**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[God]

So his excuse for coming into next season with the same broken jumper is his knee injury. It's gonna be year 3 before he shows any improvement on his jumper. Svi the GOAT is gunning for the backup spot behind Rondo.
#frailboylonzo #shotstillbroken

Lmao. What’s with the negativity? Haven’t even seen the guy take a jumper and you on his head...

 

[EddieDoyers]

Lmao. What’s with the negativity? Haven’t even seen the guy take a jumper and you on his head...

He gave DLo some patience....not Lonzo though lol

 

[WAKKO!]

Kawhi to the raptors

 

[MVP]

Sources close to DeRozan told ESPN's Chris Haynes that DeRozan met with Toronto brass in Las Vegas during summer league and was told he would not be traded.

Leonard has been clear that he plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency next summer, so Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri is taking a significant risk in pursuing the trade.

Leonard was led to believe by management that he would not be traded, sources told Haynes.

DeRozan has three years and $83 million left on his contract, including an Early Termination Option for the 2020-21 season.

Hopefully we don't get PG'd again but this is encouraging. 2020 #17 going up.

 

[Los Angeles]

Wow spurs did kawhi dirty

 

[sohi 23]

Wonder if Toronto will trade him at the trade deadline.

Either way, I feel good. Kawhi will be in LA next season. All we have to do is keep him away from the Clippers.

 

[sohi 23]

Brandon Ingram gotta be happy as hell he isn't going to San Antonio

 

[had pants]

 

[DLF]

I hope I’m wrong but hopefully our season isn’t like one of those memes you see on the internet

You know the ones where they say “this is what my friends think I do... this is what my mom thinks I do...what a I really do”

Like, summer league games 1 to 5 are the way my fans think our role players will play...

Finals Game is how we will really play...lol

 

[dceja]

I can definitely see the raptors getting desperate and trading kawhi for expiring deals in February...good move magic

 

[D StaXX]

Kawhi in Toronto. There's no way he stays there long term.
Good **** to not give up the farm for him.

 

[DLF]

Win win win for all parties

Spurs get an all star (let’s be real they are never real free agent destinations. 1 big signing in last 10 years)

Toronto salary dumps DeRozan it kawhi leaves. If he stays, major upgrade over derozan.

Lakers, of all teams Toronto is great destination bc it’s not just the east coast and far from LA but it’s another freaking country. If kawhi goes to clippers then that’s also a win for lakers bc at least you didn’t give up assets for 1 year rental (if kawhi has mind set on not playing with LeBron all along)

 

[krazy88s]

NBA stat geeks are already triggered with the amount of long 2s with LMA, Gay and DeMar

 

[krazy88s]

Wonder if Toronto will trade him at the trade deadline.

Either way, I feel good. Kawhi will be in LA next season. All we have to do is keep him away from the Clippers.

lol yall said the same about PG. Ended not even taking a meeting with Lakers.

 

[MVP]

lol yall said the same about PG. Ended not even taking a meeting with Lakers.

That was more of his agent being spiteful. Uncle Dennis is hell bent on him getting here.

You know the drill. Put some bread up that he won't be a Laker if you're so confident.

 

[krazy88s]

Put some bread up that he won't be a Laker if you're so confident.

corny

 

[DLF]

NBA stat geeks are already triggered with the amount of long 2s with LMA, Gay and DeMar

Lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

 

[sohi 23]

lol yall said the same about PG. Ended not even taking a meeting with Lakers.

its always a risk but I'm confident. Leonard doesn't strike me as a guy who would get swayed like PG got swayed by Russ/OKC

Worst comes to worst you can throw his max contract at KD/Klay/Capela

 

[DLF]

Screw players that don’t wanna come Simple as that.

Demar didn’t wanna come. Now he’s traded. Dwight, Lamarcus. I’ve seen it before.

 

[MVP]

Easier to trade for him at the deadline.

 

[DLF]

Dwight didn’t come here. Gets traded

Demar didn’t even give us interview. Gets traded.

Lamarcus didn’t come. Wanted to be traded.

PG next?


On a serious note, if you wanna be “good” you trade all your youth for kawhi. If you wanna be a contender for years to come, you add a superstar to the youth. Simple as that.

 

[MVP]

Dwight didn’t come here. Gets traded

Demar didn’t even give us interview. Gets traded.

Lamarcus didn’t come. Wanted to be traded.

PG next?


On a serious note, if you wanna be “good” you trade all your youth for kawhi. If you wanna be a contender for years to come, you add a superstar to the youth. Simple as that.

No you don't

 

[DLF]

No you don't

Ok so you would rather roll:

Ball/Caruso/LeBron/kawhi/McGee
Bench: Ayers/Tyler ennis/vander blue/Tierre brown/ Jon Barry

instead of..

Ball/Ingram/kawhi/LeBron/McGee Kuzma/hart/Wagner/svi

Cool.

 

[dceja]

Easier to trade for him at the deadline.

For everybody tho

 

[MVP]

For everybody tho

Not really.