[::OFFSEASON OVER. Lock Please.::]

[essential1]

help us with some kind of sign-in-trade, at the least.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

I don't even see how that even helps us.

 

[licensed to ball]

help us with some kind of sign-in-trade, at the least.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

I don't even see how that even helps us.

You don't see how young role players like Parsons and Asik might help us?

Instead of getting absolutely nothing and guaranteeing a 1st round exit in Kobe's last year?

I mean you can keep dreaming of landing LeBron or Wiggins in 2014 if you want, but I wanna win next year and if Dwight leaves you're damn right I want some pieces back in return instead of NOTHING.

 

[la kb24]

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which one of you guys was at the game last night wearing the kobe jersey?

 

[CHAOSE57]

^ That's ACB

 

[CHAOSE57]

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[CHAOSE57]

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[CHAOSE57]

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[licensed to ball]

^ That's ACB

 

[CP1708]

The game was down in Miami, don't MambaMVP live out there?

Essential, I see your idea on selling CP3, you might as well bring it full circle tho.

Chris, come out this way, 1 year, we'll max you next year, orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you could take a little less, AGAIN, and we'll bring in Lebron for you, and move Kobe to the bench at 35-35, along with Nash, and you, LeBron, and Dwight can man the starting unit.

Wha'dya say Chris?


Do that at his front door, with 16 idiots holding a trophy to sort of hammer the point home.

I'll be one of those 16 idiots if needed. I certainly qualify.

 

[licensed to ball]

And of course you don't take the hint and continue the joke on chaose CP...

 

[CP1708]

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[CP1708]

Lemme alone, I'm workin here.

 

[la kb24]

and there goes my joke

 

[licensed to ball]

and there goes my joke

CP's too old for these things.

 

[darthska]

[quote name="CP"]

Lemme alone, I'm workin here.[/quote]*air quotes* Working.

 

[CP1708]

Working in here, in this thread, not working here at work. (obviously) I was on break and was choppin it up with Essential on how to get CP3 and LeBron in with Dwight, and old man Kobe and Nash. I didn't have time for jokes.

I never have time for jokes. Duncan face at all times.

Always.

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[Johnny_Cakes]

So grain of salt because of the author.. But ESPN & Chris Broussard are reporting that CP3 is upset with the Clippers because he is getting all of the blame for the firing of CP3.

Again I will bring up this point, 12:01am on July 1st, you get Mitch, Jim & Kobe on the phone and call Chris Paul. You try to sell him on coming to the Lakers, sacrificing one year salary wise, and staying long term..

Here’s the crux of your argument
1. You were supposed to be here anyway, but David Stern blocked it.
2. You don't have to pack up again, and move to a new city.
3. You guarantee that he gets a max contract the next year regardless of what happens. As to not making him feel insulted, you state that you want to give him a max, but you’re 1 year off from giving it to him, while not having to gut a team from contending for a title. Not an insult to him, just the place contracts ended up.
3. You don’t need to convince him that in LA, on the Clippers, you will always be in the shadow. During the playoffs, the Clippers were still playing, and Lakers had been eliminated, but the entire city’s sports media was in El Segundo covering Lakers exit interviews on a night the Clippers were playing at home IN THE PLAYOFFS.
4. You get to team up with the best team talent wise that he has ever been on, and say who you plan on having. Steve Nash as the backup. Kobe, Meeks, you’re resigning Clark, Pau, Jordan Hill, and with CP3 coming in, Dwight will come back as the anchor in the middle.
Blake or MWP (one will be back), and then say you will look on picking up one more person for the rotation.
5. Sell him on moving forward, and that any team that CP3 goes to will have to rebuild as well in a year, or won’t have room to add to the roster after the 1st year of the contract. You sell him on the Lakers resiliency to continuously build title contenders, and win championships even when they are counted out. The Front Office is extremely proactive, doesn’t have trouble moving pieces for the good of winning.


Will it happen? Almost impossible. But I think there is a little window in there that he will hear what you have to say.

Can’t hurt. And if you pull off the miracle. Not even a little doubt for D12 to stay, and you are immediately back at the top of title contention, with a upbeat future.
No risk – huge reward proposition.


If you're Mitch & Jim, you don't expect for this to happen, but it's the first move you make in Free Agency

This is the best approach to CP3. He'll likely balk, but it seems all those points are irrefutable. Particularly the idea of joining another rebuilding project must be a headache for him, when the Lakers never rebuild.

In the small chance that he'd be inclined to come, we'd be bowing out of a very small race for LeBron in 2014. I realize some of you don't believe he's a likely option to be a Laker, but I remain optimistic.

 

[la kb24]

CP don't F around in here lol

 

[kookcle]

You only play a certain amount of years in the league and you want to get the max money you deserve every single year.

I'm pretty sure when they all retire they''ll show off their total NBA earnings and compare.

Although i like the idea i just dont see that crossing CP3's mind especially a superstar in his prime.

 

[essential1]

You only play a certain amount of years in the league and you want to get the max money you deserve every single year.

I'm pretty sure when they all retire they''ll show off their total NBA earnings and compare.

Although i like the idea i just dont see that crossing CP3's mind especially a superstar in his prime.

Doesn't hurt to waste an hour trying now does it.

Hell you don't even waste the hour.. You tell Kobe to do it now.

 

[kookcle]

Kobe probably already told him during the Olympics but CP just laughed at it.

" Im getting 30 mill next year you can have 10m if you do this"

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

How would the situation be different if CP3 was here already? Would he and Dwight (since it seems he was the next block to fall after the CP3 trade) have their max contracts ready for them this summer?

 

[sohi 23]

That's collusion, you can't do that ****. If Chris is worth a max, taking less would be a disservice to all NBA players across the league.

Either work him signing a longterm max contract into your fantasies or don't waste your time.

 

[CP1708]

That's collusion, you can't do that ****. If Chris is worth a max, taking less would be a disservice to all NBA players across the league.

Either work him signing a longterm max contract into your fantasies or don't waste your time.

LeBron
Bosh
Wade

All took less than the max. It happens.

Not as much as Paul going from 15 mil to a couple hundred grand, but hey.

 

[denni5themenace]

lakers gonna get fined/barred/stripped of the next 20 years of draft picks (the ones not given to the suns/magic anyways) if they try to pull that **** off

ya'll don't remember the joe smith debacle?

Timberwolves salary cap scandal [edit]
Following the 1999–2000 season, it was discovered that Smith was involved in a salary cap–tampering scandal involving Timberwolves executive Kevin McHale. Smith was allegedly promised a future multi-million dollar deal if he signed with the team for below market value, allowing the team to make some additional player moves in the short term. The league later found out about this violation and voided the last year of the contract, also severely punishing the Timberwolves by taking away five first-round draft picks (though two of the picks were ultimately returned) and fining the team $3.5 million.[3] The move hurt the Timberwolves in the long run, as while the team still found success, the lack of draft picks set the team up for their eventual failure in the mid-2000s.

c'mon ya'll