(08-10-2020 10:05 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote: If Cacok is going to see the floor this season, he likely only has 2 more opportunities to do so, as I can't imagine the Lakers using him in their playoff games.
LA's remaining 2 regular season games are tonight against the Nuggets (9 PM EST) and Thursday against the Kings (1:30 PM).
It's not going to happen. The Lakers are far deeper than anyone thought they'd be at the beginning of last season. Go back and find the post in one of our threads when I told everyone exactly what would happen. The Lakers had/have championship aspirations and filled holes via free agency. They weren't just going to roll some rookies out there with what on paper is a vary daunting backbone of their lineup (LeBron, Anthony Davis).
Combine the roster with the current plight of the Lakers; they're not winning. They're getting off to slow starts, getting behind and having to expend a lot more energy to just get back into the game and then ultimately lose. Until the starters and significant bench players can figure out how to win games, they're not going to put the fringe bench players in games. They're trying to gel the core group just to get wins at this point. You can tell this group doesn't have good chemistry together. It reminds me of a bunch of the old Cleveland teams that LeBron played with prior to going to Miami. Some good players, but they rely far too much on LeBron to score and play defense.
Even with some that big time due, good role players (Howard, Danny Green, Kyle Kuzma), and free agency pickups in McGee, Rondo, Waiters, Morris (Both Waiters and Morris are going to always get floor time before Cacok, even though Waiters is technically a SF). So right now, at PF you have Davis, Howard, and Morris as natural PFs, plus LeBron's ability to play nearly every position on the floor (although I always argue he's not a good PG and the teams are better when he's not bringing the ball up the floor and being the PG).
All that to say... you're insane if you think Cacok is going to get on the court in Orlando.