Lakers OFF-SEASON IS A WRAP

[mr j 858]

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The Lakers will formally introduce their 2015 ‪#‎NBADraft‬ picks Monday at 12:00pm PT. Stream it live on Lakers.com!

 

[mr j 858]

I remember summer league in Long Beach was so awesome. It was low key and you could easily meet the players. I remember I met Bynum, farmer, Abdul Jabbar, Richard Jefferson. I Remember one day Mitch kupchak was literally siting right behind me in the stands It was open seating and if there early you can just walk up to the players with no resistance.

Yeah I miss and remember those days also.

It was nuts and Laker fans camped out for tickets in Summer 96 when we got Kobe.

Same thing also when we got Andrew Bynum.

But yeah I remember when me and a friend went to the Long Beach pyramid during Bynum's rookie summer and as I was walking in Mitch Kupchak was walking right besides me into the arena.

 

[mr j 858]

I think I read somewhere that Lakers won't sign D'Angelo Russell to his rookie contract until after free agency.Due to salary cap reasons.

Like what happened last with Julius Randle where he signed his rookie contract, I think in game 2 during the Vegas summer league.

Hopefully they are able to get Aldridge to agree to a contract before the first summer league game so Russell can play all the summer league games.

 

[pmatic]

The moratorium ends on July 8th, so that's basically two days before the first summer league game.

 

[moonman818]

My free agent targets by order:
1. Butler (Kawhi)
2. Deandre (LMA > Gasol > Love > Robin Lopez >  Milsap > Monroe)
3. Draymond at no more that 16mil ( Tobias > Carroll > Danny Green > Wes Mathews>  Afflalo > Aminu)

Draymond at $16 mil?




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[essential1]

I think I read somewhere that Lakers won't sign D'Angelo Russell to his rookie contract until after free agency.Due to salary cap reasons.

Like what happened last with Julius Randle where he signed his rookie contract, I think in game 2 during the Vegas summer league.

Hopefully they are able to get Aldridge to agree to a contract before the first summer league game so Russell can play all the summer league games.

Because his salary will end up 20% higher than his cap hold.

Every $ counts.

 

[mr j 858]

 

[fun guy]

Draymond at $16 mil?

Gotta overpay to steal him from GS. You need a guy like that to win a chip. $16 is not that much when the cap goes boom

 

[had pants]

Soumaila Samake (African technically)?

I think it was Machine, because he always seemed like an emotional guy.

 

[jaydee]

Why not just wait it out til next season to try to get AD he's restricted but I don't think he stays in new Orleans

 

[essential1]

Why not just wait it out til next season to try to get AD he's restricted but I don't think he stays in new Orleans

He's restricted... New Orleans will NEVER let him go.

NEVER if they have the control to keep him.

 

[kal-el-8]

 

[jaydee]

I'm saying like what if he doesn't sign one extension

 

[junglejim]

How do the bird rights work?  I think you have to be with a team for 3 years before you get them correct?  So say the cavs re-sign Lebron at the max, Shumpert, and JR Smith would they even have room for Love if they don't have Bird rights?  With Kyrie, Bron, Varejao, Shumpert, and Smith they would have to have at least 60 mil or so wrapped up in cap.

 

[kal-el-8]

I'm saying like what if he doesn't sign one extension

It's doubtful

 

[essential1]

I'm saying like what if he doesn't sign one extension

Then he's unrestricted the next year. But still has to play for the Pelicans for that season.

 

[essential1]

How do the bird rights work?  I think you have to be with a team for 3 years before you get them correct?  So say the cavs re-sign Lebron at the max, Shumpert, and JR Smith would they even have room for Love if they don't have Bird rights?  With Kyrie, Bron, Varejao, Shumpert, and Smith they would have to have at least 60 mil or so wrapped up in cap.

As long as they don't renounce his Bird Rights..... They can go over the cap to keep him.

 

[licensed to ball]

E over here just taking a dump on dudes dreams.

 

[junglejim]

As long as they don't renounce his Bird Rights..... They can go over the cap to keep him.

But don't you have to be with a team for X amount of years before you even get Bird rights?

 

[essential1]

E over here just taking a dump on dudes dreams.

That's what I do as a teacher...

Take dumps on dreams.

 

[licensed to ball]

 

[essential1]

As long as they don't renounce his Bird Rights..... They can go over the cap to keep him.

But don't you have to be with a team for X amount of years before you even get Bird rights?

That's if you sign in FA.

But if you are traded, and the trading team had Bird Rights, they are given to the new team.


So the Bird Rights he had with the Wolves were transferred to the Cavs.

 

[kal-el-8]

E over here just taking a dump on dudes dreams.

I do that weekly to the office idiot who says we can get davis durant Westbrook Oberon and cp3 in the off season and then hire Phil Jackson.

 

[junglejim]

That's if you sign in FA.

But if you are traded, and the trading team had Bird Rights, they are given to the new team.


So the Bird Rights he had with the Wolves were transferred to the Cavs.

Ahh gotcha I see.  This sounds dumb, but if Lebron waits it out like he is planning on doing to see what Love does, is there any situation where the Cavs don't have the caps space to re-sign him since they wouldn't have bird rights?  I know its a pipe dream.

 

[moonman818]

Draymond at $16 mil?




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Gotta overpay to steal him from GS. You need a guy like that to win a chip. $16 is not that much when the cap goes boom

That would be one of the worst signings in recent Laker history.... Randle has potential to be everything Green is and more.


Let GSW or NYK overpay.

That's if you sign in FA.


But if you are traded, and the trading team had Bird Rights, they are given to the new team.



So the Bird Rights he had with the Wolves were transferred to the Cavs.

Ahh gotcha I see. This sounds dumb, but if Lebron waits it out like he is planning on doing to see what Love does, is there any situation where the Cavs don't have the caps space to re-sign him since they wouldn't have bird rights? I know its a pipe dream.

No.