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noahp45
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: |
If we don't get two max deals, I wouldn't mind Jordan for a big one year deal. |
I think George is coming, so if LeBron for some reason stays I Cleveland, DJ and Paul George is still a very successful FA. |
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PG and Jordan would be a great addition |
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Adrian Wojnarowski
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Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.
Nets making moves.
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| noahp45 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: |
If we don't get two max deals, I wouldn't mind Jordan for a big one year deal. |
I think George is coming, so if LeBron for some reason stays I Cleveland, DJ and Paul George is still a very successful FA. |
Real talk
PG and Jordan would be a great addition |
I’m about DJ - rebounder, rim protector, still can get up and down for fast breaks... might be a better fit than Brolo. I like it as a plan B. Along with the core, PG, and DJ, that’s a good 3rd seed squad.
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The Lebrons
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| MJST wrote: | Adrian Wojnarowski
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Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.
Nets making moves. |
2019: Kawhi, Kyrie, Klay, do you want to play with Lonzo or D'Angelo?  |
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noahp45
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| €H£M£$TR¥ wrote: | | noahp45 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: |
If we don't get two max deals, I wouldn't mind Jordan for a big one year deal. |
I think George is coming, so if LeBron for some reason stays I Cleveland, DJ and Paul George is still a very successful FA. |
Real talk
PG and Jordan would be a great addition |
I’m about DJ - rebounder, rim protector, still can get up and down for fast breaks... might be a better fit than Brolo. I like it as a plan B. |
A great PG with DJ is what makes him lethal. |
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RetroNikes
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Here's my opinion regarding LeBron and Paul George.
Within the past several years, the Lakers went into the off-season targeting the biggest free agents in the market and eventually striking out on every single one of them.
What was apparent is that all of those top level free agents were rumored to go somewhere else from the beginning.
Howard was rumored to go to the Rockets.
LaMarcus Aldridge was rumored to go to the Spurs.
Carmelo was rumored to go to the Knicks.
LeBron was rumored to go to the Cavs.
This is just me personally, but I feel better going into this off-season because all rumors are pointing heavily towards the Lakers. |
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MJST
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So Mitch's first action as GM was sending Dwight Howard away in a salary dump 
He remembers what Dwight did
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Sentient Meat
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| MJST wrote: | So Mitch's first action as GM was sending Dwight Howard away in a salary dump
He remembers what Dwight did |
Sending an attention whore to New York is hardly punishing him. |
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DeAndre Jordan and Lonzo ball two of the worst free throw shooters in the league.
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| The Lebrons wrote: | | MJST wrote: | Adrian Wojnarowski
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Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.
Nets making moves. |
2019: Kawhi, Kyrie, Klay, do you want to play with Lonzo or D'Angelo? |
Well, DLO will be up for an extension soon... |
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Car54
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| danzag wrote: | | PHILosophize wrote: | | if it's all or nothing, I choose all (even if it means giving up Koozy/Randle/BI) |
Pretty much.
I think we lose 3 of 4 youngsters (Ingram, Ball, Kuzma, Randle) in order to get LeBron, Kawhi and PG |
PG is likely coming and he’s coming knowing Kawhi is
In the tow for 2019.
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Freddie Buckets
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| MJST wrote: | So Mitch's first action as GM was sending Dwight Howard away in a salary dump
He remembers what Dwight did |
John Ireland was ESPNLA today saying that no one on Charlotte liked Dwight. The players thought he was a cancer in the locker room. |
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So Mitch signed Moz again? Lol. For two 2nd round picks and cash. Guess Hornets are gonna tank hard then. Dwight had a decent to good year while Moz had many DNPs.
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Car54
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| Sentient Meat wrote: | I think getting only Kawhi and LBJ but losing PG could end up worse than having the Big three... or PG and LBJ.
We could end up with Kawhi and LBJ... and a gutted core and no PG.
I suppose if keep Randle... and one of Ingram or Ball then it's not too bad... but still seems like a lot of risky movement going on behind the scenes. |
You keep Randle in that scenario.
Randle
Room X
Lebron
Kawhi
Hart
That’s two top five players in the starting lineup with Randle.
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| PHILosophize wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | JPaulK0n wrote: | | LeBron isn't going to wait on the youth to develop, it was always going to be the case of the young players being traded for immediate help if LeBron comes here so he can beat the Warriors. Lonzo is probably going to be the only one that remains imo due to teams not wanting the LaVar drama with the rest of the young core getting traded. Probably means KCP is going to be back, which LeBron would essentialely pick KCP over Randle since they share the same agency, with Noel probably on the way as Randle's replacement. LeBron, Kawhi, PG, Lonzo, with Lopez and/or Noel, with ring chasing vet's off the bench can contend with the Warriors. Once Bron retires, and Kawhi & PG get older, if Lonzo develops into an All-Star, there will be more elite free agents that will flock to the Lakers thru FA or trades going forward as well. |
Beating the Warriors isn’t a life goal for Lebron. Developing post play business opportunities and being around as his kids grow are life goals. Lebron has said he isn’t about titles anymore, not beating GS won’t eat at him. |
can I get a link to where he said that
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I believe he said that during the finals. He said family would play a big part in his free agency
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| shortodom wrote: | | 0514 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | RCS926 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Freddie Buckets wrote: | | Ramona on 710 says she think LeBron and Paul George both coming to the Lakers. |
These media folks jerking everyone around for click bait, mentions, etc.
I'd surmise the PG/LBJ to Lakers deal isn't fluid and something that's been in the works for a while. |
Yeah, I think PG and the Lakers want to steer clear of any semblance of tampering. Both parties are being extra careful, but when July 1 comes around, I think we'll see how everyone is hearing how the Lakers have "suddenly and unexpectedly" become PG's preferred destination again. Right now, OKC is controlling the narrative, but that won't be the case once July rolls around. |
George could come out and say he wants to go to the Lakers and there would be no tampering charges. He hasn’t said that because he will be negotiating. |
Can he? Isn’t he technically still under contract with OKC until July 1? |
Pretty sure players can say whatever they want whenever. Look at Kawhi. Doesn't mean they talked to the team that they want to go to |
Yes, players can’t tamper. That is why there was nothing said when Hart said he tried recruiting him.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Freddie Buckets wrote: |
If we don't get two max deals, I wouldn't mind Jordan for a big one year deal. |
Better to use the space to take on salary for draft picks. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| MJST wrote: | Adrian Wojnarowski
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Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.
Nets making moves. |
what a horrible deal for CHA |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | shortodom wrote: | | Waking up to the Dwight trade, I thought there would be a lot more activity by now |
I think everyone is waiting for the KL domino to fall, then there will be a lot of trades happening once the Leonard shoe drops. |
So around the trade deadline.
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i always said a lineup of
ball
george - Hart
ingram - Kuzma
randle
jordan
this would be a great turn around and a 4-5 seed
then look into Klay or Leonard in 19 |
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| a2j1m wrote: | i always said a lineup of
ball
george - Hart
ingram - Kuzma
randle
jordan
this would be a great turn around and a 4-5 seed
then look into Klay or Leonard in 19 |
I don't think we'd have any cap space next summer if we signed both PG and DJ. |
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Dwight Howards antics continued; lead to his release from Charlotte/Atlanta
"I don't know what it is. No one has kind of gotten to the bottom of why. It can't just be the corny jokes -- and my god, does he tell the corniest jokes -- but I've heard multiple stories of Hawks players learning about the trade and screaming with jubilation into their phones.
"You ask why, and one account was that Dwight would give these speeches before the game about how everyone is playing hard, we want unity, we're going to… and then go out and play like a blah game where he demands post touches and doesn't rotate as hard as he could. And everyone is like, 'why are you speaking in the locker room?' But that's all anecdotal. It's just crazy how these stories come out after every stop in his career."
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/some-hawks-players-reportedly-cheered-when-learning-dwight-howard-was-traded/
"The (Hornets) locker room did not like Dwight Howard," @bwood_33 says on @SiriusXMNBA "Guys were just sick and tired of his act."
@HowardBeck
https://twitter.com/HowardBeck/status/1009438008553164800
He should have listened to Kobe.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:35 pm Post subject: To be honest I’m just hoping we can get one of the big names |
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| This team has been struck out in free agency and screwed by other owners for too long it seems. The fact Magic laid out this 2 max plan way too early had given other gms ample time to come up with game plans to block any move we plan to make. I’m just hoping the Lakers can finally break though and sign someone significant even just one. The first domino to fall is always the most difficult one, anything come after that will be icing on the cake. |
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New start! Marquee Free Agents coming in to play with our youngsters would raise the level of play all around, especially if the Free Agents bring defensive intensity!!
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