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epak
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| Purp 32 wrote: | | I really wonder why some of y'all even post on this site. We go and sign the greatest player ever and some people find reasons to complain. We lose a borderline starter in order to keep cap space for next summer and it's treated like a catastrophic mistake. I feel like some people here are more concerned with being right instead of enjoying the progress the team is making. |
Naw. They just want to pretend to be a better GM. |
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LAkers 4 Life
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
What free agent signing in recent years with the Lakers could possibly be bigger than LeBron James? |
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| LAkers 4 Life wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
What free agent signing in recent years with the Lakers could possibly be bigger than LeBron James? |
you're obviously forgetting about steve blake |
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dcarter4kobe
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I see we will keep repeating the same conversation until preseason 
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| MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
Could the Lakers have made better signings than every other follow up signing they've made post LeBron?
Yes.
Or maye it will play out that they were good signings and they did the right thing.
Were Randle, and Boogie had at WAY under market value that the Lakers could have/should have capitalized on?
Or we find out that Randle was playing for a big contract and once he got it his work and play deteriated? He still has not shown that he can hit a outside shot....and what if Boogie doesnt come back the same? There is a reason why he was so cheap for the warriors...he is a GAMBLE
Yes.
If you take out the signings of McGee, Stephenson and KCP and you instead re-sign Randle for 2 seasons at below market value(anything under 12M) and sign Boogie whom called us... for the 5.3M he offered and still having the leftover to overpay Rondo for a 1 year. Is that a better off-season all around? Yes.
Or McGee ends up being a high energy big (replacing what randle game us.....Stephenson is one of those guys you put on someone to frustrate the hell out of them on the court.....and frankly when KCP came up us we knew that he was a good player but did not think we were going to be able to keep him but we did.......all of these guys playing next to the best player in the world....we did NOT overpay for Rondo given what we now know about Ball and his situation
But the Lakers are tunnel visioning for the 2019 free agency and hoping lightning strikes twice.
[b]They absolutely are keeping their options open so they can roll out the red carpet for KL next year[/b]
Could they have re-signed Randle, got Boogie, and signed Rondo still? Yes, they would have just not needed to bring back KCP or bring in Stephenson or McGee and all three of those things could have happened.
But they didn't, the Lakers made their decision to tunnel vision for 2019 and have their cap open for them without committing anything past a single season. If it works out for them, great, if it doesn't, it will be a lesson learned.
You just hope they don't assume that future free agents would sign for the same reasons they think LeBron did. But I doubt that will be the case. If it is, then well [expletive]. But we'll need to wait till the 2019 free agency.
IF by 2019, Klay and Durant stay in Golden State, Kawhi still isn't the same, and Butler and Cousins decide somewhere other than Los Angeles, than the FO will have to majorly change their approach in free agency as well as their approach in extending their young talents we groomed, so that it doesn't happen again.
Either way, we either land another max, or the FO learns a valuable lesson. So win/win, if you look at it from that perspective. |
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mj32
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
Who was th biggest signing then? |
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epak
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| mj32 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
Who was th biggest signing then? |
Shaq? |
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| epak wrote: | | mj32 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
Who was th biggest signing then? |
Shaq? |
Mozgov.
Deng.
Game.
Blouses.
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| LAkers 4 Life wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
What free agent signing in recent years with the Lakers could possibly be bigger than LeBron James? |
none since Shaq....but Shaq was definitely a bigger signing...signing the most dominant player in the game via FA before he even hits his prime years simply does not happen. |
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epak
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | epak wrote: | | mj32 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
Who was th biggest signing then? |
Shaq? |
Mozgov.
Deng.
Game.
Blouses. |
Can you explain, 🤴? |
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Jello's Jigglin'
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Shaq?[/quote]
Mozgov.
Deng.
Game.
Blouses.[/quote]
Who knew Prince was such a baller?! |
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LAkers 4 Life
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | LAkers 4 Life wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | MJST wrote: | You just look at it this way.
Did the Lakers make their biggest free agent signing this off-season? Yes
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I'm not sure I can agree with that |
What free agent signing in recent years with the Lakers could possibly be bigger than LeBron James? |
none since Shaq....but Shaq was definitely a bigger signing...signing the most dominant player in the game via FA before he even hits his prime years simply does not happen. |
Of course Shaq was the biggest free agent signing in the franchise's history, but I meant in terms of this current iteration of the Lakers. No one in the last few years matches signing LeBron so I was wondering to whom vlf was referring. |
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| Ultimately I can see the Lakers picking up a center like Chandler after a buyout and going to war with that. |
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Jesusdelonla
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Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
Kings forum has audio?  |
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| Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
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Jesusdelonla
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| Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
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epak
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| Jesusdelonla wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| epak wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
+1 |
Would love to see some team throw huge money to Capella |
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Jesusdelonla
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| noahp45 wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
+1 |
Would love to see some team throw huge money to Capella |
Kings |
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| Jesusdelonla wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
+1 |
Would love to see some team throw huge money to Capella |
Kings |
why on earth would they even try that? WCS, Skal, Bagley and then add Capela? What, the Sixers big man log jam didn't happen with Jahlil, Embiid and Nerlens? |
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| 3peat_pete wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Jesusdelonla wrote: | Heard on kings forum, they are preparing to sign offersheet to Clint capela.
Would love to man wcs if that does go through |
would love that. weakens houstons a lot.
already lost a lot of defense this year and can possibly lose their rim protector. |
Would absolutely love it |
+1 |
Would love to see some team throw huge money to Capella |
Kings |
why on earth would they even try that? WCS, Skal, Bagley and then add Capela? What, the Sixers big man log jam didn't happen with Jahlil, Embiid and Nerlens? |
You forgot the Kings also have Harry Giles, Zach Randolph, and Kosta Koufos.
Maybe they want an all bigmen team?
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| If we trade Deng for Shump and Zbo, the Kings can offer 4 mill more per year |
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Jesusdelonla
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| chantruong wrote: | | If we trade Deng for Shump and Zbo, the Kings can offer 4 mill more per year |
Deng/ 2 1st for about/shump/wcs |
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