Russell only wanted serious bidders and, sources say, he had three: The Lakers — wouldn’t that have been quite the reunion? — nearing a potential $100 million offer but in limbo until Kawhi Leonard made his choice, the Wolves, up over $100 million but still needing to create cap room to get to his max, and the Warriors, offering the full max in a complicated sign-and-trade involving Durant.
Whoa....
Big whoa.
$100M for 4 Years means we would have had $8M left over too.
While it's hard to argue it now that we're 21-3, damn you, Kawhi. And not because we didn't get D'lo but because who knows how mkiuchs stronger we could have been if we were first to the table instead of making everyone wait for us.
Doesn’t matter. Warriors gave him max. Dlo wasn’t walking away from that, and I would have been upset if the Lakers had given him that.
Norvell waived, Cacok signed on 2 way. Interesting.
Why?
Wonder if another team wanted to sign Cacok to a 2 way necessitating the Lakers to make this move?
I don't consider Norvell much of a loss. Most here seem to consider Daniels as a replaceable player and that is how I view Norvell.
I was thinking the same thing. I think they were in danger of losing him to another team. _________________ A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.
Great move with Cacok. We couldn't afford losing him. The kid is ready defensively (can guard 4 positions) and hope he gets some run. His strength and motor are off the charts.
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Great move with Cacok. We couldn't afford losing him. The kid is ready defensively (can guard 4 positions) and hope he gets some run. His strength and motor are off the charts.
Energy guy, turbo-charged rebounder, and I agree with the posters who said that we were probably at risk of losing him to another team.
Russell only wanted serious bidders and, sources say, he had three: The Lakers — wouldn’t that have been quite the reunion? — nearing a potential $100 million offer but in limbo until Kawhi Leonard made his choice, the Wolves, up over $100 million but still needing to create cap room to get to his max, and the Warriors, offering the full max in a complicated sign-and-trade involving Durant.
Whoa....
As others have said, it’s hard to complain with where we’re at. There may have been fit issues with him on this team, but we’d also have a young star to ease us into the post-LeBron years. I was more rooting for a reunion because we did him wrong and it would have been nice to make good on it.
More importantly, I hope the organization learned from the bad years and can be a team that can support a young player in the future.
Yeah. That was my pitch. Get a 23 year old DLO with a 26 year old AD and we have a future and a present with a 34 year old LBJ.
Not crying over spilled milk at all, but we chose another path which is more of a short term run. I'm not complaining about that either.
I much prefer having Green, AB, Caruso and Rondo. Those guys combined make just under $25m.
Not even a question for me that this was the right call given Lebron’s age and the fact that the title window is wide open.
I'm not complaining at all about our current squad. Love them.
But AB was a room exception deal.
Rondo was a min.
Caruso IMO could have been retained at the minimum too.
So it's basically Green we're talking about here. There are certainly a lot of pros for him, but our point is that he's a limited 2 year window whereas a guy like DLO would give AD a possible 5-7 year window. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Russell only wanted serious bidders and, sources say, he had three: The Lakers — wouldn’t that have been quite the reunion? — nearing a potential $100 million offer but in limbo until Kawhi Leonard made his choice, the Wolves, up over $100 million but still needing to create cap room to get to his max, and the Warriors, offering the full max in a complicated sign-and-trade involving Durant.
Whoa....
As others have said, it’s hard to complain with where we’re at. There may have been fit issues with him on this team, but we’d also have a young star to ease us into the post-LeBron years. I was more rooting for a reunion because we did him wrong and it would have been nice to make good on it.
More importantly, I hope the organization learned from the bad years and can be a team that can support a young player in the future.
Yeah. That was my pitch. Get a 23 year old DLO with a 26 year old AD and we have a future and a present with a 34 year old LBJ.
Not crying over spilled milk at all, but we chose another path which is more of a short term run. I'm not complaining about that either.
I much prefer having Green, AB, Caruso and Rondo. Those guys combined make just under $25m.
Not even a question for me that this was the right call given Lebron’s age and the fact that the title window is wide open.
I'm not complaining at all about our current squad. Love them.
But AB was a room exception deal.
Rondo was a min.
Caruso IMO could have been retained at the minimum too.
So it's basically Green we're talking about here. There are certainly a lot of pros for him, but our point is that he's a limited 2 year window whereas a guy like DLO would give AD a possible 5-7 year window.
Sorry DLO is so overrated its not funny, especially at max money....LaVine lit him up the other night...Can't play D....I'm not a big Green guy but he fits a role and plays D. The Lakers will find someone else to team up with AD and I guarantee you it;ll be much better than DLO.
Russell only wanted serious bidders and, sources say, he had three: The Lakers — wouldn’t that have been quite the reunion? — nearing a potential $100 million offer but in limbo until Kawhi Leonard made his choice, the Wolves, up over $100 million but still needing to create cap room to get to his max, and the Warriors, offering the full max in a complicated sign-and-trade involving Durant.
Whoa....
As others have said, it’s hard to complain with where we’re at. There may have been fit issues with him on this team, but we’d also have a young star to ease us into the post-LeBron years. I was more rooting for a reunion because we did him wrong and it would have been nice to make good on it.
More importantly, I hope the organization learned from the bad years and can be a team that can support a young player in the future.
Yeah. That was my pitch. Get a 23 year old DLO with a 26 year old AD and we have a future and a present with a 34 year old LBJ.
Not crying over spilled milk at all, but we chose another path which is more of a short term run. I'm not complaining about that either.
I much prefer having Green, AB, Caruso and Rondo. Those guys combined make just under $25m.
Not even a question for me that this was the right call given Lebron’s age and the fact that the title window is wide open.
I'm not complaining at all about our current squad. Love them.
But AB was a room exception deal.
Rondo was a min.
Caruso IMO could have been retained at the minimum too.
So it's basically Green we're talking about here. There are certainly a lot of pros for him, but our point is that he's a limited 2 year window whereas a guy like DLO would give AD a possible 5-7 year window.
Sorry DLO is so overrated its not funny, especially at max money....LaVine lit him up the other night...Can't play D....I'm not a big Green guy but he fits a role and plays D. The Lakers will find someone else to team up with AD and I guarantee you it;ll be much better than DLO.
That's fine. Just pointing out that the guys mentioned could have all been had. It was Danny Green/Boogie/KCP or DLO/other vet. Just a difference of opinion. Here we are looking for a 3rd offensive piece who can run a PnR and score. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Sorry DLO is so overrated its not funny, especially at max money....LaVine lit him up the other night...Can't play D....I'm not a big Green guy but he fits a role and plays D. The Lakers will find someone else to team up with AD and I guarantee you it;ll be much better than DLO.
That's fine. Just pointing out that the guys mentioned could have all been had. It was Danny Green/Boogie/KCP or DLO/other vet. Just a difference of opinion. Here we are looking for a 3rd offensive piece who can run a PnR and score.
It's basically LeBron-AD-DLo vs LeBron-AD-DG-KCP... unstoppable offense (DLo as a 3rd option will allow LeBron/AD to sit longer and playing with 4 other defensive guys on the floor would elevate DLo's D to at least not a liability) vs straight up better defense
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