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"though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought

May as well kick it off with joes contract since he's the GOAT of contracts

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"though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought

>May as well kick it off with joes contract since he's the
>GOAT of contracts


Joe stay eating....Damn....

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

and I'm not knocking him for it in any way...but it's clear he isn't concerned with winning before he goes out.

Not sure they'll translate into the playoffs but Hill and Iso Joe makes some sense as additions to their youth brigade.

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I mean I love having Lu as a vet presence for the laker team at the positions they need most....
Great Mentor for Ingram
But the years...

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"though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought

Good move for the Lakers.

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We don't know if there's a team option or not but regardless, as a 17 win team, you have to overpay a little. That's the reality.

Dude will be an excellent fit and role model. Nicely done.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I love it in terms of Lu as a mentor and potential small ball 4 but would like to see how this and Moz affect signings next year and beyond.

Nice additions but long term red flags.

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This team believes in the kids and is surrounding them with vets to mentor and help. Oh and also Ba? Were friends now.

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But they need to get rid of all frauds...Snitchiveli and Cop Face are not championship pieces. They just not. Trade them for picks. Trading Russell could lead to Fultz who is better than him. Trading Cop Face could lead to Rabb who is better than him.

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

Anyway.

I disagree on trading Randle and DLo but we will see how this season goes.

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But if those guys don't pop- especially randlle, trade value goes way down on the we'lol see approach. There's a thin line between exciting prospect possibility cause you're a high pick and Wesley Johnson

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"though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought

The rest of what you said is fine but cmon with the Wes Johnson shit.

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Baze"god"

this season avgd 11, 5 and 2 in 27 min shooting 44% and 35% from 3 and he's 27 years old

Crabbe

this season avgd 10. 2, 1 on 45% and 39% from 3 in 26 mpg he's 24


Wes as a 21 Yr old rookie avg 9, 3, and 2 on 40% and 35% from 3 in 26 mpg


Might be semantics but how is that "NOT CLOSE"


We all know how Wes panned out, but if you gave me raw #'s I'd take what Wes did as a 21 yr old over what crabbe did as a 24 yr old and Baze did as a 27 yr old.



Sorry guys. Im not an average laker hater who just comes in to laker posts to troll and make you guys mad. I actually know my shit, for the most part.

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he averaged a double double as a rookie, and got better every single month.

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Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

is such a cyse.

Most my boys in LA are still disappointed with the holes in his game. He isnt trash imo, but has a long way to go before he "pops". His trade value is average at best.

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>Most my boys in LA are still disappointed with the holes in
>his game. He isnt trash imo, but has a long way to go before
>he "pops". His trade value is average at best.

I'm not sure what the expectation was but a legit double double in what was really his rookie season was certainly on the high end of what I hoped for personally.

I agree his trade value isn't super high but, like everyone else on this team, we don't really know what we have just yet.

At worst he'll be a cheap, cost controlled rebounding machine for two more years and that's not exactly the worst thing for us to have.

i dunno how good he is, sure he is better than the guys behind him but so is the rest of the nba.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Particularly one played during Love's Last Stand?

People talk about our young players like they'll never get any better than their first year or, in JC's case, his second.

I'm betting on zero-one(with the one being parts of Kobe's last game) for at least a couple of these guys.

He's clearly got the potential to grow into a much better offensive player than he is at the moment, IMO.

Same with Clarkson. I've heard a number of people say he's a third guard at best.

Thing is, watching these guys play tells an entirely different tale. There's plenty of reason for optimism going forward with them as well as Dlo and Nance.

but people are talking like he is breaking out, which he is not yet. same thing with russell, i'm not looking at his rookie season like aw hell naw he is never gonna get better. and i didnt change from evaluating him as a collegian to as a rookie. still has promise, never saw him as a big star though

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Has holes in his game? Good grief, cmon. No wonder Laker fans get a bad rap.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Were talking about their cap space? Lu and moz???? Smh

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

and yes, these are the FA's the Lakers expected to sign. no one realistically thought KD or any big name was coming.

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I never recalled deng and mozgov name being mentioned.

I remember hearing boogie, barnes, Whiteside etc. Perhaps I was reading the wrong posts.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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At which point did the Knicks decide to completely rebuild via the draft and surround their younger players with veterans to help their development.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

and ending up with fairly uninspiring signings instead. that is what my comment was referring to.

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Most of us only saw Whiteside as a potential get but after that we saw guys just like this and many other names along these lines were brought up.

Overpaying Barnes was possible. Ezeli was possible.

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I would've preferred they get Whiteside to Mozgov, but by the time free agency is done, that Mozgov deal will look like a bargain.

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Whiteside was the only guy among the bigger names any of us thought we had any decent shot at.

The only thing about the Mozgov deal is his recent injury and rehab situation. Otherwise it's fine and already looking like one of the savvier deals of the off-season. If healthy he's worth 64 to the Lakers far more than, say Evan Turner is to Portland for 75.

Deng is a fantastic pickup for us. My only misgiving is whether or not there's a team option for the 4th year because I preferred to see two year deals.... but it's still an otherwise solid pickup for us.

After KD there are no players that could transform us into a playoff contender over night.....but by all means please point out all the guys who are realistically attainable and worth the money this market commands.

I'm talking bout like the last 2 years....ya'll talked about your picks and kobe contract expiring freeing up space for all stars. Nobody was talking about aging vets and role players with the young dudes. It was the young dudes and some max level all stars

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

>I'm talking bout like the last 2 years....ya'll talked about
>your picks and kobe contract expiring freeing up space for all
>stars. Nobody was talking about aging vets and role players
>with the young dudes. It was the young dudes and some max
>level all stars

You mean when we looked at our situation and saw *possibilities* that *could* work out and slowly built our *actual* and *realistic* expectations as time went by and the picture became clearer?

Yeah, obviously we weren't hoping for Mozgov and the retirement contract of Luol Deng initially.

I'm not too sure what your point is. It's not like we were absolutely certain of who would come and when and maintained 100% certainty until today.