It's low risk, high reward, not ZERO risk. I still think it's a bargain because Lakers do still have options if it doesn't work out, don't overplay the risk
I don't think he's that good of a defensive coach though 11th last season. And I understand that after the trade deadline they were much better but it was primarily reliant all on ADs dominance in the middle. When Vogel had the Lakers at that no. 1 spot the team was much more versatile defensively and wasn't solely reliant on AD and it was still dominate if he missed game's. I have little faith in Darvin Hams coaching abilities he relies way too much on Lebron and AD and doesn't utilize the talent around them properly. I just think the talent on the Lakers was just that great it was certainly better than the 20 season's team
@@fattony9227 So G-League coaches taking teams to the conf finals with over 50 lineup changes and your 2 best players playing only 50 games???? yeah right...LMFAO!!!!
@@safetyscrewmarketI'm not sure what these guys are seeing. Probably lebron fans who need to point the finger at someone now that Westbrook isn't around
Why do i feel like Christian Wood will be blamed by the fans once Lebron and AD fumbles 😂. They always had that player to blame everytime Lebron loses 😂.
Damn. I felt like Christian Wood would've also fit well with the Miami Heat. If (and once) Damian Lillard gets traded there, Wood would be a solid fit on Power Forward.
@@And.One.Hoops1 man just take the *L* - it's OK. EVERYONE (but you) knew he was holding out till the last minute. Now with LBJ mini summer camp about to start he had to make a decision or the Lakers were moving on. You said *nobody wants him* which was clearly false! I TOLD YOU HE COULD SIGN WITH LA AT ANY POINT - I eat/sleep/breath Lakers so this was no shock VS you are clearly not a person who likes the Lakers so bias is injected.
@@LakerTriangle When a player of Wood's talent is one of the last free agents to be signed and takes min money, it is NOT situation of "he could sign with LA at any point, he's just waiting." He had to settle. Hold the L
@@And.One.Hoops1 LIKE I ORIGINALLY SAID LAST WEEK - Vet min was the only option so waiting wasn't an issue...Go back and read if you don't remember. Once again you said no one wants him - The *L* is all yours because nothing I said then or now was wrong like you.
@@LakerTriangle Are you really that dense? You've never heard of a figure of speech? Obviously we all know he would eventually get signed, if no one truly wanted him I would have said he's going to be have to play overseas. But no, I said he would eventually sign with the Lakers for the minimum, which happened. You can keep shouting, but no one is listening
You really think LeBron James is going to let Wood come in and F up his last few years? Also the Lakers aren't those last three teams he was on. We have a culture and a fan base that's larger than all of those teams combined.
A lot of people seem to focus on Jokic and how he killed us yes he averaged 27 against us but what about Murray, KCP, and Michael Porter Jr?? They killed us too it wasn’t we couldn’t stop Jokic we weren’t committed as a TEAM defensively. There were plenty of possessions where players were not locked in, not boxing out, and just being flat out lazy as a team it had little to do with not being able to stop Jokic individually.
i agree because there were times Jokic was held in check down the stretch but murrray was consistently cooking our so-called top defense thats who we needed to stop because Jokic is going to get his numbers, but Murray can't average 30 on us that was really the main problem.
As a mavs fan, I watched Christian all season all year. He's not an off the ball player. Only way he's productive on offense is if he has the ball in his hands, he's like an iso big (who travels on almost every play btw). I don't see Bron n lakers running plays for him or letting him iso lol so he's gonna b pretty useless on offense, he doesn't rebound so no put backs, he's too slow for a quick catch n Lay up n obvs on defense he's useless, n an absolute cancer in locker room. There was a reason y we n no one else wanted him. So good luck LA...n have fun 😅. Let's see his attitude wen Ham makes him come off the bench for 10-15 min a game.
He has flaws but... "He can rebound well, finish around the rim, and he's actually good enough of a shooter from deep to help spread the floor" - Sounds like Kevin Love when he was with the Wolves.
Wood would be a one season experiment for the Lakers. If he improves his defence and fits, he may stick around. If not, he will probably walk or get cut. As for Wood is a defensive liability, my answer would be: Vanderbilt is a liability on offence: he can't shoot from 2 or 3, he can't pass and he can't convert simple layups. If the Lakers can cover for Vanderbilt, they should be able to cover for Wood for one season.
Wood is a decent addition, but just like Hayes, he's nowhere near the viable big the Lakers need to back up AD, especially not on the defensive end. If I'm Darvin Ham, I'm getting on his ass immediately and letting him know that his reputation will not be brought here.
This is by far the best take I’ve seen on this signing wood is very overrated skilled offensively but as a mavs fan he was a terrible defender n low iq lakers is a decent place for him but he can also hurt tht team so bad if they played the nuggets n he’s got to guard jokic they not improving on last year w him
Lakers’ best minutes against the Nuggets were when AD was allowed to roam on D. It didn’t happen that often, because he needed to play Center. Now… I’m not saying that the Lakers, with a reliable Center will beat the Nuggets this year, but they’ve got a better shot.
Jokic didn’t beat the Lakers Jamal Murray did. The Lakers lost to Denver because they didn’t have a solid enough front court. In my opinion Murray was the MVP of that series. Despite Jokic give or take 3/4 points in three of those 4 games and the Lakers win the series! So all this stressing over Jokic is overblown. The Lakers needed shooting!
Compared to the other teams Christian Wood has been on, hes never had Lebron on his team and with good depth too, plus he'll be playing with AD again. And its weird that you dont see the lakers going to the WCF even though they got better. I hope you dont think the Suns are a better team lol
they can trade him mid season with someone like DLO teams would probably want dlo and take on christian wood. Lakers might even get draft picks out of it. Or could trade for a real center like Jonas valencunas or steven adams from okc
Or just take the 3m hit. Its not that much. They can also package him in a trade with a second round pick to dump salary and another team can waive him. Point being they have options if he's that detrimental to the team@@And.One.Hoops1
It's low risk, high reward, not ZERO risk. I still think it's a bargain because Lakers do still have options if it doesn't work out, don't overplay the risk
Unpopular opinion: it was Jamal Murray that really defeated the Lakers , because of those wild shots that went in in the clutch.
I agree 90%
As someone who watched all the games, majority of them were close then Murray just killed us
Totally, the man summoned some kind of magic and decided they weren’t going to lose
But jokic made one leg 3 point every day that shot
Ham is a HUGE defensive minded coach. If this guy is on this team, HAM definitely sees something useful in him and feels he can turn the kid around.
That depends on Wood's effort as well.
I don't think he's that good of a defensive coach though 11th last season. And I understand that after the trade deadline they were much better but it was primarily reliant all on ADs dominance in the middle. When Vogel had the Lakers at that no. 1 spot the team was much more versatile defensively and wasn't solely reliant on AD and it was still dominate if he missed game's. I have little faith in Darvin Hams coaching abilities he relies way too much on Lebron and AD and doesn't utilize the talent around them properly. I just think the talent on the Lakers was just that great it was certainly better than the 20 season's team
Ham is a G-League calibre coach at best. Signing him for a long term contract was simply stupid.
@@fattony9227 So G-League coaches taking teams to the conf finals with over 50 lineup changes and your 2 best players playing only 50 games???? yeah right...LMFAO!!!!
@@safetyscrewmarketI'm not sure what these guys are seeing. Probably lebron fans who need to point the finger at someone now that Westbrook isn't around
Why do i feel like Christian Wood will be blamed by the fans once Lebron and AD fumbles 😂. They always had that player to blame everytime Lebron loses 😂.
Rob finna get hit with a RICO charge with these hits hes orchestrating.😅
Haters are gonna hate😊! Wood is going to be good! BET💜💛
Seems like every video you make the exact opposite of what you happens literally days after lol
Lol every video huh? Nah, just this one
Damn. I felt like Christian Wood would've also fit well with the Miami Heat. If (and once) Damian Lillard gets traded there, Wood would be a solid fit on Power Forward.
Well now after missing out Miami better get fkn Dame.
@@ARod3 For real, bruh. Man, I understand the Trailblazers want a good return, but the more they delay the trade, the less of a return they'll get.
Man it wasn't his fault dallas was trash. Kyrie and luka plays no D at all !
I specifically told you he was unsigned by choice and this specific situation would happen... and you told me I was wrong😂
You were wrong, because it had nothing to do with waiting for Lillard or Harden to be traded. And he did have to settle for the minimum
@@And.One.Hoops1 man just take the *L* - it's OK. EVERYONE (but you) knew he was holding out till the last minute. Now with LBJ mini summer camp about to start he had to make a decision or the Lakers were moving on. You said *nobody wants him* which was clearly false! I TOLD YOU HE COULD SIGN WITH LA AT ANY POINT - I eat/sleep/breath Lakers so this was no shock VS you are clearly not a person who likes the Lakers so bias is injected.
@@LakerTriangle When a player of Wood's talent is one of the last free agents to be signed and takes min money, it is NOT situation of "he could sign with LA at any point, he's just waiting." He had to settle. Hold the L
@@And.One.Hoops1 LIKE I ORIGINALLY SAID LAST WEEK - Vet min was the only option so waiting wasn't an issue...Go back and read if you don't remember. Once again you said no one wants him - The *L* is all yours because nothing I said then or now was wrong like you.
@@LakerTriangle Are you really that dense? You've never heard of a figure of speech? Obviously we all know he would eventually get signed, if no one truly wanted him I would have said he's going to be have to play overseas. But no, I said he would eventually sign with the Lakers for the minimum, which happened. You can keep shouting, but no one is listening
Love this channel
Thanks brother!
Wait why do you believe the lakers can’t replicate the same run they had last year, imo they are easily a top 3 team in the west
He will need to be humble this season if he wants to get another big contract from somewhere or extension with the Lakers.
You really think LeBron James is going to let Wood come in and F up his last few years? Also the Lakers aren't those last three teams he was on. We have a culture and a fan base that's larger than all of those teams combined.
I think the Lakers could sign the Crypto Arena janitor and people would still be making noise about it. End of the day, not much has changed.
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A lot of people seem to focus on Jokic and how he killed us yes he averaged 27 against us but what about Murray, KCP, and Michael Porter Jr?? They killed us too it wasn’t we couldn’t stop Jokic we weren’t committed as a TEAM defensively. There were plenty of possessions where players were not locked in, not boxing out, and just being flat out lazy as a team it had little to do with not being able to stop Jokic individually.
i agree because there were times Jokic was held in check down the stretch but murrray was consistently cooking our so-called top defense thats who we needed to stop because Jokic is going to get his numbers, but Murray can't average 30 on us that was really the main problem.
As a mavs fan, I watched Christian all season all year. He's not an off the ball player. Only way he's productive on offense is if he has the ball in his hands, he's like an iso big (who travels on almost every play btw). I don't see Bron n lakers running plays for him or letting him iso lol so he's gonna b pretty useless on offense, he doesn't rebound so no put backs, he's too slow for a quick catch n Lay up n obvs on defense he's useless, n an absolute cancer in locker room. There was a reason y we n no one else wanted him. So good luck LA...n have fun 😅. Let's see his attitude wen Ham makes him come off the bench for 10-15 min a game.
He has flaws but... "He can rebound well, finish around the rim, and he's actually good enough of a shooter from deep to help spread the floor" - Sounds like Kevin Love when he was with the Wolves.
He's on a minimum couldn't be farther from the truth tbh. His salary is nothing on the Lakers books as of right now and could be used as a trade asset
Except for the fact that it puts them over the luxury tax
Dude says he don't think the laker will win the title but I'm sure he's in the same breath thinking the Nuggets will repeat 😂
Much better chance of the Nuggets repeating than the Lakers winning the title. That’s not even a hot take
I was remember hows good was thomas bryant with lakers he will like him more then better for sure
Wood would be a one season experiment for the Lakers. If he improves his defence and fits, he may stick around. If not, he will probably walk or get cut. As for Wood is a defensive liability, my answer would be: Vanderbilt is a liability on offence: he can't shoot from 2 or 3, he can't pass and he can't convert simple layups. If the Lakers can cover for Vanderbilt, they should be able to cover for Wood for one season.
Wood is a decent addition, but just like Hayes, he's nowhere near the viable big the Lakers need to back up AD, especially not on the defensive end. If I'm Darvin Ham, I'm getting on his ass immediately and letting him know that his reputation will not be brought here.
Maybe they goin to play fast 🤔if u really look at the team its not a half court team
Yo my sixers aren’t winning in this era 😢😢
Lol, why do you say that?
@@And.One.Hoops1Sixers are trash that’s why
Dayummm, you serious, son? Never saw dis comin
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Play Wood at the 3 and bring back Dwight to guard Jokic
Lol yeah that wouldn't work
This is by far the best take I’ve seen on this signing wood is very overrated skilled offensively but as a mavs fan he was a terrible defender n low iq lakers is a decent place for him but he can also hurt tht team so bad if they played the nuggets n he’s got to guard jokic they not improving on last year w him
Lakers’ best minutes against the Nuggets were when AD was allowed to roam on D. It didn’t happen that often, because he needed to play Center.
Now… I’m not saying that the Lakers, with a reliable Center will beat the Nuggets this year, but they’ve got a better shot.
Jokic didn’t beat the Lakers Jamal Murray did. The Lakers lost to Denver because they didn’t have a solid enough front court. In my opinion Murray was the MVP of that series. Despite Jokic give or take 3/4 points in three of those 4 games and the Lakers win the series! So all this stressing over Jokic is overblown. The Lakers needed shooting!
Compared to the other teams Christian Wood has been on, hes never had Lebron on his team and with good depth too, plus he'll be playing with AD again. And its weird that you dont see the lakers going to the WCF even though they got better. I hope you dont think the Suns are a better team lol
they can trade him mid season with someone like DLO teams would probably want dlo and take on christian wood. Lakers might even get draft picks out of it. Or could trade for a real center like Jonas valencunas or steven adams from okc
Adams plays for Memphis
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You are such a casual
If Christian wood starts causing problems for the Lakers he could maybe be traded for James Harden. I heard he's not happy in Philly
I mean.....the money in a trade has to work too you know
Oh yeah I just thought that Both teams might get desperate to get both guys traded before they become free agents@@And.One.Hoops1
We'll throw in dlo 😂
This is a high reward low risk signing is something don’t go right they can cut him
2 years guaranteed though, they would have to waive a stretch
@@And.One.Hoops1it’s 1 year plus a player option which if he outplays this contract he will most likely opt out his second year and enter free agency
Lakers can always cut him. His costs is very low
Two years guaranteed, they would to waive and stretch him
Or just take the 3m hit. Its not that much. They can also package him in a trade with a second round pick to dump salary and another team can waive him. Point being they have options if he's that detrimental to the team@@And.One.Hoops1
@@And.One.Hoops1 Sorry, can you explain what you mean by stretch him? Does his salary still stay for the luxury tax?
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