I know these are just hypothetical but I'd take either the Rockets or Nets deals in a hot second. I've actually written that same HOU deal a coupla times here. The Nets deal is also great.
How do these suck especially if they give us a better shot at Kawhi? We could also do some things with those picks. This is not about trading LeBron away for some petty reason... I really think both deals leave us in a better place for the future. The HOU deal probably gives Lebron a better shot at winning one last title next season than he'll have here and before he starts to fade. Win-win for everyone.
LOL haven't been checking the forums much since the season ended, but I see it is STILL literally the same 3 or 4 Lebron haters talking about getting rid of him. You guys are persistent I give you that.
LOL haven't been checking the forums much since the season ended, but I see it is STILL literally the same 3 or 4 Lebron haters talking about getting rid of him. You guys are persistent I give you that.
I've got a challenge for ya. Come up with a better + realistic team for us than these two listed below... not just for next year but in the long-term too... and I'll happily jump on board the train. If you can't... then you ask the Mods to change your username to LA-Bronsexual. Do we have a deal?
If Lakers can get Pat Riley then I am 1000000% confident we will get 1 of the big names... KD, Kawhi, or Kyrie
I think you could ad Klay Thompson to that list. Klay's dad always speaks highly of Pat Riley. Could be too much nostalgia to pass up, a long with coming home to socal.
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:35 pm Post subject:
scoobs wrote:
YSong wrote:
If Lakers can get Pat Riley then I am 1000000% confident we will get 1 of the big names... KD, Kawhi, or Kyrie
I think you could ad Klay Thompson to that list. Klay's dad always speaks highly of Pat Riley. Could be too much nostalgia to pass up, a long with coming home to socal.
Klay is 29 years old. Dad’s words have nothing to do with his decision...
I know these are just hypothetical but I'd take either the Rockets or Nets deals in a hot second. I've actually written that same HOU deal a coupla times here. The Nets deal is also great.
How do these suck especially if they give us a better shot at Kawhi? We could also do some things with those picks. This is not about trading LeBron away for some petty reason... I really think both deals leave us in a better place for the future. The HOU deal probably gives Lebron a better shot at winning one last title next season than he'll have here and before he starts to fade. Win-win for everyone.
Trade LeBron to NY for #1 Pick and a sign and trade 1yr Max Deandre Jordan to match salaries... DA does it because he get one more year of Max money...
Take Zion with #1 pick
Take Bruno Fernando with #11
Sign Kawai L and Danny Green
Bring back Rondo, McGee, Lance, Alex C, Chandler
Line up:
Zo/AC/Rondo
Danny Green/Hart/Bonga
KL/Ingram/Lance
Kuz/Zion/Mo
Jordan/McGee/Fernando
Knicks do that Deal to Pair LeBron and Kyrie in the east and walk to the finals...
Lakers are a 50+ win team and Championship Contender for years to come...
LOL haven't been checking the forums much since the season ended, but I see it is STILL literally the same 3 or 4 Lebron haters talking about getting rid of him. You guys are persistent I give you that.
I've got a challenge for ya. Come up with a better + realistic team for us than these two listed below... not just for next year but in the long-term too... and I'll happily jump on board the train. If you can't... then you ask the Mods to change your username to LA-Bronsexual. Do we have a deal?
PS: I don't hate or even dislike LeBron... I just like the Lakers more.
You're calling this realistic, and it could be, but you're operating off the premise that Leonard will come only with James traded, and we just don't know if that's true.
How does a transaction like this even happen? Lakers meet with Leonard, Leonard tells them he'll sign if James is traded, the Lakers instantly put him on the market?
Would Leonard a d his reps be that bold? Is that realistic? _________________ A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.
LOL haven't been checking the forums much since the season ended, but I see it is STILL literally the same 3 or 4 Lebron haters talking about getting rid of him. You guys are persistent I give you that.
I've got a challenge for ya. Come up with a better + realistic team for us than these two listed below... not just for next year but in the long-term too... and I'll happily jump on board the train. If you can't... then you ask the Mods to change your username to LA-Bronsexual. Do we have a deal?
PS: I don't hate or even dislike LeBron... I just like the Lakers more.
The return sucks and if we were going to trade, which I doubt, the # 1 pick should be part of any deal; IMO. _________________ Lakers need to build a freaking team !
You could play Ingram as the SF and Siakam as the PF.
Kuzma could take the sixth man role... and if he didn't want to do that you could trade him for a shooter or a center.
Please tell me you’re joking?! No sane basketball fan can possibly believe that.
Next season LBJ will still be better.
I think in two or three years Siakam will surpass him.
Wow.
Siakam will never be LBJ... but he's trending at a future all star level.
I'm purely basing this on the ten year age gap.
Toronto is building their team around him... I don't think you can get him for anything other than an overpay.
You'd lose upfront, but you'd gain in having a very skilled lower maintenance player who has a lot of upside.
I know these are just hypothetical but I'd take either the Rockets or Nets deals in a hot second. I've actually written that same HOU deal a coupla times here. The Nets deal is also great.
How do these suck especially if they give us a better shot at Kawhi? We could also do some things with those picks. This is not about trading LeBron away for some petty reason... I really think both deals leave us in a better place for the future. The HOU deal probably gives Lebron a better shot at winning one last title next season than he'll have here and before he starts to fade. Win-win for everyone.
Think you got the Centers backwards buddy, had me confused wondering who tf Allen was on the Rockets _________________ “Life is too short. You have to keep it moving.” - Kobe
Guys STOP IT! Lakers will not Trade Lebron James! It's a bad business move. Also it will send a negative signal on those Free Agent Superstars we are courting.
You dont Trade a Lebron James who just signed on your team when arguably NO Free Agents even want to come here!
LEBRON ain't TMac, Ai, VC, Ray Allen, LouWill, J.Butler, Dwight...
Guys STOP IT! Lakers will not Trade Lebron James! It's a bad business move. Also it will send a negative signal on those Free Agent Superstars we are courting.
You dont Trade a Lebron James who just signed on your team when arguably NO Free Agents even want to come here!
LEBRON ain't TMac, Ai, VC, Ray Allen, LouWill, J.Butler, Dwight...
I generally agree with you, but if guys don't want to play with him. It will not hurt to move him at all. Just sayin'. _________________ A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:23 pm Post subject:
If the Lakers traded Lebron against his will, Lebron would make it his personal mission to keep Klutch Sports clients away from L.A. for decades. When Lebron's playing career is over, I've heard that Lebron will go all-in on Klutch and use his influence to get as many stars as possible.
I'd only entertain the idea of trading Lebron if I thought that he didn't give the Lakers the best chance at a Larry O'Brien at this very minute. But Lebron is still ultra-elite and he's going to be as rested and rejuvinated as he's ever been. Also, I don't want gravy training KD. He's the coldest, unlikable superstar in recent memory.
Kawhi is going to consider the Lakers. Lebron's going to "keep in touch" and I think you'll see momentum heading in that direction in the coming months. _________________ Life long lover of the Purple and Gold!
I've got a little youtube show about Lakers rumors! Any likes or comments are appreciated.
I know these are just hypothetical but I'd take either the Rockets or Nets deals in a hot second. I've actually written that same HOU deal a coupla times here. The Nets deal is also great.
How do these suck especially if they give us a better shot at Kawhi? We could also do some things with those picks. This is not about trading LeBron away for some petty reason... I really think both deals leave us in a better place for the future. The HOU deal probably gives Lebron a better shot at winning one last title next season than he'll have here and before he starts to fade. Win-win for everyone.
I get that these give us a good future, but there are two huge assumptions here. 1. Kawhi wants to come here without Lebron, which means we are not contending. 2. We wouldn't have a bright future keeping Lebron. If he plays out his contract, we have a great chance to contend the next 3 seasons and have a lot of room to maneuver once his money comes off the books.
I don't disagree... but every proposed trade or signing that we talk about has elements of uncertainty and assumption baked in until the player signs on the dotted line, right? The really unrealistic part of those 2 scenarios I listed is getting Houston/Nets to give up all the assets we want and getting LeBron to agree to go... but signing Kawhi is something we're already considering a possibility and is no less "unrealistic" than thinking we'll sign both AD and Kyrie... or hoping KD will join to help further LeBron's legacy... or that Klay will leave GSW... or that players will take less than the maxes they can get.
Anyway, my point is simply this... if such a trade for LeBron were a possibility, it is not automatically a bad thing for the FO to make it or for fans to consider it. Also, I wanted to show the person who thinks that people want to trade LeBron simply because we're "haters" that there are other reasons why some may want a trade, i.e., we may (rightly or wrongly) have different ideas about what is good for the Lakers' future.
trablos wrote:
I get that these give us a good future, but there are two huge assumptions here. 1. Kawhi wants to come here without Lebron, which means we are not contending. 2. We wouldn't have a bright future keeping Lebron. If he plays out his contract, we have a great chance to contend the next 3 seasons and have a lot of room to maneuver once his money comes off the books.
I can agree with that too... but I disagree with part of your bullet point #1. You can't say that if LeBron is not here then it automatically means we're not contending. We might not contend even if he is here.
1ngr4m wrote:
Think you got the Centers backwards buddy, had me confused wondering who tf Allen was on the Rockets
Oops! Was watching the games as I typed that. Editing it now.
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Go ahead & Pre Order/Customize your Kawhi Leonard, Lakers Jersey he’s definitely headed to The Lakers.
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Why do u keep quoting that idiot? He’s probably just a 13 year old kid. He doesn’t even know that you can’t order a Jersey with current players names from other teams. Anyone who knows basketball would know that _________________ Billions Billions Billions
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