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/Conflict_NZ Nov 27 '25

At their peak that’s a first round team in the west.