**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[denni5themenace]

dude misses the lakers so much

 

[Lizakers]

Remember how impressed a bunch of us were with AR in that summer league ? He’s gotta be retained

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Lonnie about to be the next Laker destroyer once he leaves

 

[essential1]

Lonnie about to be the next Laker destroyer once he leaves

I give Lonnie more chance of being a Laker than Dennis next year.
Bird rights versus none.

Maybe Dennis signs for cheap. But Lonnie at $7.8mil is more fetchable than Dennis again at 5

 

[MVP]

AR and Rui should it not get too crazy on the offer. There are teams that have to use cap space in a weak FA class so those 2 guys in particular are going to get balloon offers possibly.

 

[essential1]

 

[lovehateself]

whats kuzma talking about, he was the one who got to stay.

 

[MVP]

whats kuzma talking about, he was the one who got to stay.

Probably alluding to them saying they were keeping the young core together before Bron came and said **** them kids.

 

[essential1]

They could do that again. Especially if they have a lot of outgoing salary to Trade. But as a S&T is the worst of the possibilities because of the hard cap it triggers.

Wouldn’t be out of the norm of the last decade of Lakers.

 

[pmatic]

 

[lovehateself]

Probably alluding to them saying they were keeping the young core together before Bron came and said **** them kids.

word
but to be fair, they tried it out with the young core for 1 year

 

[pmatic]

Those kids sent out weren't it anyways.

 

[sohi 23]

Those kids sent out weren't it anyways.

Imagine having 60 mil commited to Lonzo and Julius

THANK YOU LEBRON

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

That's random

terry rozier? lol

That is literally the best landing spot for him. Franchise with no expectations that would allow him to put up big numbers.

Fun for everyone.

Just gotta work out the details.

 

[tupac003]

I'm not a cap expert.

Why would a trade for Kyrie trigger a hard cap?

 

[thasoleful1]

whats kuzma talking about, he was the one who got to stay.

Kuzma an idiot, he got to stay the first time. **** the bed so bad couldn’t prove to be the guy next to AD and Bron.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

Sign & trade has different rules than trading someone under contract. Think it started this past CBA. Triggers hard cap tax apron blah blah.

 

[sohi 23]

Man I can’t help but think if we went thru with the Turner/Buddy package, we’d still be playing rn.

 

[essential1]

I'm not a cap expert.

Why would a trade for Kyrie trigger a hard cap?

Sign and Trade.

Hard cap on sign & trades is a competitive balance thing.

 

[tupac003]

Sign and Trade.

Hard cap on sign & trades is a competitive balance thing.

Yeah I googled that part..

But what I still don't understand is what is the hard cap number?

And would a hard cap be an issue if we were to retain AR and Rui prior to whatever trade that could be made.

 

[essential1]

Yeah I googled that part..

But what I still don't understand is what is the hard cap number?

And would a hard cap be an issue if we were to retain AR and Rui prior to whatever trade that could be made.

$169mil. Give or take a couple mil.

It’s the tax apron ($6mil above tax)

Hard cap only exists if you receive a free agent in a sign & trade. So Rui/AR are only a problem salary wise if they were to get Kyrie.

 

[DLF]

Feel so free today with season over. Feels good man!

 

[pmatic]

Feel so free today with season over. Feels good man!

Imagine how the players feel.

I think the best and most reasonable chance at Kyrie is in December or January. He will tear the Mavs apart from the inside. A ticking time bomb.

 

[CHAOSE57]

Been watching highlights of our previous championship teams’ highlights to ease the pain.

Now onto the full game replay of the Game 7 of 2010 finals.

 

[tupac003]