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it would mean mike brown made adjustments after his team got blown out
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Until Kobe, Blake, Farmar, X, Pau come back we have to face facts that every team we play is better than us, by a wide margin except for the Magic, Bucks, Jazz, and Pistons..
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I think that's a little dangerous. It's hard to get players in FA that are worth the contracts (in both years and dollars) you give them to come to your team these days. It's hard to plan for a FA signee to be a possible trade piece because of that... the contracts you end up luring them with are hard to trade. That, and if we expect a S&T type situation, the other end always wants some youthful potential players too.The latest "report" says that Kevin Love could lean towards signing with the Lakers or Knicks next summer.
The point being not to get everyone excited (just more "sources say"), but to remind everyone the Lakers should use this summer and the remaining cap space to build a good supporting cast for all the future free agents. If it were this summer I'm not sure any star would look at the Lakers and see a foundation, despite how well the guys banded together when healthy.
Luckily rookie deals are fixed and cheap
I think we should use all of our cap. All backup plans which we can use to S&T with TWolves next season or during FA. Best way to build a supporting cast. If we one year everyone then we use all our cap on 4 players with no bench when Love is a FA, you are stuck building after the fact.
My strategy has been to set aside Kobe's money, set aside one more star's max money, and then freely spend the remainder ($14-18 million depending on the cap) this summer on multi-year contracts for role players. Everything outside of that $14-18m has to be one year deals.
Let's say we can re-sign some of our own players cheap (like Wes and Farmar at $3 mil each? Just for argument's sake. Not too much not to little).
Here's how the pie would look for Summer 2015:
Kobe
Whoever we draft in 2014
Wes
Farmar
Role player 1 we signed in 2014
Role player 2 we signed in 2014
We can sign a star (Love). Fill out the rest with minimum contracts. (Do we get an MLE too?)
That doesn't sound sexy... but it would be the best path to add another star IMO. The product would probably look star-heavy like the 2011 Heat, but right now it looks necessary.
I'm not sure if this is unrealistic or there are holes to the logic, but that's a summary of what I've been thinking. Feel free to correct or counterargue away
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the pistons are way more talented than us but they're a mess right now, same with the cavs
i think utahs better than us, they have pulled out with some impressive wins and are 6-4 in their last 10
teams that are worse or at least around our level are the magic, bucks, orlando and celtics
of course this also accounts for how these teams play and not just talent because right now we have the least talented roster in the league by far
i think utahs better than us, they have pulled out with some impressive wins and are 6-4 in their last 10
teams that are worse or at least around our level are the magic, bucks, orlando and celtics
of course this also accounts for how these teams play and not just talent because right now we have the least talented roster in the league by far
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Pistons have more talent.. They are a terrible team though.
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senorroboto2k5
Check your PM.
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[quote name="Essential1"]Until (Even before) Kobe, Blake, Farmar, X, Pau come back we have to face facts that every (no) team we play is (has a) better (coach) than us, by a wide margin except for the Magic, Bucks, Jazz, and Pistons (no one)..[/quote] 
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the disrespect towards mike brown
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Begs the question... [quote name="Essential1"]If Pau's out for the Grammy Road Trip.. I don't care. Mike D'Antoni should go 6-2 because if he makes adjustments this team without Kobe, Nash, Farmar, Blake, Pau is a title contender.[/quote]... whose words are these?
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We suck. That's it. That's all. Good night guys.
I think that's a little dangerous. It's hard to get players in FA that are worth the contracts (in both years and dollars) you give them to come to your team these days. It's hard to plan for a FA signee to be a possible trade piece because of that... the contracts you end up luring them with are hard to trade. That, and if we expect a S&T type situation, the other end always wants some youthful potential players too.The latest "report" says that Kevin Love could lean towards signing with the Lakers or Knicks next summer.
The point being not to get everyone excited (just more "sources say"), but to remind everyone the Lakers should use this summer and the remaining cap space to build a good supporting cast for all the future free agents. If it were this summer I'm not sure any star would look at the Lakers and see a foundation, despite how well the guys banded together when healthy.
Luckily rookie deals are fixed and cheap
I think we should use all of our cap. All backup plans which we can use to S&T with TWolves next season or during FA. Best way to build a supporting cast. If we one year everyone then we use all our cap on 4 players with no bench when Love is a FA, you are stuck building after the fact.
My strategy has been to set aside Kobe's money, set aside one more star's max money, and then freely spend the remainder ($14-18 million depending on the cap) this summer on multi-year contracts for role players. Everything outside of that $14-18m has to be one year deals.
Let's say we can re-sign some of our own players cheap (like Wes and Farmar at $3 mil each? Just for argument's sake. Not too much not to little).
Here's how the pie would look for Summer 2015:
Kobe
Whoever we draft in 2014
Wes
Farmar
Role player 1 we signed in 2014
Role player 2 we signed in 2014
We can sign a star (Love). Fill out the rest with minimum contracts. (Do we get an MLE too?)
That doesn't sound sexy... but it would be the best path to add another star IMO. The product would probably look star-heavy like the 2011 Heat, but right now it looks necessary.
I'm not sure if this is unrealistic or there are holes to the logic, but that's a summary of what I've been thinking. Feel free to correct or counterargue away
In terms of "cheap" labor, Sacre and Kelly fill roles. Add X, somehow as a capable, young enough to develop player, somehow dollar wise, and that roster is workable + Kobe comes off the books the following year. We'd be right back in the mix and "should" have another first round pick for 2016.
We need to flip everything we can now and try to somehow add some pick or two, be it late 1, early 2, whatever. Anything, any pick(s). Please Mitch.
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I'm really only interested in trading guys we know won't be back next year. Or no chance that we try to bring them back. Pau, Kaman, Blake
Maybe X who probably priced himself out of our range.
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playoff contenders who are looking for a shooter would really love to trade for someone like Jodie Meeks. idk if teams will offer a 1st round pick though, which is what the lakers would be asking for.
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Can't believe our Lakers are in this terrible position 
Got us talking about 2016 and **** 
Still extremely angry that Kobe took that extension and more importantly that our FO was stupid enough to offer him that kind of money. Absolutely stupidity.
Got us talking about 2016 and **** Still extremely angry that Kobe took that extension and more importantly that our FO was stupid enough to offer him that kind of money. Absolutely stupidity.
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Rondo coming back against the Lakers.
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no lie, i am excited to see rondo play under stevens
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Would DIE for Rondo & KLove in our near future.
Then we can argue about games where our 4 shoots better from the perimeter than our 1... and other games where our 1 had more boards than our 4.
Then we can argue about games where our 4 shoots better from the perimeter than our 1... and other games where our 1 had more boards than our 4.
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Gonna be a late night.
These 10:30 games are brutal.
These 10:30 games are brutal.
