Lakers @ Suns Tuesday Playoff game thread 6-1-2021 - Game 5

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I'd love to pick him up in the offseason.

I think with Montrezl Harrel it's the case of a good player being stuck in the wrong situation. The same with Marc Gasol.

Either of those players backing up Ayton would be fantastic.
 
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The Lakers perspective on game 5.

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It's hard to remember the Suns having a 30 point lead at halftime in the regular season much less a playoff game.

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Cam Payne is gone unless we jettison everything and/or Bridges.

I prefer keeping Payne to Bridges if it comes to that.
 

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Cam Payne is gone unless we jettison everything and/or Bridges.

I prefer keeping Payne to Bridges if it comes to that.

I think I agree. He’s going to get a big contract from some team starved for a PG.
 

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I would try everything before getting rid of Bridges but Payne is a better basketball player.
 

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I would try everything before getting rid of Bridges but Payne is a better basketball player.

he might be the PGOTF. Maybe has a Billups-esque career where it just took him a while to find his fit/game. Or I could be prisoner of the moment. What I do know is PG is more important than swing man at the end of the day. But that is a tough toss up, especially if Payne keeps this up and we keep advancing.

he’s been such a huge x-factor the first and last third of the season and has owned the Lakers in the playoffs.

he’s also going to be 27 this summer and has never gotten a BIG contract by NBA standards. He’s going to the highest bidder in FA and I won’t blame him.
 

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I would try everything before getting rid of Bridges but Payne is a better basketball player.
Wow. The tables have turned on Payne. I talked about him possibly as the PGOF earlier in the season and I was mocked. But there is no way that Cam Payne is a better basketball player than Bridges. And it will be much easier for us to keep Bridges--and I want to keep Payne--a lot.

Schroeder is making Payne look really good.

Did not expect this conversation to go this way.
 

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