Lakers felt they got played by Kawhi (Leonard responds: “Lakers didn’t have to wait for me” pg.17)
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:58 pm    Post subject:

The Lakers got played like a piano.
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He's still coming to the Lakers, after lebron goes away. He can leave the clippers in 2 years.


He and his suspect knees are no longer welcome in Lakernation, along with PG and Dwight. There's other free agents to go after in 2 years


2021 is a significantly worse class than this year though, especially if you take out PG+KL.

Giannis is the only one worth it and he'll be harder to get than KL+not a great fit to AD.


Beal will be available and I think he'd be a great fit with AD. He's the same age as AD too, so they'll both be 28 in 2 years. An AD/Beal/Kuz trio in their prime would be a championship core you can build around.


Beal at that time would be more akin to walker/dlo/butler/middleton right now aka guys who got overpaid. If he was that good then the wizards make the playoffs last year.

And that’s if he’s not snatched up while they make Giannis plan A


That roster is terrible. Replace Beal with any player in the league and they aren't making the playoffs. I don't even know who Beal's best teammate was. Dwight? Ariza? Otto Porter? At 25 he just put up 25.6ppg/5.5apg/5rpg. Played all 82 games last 2 seasons in a row. He's a legitimate all-star. I think we're just spoiled and used to having superstars


He played in the east though. That excuse works in the west but not in the east. It shouldn’t be difficult to make the playoffs or be around .500 even with such talent if he were that good. There were teams last year 10 games under .500 able to crawl back and make the playoffs in the conference.


Again, I don't think any player in the league would be able to drag a team to the playoffs with a broken Dwight Howard as their 2nd best player. Not Giannis. Not Kawhi. Not Harden. Not Lebron. Not Steph. No one. That's a garbage roster even in the east.


Dlo and Vucevic dragged their garbage rosters to the playoffs. Kemba’s team fought to the end. Washington finished 18 games under .500 last year so again no excuse for beal’s lack of impact given it’s still the east.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:06 pm    Post subject:

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He's still coming to the Lakers, after lebron goes away. He can leave the clippers in 2 years.


He and his suspect knees are no longer welcome in Lakernation, along with PG and Dwight. There's other free agents to go after in 2 years


You think that the Lakers are going to tell Klutch no in 2 years? More likely is another Kobe-type of contract.
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They should feel like they got played, because they did get played. The front office should not be resting on its laurels just because they were able to rebound from the kl disaster. They need to figure out how to get the franchise front office image back to where it used to be during Dr. Buss' leadership. They blew their first chance by not bringing back Jerry West or some other top veteran front office consultant/executive to help out Pelinka. They need to work to improve and not just feel comfortable in thinking the Laker brand will be enough.


Sorry dude but I really don’t understand the negative attitude. Are you really a Laker fan? The Lakers didn’t rebound. They executed a very good contingency plan. WE HAVE LEBRON! WE HAVE AD! WE KEPT KUZMA! WE HAVE COUSINS! WE HAVE GREEN!

This coming season, we are a serous contender. Sheesh.


Because it still doesn’t change the fact the Laker’s FO got played like fools by kawhi’s camp. This wouldn’t be too much of a problem if we weren’t planning to execute the same plan 2 years later.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:15 pm    Post subject:

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We got played, but I think KL would have come here if the PG trade didn't go through.


Leonard is on Lebron’s level, he wasn’t coming here to play second fiddle.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:19 pm    Post subject:

Kahwi played me but I'll have the last laugh when his gimpy leg starts getting all gimpy
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:20 pm    Post subject:

Henceforth... I will only be referring to Kawhi as Kawaii (#2 is too vague)... and Paul George as Paula George, or simply Paula.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:23 pm    Post subject:

Honestly, who cares about Kawhi and Paul George anymore?

Kawhi is from Moreno Valley, and played college ball in San Diego. Paul George is from Palmdale, and played college ball in Fresno. Both of them probably always felt spurned by the big glamour market of LA, both went to college in California towns that have this "little brother" complex to Los Angeles. Both of them played in small market backwater NBA cities that hate the Lakers and their fans. So they somehow feel they are going to stick it to the glamour NBA franchise in the Lakers, and play for the clown team in LA and to try to give it some legitimacy.

I think both of these dudes are drinking their own kool-aid, and seriously underestimate the LA fanbase. LA is a Laker town, and if these clowns believe people are going to love them in the local market because they enjoy some success for the Clippers, they have another thing coming. Maybe the national media and NBA fans will give them accolades, but they ain't getting no love in LA, outside of Clipper Daryl and other the 12 Clipper fans that live in market.

They are going to get booed and disrespected in public. I doubt either one of them finishes their career in a Clipper uniform - they are going to be very upset at the way they are received by fans in the greater LA market, and they will opt to leave and play elsewhere after a while.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:27 pm    Post subject:

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We got played, but I think KL would have come here if the PG trade didn't go through.


Leonard is on Lebron’s level, he wasn’t coming here to play second fiddle.

This is the first year Kawhi has the pressure as top 3 player in the NBA something bron has had to deal with for past 12 years. We’ll see how Kawhi handles it
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:29 pm    Post subject:

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He's still coming to the Lakers, after lebron goes away. He can leave the clippers in 2 years.


He and his suspect knees are no longer welcome in Lakernation, along with PG and Dwight. There's other free agents to go after in 2 years


You think that the Lakers are going to tell Klutch no in 2 years? More likely is another Kobe-type of contract.


Only if he wins a title.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:36 pm    Post subject:

It's quite possible that Kawhi Leonard's stock will never be as high as it is right now.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm    Post subject:

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It's quite possible that Kawhi Leonard's stock will never be as high as it is right now.


I see where you're going with this and agree. There's a chance - a slight chance - he fulfills the destiny West sold him on (likely "be the guy who makes this a Clippers town"). But it's too far gone. My prediction is after this run of theirs has some of its steam let out, Ballmer will realize that no matter how hard he tries, Seattle is a better City for his team than LA.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm    Post subject:

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Kahwi played me but I'll have the last laugh when his gimpy leg starts getting all gimpy


It already is really.. After all that extended rest and not playing for the Spurs and then getting tons of games off during the regular season he still barely made it through the finals where he was mostly an elite decoy for the final 2 games.

It was still a no brainer to max him up this off season obviously but in 2 years IDK if i'd even want to drop a full max deal on him unless his health shows some extreme improvement. That has all the potential to be a Chris Paul level horrible contract real quick even though he still wont be very old imo.
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DrDent wrote:
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It's quite possible that Kawhi Leonard's stock will never be as high as it is right now.


I see where you're going with this and agree. There's a chance - a slight chance - he fulfills the destiny West sold him on (likely "be the guy who makes this a Clippers town"). But it's too far gone. My prediction is after this run of theirs has some of its steam let out, Ballmer will realize that no matter how hard he tries, Seattle is a better City for his team than LA.

Purple and Gold runs deep in this town.


He's betting on himself with the shorter term contract.
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The report comes out that he asks Toronto for everything to an almost ridiculous degree, they accommodate, then he bails on them. There’s negotiation and there’s being a manipulative douche, he’s a manipulative douche.



Are you talking about the TSN report that Kawhi made some "unreasonable requests" that the Raptors "wouldn't have been capable of fulfilling some of the reportedly unusual requests."

I have no idea what that means or what he asked for. I'm also not sure what you mean that the Raptors gave him everything he asked for, since reportedly one of the things he asked for was for them to trade for Paul George.


He knew the whole time where he wanted to go, and led other teams on along the way in part to screw them over. He knew what he was doing. The Raptors feeling like a bride left at the alter after he made all these requests combined with what he did to OKC and the Lakers is (bleep) up.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:25 pm    Post subject:

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They should feel like they got played, because they did get played. The front office should not be resting on its laurels just because they were able to rebound from the kl disaster. They need to figure out how to get the franchise front office image back to where it used to be during Dr. Buss' leadership. They blew their first chance by not bringing back Jerry West or some other top veteran front office consultant/executive to help out Pelinka. They need to work to improve and not just feel comfortable in thinking the Laker brand will be enough.


Sorry dude but I really don’t understand the negative attitude. Are you really a Laker fan? The Lakers didn’t rebound. They executed a very good contingency plan. WE HAVE LEBRON! WE HAVE AD! WE KEPT KUZMA! WE HAVE COUSINS! WE HAVE GREEN!

This coming season, we are a serous contender. Sheesh.


Because it still doesn’t change the fact the Laker’s FO got played like fools by kawhi’s camp. This wouldn’t be too much of a problem if we weren’t planning to execute the same plan 2 years later.


It is not a fact that the Lakers got played as fools. The problem is that they felt Kawhi "played them." That is different. That means they felt Kawhi was disingenuous during the negotiations.

While Kawhi may have been disingenuous, the Lakers were not fools. The front office did exactly what any expert strategist would do. Shoot for the best option but have a solid, executable contingency plan. That is exactly what they did.

And the FACT that they had an excellent contingency plan, plus the FACT that they put together a team that many rank as title favorites after completely missing the playoffs the previous year, testifies to their competency.

Do you understand this? Today, we have a team that has a potential to win it all next season. What do you freaking want?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:29 pm    Post subject:

This sounds like sour grapes.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:37 pm    Post subject:

DrDent wrote:

He's betting on himself with the shorter term contract.

Betting on his dodgy quad/thigh is more like it.

gooner wrote:
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They should feel like they got played, because they did get played. The front office should not be resting on its laurels just because they were able to rebound from the kl disaster. They need to figure out how to get the franchise front office image back to where it used to be during Dr. Buss' leadership. They blew their first chance by not bringing back Jerry West or some other top veteran front office consultant/executive to help out Pelinka. They need to work to improve and not just feel comfortable in thinking the Laker brand will be enough.


Sorry dude but I really don’t understand the negative attitude. Are you really a Laker fan? The Lakers didn’t rebound. They executed a very good contingency plan. WE HAVE LEBRON! WE HAVE AD! WE KEPT KUZMA! WE HAVE COUSINS! WE HAVE GREEN!

This coming season, we are a serous contender. Sheesh.


Because it still doesn’t change the fact the Laker’s FO got played like fools by kawhi’s camp. This wouldn’t be too much of a problem if we weren’t planning to execute the same plan 2 years later.


It is not a fact that the Lakers got played as fools. The problem is that they felt Kawhi "played them." That is different. That means they felt Kawhi was disingenuous during the negotiations.

While Kawhi may have been disingenuous, the Lakers were not fools. The front office did exactly what any expert strategist would do. Shoot for the best option but have a solid, executable contingency plan. That is exactly what they did.

And the FACT that they had an excellent contingency plan, plus the FACT that they put together a team that many rank as title favorites after completely missing the playoffs the previous year, testifies to their competency.

Do you understand this? Today, we have a team that has a potential to win it all next season. What do you freaking want?

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The report comes out that he asks Toronto for everything to an almost ridiculous degree, they accommodate, then he bails on them. There’s negotiation and there’s being a manipulative douche, he’s a manipulative douche.



Are you talking about the TSN report that Kawhi made some "unreasonable requests" that the Raptors "wouldn't have been capable of fulfilling some of the reportedly unusual requests."

I have no idea what that means or what he asked for. I'm also not sure what you mean that the Raptors gave him everything he asked for, since reportedly one of the things he asked for was for them to trade for Paul George.


He knew the whole time where he wanted to go, and led other teams on along the way in part to screw them over. He knew what he was doing. The Raptors feeling like a bride left at the alter after he made all these requests combined with what he did to OKC and the Lakers is (bleep) up.



I disagree with your assumption that he did this to screw anyone over.

I do think he had a preferred destination. He was negotiating with three teams to see what he could get, and when he got what he wanted from the preferred destination (the acquisition of George) he signed with them.

You might believe that is leading people on. I think it's just a standard negotiation.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:39 pm    Post subject:

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So who did we lose out on by waiting for Kawhi? The contracts some of the guys Lakers were reportedly interested in weren't going to be matched by the Lakers. Seth Curry for 4 years, $32m? Terrence Ross for 4 years, $54m? Seems like Lakers were only offering 2 year deals for the chance of getting Giannis.


Waiting for Giannis? Lol pipe dream. Lakers going to fall for that a 3rd time?
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So who did we lose out on by waiting for Kawhi? The contracts some of the guys Lakers were reportedly interested in weren't going to be matched by the Lakers. Seth Curry for 4 years, $32m? Terrence Ross for 4 years, $54m? Seems like Lakers were only offering 2 year deals for the chance of getting Giannis.


Waiting for Giannis? Lol pipe dream. Lakers going to fall for that a 3rd time?

You know what they say... the 3rd time's a charm!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:48 pm    Post subject:

lakers did fine. yea we didnt get EVERYONE but we did good.
kawhi is overrated, just like lebron is. no big deal. im not saying they are bad, just overrated because of the godly hype around them.
the one we really missed out on is pg, IMO. he's underrated.
but even that, so what. our team is good.

all is good now. my main resentment has always been veto.
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The report comes out that he asks Toronto for everything to an almost ridiculous degree, they accommodate, then he bails on them. There’s negotiation and there’s being a manipulative douche, he’s a manipulative douche.



Are you talking about the TSN report that Kawhi made some "unreasonable requests" that the Raptors "wouldn't have been capable of fulfilling some of the reportedly unusual requests."

I have no idea what that means or what he asked for. I'm also not sure what you mean that the Raptors gave him everything he asked for, since reportedly one of the things he asked for was for them to trade for Paul George.


He knew the whole time where he wanted to go, and led other teams on along the way in part to screw them over. He knew what he was doing. The Raptors feeling like a bride left at the alter after he made all these requests combined with what he did to OKC and the Lakers is (bleep) up.



I disagree with your assumption that he did this to screw anyone over.

I do think he had a preferred destination. He was negotiating with three teams to see what he could get, and when he got what he wanted from the preferred destination (the acquisition of George) he signed with them.

You might believe that is leading people on. I think it's just a standard negotiation.


It’s not an assumption, it’s what directly resulted from his actions. The Lakers knew what was at risk and were willing to gamble because they felt very confident they were getting him, but he was apparently being disingenuous in his meetings as he was playing chess leading other teams to believe they had a shot at him. Negotiations and misleading are not the same. He misled teams to believe one thing and behind the scenes did another. It’s deceptive as hell and doesn’t speak well of this guy.
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It’s not an assumption, it’s what directly resulted from his actions. The Lakers knew what was at risk and were willing to gamble because they felt very confident they were getting him, but he was apparently being disingenuous in his meetings as he was playing chess leading other teams to believe they had a shot at him. Negotiations and misleading are not the same. He misled teams to believe one thing and behind the scenes did another. It’s deceptive as hell and doesn’t speak well of this guy.




We don't actually know what he said in meetings of course, but I've seen no reporting that he lied to anyone.

My impression is that Kawhi made a laundry list of demands to Toronto and asked the Lakers to delay the AD deal while telling the Clippers he'd sign with them if they snag George.

Personally, I don't think that's unreasonable, and I don't think he had any responsibility to tell any of the teams his thinking about the other contenders for his services.

I could see that being unethical if he kept negotiating with a team while absolutely deciding they were out of the running, but I see no way of knowing that was the case.


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