>Really? No reason? Even after other teams make their offers?
>They're not going to try to compete because NO turned them
>down in February? After Boston and whoever else make their
>offers, the Lakers are just going to offer Zubac and a sack of
>hair, just to just show the Pels? That would make Magic a
>really crappy GM.

They'll offer a competitive package - but it won't be what they just offered because they won't have as much of an incentive to get the deal done. They will be looking at other FA's in the Summer and won't be solely focused on landing AD (when they can just wait a year and sign him outright).

The Lakers incentive for signing AD *now* was to compete this year with him -- the longer this drags along, the less incentive there is for the Lakers to not just wait until he's a FA and make their pitch then.

>And you keep on saying "No other team is going to offer what
>the Lakers are offering," like that's somehow set in stone.
>And like that package is somehow the best thing for the Pels
>moving forward.

We'll see - but again - I'm just using logic. Why would a team offer anything on-par w/ what the Lakers offered when AD has made it clear he doesn't want to sign with them? You think Boston is going to offer Tatum, Rozier and tons of draft picks for AD w/ out knowing that he wants to be there? Same goes for other teams.

Again: Zo, BI, Kuz, Zubac plus multiple draft picks is a hell of an offer. It's too much. Let's see if anyone matches that and return to this discussion then.




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