2014-15 Official Lakers Season Thread, Vol: We Love Each Other

[thatboydrew]

Mitch has to have something planned, right?.....right?

I hope he already has agreements with some FA and had them sworn to secrecy so he can carry out the rest of his plan!

in Mitch we trust!!!

 

[tupac003]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

 

[had pants]

Mitch has to have something planned, right?.....right?

 

[hipster lexicon]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

Nothing? Kobe 30ppg, cap flexibility, and a shot at a top 5 pick. 

 

[la kb24]

Please based god Mitch have a plan!

 

[tupac003]

Nothing? Kobe 30ppg, cap flexibility, and a shot at a top 5 pick. 

Kobe....30ppg.

 

[thatboydrew]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

or

Melo to LAL

Bron to LAL

LAL wins the ship 

 

 

[jab step]

I still expect Melo to stay in NY. Would be really surprised if he's a Laker in the next couple days. 

 

[pmatic]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

Lego.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Mike Bresnahan's mini-update:

Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak has been in contact with Anthony's representatives on a regular basis. Kobe Bryant has also had continual conversations with the high-scoring forward.

If Anthony agrees to join the Lakers, another commitment is expected to come quickly from Pau Gasol, who wants to return to the Lakers but wants them to have a stronger roster.

 

[noblekane]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

we win either way lol

if we sign nothing of importance

we could possibly be the worst team in the nba and get a good pick

let pau go

kobe will probably have another season ending injury/career ending injury this season

only bright spot to look forward to would be randle

i mean a free agent would actually have to be overpaid to want to join this roster

all i ask of mitch is to not re sign swaggy v.

thats all i ask.

if they dont re sign **** young it will be a great offseason imo

 

[noblekane]

Mike Bresnahan's mini-update:

this mother ****** pau *** sol has the audacity to make demands now?

if this roster were to have melo randle and kobe he better not cry about not getting enough touches. ******* prick

 

[goldmember]

Pau :x

 

[mjsaver]

If you are trusting mitch, don't hold your breath.

Melo stays.
Bron goes.
We get nothing.

True those are the most likely scenarios

But Mitch been a part of too many good things to be given the benefit of the doubt, if we strike out he probly did all he could...just wasnt in the cards.

#teammitch
#atleasttry
#keeppauidcidcidc

 

[pmatic]

Because I feel like starting a firestorm this morning.

*Runs*

How the Spurs get away with overpaying role players

Quietly, the San Antonio Spurs are bringing back basically the entire band from the team's championship season. Tim Duncan avoided free agency by opting into his $10.3 million salary. Main cogs Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Tiago Splitter, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard were already under contract for next season.

But that left the fates of a few key Spurs in the balance as free agency opened on July 1. San Antonio took care of the two most important role players already, signing Patty Mills and Boris Diaw to three-year deals. Mills will make about $4 million per season, while Diaw will pull in an average salary just over $7 million. That's $11 million per season for two guys usually coming off of the bench.

And San Antonio can totally get away with it, because even if Mills and Diaw aren't bargains in 2015, 2016 or 2017, almost every other Spur will be.

At $10 million, Duncan is an absolute steal. Barring an extension, he'll be a free agent next summer and will probably convince himself to take even less despite still being effective. He kept his body in impeccable shape into his late 30s, and there's really no telling how long he can go. Manu was the Spurs' last bad contract in 2012-13 at $14 million. In 2013-14, he took a huge paycut (down to $7.5 million) and had a huge comeback season. Because, of course. These are the Spurs.

Parker is the cheapest perennial MVP candidate alive not on a rookie deal or second contract. Kawhi is a legit star these days ... and a mid-first rookie deal, which is even cheaper than most studs' rookie deals. Green will make $4 million and be one of the league's best perimeter defenders next season. Splitter's the only starter who isn't an outright steal at $9 million next season, but that's a totally reasonable, fair and affordable deal for San Antonio. Skilled centers ain't cheap.

If Diaw rediscovers Gruyere and pinot noir this summer and becomes Bobcat Boris on the new contract, San Antonio's cap sheet will survive. If Mills doesn't recover well from his injury, or loses his sudden effectiveness in subsequent seasons, the Spurs can absorb the hit. By using salary cap space so ridiculously wisely so consistently, San Antonio has created a virtuous cycle. The cap management is good enough to make iffy contracts no big deal and allows enough space to sign primarily small, reasonable deals. It's perpetual excellence in decision-making.

The amazing thing is that given the NBA's financial reward system, this could easily be a vicious cycle in any other franchise's hands. Players' contracts are partly based on how their team performs. The Spurs are always amazing. That should boost their free agents' contract offers! But through some combination of salesmanship, coercion and magic, the Spurs get all of their best free agents to take relative discounts to stay in San Antonio. Duncan's been doing it for years. Manu did it a couple of times. I'm still not sure exactly why Parker is only making $12.5 million.

What teams invested in the end of the Spurs' reign need to hope for is the end of the hometown discounts. And the best hope on that front comes in the form of Kawhi, who is now eligible to sign an early extension that would go into effect for the 2015-16 season. Every West team's fear should be that San Antonio locks that up at sub-max levels this summer, pre-empting Leonard's restricted free agency (scheduled for July 2015) and setting the cornerstone for the next virtuous cycle of the Spurs.

So when you hear rumors in the next few weeks about teams salivating at the chance to offer Kawhi a max contract next summer, know what it's about: preventing Kawhi from taking less than that now before he has a chance to hit the market.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/7/8/5880289/spurs-free-agency-boris-diaw-patty-mills

 

[CP1708]

What a shocking development. Who would notice something like that????

2 months ago, no less.....

 

[lovehateself]

 

Warriors free agent guard Jordan Crawford is receiving interest from Bulls, Mavs, Lakers, Knicks & Nets, the source said.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) July 9, 2014

why are we looking to bring this dude in. 

wasnt he one of the boston players who tried to instigate the  "and my dude f***** your b**** " to melo with the whole " honey nut cheerio" incident

id rather try to keep X and Bazemore. 

 

[sohi 23]

look at Boston acquire another 1st round pick

 

[pmatic]

We got the Celtics using their cap space (Pierce TPE) to acquire additional assets and the Lakers wanting to sink their's into a 30 year old free agent for $96 million.

 

[CP1708]

The Celtics are absolutely running a clinic on how to rebuild quick.

Traded their coach
Their aging stars
Buying up assets
And still have Rondo to flip for even more assets.



We have jack ******* ****.


And Celtic fans are happy as **** right now. While we beg Carmelo to take all our money.

 

[kal-el-8]

Ainge> mitch

*Sarcasm

 

[MVP]

And it'll still be another 18 years before the Celtics contend again.

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[grandtheftbike]

I was hoping he didn't, but he shaved before the game that day

 

[mosk33toe]

And it'll still be another 18 years before the Celtics contend again.

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This. Let the Celtics enjoy their draft picks, they'll enjoy slowly rebuilding in that atrocious east. They didn't win **** until they got KG, and Ray Allen. We'll see what this rebuilding will do for them.

 

[kal-el-8]

I'd like to add that I was being sarcastic.