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Kobe is going to win you 25 games?
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Kobe is going to win you 25 games?
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Wow a ray of hope for the Lakers from a non laker fan, thanks Rock at least you're open to the possibilities.
And I totally forgot about the Jazz another lottery lifer team.
Utah , Milwaukee, Detroit, Orlando, Sacramento, Celtics, philadelphia, Minesota, and maybe the pelicans could all easily be worst than us.
No way in hell we get that top 5 pick with a healthy Mamba.
Who else is out there to sign within LA's budget?
Wow a ray of hope for the Lakers from a non laker fan, thanks Rock at least you're open to the possibilities.
And I totally forgot about the Jazz another lottery lifer team.
Utah , Milwaukee, Detroit, Orlando, Sacramento, Celtics, philadelphia, Minesota, and maybe the pelicans could all easily be worst than us.
No way in hell we get that top 5 pick with a healthy Mamba.
Crying at the thought of the Pelicans being worse than the Lakers. Did Anthony Davis catch a season ending injury that I don't know about?
bosh did the rockets dirty. hope mitch sends him a thank you basket.
I think everyone knows its gonna be rough but the question is how rough.
Some people got us winning 12 games, I'm just saying there are a lot of possible teams that can be worse than us because we sucked horribly last year and were still far from the worst.
Some of these teams are pros at stinking , were just starting out it takes time to get good at being so bad
bosh did the rockets dirty. hope mitch sends him a thank you basket.
And the rockets did us dirty by giving us lin lol
Its a wash
Yeah Mark was definitely well spoken I was shocked because he seemd like an airhead type of dude, but that video shows he knows the game.
Franc it's time to change spongebobs NT hat to a Laker hat in your avy bruh
Trade Grades: Jeremy Lin to Lakers
July 11: Lakers Land Lin
Rockets get: Salary-cap space
Lakers get: Guard Jeremy Lin and a 2015 first-round pick
Houston: D
Since the Rockets agreed to trade Omer Asik to the New Orleans Pelicans before the draft, we've been hearing that Houston had trades lined up for Lin but would complete them only if and when they secured a commitment from a max free agent like Carmelo Anthony or Chris Bosh. Apparently, there was a miscommunication, because hours after the Rockets reportedly traded Lin to the Lakers came word that Bosh was spurning them in favor of a new, five-year contract with the Miami Heat.
Now, Houston is stuck in a difficult spot. If it matches the Dallas Mavericks' offer sheet for Chandler Parsons, the Rockets have until Sunday evening to use the cap space they created by trading Lin. There are few obvious options, and Houston would surely take a mulligan on this deal if it could. Besides giving up the pick, the Rockets also lost a rotation player in the process, making this a worst-case scenario for them and forcing us to reconsider the grade.
L.A. Lakers: A
Dealing for Lin is an ideal use of the Lakers' cap space. For the time being, he provides some value on the court. Lin isn't a perfect fit for the Lakers. Playing with Kobe Bryant creates similar issues to the Lin-James Harden pairing, since Lin is most valuable with the ball in his hands running frequent pick-and-rolls. Still, Lin is an upgrade on Kendall Marshall, and with the Lakers' inability to count on Steve Nash, adding Lin helps them in basketball terms for 2014-15.
Just as important, Lin's expiring contract keeps the Lakers' cap clear for next summer and beyond, which makes trading for him preferable to signing a free agent of similar ability to a multiyear contract. And the Lakers also get a first-round pick, assuring they'll have one next season. (The Lakers' own pick will go to the Phoenix Suns from the Nash trade if it falls outside the top five.)
The only quibble I have is that two of the best young free agents on the market are also point guards. A max offer to restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe would have made sense for L.A., and an offer to Isaiah Thomas would provide good value and is unlikely to be matched. If the Lakers no longer feel they can pursue a point guard, they'll find worse options at other positions.
Incidentally, the Lakers will have to send something to the Rockets, likely a top-55 protected "paper pick." While Mark Deeks reported today that the NBA has strengthened its rules about using protected picks in multiple-team trades, they remain the same when just two teams are involved.
@MarkG_Medina Julius Randle contract not yet signed. Since summer league game starts in half an hour, I'd presume Randle would be out today
You should make one with a Mountain Dew hat.
Might actually tempt CP to change his avy even tho he said he wouldn't
Last I checked, there would be around $2mil in cap after Hill & Swaggy.
I'd use that money to bring back Wes Johnson.
Minimum on Xavier Henry.
Then the BAE ($2.7mil) on either Elton Brand or Jermaine O'Neal.
PG: Jeremy Lin / Kendall Marshall / Steve Nash
SG: Kobe Bryant / Nick Young / Xavier Henry
SF: Wes Johnson / Nick Young / Xavier Henry
PF: Julius Randle / Ryan Kelly / Jordan Hill
C: Jordan Hill / Robert Sacre / Elton Brand or Jermaine O'Neal
D-League : Jordan Clarkson & DeAndre Kane
Team improves at 3 positions: PG, SG, PF. Still around same amount of wins as last season. Mike D'Antoni had players overachieving.
But theoretically our cap space fluctuates a lot based on cap holds of Hill & Swaggy, and order of which we sign players. So there's no accurate number for what we curretly have in cap space because Randle, Hill, Kelly & Young are not signed yet.
@LakersReporter The Lakers have signed rookie Julius Randle, and @J30_RANDLE will thus be available to play in L.A.'s summer league game today at 1:30 PST.
Usually it's four years, with the last two years being team options.How many years ya'll believe Randle gon sign?