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Quote from: Viscore on September 08, 2023, 08:49:43 AM

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< he might start off the bench because there no extra position for him to fill in while for the meantime, he will be a back up for Davis.

For me, having a player with length like Davis makes him a good backup, even though he may not be as strong as Davis in terms of rebounding and defense. However, giving Davis some rest would already be helpful, as every game feels different when Davis is on the court. He has the ability to bring a positive energy that elevates the team's performance. There shouldn't be any issues with the Lakers on the defensive end, given their height advantage. I'm confident that their coach knows how to manage the roster, so let's wait and see.

You know, it's kind of confusing to me now because lately before the Lakers acquired Christian Woods from the free agency, they also acquired and got somebody from the same agency, a guy named Jaxson Hayes.

A much younger player who I thought will be trained to replace Davis from being the center so that Davis will have some freedom in chasing down somebody whilst playing alongside LeBron and convert some points towards the team being a PF. Now, the roster seems to be in a middle of mess because of the new additional that they've acquired recently.

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< he might start off the bench because there no extra position for him to fill in while for the meantime, he will be a back up for Davis.

For me, having a player with length like Davis makes him a good backup, even though he may not be as strong as Davis in terms of rebounding and defense. However, giving Davis some rest would already be helpful, as every game feels different when Davis is on the court. He has the ability to bring a positive energy that elevates the team's performance. There shouldn't be any issues with the Lakers on the defensive end, given their height advantage. I'm confident that their coach knows how to manage the roster, so let's wait and see.

Davis is extraordinary talent Wood cannot easily replace his performance but adding him on the roster is really a great addition to them knowing that he can also provide some good performance to the minutes given to him. To many changes happen to them so for sure this is also need some huge adjustment to them so let see if they can work together since the issue now is their chemistry since Lakers always change their roster every season opener so might they will get a problem on rosters chemistry.

They have enough time to build that chemistry; they were even impressive last season despite forming a good roster later in the season. They only fell to the Nuggets, who had already built good chemistry. But they will be back with a new season, just adding some players, and I'm almost certain that the chemistry will be well-established. LeBron and Davis remain the leaders of the team, and seeing them healthy gives the Lakers a strong chance of winning another championship.

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Quote from: Viscore on September 08, 2023, 08:49:43 AM

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< he might start off the bench because there no extra position for him to fill in while for the meantime, he will be a back up for Davis.

For me, having a player with length like Davis makes him a good backup, even though he may not be as strong as Davis in terms of rebounding and defense. However, giving Davis some rest would already be helpful, as every game feels different when Davis is on the court. He has the ability to bring a positive energy that elevates the team's performance. There shouldn't be any issues with the Lakers on the defensive end, given their height advantage. I'm confident that their coach knows how to manage the roster, so let's wait and see.

Davis is extraordinary talent Wood cannot easily replace his performance but adding him on the roster is really a great addition to them knowing that he can also provide some good performance to the minutes given to him. To many changes happen to them so for sure this is also need some huge adjustment to them so let see if they can work together since the issue now is their chemistry since Lakers always change their roster every season opener so might they will get a problem on rosters chemistry.

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Quote from: Finestream on September 08, 2023, 08:45:00 AM

< he might start off the bench because there no extra position for him to fill in while for the meantime, he will be a back up for Davis.

For me, having a player with length like Davis makes him a good backup, even though he may not be as strong as Davis in terms of rebounding and defense. However, giving Davis some rest would already be helpful, as every game feels different when Davis is on the court. He has the ability to bring a positive energy that elevates the team's performance. There shouldn't be any issues with the Lakers on the defensive end, given their height advantage. I'm confident that their coach knows how to manage the roster, so let's wait and see.

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

I agree with you. The small contract may have been due to the fact that from the start Wood was not competing with Davis as a power forward, but as a backup. The presence of Wood will allow Davis to save playing minutes, in order to maintain his physical fitness throughout the season.

It would be worse if his purpose is to replace Davis if he goes down. I think it's better if he would get some minutes alongside Davis so that Davis's risk of getting injured will be reduced. Less minutes mean less risk. The Lakers can't afford to lose Davis. What would happen if Davis suffers a season-ending injury? Would Christian Wood be enough for the Lakers to still be considered a championship team? I believe prevention is always better, and they can start that by limiting Davis's playing time.

Better to be that way, giving Davis quality minutes either alongside with him or giving him enough rest to lessen the chance of getting
serious injury.

It can only be judge once the league already start all are speculation and based on own opinions whether Wood will be fit for the Lakers and this
move from the Lakers management will give them a good run this season.

That might do but having Christian Wood playing alongside Davis might also mean that Rui Hachimura's minutes will be adjusted as neither of them fits the guard position to replace Reaves and D'Angelo Huh

and so, I think that instead of him getting what you guys mentioned, he might start off the bench because there no extra position for him to fill in while for the meantime, he will be a back up for Davis.

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

I agree with you. The small contract may have been due to the fact that from the start Wood was not competing with Davis as a power forward, but as a backup. The presence of Wood will allow Davis to save playing minutes, in order to maintain his physical fitness throughout the season.

It would be worse if his purpose is to replace Davis if he goes down. I think it's better if he would get some minutes alongside Davis so that Davis's risk of getting injured will be reduced. Less minutes mean less risk. The Lakers can't afford to lose Davis. What would happen if Davis suffers a season-ending injury? Would Christian Wood be enough for the Lakers to still be considered a championship team? I believe prevention is always better, and they can start that by limiting Davis's playing time.

Better to be that way, giving Davis quality minutes either alongside with him or giving him enough rest to lessen the chance of getting
serious injury.

It can only be judge once the league already start all are speculation and based on own opinions whether Wood will be fit for the Lakers and this
move from the Lakers management will give them a good run this season.

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Quote from: Rampagoe004 on September 08, 2023, 04:09:51 AM

Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

I agree with you. The small contract may have been due to the fact that from the start Wood was not competing with Davis as a power forward, but as a backup. The presence of Wood will allow Davis to save playing minutes, in order to maintain his physical fitness throughout the season.

It would be worse if his purpose is to replace Davis if he goes down. I think it's better if he would get some minutes alongside Davis so that Davis's risk of getting injured will be reduced. Less minutes mean less risk. The Lakers can't afford to lose Davis. What would happen if Davis suffers a season-ending injury? Would Christian Wood be enough for the Lakers to still be considered a championship team? I believe prevention is always better, and they can start that by limiting Davis's playing time.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on September 07, 2023, 06:51:50 PM

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Between Lebron, AD, Rui, Russel, Reaves, Vanderbilt and Wood, they actually have a pretty decent roster if you ask me. Their season depends on injuries of course, Lebron is 38 years old and he will be 39 somewhere in there, so he may lose some games, and also AD is prone to injury as we all know it.

But, if they minimize their injury and play during the playoff as well, then this team could make some big damage. I know that it is not really the best team in the league, I am not saying that they are going to be good enough to win the title, but at the very least they will make some dent, and maybe like conference finals or something. West has a few good teams that is for sure, but Lakers will be one of them this season without a doubt.

I think that's why they took Christian Wood and that's to minimize the injury of Anthony Davis. If they can somehow get a good lead when AD is around then they can use Wood to substitute him and take his rest. This way, the Lakers could strengthen their Finals appearance one more time.
True, it's a solid roster so chemistry will be the only problem after adding Wood, but when it comes to the other players, I think last year already says it all. Even when they played for the play-in tournament they somehow appeared in the Conference Finals which is amazing.

The Lakers will be more about protecting AD and Bron from suffering injuries this season. The Lakers are not the best team in the NBA on paper right now but a single injury from the other teams' big stars can easily put this current roster at a championship level. They have deep experience and have good players in all their roles. I also expect Lebron to be given 30sh minutes at best in the regular season. Wood can play 4 and 5 and he is also a decent 3-point shooter that is enough to scatter the defense of the opposing teams.

The West is back as the most crowded with top teams in the NBA. Denver, Phoenix, and the Lakers are fully pumped. We also saw how dangerous the Pelicans are if they have a healthy Zion on the court. And I wonder if Ja Morant learned a lot and fully committed himself to the sport.

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

I agree with you. The small contract may have been due to the fact that from the start Wood was not competing with Davis as a power forward, but as a backup. The presence of Wood will allow Davis to save playing minutes, in order to maintain his physical fitness throughout the season.

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

More of a back-up Center for AD. That's his role. When Davis is on the bench, he will be the one who will sub depending on the situations.

I agree that Wood has been a great piece when he's in the Rockets many years ago, and played well there, but ever since he got traded, he became a role player, and sometimes he doesn't even play. Like what you're feeling, Rui already had a terrific season since he got traded to the Lakers. Just imagine if the Lakers' roster after the all-star is what their roster is when the season started. I doubted that they will just be at the 7th spot at the end of the season. From 13th at the start, to ended the season at 7th. I will not be surprised if this current roster of the Lakers now will be a championship contender, and as for Wood, he will be the one replacing Davis if just in case he got injured, so this might be a good thing for him to showcase his skills.

Anyway, we don't hear anything anymore about Damian Lillard, and his trade talks. Any update on him? Where he will be landing at the start of the season? Will he stay as a Blazer, or he might get traded at the mid-season?

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

My honest opinion about why Christian Wood on why his contract is not that big is because the Lakers doesn't have any vacant position for him where he will be inserted directly to their line-up because he just cant' get Rui's position because Rui earned it himself but that doesn't mean that he, Wood, will just sit on the sideline waiting to be called as a replacement for Davis because he also deserve more than that but he should work hard to earn his position so that he can be one of the players in Lakers first five soon.

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Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on September 07, 2023, 10:16:01 PM

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The reason why this was talked about so much is that it could be one of the biggest signings of the whole free agent period. I do not remember anyone who is as big of a name as this one, obviously Wood is not a superstar, not even an all-star if I am not wrong, but still, do we even have anyone else that was this big? Plus its Lebrons team, Lebron is arguably one of the best players ever to play this game, some say he IS the biggest name, and when his team gets a good player that becomes something important. This is why I think its quite important to the narrative of the league and everyone wants to talk about it, if he signed with like Dallas again, or Blazers or Hornets whatever, it wouldn't be this big of a news.

Because as basketball fans, we still remember Wood not even in his prime with the Rockets and if I'm not mistaken, averaging 20++ ppg during that season and he become their man offensive weapon.

That's why it was a surprised that Houston traded him or let him go after that big season of his. And then in the Dallas, everyone expects that he will also be a factor and be the second man behind Luka. But he wasn't exposed that much, playing average and just another performance. Maybe with the style of coach Ham, he might thrive at the Center position.

He definitely had a decent season with the Rockets, but the team is probably in a rebuilding mode, which is why he was released. I also believe he wasn't that healthy during his last season with the Rockets. Compared to his salary with the Lakers, that's very small, considering he received over $13 million to $14 million in salary during his tenure with the Rockets and Mavericks, respectively.

I think he really has to play harder and put up great stats with the Lakers, as his value has been declining. Considering he is still 27 years old, he still has a lot of time in the NBA.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on September 07, 2023, 06:17:21 PM

The reason why this was talked about so much is that it could be one of the biggest signings of the whole free agent period. I do not remember anyone who is as big of a name as this one, obviously Wood is not a superstar, not even an all-star if I am not wrong, but still, do we even have anyone else that was this big? Plus its Lebrons team, Lebron is arguably one of the best players ever to play this game, some say he IS the biggest name, and when his team gets a good player that becomes something important. This is why I think its quite important to the narrative of the league and everyone wants to talk about it, if he signed with like Dallas again, or Blazers or Hornets whatever, it wouldn't be this big of a news.

Because as basketball fans, we still remember Wood not even in his prime with the Rockets and if I'm not mistaken, averaging 20++ ppg during that season and he become their man offensive weapon.

That's why it was a surprised that Houston traded him or let him go after that big season of his. And then in the Dallas, everyone expects that he will also be a factor and be the second man behind Luka. But he wasn't exposed that much, playing average and just another performance. Maybe with the style of coach Ham, he might thrive at the Center position.

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Quote from: yazher on September 07, 2023, 06:53:51 PM

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It will definately be to give AD some breathing room along with the rest of the team. The bench was short for them and showed during stretches last year when guys went down. With Bron and AD on the wrong side of their careers they need depth to compete long term. Wood at that price was a good play.

More likely he will be given more minutes if he gives the right play and contributes positively to the team whenever they need him to give the star players some rest. nevertheless, this is a tough decision for the Lakers because it's obvious that lots of available players they can acquire this year but they choose him instead to take that role.

If he can bring back the performance that once he had when he was still with the Houston Rockets, then maybe Christian Wood will be given more time to play. Or maybe he will be their Center and then AD playing the PF, so they can play at the same time, it will be good as well.

Or just to give AD some minutes in the bench and rest, while Wood do his thing. So there's a lot of upside on the Lakers side to get him. And as someone has said, it's a total steal for Los Angeles as CW still has a lot of potential, he is still very young.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on September 07, 2023, 04:05:31 PM

It will definately be to give AD some breathing room along with the rest of the team. The bench was short for them and showed during stretches last year when guys went down. With Bron and AD on the wrong side of their careers they need depth to compete long term. Wood at that price was a good play.

More likely he will be given more minutes if he gives the right play and contributes positively to the team whenever they need him to give the star players some rest. nevertheless, this is a tough decision for the Lakers because it's obvious that lots of available players they can acquire this year but they choose him instead to take that role.

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Quote from: dezoel on September 07, 2023, 03:53:46 PM

Between Lebron, AD, Rui, Russel, Reaves, Vanderbilt and Wood, they actually have a pretty decent roster if you ask me. Their season depends on injuries of course, Lebron is 38 years old and he will be 39 somewhere in there, so he may lose some games, and also AD is prone to injury as we all know it.

But, if they minimize their injury and play during the playoff as well, then this team could make some big damage. I know that it is not really the best team in the league, I am not saying that they are going to be good enough to win the title, but at the very least they will make some dent, and maybe like conference finals or something. West has a few good teams that is for sure, but Lakers will be one of them this season without a doubt.

I think that's why they took Christian Wood and that's to minimize the injury of Anthony Davis. If they can somehow get a good lead when AD is around then they can use Wood to substitute him and take his rest. This way, the Lakers could strengthen their Finals appearance one more time.
True, it's a solid roster so chemistry will be the only problem after adding Wood, but when it comes to the other players, I think last year already says it all. Even when they played for the play-in tournament they somehow appeared in the Conference Finals which is amazing.

Quote from: Captain Corporate on September 07, 2023, 06:17:21 PM

The reason why this was talked about so much is that it could be one of the biggest signings of the whole free agent period. I do not remember anyone who is as big of a name as this one, obviously Wood is not a superstar, not even an all-star if I am not wrong, but still, do we even have anyone else that was this big? Plus its Lebrons team, Lebron is arguably one of the best players ever to play this game, some say he IS the biggest name, and when his team gets a good player that becomes something important. This is why I think its quite important to the narrative of the league and everyone wants to talk about it, if he signed with like Dallas again, or Blazers or Hornets whatever, it wouldn't be this big of a news.

True.
When Lebron James is part of the news it becomes a trend. Not arguing that he is one of the best in the league and also one of the biggest names. When it comes to attendance, punctuality, hard work, fewer injuries, strength, talent, and more, Lebron James is the name that will come out of my mind.
He is as tough as an old tree and I think one of the reason why he has so many fans that works the same way as him.

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The reason why this was talked about so much is that it could be one of the biggest signings of the whole free agent period. I do not remember anyone who is as big of a name as this one, obviously Wood is not a superstar, not even an all-star if I am not wrong, but still, do we even have anyone else that was this big? Plus its Lebrons team, Lebron is arguably one of the best players ever to play this game, some say he IS the biggest name, and when his team gets a good player that becomes something important. This is why I think its quite important to the narrative of the league and everyone wants to talk about it, if he signed with like Dallas again, or Blazers or Hornets whatever, it wouldn't be this big of a news.

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A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

It will definately be to give AD some breathing room along with the rest of the team. The bench was short for them and showed during stretches last year when guys went down. With Bron and AD on the wrong side of their careers they need depth to compete long term. Wood at that price was a good play.

This would provably a good deal to Lakers knowing that Wood can give them a huge contribution inside the paint and can be a good back up for Davis. But the concern of the fans is his attitude since he's been tag as locker room toxic player so lets hope he will not the same and AD then also Bron can guide him since their roster is looking good already and they have high chance to take championship this season if everything goes well to them.

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Quote from: OgNasty on September 07, 2023, 01:34:32 PM

A lot of talk about Christian Wood and I agree it is a good signing, but I still don’t think he starts or even replaces Rui when it comes to minutes. Rui had a great season last year and I think Christian Wood will likely get garbage minutes in comparison. I still say he’s an insurance policy in case Anthony Davis goes down.

It will definately be to give AD some breathing room along with the rest of the team. The bench was short for them and showed during stretches last year when guys went down. With Bron and AD on the wrong side of their careers they need depth to compete long term. Wood at that price was a good play.

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Between Lebron, AD, Rui, Russel, Reaves, Vanderbilt and Wood, they actually have a pretty decent roster if you ask me. Their season depends on injuries of course, Lebron is 38 years old and he will be 39 somewhere in there, so he may lose some games, and also AD is prone to injury as we all know it.

But, if they minimize their injury and play during the playoff as well, then this team could make some big damage. I know that it is not really the best team in the league, I am not saying that they are going to be good enough to win the title, but at the very least they will make some dent, and maybe like conference finals or something. West has a few good teams that is for sure, but Lakers will be one of them this season without a doubt.

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