I think the #Lakers season was better than most folks do. It was a late-gelling team for many reasons, injuries being a large part. Going from what, 13th, to where they ended suggests to me they need some young blood for early games & bench. It wasn't a terrible end. I remember Kobe on a struggling team for a while.
I'm more interested in what the #TrailBlazers do with the 3rd pick than in picking the petals off a late bloomer that came up against the weed whacker that is #Denver this year.
The #Lakers and #Nuggets have been battling all game, nip and tuck, in Los Angeles. 100-98 #Denver. I've not seen a lead over 3 points either way since I've been paying some attention.
The #Lakers have fallen through the ropes and the ref is pushing the #Nuggets away to determine if a standing count is called for. Had the Lakers landed a punch, there might be hope, but as we can see, hope is an existential concept, not a basketball scheme to come back from 0-3 in a 7 game series.
Hard to imagine the #Lakers having a better first quarter or the #Warriors a worse one. Golden State is lucky to only be down 10 at the moment. #NBAPlayoffs
The #Lakers beat the #Warriors again, 104-101. Unless Dewey actually beats Truman this time, it's not looking good for the Bay Area team, down 3-1 and all but done for the season.
Kinda of a rough first 4-5 minutes, but you can’t expect D’Angelo Russell (first 11 points!) to carry the Lakers
Warriors had some bad decisions but good flow, attacking on turnovers. 3 point shooters hit 3 pointers. Poole took a stupid shot but played well otherwise
First quarter turned out very well .. (now walking for Chinese food)
[Charania] RFA Rui Hachimura has agreed to a three-year, $51 million deal to return to the Lakers, sources tell @TheAthletic. (twitter.com)
[Charania] Free agent guard Gabe Vincent has agreed on a three-year, $33 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell @TheAthletic. Vincent’s agent, Bill Neff, negotiated the new deal for a tremendous undrafted success story. (twitter.com)
[Charania] Free agent forward Taurean Prince is finalizing a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell @TheAthletic. (twitter.com)
[The Athletic NBA] Eric Gordon is drawing early interest from a number of teams, including the Lakers, Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Suns, Bucks and Trail Blazers, sources tell @KellyIko. (twitter.com)
[Buha] The Lakers are increasingly confident they can sign Nuggets free-agent wing Bruce Brown Jr. for the non-taxpayer midlevel exception starting at a projected $12.4 million, multiple league sources told @TheAthleticNBA (twitter.com)
[Singer] One team with significant interest in signing Bruce Brown away from Denver is the Los Angeles Lakers, multiple sources told @denverpost. The Lakers could offer him the full MLE ($12.3M annually). Nuggets can only offer up to $7.8M this year. (twitter.com)