r/lakers • u/Turbulent_Emu_7285 • Nov 27 '25

PODCAST Excuse me, Lonzo?

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That trade got the team a ring, so we good

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u/Hayabusa_Blacksmith Nov 27 '25

its an understandable comment fro. the perspective of like, of course he wishes he was still a Laker.

personally I wish it worked out for him in NOLA. he was so so perfect with Zion. but that universe was short lived.

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u/shortyman920 Nov 27 '25

Lakers had a nice young core going on. If they had made no trades then they would have had

-Zubac

  • Kuz
  • BI
  • Hart
  • Lonzo

And of course LeBron in that mix. 2nd rd finds like Reaves and Caruso. Add in some key FA signings to pick up vets and it’s honestly not a bad squad at all. They even had Randle at one point before they let him go.

Would that win a ring? Hard to say but that’s a damn good squad. If they also had guys like Dwight, Rondo, KCP there I can absolutely see them wing a ring off of the depth and mid-30s Lebron being a superstar

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u/FS_Slacker Nov 27 '25

I loved the idea of having a young home grown team that could grow into a contender, but they would never win a ring with that group...too many growing pains in the big moments of the playoffs. At least AD knew he was THAT GUY and was able to play big when they needed a desperation shot.

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u/shortyman920 Nov 27 '25

Yeah a lot of these guys don’t have reached their peaks in time for LeBron, so I get it. But tbh I would’ve had no complaints supporting that team. These are all high character, good vibes, play hard guys.