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

[Korofi]

Hassan

 

[dontsteponmyshoes]

Wrong basketball thread

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

 

[essential1]

If you are another team, you make the offer just to get the Lakers to match.

2 year / $24-25mil
followed by
2 year / $73-74mil
is going to hurt

If you're another team 4 year / $24-25mil a year isn't palatable.

 

[grittyman]

Media really milking this RFA stuff… almost all these guys end up staying with their current team. The only suspenseful part is if they end up not getting any offers and signing for the low or if another team throws them the bag. Not the least bit worried about the Lakers losing Austin… I think there’s only a handful of teams who have the cap space to sign him to a big offer sheet (Hou, Spurs, Sac, Det, Indy off the top of my head) and most of those teams are set at his position.

But if these clickbait links are going to continue to work then I’m sure we’ll get more and more of them in the next few weeks smh

 

[Lizakers]

If you are another team, you make the offer just to get the Lakers to match.

2 year / $24-25mil
followed by
2 year / $73-74mil
is going to hurt

If you're another team 4 year / $24-25mil a year isn't palatable.

Wouldn’t that other team tie up their money if the lakers take their sweet time and match at the last second?

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Any team that gives Austin 100M is screwing themselves more than the Lakers. That's not something teams really do anyway but especially not with this CBA

 

[essential1]

Wouldn’t that other team tie up their money if the lakers take their sweet time and match at the last second?

Yeah. Lakers can wait the 72 hours to match.

It would be about screwing the Lakers over in the long term.

Which is a game teams play sometimes.

And on AR’s part. He is going to be chasing that deal because LA can only offer him $52mil on their own. Need another team to offer him a deal above that to pay it.

For example if a team went 4/$84mil it’s $21mil a year for a team. That’s fair at least as the cap goes up. For the Lakers they luck out year 1 and 2 at $25mil total. Year 3 & 4 would be about $30mil a year.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I can't think of a time when a team tried to overpay a RFA to screw a team and not because they actually wanted the player and felt they were worth the money

 

[DLF]

Yeah. Lakers can wait the 72 hours to match.

It would be about screwing the Lakers over in the long term.

Which is a game teams play sometimes.

And on AR’s part. He is going to be chasing that deal because LA can only offer him $52mil on their own. Need another team to offer him a deal above that to pay it.

For example if a team went 4/$84mil it’s $21mil a year for a team. That’s fair at least as the cap goes up. For the Lakers they luck out year 1 and 2 at $25mil total. Year 3 & 4 would be about $30mil a year.

24 hours **

 

[uncalled4boy]

I can't think of a time when a team tried to overpay a RFA to screw a team and not because they actually wanted the player and felt they were worth the money

Not Disagreeing But The Kings And Nets Signing Otto Porter To That Offer Sheet Hurt The Wizards A Few Years Back.

Wouldn’t Doubt The Either Wanted Him But 100 M’s Was Nuts.

 

[pmatic]

Los Angeles Lakers
Two-Way Contract:
-Colin Castleton, 7’0”, Florida
-D’Moi Hodge, 6’4”, Missouri

Exhibit-10 Contract:
-Damion Baugh, 6’3.5”, TCU
-Alex Fudge, 6’9”, Florida

Colin Castleton was the highest-ranked undrafted free agent on my board, finishing at 44th overall. He simply fits the bill for an NBA back-up big man. He’s a great passer (19.5 AST%), held opponents to 35.9% at the rim, blocked three shots per game, finishes effectively, and makes his free throws. While he may look a tad robotic, he does cover ground well and wasn’t a guy who got cooked when he had to guard in space. He’s smart, protects the rim, moves the ball, and does all the dirty work you want a big man to do. Castleton possesses a fiery demeanor and loves to compete. It feels like he’s going to maximize whatever he has inside him. Teams may have gotten too cute by passing on him in favor of upside that is unlikely to ever develop. There’s a chance that Castleton could earn real minutes as a rookie.

D’Moi Hodge ranked 62nd on my board. At 24.5-years-old, he was unlikely to get drafted. Still, there’s a path for him to carve out an NBA role as a 3-and-D mini-wing. He made an electric 40% of his threes while launching them off movement from NBA distance. He’s a menace in passing lanes (2.6 SPG) and provides way more weakside rim protection than anyone his size should rightfully be able to supply. Hodge runs and jumps like an NBA player, and he shoots like one too. His arms aren’t that long, and he doesn’t offer much as a playmaker off the dribble. He moves the ball just fine and utilizes some clever passing angles, but Missouri rarely ran offense through him because of those limitations. If he can offer something when chased off the line, he’ll be cooking.

Damion Baugh is a blur. He’s fast and he’s a steady passer, averaging 5.8 APG to 2.8 TOV. He’ll pressure the rim, but that could become harder if teams don’t respect him from deep. He’s a career 29.5% three-point shooter, and teams don’t challenge him much beyond the arc. Given the rest of his game, though, he’ll have a place in the league if that gets up to speed. Alex Fudge is currently a defense-only prospect heading into an NBA that is in the midst of an offensive explosion. He’s long, and he’s a fantastic athlete in terms of movement, sprinting, and leaping. His 3.4 STL% and 5.5 BLK% as a freshman at LSU generated him a lot of buzz headed into his sophomore year, but he didn’t produce at the same clip, and he didn’t add much offensively. Fudge scored 5.8 PPG on 39.7/22.9/58.9 splits last year. He doesn’t offer much as a ball handler or passer. He’s super young (just turned 20), so he’ll have ample time to put it together, but he feels more like a “second draft” prospect, where if he does stick, it’s going to take a while.

The 2023 Undrafted Free Agent Roll Call

The NBA Draft has come and gone, but that's not the end of the road! Maxwell breaks down the undrafted free agent class, where they are headed, and how they can make it in the league.

www.noceilingsnba.com

 

[thasoleful1]

The 2023 Undrafted Free Agent Roll Call

The NBA Draft has come and gone, but that's not the end of the road! Maxwell breaks down the undrafted free agent class, where they are headed, and how they can make it in the league.

www.noceilingsnba.com

Sounds like we got our Zubac, KCP, and Dennis replacements

 

[lovehateself]

I can't think of a time when a team tried to overpay a RFA to screw a team and not because they actually wanted the player and felt they were worth the money

pacers signing ayton to that offer sheet forcing phx to match

 

[pmatic]

Not Disagreeing But The Kings And Nets Signing Otto Porter To That Offer Sheet Hurt The Wizards A Few Years Back.

Wouldn’t Doubt The Either Wanted Him But 100 M’s Was Nuts.

The Nets were just desperate for talent at the time because they gave the Jays away to Boston.

 

[thasoleful1]

pacers signing ayton to that offer sheet forcing phx to match

Ayton was already pissed off at the Suns. This guy Reaves has been saying all the right things and even has a lakers color way for his shoe.

 

[essential1]

The team wants the player. The poison pill is meant to get a team to pass on re-signing them.
But if the team keeps him, they kind of get screwed.

So what difference does it make to the Spurs if they offer $70 mil or $90mil if the Lakers are adamant they going to match everything. And when they match likely takes the Lakers out of contention in 2025-2027

 

[DLF]

The team wants the player. The poison pill is meant to get a team to pass on re-signing them.
But if the team keeps him, they kind of get screwed.

So what difference does it make to the Spurs if they offer $70 mil or $90mil if the Lakers are adamant they going to match everything. And when they match likely takes the Lakers out of contention in 2025-2027

It’s all fun and games until the lakers don’t match and the spurs have 39 mill on the books for reeves in 2 years.

 

[noblekane]

The 2023 Undrafted Free Agent Roll Call

The NBA Draft has come and gone, but that's not the end of the road! Maxwell breaks down the undrafted free agent class, where they are headed, and how they can make it in the league.

www.noceilingsnba.com

will these guys have any immediate impact on the roster?

 

[essential1]

It’s all fun and games until the lakers don’t match and the spurs have 39 mill on the books for reeves in 2 years.

It would be the contract divided by 4.

So if it was the max $98mil. They’d only be paying him $24.5mil a year.

 

[moonman818]

Can a restricted free agent decline an offer sheet from another team?

 

[DLF]

It would be the contract divided by 4.

So if it was the max $98mil. They’d only be paying him $24.5mil a year.

No

It counts as 24.5 towards their tax bill but they pay him 12 12 39 39
Except for lakers it counts as 12 12 39 39

 

[DLF]

Can a restricted free agent decline an offer sheet from another team?

Of course

 

[geno90221]

It would be the contract divided by 4.

So if it was the max $98mil. They’d only be paying him $24.5mil a year.

Incorrect