Collin Sexton

And then, you know, obviously the Lakers make the decision to trade DeAndre Ayton.

They let Jackson Hayes walk to the Utah Jazz for the sake of signing, I guess, Colin Sexton.

You know, and so...

I do, again, I'll say it again.

He's, like, sagging too far off one pass away.

So, like, Colin Sexton dribbles into a wide-open three because Darren's trying to double-team Luka Doncic with his back to the basket.

And you might just be better off being like...

We're just going to make Josh Okogie guard him.

Yeah.

And we're going to have to live with those consequences because even if he makes a tough turnaround two, it's better than a wide open three for Colin Sexton because everybody in the NBA is good enough to make that shot.

And I will say, you can't, for Darren or any rookie or any player in the NBA, you can't just look at the box score and really get anywhere near the full story of the game.

Like, there are small things that Darren is doing that is really good.

And then the Lakers get back into it.

I thought Colin Sexton checking in.

We got to see the first of him over these last two games and his level of energy and compete.

The Lakers started getting strips and steals and using their speed, getting out on the run.

And from that perspective, I think you could argue that they downgraded from just a team weight perspective, I guess, would be the collective downgrade.

Guys like Grimes, Matisse and Zaire are all skinny, uh, Colin Sexton.

I mean, like maybe they're built proportionally for their respective heights, but in terms of actual weight, strength, power, their ability to dislodge players, they're all like relatively undersized.

And so, uh, The only guy that they, like even Mamu, I think is, despite him being well-built, doesn't always play that physically in terms of the glass.

They have zero creation responsibilities.

All that is index for Austin, Luca, Sexton, Mamu, whoever you want to put are going to take control.

I don't even know if Kessler has had a post up in three games.

I cannot.

And I'm saying this was the reason Steph Curry went cold or whatever.

But there is some of this, yeah, we have guys that we can stick on someone for the whole game.

It can be Zaire, and then once it's not Zaire, it's Matisse, and then it's Grimes, right? Sexton can also be a 94-feet guy.

And then you just – not trying to compare this team to last year too long, right? We're already in a new season.

James is among the many notable names who have departed from the Lakers this offseason, with Marcus Smart, Rui Achimura, Luke Kennard also heading out of town.

Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves are now the only two key pieces left over, and they've seen the Lakers bring in the likes of Walker Kessler, Quinn Grimes, Sandro, I can't pronounce his last name, Colin Sexton, Kevin Lule, Kevin Looney, Zaire Williams and Matthias Theibel.

It is an interesting collection of players.

Now, Lakers insider Johan Buha shared that many within the organization acknowledged they might have taken a step back this summer.

And then you had Sandro Momocles.

Oh my God, I can't say his name.

He came off the bench with nine points and Colin Sexton in 20 minutes came off the bench and gave the Lakers a real spark in 20 minutes with 13 points.

So the Lakers got a fantastic win.

We're living in the now, Trevor.

That's Collin Sexton time.

Collin Sexton time on Wednesday.

Rams win, Lakers are

winning.

Yeah.

And then on the bench, I mean, Collin Sexton giving you points.

Quentin Grimes not having a good game yesterday, but has shown that he can still shoot the ball pretty well.

So, you know, very mixed team, and they played very well against this Jazz team that I think is very interesting with how many young guys they have.