2014-15 Lakers Season Thread (21-61) KAT

[kal-el-8]

**** yall 

I'll just take the L and move on. 

 

[freeze]

I've followed Kawhi's career since he played ball here at SDSU and dude is not a player you would build your franchise with.

He's a role player who shines in the right offensive systems. SDSU he played in Steve Fisher's system. Now with Spurs he has Greg Poppvich.

Offense is the only part of the game? Only offensive players are worth max deals?

Do defensive players get max deals? name some.

 

[pmatic]

How about young, skilled, athletic two way players?

 

[kal-el-8]

Lets put it this way

If gordon Hayward got the max.

Kawhi will get the max.

Especially with Restricted free agency playing out the way it does.

Some team will sign the offer sheet, and spurs will probably match.

That said I hate restricted free agency, you should only have to stay the 4 years and have the option after that.

 

[flyerthandelta]

Yeah and Chandler Parson....spurs going to have to give up that bread

 

[pmatic]

Reggie Jackson?

 

[CP1708]

Last year we had folks upset that the team couldn't play defense, so they blamed the coach, not the 12 crappy defenders we had on the roster.

Bring up someone like Kawhi, and all the replies revolve around his offense.

If you want to be good defensively, get good defenders.



In theory, if you were to steal DeAndre Jordan, and Kawhi Leonard (unlikely BTW) but if you did get both, suddenly, you'd have a nice start to a defense. Put the young, energetic, still learning Randle in between those two, and now you really got somethin. Just that fast, you have a solid start to a defense. (which people will then credit the coach for, but hey. )

As for Kawhi/Klay, I'd take either one of them, immediately. I don't even care which one it was, I'd take either.

 

[kal-el-8]

Reggie Jackson?

No way he's worth the max


Not saying he won't get it

But to a lance Stevenson type of deal? Definitely

 

[grandtheftbike]

Really wished that Klay + Barnes rumor panned out |I

 

[CP1708]

Really wished that Klay + Barnes rumor panned out |I

God, I would have loved that so damn much.

 

[kal-el-8]

But but but Kobe would have hindered development and they would have hated him as a teammate.?

 

[CHAOSE57]

Reggie Jackson?

 

[kal-el-8]

 

[grandtheftbike]

 

[pmatic]

@MarkG_Medina Byron Scott's hunch is that Dwight Howard "wants to kick the crap" out of the Lakers

@MarkG_Medina Byron's take on Kobe/Dwight clash:"Kobe is a real serious guy & wants to win championships. I don’t know if Dwight is that serious about it"

What an idiot.

 

[darthska]

Of course he's not serious.

Who is still pondering this? Houston fans?

 

[had pants]

 

[tupac003]

Tomorrow....good or bad...my body is ready!

Let's Go Lakers!!!!!!

 

[freeze]

lol or 1st two games are back to back. hilarious.

 

[mjsaver]

Max contract makes everything sound bad

What exactly would Kawhai's max be anyway ?

It's kinda hard to judge because he plays in that Spurs system and when people think of max players they think of franchise players you can build around.

Guys like Parsons and Hayward are screwing up the idea of what a max player is supposed to be.

 

[kal-el-8]

5 years 90 million

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

Just happy that Lakers Basketball is back!

 

[mjsaver]

5 years 90 million

18 mill a year seems like a lot, but he's got all the leverage with that Finals MVP in his back pocket and without him on the wing that's a totally different team.

I think that's too much but he's got the Spurs between a rock and a hard place so he'll get something close to that.

 

[kal-el-8]

It feels like Christmas.

I can't wait.

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to lose.
A LOT. 

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Still going beat the rockets.

 

[pmatic]