Everything changes with age. For athletes, age is one of the most significant factors. Even though players become a lot more experienced through time, they cannot perform as well as they did once. So it is inevitable that this is going to happen. Haslem is already 42 years old. That is really old in my opinion. And yes he already has white hair.

Also, I think they are on the bench just for the sake of showing up and probably also to give advice to the younger players since he has a lot of experience.



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For huge number of bashing he gets last season due to his performance and disappointing trade rumors for sure Westbrook will do all to regain back his reputation what he gain from the past. We know how good Westbrook is when he is on OKC or even in Wizards, if his teammates and coaches will motivate and know how to use him most provably we can see a quality contributor Westbrook next season.

Every team has to take care of their players so they can play on their full potential, the Lakers is a championship team (if they are healthy), and actually, it's only Davis who are prone to energy, so they need some back up of him, especially in the regular season, so he will be fully healthy in the playoffs.

Less playing time, less injury.

If they think that's the solution, then they have already employed that method a long time ago. it's just that, as a superstar, he is required to play good minutes, and with that, Davis should not be limited on the floor, also, the fans are watching the game because they want to see their favorite players on the court, so with that, it might disappoint the fans.

It's because they traded them with they acquire Westbrook from the Wizards. But I do agree that they should all move on, they did try to get some veterans and experience players but it didn't give them dividends or maybe it was the chemistry and no one become the leader when Lebron is out. Russ did try, but it just make matter worst for them. But it seems the Lakers is different from last year, they have a new coach already so that is a start.

That is what you get when you clap back to fans, you get more flak, and the narrative is turned against you.

He may have his chance to redeem himself since the Lakers are likely to retain him on their roster. No matter what, he should just focus on improving his game and avoid social media. It does not do him go clapping back to fans or haters and it takes away the focus that should have been put into the game.


Nothing much has changed though. Aside from the Big 3 being healthy now, they are still lacking help from the bench. That is what they need to build too. They still have ample of time to build it before the season starts, let's see what they will do to complement the big 3.

I think it's how he can blend his style of play along with LeBron, AD, and the rest of the Lakers squad that he needs to develop. He is indeed and explosive guard that can split defenders. What he needs to minimize is his turnovers and improve his passing accuracy and long range shooting percentage.
I'd really love to see the Lakers run again with LeBron, AD, and of course Westbrook.
There will be improvement and adjustments for sure as coach Ham said they'll run the offense through AD and Westbrook.

You said it right.

It will be a long debate and conversation and in the end, it's either both opinions are correct based on the basis of proving who's the best player. Well, fans and veterans are the ones that are having this conversation.

For me, it's a good conversation because this only proves that are many really are interested on this topic and many are following on who's the best and when it's about the achievement of a player. We're pretty interested and sure want to be there.

He's a bit of an emotional guy for someone who's getting paid millions of dollars per month.  I think he came to the conclusion that any team who trades for him was going to be left with not enough talent to win it all and Brooklyn is his best shot at winning.  This is going to be a tough year for him though.  He had the chance to sign anywhere and chose the Nets, so it's really his own fault for tangling himself up with Kyrie.  Nobody saw the pandemic coming (except Bill Gates) but with so much money on the line, I wouldn't be lumping myself in with someone like Kyrie.

We should stop expecting a lot from Lakers already. I get that they became champions in the "bubble" season just a few years ago, but they are not going to be that good ever again and we shouldn't really expect them to go well. First year it was championship, then they had injuries and I mean like a lot of them, then they had westbrook season which didn't fit well at all.

We should just let it be, they will be bad for a while again and then they are lakers, they will find a way to attract great free agents eventually again, and they will become champions again. So for a while, people should lose hope for them and they shouldn't really be hoping for anything more than barely making playoffs if they are lucky levels.