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Jimmer is :x
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Ska stop holding a grudge. 
Seaman. You're funny. But I don't know why, I don't see you as "man up" like others.
I'll always see you as seaman.
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Seaman. You're funny. But I don't know why, I don't see you as "man up" like others.
I'll always see you as seaman.
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Ska stop holding a grudge.
Seaman. You're funny. But I don't know why, I don't see you as "man up" like others.
I'll always see you as seaman.
but "sea man" is already taken in every website i sign up with
just leave swallow out of this!
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If the Lakers have a chance to add a player that puts them over the top, they aren't gonna let the tax stop them. and if it does I will gladly say I was wrong. The TimeWarner deal alone covers like 90% of roster expenses for the next 20 years
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Even the dating sites?Ska stop holding a grudge.
Seaman. You're funny. But I don't know why, I don't see you as "man up" like others.
I'll always see you as seaman.thats kind of what i was going for
but "sea man" is already taken in every website i sign up with
I have a grudge against you, too.
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just saw the thread name change
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no need for dating sites here
canadian women come pre-bagged
canadian women come pre-bagged
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If they are ever in a position where they have a good team but need another piece... I agree.
Like if they were the Nets this year and had a trade exception, they wouldn't mind using it either (Mitch would probably demand picks like Billy King though
)But we still gotta get there. The luxury tax is just one restriction teams face in building a team (and one they can choose to pay). Other things like the normal salary cap threshold stop teams from spending whatever they want, even if they have all the extra dough from TWC.
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That article and his point has literally zero bearing on the point.
IF it would put us over the top, buy someone. Sure, no question.
When you are THIRTY games under .500, and can get under the tax to reset the values, you do that.
Paying "10 million" on a 5 million dollar deal is easy.
Paying "20 million" on a 5 million dollar deal is tougher.
Paying "50 million" on a 5 million dollar deal is getting pretty stupid.
And so on.
You can reset the tax when you clearly aren't a good team? You do that, 100 out of 100.
The point is, it will help in 3-4-5-6 years when you hope to be good again. Helps lower the impact a future 5 million dollar contract you may need to put you over the top.
Zero, and I do mean zero reason to carry over the tax threshold for expiring vets when you are a last place team. Key word, expiring.
If Pau, Kaman, Hill were all 3 year deals, fine, don't "give away".
28 ******* games, in last place, ZERO reason to carry their tax penalty. None.
That article had no idea what the hell the issue is.
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Plus, that article is comparing the Lakers (in a league with a salary cap) to the Yankees (in a league without a salary cap). Both have luxury tax thresholds, but the Lakers just can't decide to spend that amount if they want to put a winner out on the court. The salary cap really limits them from outspending everyone else, unless it's on their own players.
I have a feeling that's the Shelburne or Kevin Ding article from a few weeks back. Blocked it out of my mind.
I have a feeling that's the Shelburne or Kevin Ding article from a few weeks back. Blocked it out of my mind.
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it's just like the old CBA, if you have cap space sign who you want. only now it's a harsher tax. the way you "work around" the repeater tax, besides avoiding it, is to pay it.
everyone was saying shelbourne is the Lakers mouthpiece. if so then that article was a sign of things to come
everyone was saying shelbourne is the Lakers mouthpiece. if so then that article was a sign of things to come
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no swaggy p for the roadtrip.
bazemore will start at the 3
bazemore will start at the 3
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If they have the cap space they don't need to worry about any taxes. The luxury tax threshold is well above the salary cap threshold.
Once they hit the salary cap threshold, they can only choose to go above it to re-sign their own players with Bird rights (or with minimum contracts). At that point they'll begin coming close to the tax line.
So if the Lakers want to spend (they do), they first need to get their players, then start spending on re-signing their players to jump back over the salary cap threshold.
Or it was just a PR spin. It's still misguided.
Once they hit the salary cap threshold, they can only choose to go above it to re-sign their own players with Bird rights (or with minimum contracts). At that point they'll begin coming close to the tax line.
So if the Lakers want to spend (they do), they first need to get their players, then start spending on re-signing their players to jump back over the salary cap threshold.
Or it was just a PR spin. It's still misguided.
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The playing field ain't leveled anymore.
But I guess you could argue it was never leveled to begin with.
But I guess you could argue it was never leveled to begin with.
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can we get jabari? write a scenario where we can get him?
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I'm with you on that. but it comes down to this
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OK. I don't think anyone doubts they'll pay whatever they need to... if they're even close to being a competitive team.
That dumb article just sidetracked me. It's going to be a long process before the team even gets to that point.
That dumb article just sidetracked me. It's going to be a long process before the team even gets to that point.
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lose every game from now till the end of the season
Lose the rest of our games, and try to enter the top 3 of the draft.
Get the #1, draft him.
Get the #2, hope someone takes Wiggins or Embiid, then you can draft him
Get the #3, hope someone takes Wiggins AND Embiid, then you can draft him.
If you fall outside the top 3, hope for a D Rose type come up like what the Bulls had, or even the Blazers the year they won the lottery and passed on Durant.
Even the Clippers, when they landed the #1 pick, but had to hand it over to the Cavs because they traded for Mo Williams. Cavs landed Kyrie.
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I can't tell what people are mad about anymore. If/when they get to that point and add a piece that ends up leading to a title and causes a huge tax bill, why should I care? If they end up keeping Pau/Hill, it's better to have their bird rights, no?
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CP whose you're choice at this moment if we were to be at 4 And Embiid, Wiggins, Parker were gone?
The real irony in all of this is, you fall off for 2-3-4 years and acquire as many picks as possible, and hope to land multiple top 5 picks.
That way, you can pay those pieces3-4 years down the line, with Bird rights, and manage thru all cap situations because you were wise enough to pay them their low rookie deals, and then extend them within the rules the CBA allows.
Do we focus on that, and enhance the biggest asset we've had since 1996?
Nope.
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The draft is rigged, everyone knows it. I'm pretty sure we'll get the number 1 pick overall
Lakers and Celtics will move up in the draft - Jabari vs Wiggins
I'm fairly sure Exum is the guy at 4.
