I'm not trying to be negative but man some dreams just aren't realistic
Sorry mayne, I'll try not to rain on your parades so much
Nah, you're not being negative. I was joking... a little. Mitch Kupchak is the Suge Knight of NBA GM's so you never know.
I don't think anyone is saying take this deal to take this deal. I think most people are saying to take this deal after the realization that Dwight will not re-sign with the Lakers which is a strong possibility. In which case it is a difference between being a lottery team and staying a playoff team until the Lakers have the cap to sign another superstar.1. We wouldn't be any more of a contender than we would be now. It's a slim possibility either way. Why waste $55mil on Blake & Bledsoe when the Lakers are in a terrible financial position this next year. To go from a 1% contender to 1% contender
2. Dwight Howard is an athletic freak.
3. Nash isn't coming off the bench
4. Defend who better?Blake is not a good defender at all. So you're suggestion to become a better defensive team is trade away the best defensive center. Ok?
5. You do not make a roster fit to a coach, especially if it's a coach you don't want there for longer than a few years.
6. Blake one of the better rebounders in the league?No he's not. But even if he was Dwight Howard is the best rebounder in the league..
7. Blake is signed through 2017. Howard 5 year deal would be through 2018. And each of the 4 years Dwight is only $4mil more than Dwight.
Exactly. Plus here is what the 2014 FA class is looking like:
so you'd rather build around Blake Griffin than Carmelo?
I noticed NOBODY has has anything about not wanting to make the Clippers better.Jungle, right on the money.
People think we about to stack LeBron, Z-Bo, and Damian Lillard all in the summer of 2014 if we have space.
C'mon now
Like P said, take the value you can get now (like Blake) and if you don't want him trade him mid season. Nothing to lose.
When did I once say that? Seriously? Im saying that even if we do have a bunch of cap room, there isn't a huge FA market to build an entire team round. You guys are thinking we are going to sign another big three like Miami had but that certainly will not happen. The difference between the Lakers and the Heat is the Heat already had Dwayne Wade to talk the other two into coming to Miami. Who is going to talk players into coming to the Lakers if we don't have anyone? A 41 year old Steve Nash who is the only player on the roster? Im sure players are running to Los Angeles to play with Steve Nash and a player who hasn't passed the ball in his entire career. My point is we wont be able to build a team on Free Agency alone that will compete for a championship. We have to have other players. And if you think Carmelo is going to win you a championship then I don't know what to tell you.
wont matter who we add to bledsoe and blake when the Clippers would have starting line up with Paul Garnett and Howard. Not to mention Crawford off the bench and Rivers on the bench coaching and the many more free agents they will get for the minimum after this goes down.
Exactly. We need to get a good nucleus then add a superstar
Im not sure who you are talking about here? Are you talking about Dwight?
I would absolutely love to have Lebron James as the face of the Lakers, but do you realistically think he will come here? Im putting the odds at ziltch to zero. You really think he wants to re-live the exact same thing he did two years ago where every single move he makes is scrutinized because the ditched his team again? Can you imagine how badly the dude would get roasted? Honestly though, the only way Lebron leaves is if they lose in the finals this year and get eliminated next year which probably wont happen. If you were running a franchise would you hold your breathe to re-build around a player who may or may not leave and even if he does leave there is absolutely no guarantee that he comes to the Lakers? If Lebron leaves its because he is going back to Cleveland where they have a great young core to build around.
As of right now that deal is dead....
Seriously, look at that list of free agents and tell me who we can build a franchise out of? Other than Lebron who isn't coming here, there sure as hell isn't a Shaq out there that is going to change our destiny like the 90s.Jerry West was such an idiot when he cleared out all that cap space for the summer of 96.
Only a fool would think something like that could happen. No wonder he doesn't have a job with us anymore.
You guys done yet?
It doesn't even matter if LeBron doesn't come to LA, the bottom line is simple, at this point, it's time to begin rebuilding the roster. You clear everything out, try to land the biggest fish in the sport, if he passes, you know what you're left with? All the cap space in the world.
So you have a lean year or two, and eventually, a free agent target WILL come available, and at that point, you can pounce why? Because you have the flexibility we have not had in years.
Instead of signing 30+ year olds to join our other 30+ year olds, we can start to sign younger guys, faster/healthier guys and rebuild that way, similar to Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel being the start during the lean 93-94-95 years. Then when you do land that big fish, your roster is shaped and ready to go. Add in a vet here, or another FA there, and you look a lot different than you did 18 months prior.
Please everyone with their sky is falling ********. "nobody will ever come, we'll never be in the playoffs again" Calmete.
You all ain't even know I could get down on that bilingual did you? Thas right, get acquainted.
