2014-15 Lakers Season Thread (21-61) KAT
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I mean...
Presti might trade Durant anyway
Presti might trade Durant anyway
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I would trade my first round picks for Durant
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Since I havent's weighed in... Say our 1st for Kevin Durant? I'd probably say yes.
Would have about $10mil in cap space, with 8 guys.
Durant, Randle, Swaggy, Clarkson (QO), Kelly (QO) and $52mil left in cap space in 2016.
Irrelevant any way, they are not going to trade Kevin Durant.
Would have about $10mil in cap space, with 8 guys.
Durant, Randle, Swaggy, Clarkson (QO), Kelly (QO) and $52mil left in cap space in 2016.
Irrelevant any way, they are not going to trade Kevin Durant.
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Would you trade #3 for Nerlens Noel?
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I posed the question regarding KD because they were talking about it on SportsNation. They mentioned how they traded Harden the year before his free agency so they could at least get something for him instead of letting him walk and I thought - if the Thunder love draft picks then this is might happen.
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what? of course not
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No I do get why one would think.
I feel like he's just one of those guys who you just let test FA and let him go if he's going to go and take the egg in the face. Trading him early is years of setback, especially if you have a good chance of keeping him.
You trade KD, you lost Russ too. KD just leaves, maybe Russ stays because it will be his team and OKC didn't just give up, you wanted to keep the team together and go for a title. But KD turns his back.
And what's the actual likelihood KD leaves, I just don't see it as too big a possibility
Trade KD you're messing around with Serge Ibaka as your star player and you're paying like $25 mil for that because youre forced to overpay to keep somebody
Mmmmmmm
Towns
Randle
Harris
Kobe
Clarkson
Davis/Sacre
Black/Kelly
Nick
Ellington
Houston pick?
Ride out that year of Kobe, and then open the vault.
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He's probably around max though..... But he's really a guy I'd like considering Butler, DeAndre, Kawhi Gasol are all no's for different reasons.
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My thinking is basically on need at positions.
If we pull Towns, it's easy, slot Harris.
If we get Russell, still works, Russell, Kobe, Harris, Randle is a start, maybe Davis at the 5, Clarkson slides to the bench with Nick, etc etc.
If we get 5th, and we aren't sure Stanley Johnson is enough, maybe take Willie Cauley Stein, and plug Harris in.
The max is what I'm hopin he doesn't try to land. Hopin he just wants in with LA, and still have some youth with him. Cuz honestly, if Orlando gets a nice 4-5 piece, with Vucevic, Oladipo, and Gordon on board already, plus Payton, I'd stay there if I was him. That core is right behind Utah in terms of the light coming on. In fact, in the draft thread, we talked about WCS bein the Orlando pick at 5, holy **** that would be fun. They could pour money into their bench, and be loads of fun.
If we pull Towns, it's easy, slot Harris.
If we get Russell, still works, Russell, Kobe, Harris, Randle is a start, maybe Davis at the 5, Clarkson slides to the bench with Nick, etc etc.
If we get 5th, and we aren't sure Stanley Johnson is enough, maybe take Willie Cauley Stein, and plug Harris in.
The max is what I'm hopin he doesn't try to land. Hopin he just wants in with LA, and still have some youth with him. Cuz honestly, if Orlando gets a nice 4-5 piece, with Vucevic, Oladipo, and Gordon on board already, plus Payton, I'd stay there if I was him. That core is right behind Utah in terms of the light coming on. In fact, in the draft thread, we talked about WCS bein the Orlando pick at 5, holy **** that would be fun. They could pour money into their bench, and be loads of fun.
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There's certainly how much Magic match, so there's a threshold you have to cross.
4th pick, 25th pick, 34th, 53rd... All our guys, and Tobias max is $7mil in cap. Cut Sacre. re-sign Ed Davis for $7.5mil over 3-4 years.
Then $47mil in cap in 2016.
I think the Magic thinking will be if they get pick 5... And draft Johnson or WCS. If Tobias is here, "what are we?" Still a lottery team, so maybe they just decide to move on.
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things just fly over my headLet it go rck i still cant believe u dont realize that was a random joke
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Nothing flies over my head, my reflexes are too fast
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Don't ever call me a thesaurus
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I pray we don't land 5th in the draft... That Stanley Johnson versus Willie Cauley-Stein is such a hard debate.
Do you take the guy who will automatically be a strong defensive player? Or the guy who needs to develop?
You can argue that Stanley has the potential to be a 2 way player, but WCS is a guy who has defense that fits with Randle.
Do you take the guy who will automatically be a strong defensive player? Or the guy who needs to develop?
You can argue that Stanley has the potential to be a 2 way player, but WCS is a guy who has defense that fits with Randle.
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Is Stanley Johnson really that raw??
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Looks good so far today...
I don't buy the "can't shoot/cant finish/can't change direction" bs.
Love him at 5.
I don't buy the "can't shoot/cant finish/can't change direction" bs.
Love him at 5.
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Hopefully we're not in that position.
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He hasn't looked it. But his game does need refining.
I think he'll be at the least a + defender in Year 1. But nowhere near where WCS is defensively Year 1 or maybe ever.
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