If you were an expansion team GM; which available Laker would you select?
Brewer
16%
[ 2 ]
Hart
25%
[ 3 ]
Deng
0%
[ 0 ]
Zubac
41%
[ 5 ]
Bryant
8%
[ 1 ]
Ennis
8%
[ 1 ]
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:50 am Post subject: Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Lakers protected player? Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
(Only eight players can be protected)
Agree, disagree, discuss. Who ya got and why??
Protected: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez, Larry Nance, Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jordan Clarkson,
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
pio2u wrote:
SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Lakers protected player? Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
(Only eight players can be protected)
Agree, disagree, discuss. Who ya got and why??
Protected: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez, Larry Nance, Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jordan Clarkson,
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
fansincemagic wrote:
pio2u wrote:
SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Lakers protected player? Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
(Only eight players can be protected)
Agree, disagree, discuss. Who ya got and why??
Protected: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez, Larry Nance, Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jordan Clarkson,
On one hand Id love for more teams but on the other hand there'd also need to be more star talent players... There's very little difference between a 30 team league with 2 superteams and ~3 other good teams and a 40 team league with 2 superteams and still only ~3 other good teams because there's only so many star players
They could artificially inflate the number of star players by increasing the size of the all star teams...
But yeah I'd keep the obvious ones
Lonzo
Ingram
Randle
Kuzma
Nance
and the new one year guys
Lopez
Pope
and Clarkson why not.
Right now he contributes way more to this team than Zubac.
But this is a hypothetical scenario anyway so whatever _________________ Kobe
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:22 am Post subject:
I'd rather think about next year for hypotheticals, because we have one-year fillers for this go around.
But in the scenario presented here I agree with most of the OP list. I might want to hang on to Hart rather than Clarkson. I'd be curious how Randle's impending contract expiration would play in to a decision whether or not to protect him versus someone like Zubac as well.
I doubt the Seattle Supersonics or the other expansion team would do us too many favors on the Deng contract, unfortunately.
I don't even recall the last expansion team (Pelicans?)
Does the expansion teams automatically get the #1 pick too?
The NBA is watered down enough tho lol
I'm not exactly sure how that works.
In 2004 the expansion Charlotte Bobcats did not participate in the lottery but were assigned the 4th pick by league officials.
dang...thats how you guys are going to do your boy JC huh? Its ice cold being a young laker player if you are not a superstar in the making. You are always on the bubble.
You would let JC go in hopes Zub will one day get his legs out of that sand trap and actually move with some since of athletic ability? I mean, i like zub's post game. but man i need even a little hint of quickness from him. just a little please.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:17 am Post subject:
splashmtn wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I'd protect Zubac instead of Clarkson.
dang...thats how you guys are going to do your boy JC huh? Its ice cold being a young laker player if you are not a superstar in the making. You are always on the bubble.
You would let JC go in hopes Zub will one day get his legs out of that sand trap and actually move with some since of athletic ability? I mean, i like zub's post game. but man i need even a little hint of quickness from him. just a little please.
Well, we're potentially trying to dump Clarkson to clear up cap space... Same thing with Lopez, but I feel like he can actually be impactful. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
dang...thats how you guys are going to do your boy JC huh? Its ice cold being a young laker player if you are not a superstar in the making. You are always on the bubble.
You would let JC go in hopes Zub will one day get his legs out of that sand trap and actually move with some since of athletic ability? I mean, i like zub's post game. but man i need even a little hint of quickness from him. just a little please.
Do your boy JC??
If he was on a rookie deal, or more palatable contract, it would be a different story.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
pio2u wrote:
SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Lakers protected player? Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
(Only eight players can be protected)
Agree, disagree, discuss. Who ya got and why??
Protected: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez, Larry Nance, Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jordan Clarkson,
2. Expansion seems like a horrible idea.
The talent pool is already stretched.
The way the conferences and divisions are set up of 2 confs * 3 divsions * 5 teams makes it a nice number of 30 teams.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
pio2u wrote:
SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Lakers protected player? Who should the Lakers protect if the NBA was adding an expansion team or two this summer?
(Only eight players can be protected)
Agree, disagree, discuss. Who ya got and why??
Protected: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez, Larry Nance, Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jordan Clarkson,
I'd swap out Zubac and Hart for Clarkson and Lopez. I don't see Lopez being a long-term component, and we'd be happy for someone to take Clarkson's contract.
It would be awesome if they took Deng off our hands.
But yeah, I agree with the others - Expansion is a bad idea. Unless they got rid of the Eastern and Western playoffs to make it top 16 teams into the playoffs.
I wouldn't protect the expiring contracts especially if they might not be in our future plans. I would save the rookies, Brandon Ingram, zubac, randle, nance
dang...thats how you guys are going to do your boy JC huh? Its ice cold being a young laker player if you are not a superstar in the making. You are always on the bubble.
You would let JC go in hopes Zub will one day get his legs out of that sand trap and actually move with some since of athletic ability? I mean, i like zub's post game. but man i need even a little hint of quickness from him. just a little please.
I'd give Clarkson away for nothing, or even bribe someone with a second round pick, just to be out of his contract and have the cap space.
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