Comments on: Clippers make it rain on the Lakers in 133-115 win

By: chogokin

chogokin — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:17:18 +0000

Loooool. I like Rui, but man are Lakers fans delusional.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:56:41 +0000

Wall’s a respected vet and is no doubt close with key players, not to mention his personal hardships have been really rough. I’d be willing to bet that the team may have promised that he wouldn’t be traded this year.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:47:23 +0000

Not only Kawhi but also they’re calling him “Lebron lite”

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:10:05 +0000

The issue w/ Bryant has always been his health – dude just hasn’t been able to stay on the court for very long. Given our own set of injuries I could see why the FO was hesitant to offer him anything more than a minimum. Plus he started his career w/ the Lakers, so maybe he actually wanted to go back to them to begin w/

By: Jpo805

Jpo805 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:01:25 +0000

Who gives a fuck what the lakers do?

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:51:10 +0000

I don’t think he would’ve put us over the top or anything, but the Lakers got him for such a pittance I can’t help but be annoyed. I can’t imagine the Wizards preferring Nunn over former franchise icon in Wall, so it really does feel like the Clips could’ve gotten Rui if they wanted.

Although it’s pretty hilarious that Lakers fans immediately started comparing him to Kawhi after 1 game.

By: Thretch

Thretch — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:38:50 +0000

Kendrick None had a similar debut in his Wiz debut. If would be funny if the Wiz got the better end of that deal. But small sample size for both.

By: khyber jones

khyber jones — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:57:50 +0000

Btw, Rui Hachimura had a very strong debut for the Lakers, scoring 6 pts, 4 rebs and 1 assist in Q4 to help the Lakers over take San Antonio and win a game on the 2nd night of a back to back. He glided down the floor, and scored a trailing 3, a layup and a traditional post move on the low left block. Are folks really trying to say that he wouldn’t have helped the Clippers? Nothing he did yesterday was out of the ordinary for his skill set or record of performance to date.

By: Thretch

Thretch — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:47:03 +0000

So to summarize (if I’m reading correctly) the trade candidates roughly in order are Morris, Kennard, Wall, Jackson & Covington. And Coffey it needed.

By: osamu6238

osamu6238 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:54:32 +0000

Yea, outside if injury I just haven’t seen enough from Wall to have him in the rotation. He’s probably okay in a bench Bledsoe, change of pace role, but on a Clippers team with the depth they have, there is no reason to sacrifice minutes to Mann, Norm, or Kennard to shove Wall in the rotation.

As one of the few tradable contracts, I definitely would probably rather see Wall get traded for more of a position of need (ie. backup center) or combined in some type of consolidation move. Always the problem I saw with making a significant deal is the Clips most “tradable” players are all still GOOD players, but due to their contracts wouldn’t have a ton of value on the open market, or for a rebuilding team. I view Wall as a totally expendable contract which maybe can be combined with some picks to bring at least something solid back.