Are you happy about the Dwight Howard signing?

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Happy? Nah, not really. Loyalty is kinda a big deal to me; even more so with free agents turning us down this decade. But we’re here, and it doesn’t matter anymore what I would have preferred; not even to myself.

That being said; we are once again a collection of mercenaries. We got the old assassin Bron getting a new Expendables team together. Most are savvy vets; but we have youth, Lakernation. The youth is not the core this time however, so we get the best transition vets to make us a contender future forward all the while having a hell of a shot at making some noise come playoffs.

Swallowing my hurt feels... Dwight’s back has been inspected. His contract is not guaranteed past January. Which means we pay for half a year for a guy highly motivated for his last chance at a ring. And we are getting him with basically a year off last season - basically a clean bill of health and no lingering lower body injuries.... although back spasms are definitely something to have our med staff monitor at the tail end of the season (assuming his acclimation to the Lakers is smooth).

So yeah... I wanted Anthony Bennett, got Boogie, Boogie down, ended up with old man D12, Kostas, and Cacok; all in addition to my personal favorite current center, Mr Low Key himself, Javale “Big Wookie” McGee. He is the most underrated Center in the League, Lakernation. Let’s not take him for granted like we did with Screech.

Anyway. I would welcome you back, Mr Howard, but you’re not back until you earn your colors - the colors you threw in the trash when you chose to bounce to Houston. Rebound, hustle, and intimidate on the defensive end. IDGAF about your humility - just don’t expect fanfare without the results. You are owed nothing as a deserter.

TL;DR if D12 screws up jettison his ass at little expense to our bottom line.
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DEAR BASKETBALL

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I just don't know how he will be able to play without a heart.
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17 on the horizon.

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Dwight and lebron on the same team is like Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor in the same movie. This is going to be hilarious! Two guys with the exact same personality

[cyborgspider]

Can't get too upset about a 10th or 11th person on the roster depth chart on a non-guaranteed contract. I'm focused on who's guarding point guards, keeping ADLBJ healthy, and Kuzma's continued development.
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Lakers Picks The Next Six Years:
2020 - Own
2021 - Own (likely)
2022 - New Orleans
2023 - Own or New Orleans' Pick
2024 - Own (Likely)
2025 - New Orleans

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We shall see, I will say a cautious yes.

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We shall see, I will say a cautious yes.

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I super happy we got Dwight !




Note; I don't have a choice



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Lakers need to build a freaking team !

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I'm super happy we got Dwight !




Note; I don't have a choice



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Lakers need to build a freaking team !

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[giordan0]

Not saying to forget his transgressions that really cut deep last time around.

I'd rather have Boogie play but this is the card the team was dealt with.

I think Rob played this quite well to try and get DH on side and motivated with his 'last chance' in the NBA.

On the plus side, Dwight's contract is structured enough to easily get rid of him if he starts acting up.

[Stumpy25]

I still think Noah was the better choice. Even if he's in better shape, and says all the right things I don't trust him. He's soft and doesn't motivate anyone. He has this smile on his face like he's beyond everyone, and if he's not involved it's the team's fault. The rest of the league will taunt him, guys like Beverly will make fun of him, Embiid will punish him to death and in the end you will see that clown face smile in the midst of a loss. We need a dude with a growl, and a tenacious spirit not some smiling clown who doesn't care. He never belongs because he is for himself, and dudes like this rarely change. Carmelo is in that same category in which they play only for themselves and whatever happens on the score board is not their problem.
If the Lakers decide to kick his butt out after a few weeks, most likely Noah won't be around and they will have to deal with a situation with Davis having to play some center. No matter how you look at it this comes back to the FO, and AD will not be happy with the way things were handled.

[70sdude]

I see the signing as a negative overall. Yes, he can play center in a fill-in role. The Lakers needed to fill in the roster with a lot of that, and to some extent they have obtained someone who might do that.

But he's a knucklehead and worse, has been essentially an impediment - rather than a positive force - towards fulfilling the playoff dreams of every team who employed him in the past seven or more years. So to me, the signing is another signal (in August no less !) that the Laker team is just not getting nearer to contending in the playoffs for anything longer than a cup of coffee. That's disappointing, especially since they have traded away their future draft picks and young players in a mortgage swap of the club's future. The results of ther roster as it stands (the product of an all-in-now strategy for AD and LJ) won't take us far in future seasons either. That's disappointing too.

[yinoma2001]

For those who play an instrument, it's like asking someone who's played lead guitarist (and had all the gnarly solos) to be content with playing rhythm section (with no more solos).

Musically, that person should be more than competent to play rhythm section but he still fancies himself as a lead guitarist. That's the ultimate question here.
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From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals

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