And I get that.That Heat team didn't suck per say. They were just mediocre. And they had a prime superstar in hand, which the Lakers don't have at the moment.
They could have 2 up and comers tho. Enough to know if this years top 5 is a player or not, at least.
And it's easily explainable that look PF, we needed to keep our pick, so we let this last year go, now we have two lotto guys, Kobe's contract is off the books next year, so it'll be you, 2 lotto guys (cheap) and we can sign 1-2 more max guys, help us get back to winning titles.
*bag of rings falls onto the table next to a contract with lots of zero's....*
I'm just saying a guy that's been in the lottery for seven or eight seasons might not want to hear all this.
I hear ya.
I would think Mitch would simply lay out the entire plan for him.
PF, we want you + our Top 5 pick and (hopefully) this other Top 5 pick, and then when the old man gets out the 25 million dollar way next year, we gon try and get this kid Durant to join ya, and if he won't, maybe your friend Russ will. Oh and we'll give ya 20 million dollars for the next 5 years each.
How's that sound?
And then see if that works.
Maybe bring out the bag of rings.