to watch an hour long show of Trev saying Dwight's not it or we cant sign this guy

  3. Why hasn't Koloko been given a chance to start and show what he can do? We already know what Hayes can and can't do. Also, if Wood can't play right now, then we need to waive him. A Robert Williams buyout would be amazing.

  4. I was thinking about that Turkish guy, Omer Yurtseven. He had a really pressive stretch with the Heat. What do you think?

  5. Well, its time then for JJ Redick and staff to use a game plan to use Hayes, Christian Koloko and Trey

    Jemison III as a 3 head monster at C. Now, we must see that coaching and adjustments for teams and matchups to get the best from them as a collective at C! Like Dallas used Lively and Gafford last year! They main goal should be defense, rebounding, put backs, lobs and their total 18 fouls! The NBA style of play is different now. You don't have 10 to 15 C in the NBA like the 80's and 90's ready to bust your ass in the post. I know some of you are going to say Joker. Remember, Joker runs their offense from the top! He even brings the ball up against the other teams C alot of the time. Yes, he does post but he is a point C! If they stop doing that and let Murray and or Westbrook bring the ball up more than half or most of time, that will affect their offense. Go watch how the Nuggets play! Joker is their damn PG!

  6. Time to change the RULES to extend the Trade deadline in events LIKE THIS. There should be a Rule that allows for changing the Rules in Minutes for Unforseen situations like this where you need a quick rule change to NOT ALLOW A WORTHLESS Team like the Honets to try and SABOTAGE your right to a fair trade.

  7. Jaxson Hayes is fine. His effort has never been a problem. He is not a strong big man but he is literally a lob threat. He may not be the best pnr guy but I do believe he is a ton more active than AD off ball on offense. Defensively guys are moving around faster and with more effort knowing AD is not there to make up for effort issues. Who other than Jokic, Wemby, or Embiid is really going to drop 30 on us because we don’t have Mark Williams??

  8. If I have to chose between Dwight and Mcgee for a workout i'd still choose Mcgee over Dwight. Dwight fouls trouble is enough.

  9. This Deal sounded to Good to be True. Dalton Kinect and 1st etc for a guy who Averaged what he Averaged. No Way Hornets making this Trade if that dude was Healthy. Some say Lakers over paid but their insane.

  10. For anyone who's suggesting, Kai Sotto is currently injured and he just got his surgery.

  11. 🤣🤣🤣🤷😬🧑‍🍳 lakers are going to suck bad. No defense and tooooo smalllll you are going to get abused by teams like okc the cavs celtics memphis probably the bottom of the barrel teams like mavs too ad is going to be him against yall. 🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬🤩 poverty chise fakers thought they have a chance 🤣🤣🤣 okc is kiving in yalls head rent free yall areeee toooo smalllll

  12. This new CBA is to restraining what’s the reason for this ? And I wonder what they found was wrong with Williams?

  13. 23:54 so after everyone universally agrees we FLEECED the Mavs for Luka and everyone league wide is PISSED, we should complain to the league that we found something on a physical and rescinded a trade. No wonder people can’t stand Lakers fans

  14. When are yall gonna realize Rob is not doing anything he’s waiting on people to call him and getting ripped off. I hope Luka actually plays the next ten years with the lakers like yall saying.

  15. 🤣🤣🤣😬😬💩💩💩 should have jist taken the trade this is like when okc didnt take Tyson chandler this is going to cost you lechumps last real season

  16. Jokic was putting up 40 points triple dubs against AD. I don't think having a center matters against the teams that have good centers because there is no trade we can make that will net us a center that can contain them anyways

  17. I saw Okafor play many times here in the Puerto Rican league. I would give him a shot. He has a bit in the tank for this year.

  18. Isnt this wear a good relationship with rich paul u have him calling other other player agents maybe pushing for a buyout

  19. At this point I think the Lakers need to understand that the best they can do is a serviceable center and embrace small ball for half the game.

    True, it's not ideal and will probably end their season at some point. But it's better to play to your strengths than your weaknesses, and pretty much everyone mentioned as a possibility except perhaps Boucher is a marginal upgrade at best. I also suspect Wood will be coming back this season, or the Lakers would have insisted he be the one sent to Charlotte instead of Reddish.

    I can't imagine the Lakers unable to insist on keeping a healthy player over one they knew was out all season given that they were already overpaying for Williams and it was a sweet deal for Charlotte so the Hornets blowing it up over only $200,000 doesn't make sense. And if Wood comes back healthy, he's pretty much as good as anyone they could get on the buyout market.

  20. Fans ALL SEASON 😮: ROB GET A BIG !!!
    ROB 😮WAITS TO THE TRADE DEADLINE TO TRY AND TRADE FOR THE MOST OBVIOUS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE BIG.

    Absolute Disaster

  21. Mo Bamba is available in the buyout market he’s young and athletic can get him cheap and shit keep Daulton it could be a win win

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