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2014-15 Lakers Season Thread (21-61) KAT
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Not sure if we can be friends anymore bro.
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for the 9th guy he's not bad. Not saying hes a a Sixth man, but I'd take Ellington over wes.
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Would be magical if we could be at least 5 games behind the times close enough to take our spot.
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I'm thinking clarkson gets some pt after the trade deadline
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What happened to Kirby?
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He hit a left handed 3 apparently.
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Hurt his right shoulder, yet Byron inserted him back in the game anyways.
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Reminds me of that one he hit in front of Mark Cuban
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No chance of happening, but worth trying... We should try to make an offer for Reggie Jackson at the trade deadline. Again, no reason to think we could get it done. But reason we should kick the tires on it.
Couple of reasons.
1. Reggie Jackson is getting $12+ mil in Free Agency, no doubt. Unlike Bulls & Spurs who have some room for Jimmy Butler & Kawahi, OKC doesn't really have that luxury financially. That would make OKC a tax team next year. Then if they were able to keep KD, re-sign Waiters as a Restricted Free Agent that's $32-34mil (assume that KD is $24mil and Waiters is $8-10mil). Then you have in 2017, Westbrook ($25.5mil), you can't convince me Ibaka doesn't get around $20mil with cap space of $80+mil. That's $69.5mil for KD, Russ & Ibaka. Then $20mil for Jackson & Waiters. That's not including Steven Adams who averages 7 & 7 in his second year and drastically improved. As a Center, he'll get another $10mil. Just right there on 6 guys, OKC is a tax team every year when you factor in salary increases for their players. Yes OKC can move the lesser guys like Waiters & Adams, but do they really have that luxury?
2. OKC is currently $2.8mil over the luxury tax. They need to shed salary. Being a tax team in 2015 makes it that much more difficult to keeping KD, Russ & Ibaka. They have 13th best operating income at $31mil, while that is very good, won't last if they are paying tax every year for the next 5 years.
3. Reggie Jackson is losing playing time since the acquisition of Waiters. If you keep Waiters, you don't pay Reggie Jackson $12-14mil in order to play 21-22 minutes per game.
4. I'd trade the Rockets pick and Clippers 2nd, and our 2nd next year. Take one of (Wes Johnson (need his approval), Wayne Ellington or Ronnie Price), Jordan Hill for Reggie Jackson, Kendrick Perkins & Grant Jerrett. That gives the Thunder a roster spot and enough money under the luxury tax to go after a PG like Nate Robinson or Jordan Farmar for the rest of the season starting at the trade deadline.
5. Reggie Jackson for Jordan Hill doesn't make us any better. And if it does, not by much. Davis, Black, Boozer, Kelly & Sacre front court will lose us at least 6 of 10 games.
6. If you look at the salary cap, the cap hold on Reggie Jackson is only $3.222mil to match his qualifying offer. We'd have Jackson, Kobe, Randle, Top 5 Pick, early 30s pick, Nick Young, Ryan Kelly, Tarik Black, Jordan Clarkson & Robert Sacre... If you get all of your work done, and try to do what Darryl Morey did with Chandler Parsons, we'll have 10 players and $21mil in cap space. Enough to make a max contract run at someone. Or at the very least get a less expensive starter, and overpay for another bench piece long term. And if you extend it to 2016, and say Reggie Jackson is $14mil, and we use the entire $21mil, we'd have 8-9 players including Reggie Jackson, Randle, top 5 pick, another starter, and somewhere around $25mil in cap space.
It's a long shot, and no reason to think Presti in his right mind accepts that deal. But the financial motive has forced his hand once, may be time to try again.
Couple of reasons.
1. Reggie Jackson is getting $12+ mil in Free Agency, no doubt. Unlike Bulls & Spurs who have some room for Jimmy Butler & Kawahi, OKC doesn't really have that luxury financially. That would make OKC a tax team next year. Then if they were able to keep KD, re-sign Waiters as a Restricted Free Agent that's $32-34mil (assume that KD is $24mil and Waiters is $8-10mil). Then you have in 2017, Westbrook ($25.5mil), you can't convince me Ibaka doesn't get around $20mil with cap space of $80+mil. That's $69.5mil for KD, Russ & Ibaka. Then $20mil for Jackson & Waiters. That's not including Steven Adams who averages 7 & 7 in his second year and drastically improved. As a Center, he'll get another $10mil. Just right there on 6 guys, OKC is a tax team every year when you factor in salary increases for their players. Yes OKC can move the lesser guys like Waiters & Adams, but do they really have that luxury?
2. OKC is currently $2.8mil over the luxury tax. They need to shed salary. Being a tax team in 2015 makes it that much more difficult to keeping KD, Russ & Ibaka. They have 13th best operating income at $31mil, while that is very good, won't last if they are paying tax every year for the next 5 years.
3. Reggie Jackson is losing playing time since the acquisition of Waiters. If you keep Waiters, you don't pay Reggie Jackson $12-14mil in order to play 21-22 minutes per game.
4. I'd trade the Rockets pick and Clippers 2nd, and our 2nd next year. Take one of (Wes Johnson (need his approval), Wayne Ellington or Ronnie Price), Jordan Hill for Reggie Jackson, Kendrick Perkins & Grant Jerrett. That gives the Thunder a roster spot and enough money under the luxury tax to go after a PG like Nate Robinson or Jordan Farmar for the rest of the season starting at the trade deadline.
5. Reggie Jackson for Jordan Hill doesn't make us any better. And if it does, not by much. Davis, Black, Boozer, Kelly & Sacre front court will lose us at least 6 of 10 games.
6. If you look at the salary cap, the cap hold on Reggie Jackson is only $3.222mil to match his qualifying offer. We'd have Jackson, Kobe, Randle, Top 5 Pick, early 30s pick, Nick Young, Ryan Kelly, Tarik Black, Jordan Clarkson & Robert Sacre... If you get all of your work done, and try to do what Darryl Morey did with Chandler Parsons, we'll have 10 players and $21mil in cap space. Enough to make a max contract run at someone. Or at the very least get a less expensive starter, and overpay for another bench piece long term. And if you extend it to 2016, and say Reggie Jackson is $14mil, and we use the entire $21mil, we'd have 8-9 players including Reggie Jackson, Randle, top 5 pick, another starter, and somewhere around $25mil in cap space.
It's a long shot, and no reason to think Presti in his right mind accepts that deal. But the financial motive has forced his hand once, may be time to try again.
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hahahahah black mamba bruhhh
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naw as kobe said about bynum once, "ship his *** out"
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NBA Draft Watch: Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell
Who needs Goran Dragic?
Who needs Goran Dragic?
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He and Randle on the court as lefties would drive opposing teams crazy because they have opposite tendencies of every other team. People would hate matching up with them.
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From last night's' game during halftime, Will Ferrell shoots a scene for upcoming movie:
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And Byron put him back in the game.
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