Get Luka DaLlas Dallas seemed too beautiful to be true. Fans of Lakers did not realize that we obtain a weak haller and a poor defender. A great man in the middle could have compensated for his shortcomings, but JJ Redick would probably have left him on the bench. I can’t wait to see how Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka spoil next year’s program. Playing LeBron James 48 minutes per game is not the answer.
Mike Gamboa
Buena Park
The deceased and large chick Hearn said: “You are as good as your bench.”
Pat Riley wrote once on the board of the locker room during a sequence of eliminatory series, “no rebounds, no rings.”
‘Said Nuff.
David Dale
Sonoma
He remains perplexed why the Lakers canceled the profession of Mark Williams – he had 13 doubles doubles for Charlotte after Dalton Knecht (who did not play any minutes of eliminatory series) returned – and did not go “all -in” while trying to maximize their chances of winning their 18th championship.
Ken Feldman
Tarzana
It is sad to live the end of the Lakers season, but the reality is that their athletics, their defense, their rebound and their inner attack were not up to championship standards. Could they use someone like, uh, Anthony Davis?
Richard Raffalow
Valley Glen
It was obvious from the moment Rudy Gobert of Minnesota marked his first undisputed dunk and caught his first rebound that the Lakers would watch the rest of the NBA qualifiers on television. The Timberwolves ran through Luka Donnteic and Austin come true like free safeguarding turn and ran LeBron James, 40, OFF because of too many minutes. How much Jaxson Hayes could have left the only height that the team had put in the bench and employing a player who had not seen the court for months at Maxi Kleber?
Bob Goldstone
Corona del Mar
Lakers will look for a center. This is all I have read since the Lakers lost against the Timberwolves. Well, they had this to Ivica Zubac that the Lakers mainly gave the mowers.
Kevin Murphy
Newport Beach
Well, so much the better for the JJ Redick experience. Following!
Jack Wolf
Westwood
Purple and fold!
Ron Yukelson
San Luis Obispo