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pokoy
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| Ugh I really hope we can still afford him this summer. |
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lakersboy
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| lakersboy wrote: | | I just saw a clip of him shooting a jump shot at a workout. I was encouraged to see that he appeared to have more of a "textbook" release than when we last saw him. If he does that consistently, I'm confident he'll be a much more consistent shooter than we've seen so far. |
Hey, that’s a great observation! Thanks for that.  |
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markjay
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| AC shooting 58.3%(!) from the 3 this season. |
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chantruong
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| AC may get 15 mill + this offseason. If he improves his handle and passing he will be a legit legit starting pg in the league. |
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lakersboy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| chantruong wrote: | | AC may get 15 mill + this offseason. If he improves his handle and passing he will be a legit legit starting pg in the league. |
I’m picturing the type of contract that Dellavadova got after playing alongside Lebron. It was enough that Cleveland chose not to match, and that could be what Caruso is setting himself up for. We can’t be mad about a guy who played himself out of the G league earning a decent payday. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| lakersboy wrote: | | chantruong wrote: | | AC may get 15 mill + this offseason. If he improves his handle and passing he will be a legit legit starting pg in the league. |
I’m picturing the type of contract that Dellavadova got after playing alongside Lebron. It was enough that Cleveland chose not to match, and that could be what Caruso is setting himself up for. We can’t be mad about a guy who played himself out of the G league earning a decent payday. |
Yeah, as much as I love watching all these guys killing it to start the season it's going to be crazy what some of them will be getting offered. Rob will have some extremely tough decisions to make for sure.
Caruso, THT, Trezz & Dennis will all be getting some huge paydays with Caruso and THT being monster raises.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Morris get a solid offer either.
It's why it's so important to win it all this year even though i'm sure we'll be right there with the top couple teams next year as well I just think the gap might be a bit closer with several teams. |
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| I don't see Pelinka letting him walk, and I don't think Caruso will want to leave. Assuming they work something out, I guess Kuz will get traded. I'd bet good money AC and THT will be around for while. |
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waterman40
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It's going to be choices, we may have to decide if we keep 1 or maybe 2 of:
Morris
Schroder
Harrell
THT
Caruso
Make your "Sophie's Choice:" 2 stay, the other 3 leave for a better payday. Who do you choose?
Let's say that the Lakers say the sure keeper is Schroder. Now you are down to 1 of 4, what say you?
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Caruso/KCP/Schroder/THT is a hell of a backcourt.
Especially if KCP and Caruso are going to be top 10 in 3 point shooting 👀 |
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pokoy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| ibitegirls wrote: | | I don't see Pelinka letting him walk, and I don't think Caruso will want to leave. Assuming they work something out, I guess Kuz will get traded. I'd bet good money AC and THT will be around for while. |
I don’t think we can match any offer for AC like we can for THT, so if someone pays over the MLE for him, we’re out. Do we have any bird rights for him or anything? I don’t remember exactly what it was but all I remember is reading he can definitely play himself out of our price range and we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it |
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| Is it possible to lock him up now like we did with Kuz? |
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KBandKB
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| Actually don't we have his Bird rights? So we can technically match any offer and be allowed to exceed the cap right? |
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waterman40
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Its fun to think about this prime-Caruso playing on the Kobe led Lakers instead of Fisher....
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| LakerSD wrote: | Caruso/KCP/Schroder/THT is a hell of a backcourt.
Especially if KCP and Caruso are going to be top 10 in 3 point shooting 👀 |
Its crazy how good our perimeter defense is |
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| waterman40 wrote: | | Its fun to think about this prime-Caruso playing on the Kobe led Lakers instead of Fisher.... |
I’d like to see Caruso with Kobe, but I would never wish to replace Fisher. He’s won all 5 rings that Kobe has won. Probably the most underrated Laker in all of history.
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| markjay wrote: | | AC shooting 58.3%(!) from the 3 this season. |
2nd in the entire league, only behind Seth Curry. KCP is #4.
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Caruso getting his 3 point shot back after a year and a half is a gift to Lakers fans everywhere.
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| pokoy wrote: | | ibitegirls wrote: | | I don't see Pelinka letting him walk, and I don't think Caruso will want to leave. Assuming they work something out, I guess Kuz will get traded. I'd bet good money AC and THT will be around for while. |
I don’t think we can match any offer for AC like we can for THT, so if someone pays over the MLE for him, we’re out. Do we have any bird rights for him or anything? I don’t remember exactly what it was but all I remember is reading he can definitely play himself out of our price range and we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it |
sounds like he'd get similar to Kuz, so we might have to pick. Schroeder 1st priority then prob Montrezl (doubt we can afford) |
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| AFireInside619 wrote: | | waterman40 wrote: | | Its fun to think about this prime-Caruso playing on the Kobe led Lakers instead of Fisher.... |
I’d like to see Caruso with Kobe, but I would never wish to replace Fisher. He’s won all 5 rings that Kobe has won. Probably the most underrated Laker in all of history. |
Yeah, man. With so many great players in the org's history, both NVE and Fish are often underrated. Love those guys.
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| governator wrote: | | pokoy wrote: | | ibitegirls wrote: | | I don't see Pelinka letting him walk, and I don't think Caruso will want to leave. Assuming they work something out, I guess Kuz will get traded. I'd bet good money AC and THT will be around for while. |
I don’t think we can match any offer for AC like we can for THT, so if someone pays over the MLE for him, we’re out. Do we have any bird rights for him or anything? I don’t remember exactly what it was but all I remember is reading he can definitely play himself out of our price range and we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it |
sounds like he'd get similar to Kuz, so we might have to pick. Schroeder 1st priority then prob Montrezl (doubt we can afford) |
Caruso might leave for more money, but i doubt he’ll leave for a bigger role. He once said that he plays better around great players. There’s no greater player than Lebron James. Their chemistry is amazing. Unless our offer isn’t competitive, I don’t see Alex leaving next season.
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| LakerSanity wrote: | | markjay wrote: | | AC shooting 58.3%(!) from the 3 this season. |
2nd in the entire league, only behind Seth Curry. KCP is #4. |
I'm just hoping they get hot from 3 in the postseason instead of pulling a Danny Green and going cold after having a great reg season %.
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pokoy
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| AFireInside619 wrote: | | governator wrote: | | pokoy wrote: | | ibitegirls wrote: | | I don't see Pelinka letting him walk, and I don't think Caruso will want to leave. Assuming they work something out, I guess Kuz will get traded. I'd bet good money AC and THT will be around for while. |
I don’t think we can match any offer for AC like we can for THT, so if someone pays over the MLE for him, we’re out. Do we have any bird rights for him or anything? I don’t remember exactly what it was but all I remember is reading he can definitely play himself out of our price range and we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it |
sounds like he'd get similar to Kuz, so we might have to pick. Schroeder 1st priority then prob Montrezl (doubt we can afford) |
Caruso might leave for more money, but i doubt he’ll leave for a bigger role. He once said that he plays better around great players. There’s no greater player than Lebron James. Their chemistry is amazing. Unless our offer isn’t competitive, I don’t see Alex leaving next season. |
That’s the thing though. I don’t think our offer can be competitive.
I love the way Kuz’s game has grown and he is a much better player for us now - but between the both of them it’s not even close. Not sure if Rob can trade Kuz immediately after the season but this is what needs to happen so we can give AC Kuz’s money. |
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| KBandKB wrote: | | Actually don't we have his Bird rights? So we can technically match any offer and be allowed to exceed the cap right? |
He isn’t a restricted FA, so if he takes an offer, we are out. We do have his bird rights so we could pay him up to the Max if we wanted to, but it’s very likely Rob has some sort of budget he has to adhere to. The Buss family doesn’t have unlimited money, and even teams with owners who make billions from their other businesses often have strict budgets, so a “family run business” like the Lakers, where the bulk of the owners’ wealth is tied directly to the team, can be expected to have a budget too. No one knows what that might be, or what the Buss family’s lux tax tolerance would be. Remember, even Dr Buss penny pinched during the 3-peat, so while the Lakers are obviously willing to pay for winners, they don’t give their GMs a blank check. |
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Strong game against the Bucks. Corner three. You can't leave a 60% three shooter like him open.   |
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For someone with just average NBA skills and physical attributes, why does this man ALWAYS seem to be doing the right thing?
I don't get it. 
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