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Wino Star Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:38 pm Post subject: Is the NBA going to fine the Lakers? |
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Seems like they just called us out are fines and possibly other things coming?
If so, I pray the Lakers fight it. _________________ Never argue with stupid people! They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!! - Twain |
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drae Franchise Player
Joined: 13 Nov 2018 Posts: 16144
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Lebron did what he did to start a conversation. He was never going to make sustained public recruitment campaigns, not when they both have the same agent and there's much better methods of communicating between the two. |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 144432 Location: The Gold Coast
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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The league sends out a tampering reminder to every NBA team, just as they do every season. It has nothing to do with the Lakers. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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Wino Star Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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What pisses me off is that ESPN asked Lebron point blank if he wanted to play with AD. If the league doesn't want anyone to give an answer to these types of questions then they should threaten ESPN for putting its players on the spot. _________________ Never argue with stupid people! They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!! - Twain |
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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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If Magic and Lebron keep pushing the envelope, and if the league finally snaps and imposes a draconian sanction (say, banning the Lakers from signing free agents next summer or prohibiting the Lakers from trading for any of the players mentioned by Lebron), there is little or nothing that the Lakers will be able to do about it. Oddly enough, the only party who might be able to challenge the punishment would be the NBPA, though I think they would have a weak case. |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Im still at a lost to why Lebron's answer to a sponsoring media outlet's question is created so much buzz. How else could he have answered that question? Hardly a blip in the very gray area of player-to-player tampering rules that the NBA has basically ignored forever. _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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TooMuchMajicBuss Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I suspect this is the 'toxic' environment surrounding LeBron that Durant was referring to - how certain members of the media feed off any controversy they can manufacture out of thin air. |
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32 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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No fines. Just a memo to appease small market teams. _________________ Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold. |
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TooMuchMajicBuss Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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^that's how I take it |
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Treble Clef Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Wino wrote: | What pisses me off is that ESPN asked Lebron point blank if he wanted to play with AD. If the league doesn't want anyone to give an answer to these types of questions then they should threaten ESPN for putting its players on the spot. |
The league wants those questions because they generate interest and they are not going to fine LeBron or the Lakers. It's more money for the league if AD comes here so they'll be happy if it happens even if they have to pretend they are against such a thing. |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Treble Clef wrote: | Wino wrote: | What pisses me off is that ESPN asked Lebron point blank if he wanted to play with AD. If the league doesn't want anyone to give an answer to these types of questions then they should threaten ESPN for putting its players on the spot. |
The league wants those questions because they generate interest and they are not going to fine LeBron or the Lakers. It's more money for the league if AD comes here so they'll be happy if it happens even if they have to pretend they are against such a thing. |
How is it more money for the league? _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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Treble Clef Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:05 am Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | Treble Clef wrote: | Wino wrote: | What pisses me off is that ESPN asked Lebron point blank if he wanted to play with AD. If the league doesn't want anyone to give an answer to these types of questions then they should threaten ESPN for putting its players on the spot. |
The league wants those questions because they generate interest and they are not going to fine LeBron or the Lakers. It's more money for the league if AD comes here so they'll be happy if it happens even if they have to pretend they are against such a thing. |
How is it more money for the league? |
Winning Lakers teams = great ratings |
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