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Dude...WE WANT PLAYOFFS!!!
But the Lakers are not going to win the title this year. Plus, the roster is quite old, and could need a young player to star alongside Dwight Howard in the future.
But the Lakers are not going to win the title this year. Plus, the roster is quite old, and could need a young player to star alongside Dwight Howard in the future.
Suns get their lottery pick (steve nash trade)
Would it be best to miss the postseason to position yourself to possibly land a lottery pick, or secure the No. 8 seed and lose in the first round?
Playoffs but right now, it don't really matter.
We not beating the #1 (8th place) or the #2(7th place) team in the WEST in a 4 game series.
There are no players in the draft that are worth the LAKERS getting excited about picking. We can do a whole lot better going the Free-Agency route and know what we getting before hand. Like Barkley said, name one of these one and dones or draft picks that came out early last year that have MADE A BIG IMPACT on their teams.
Just one.
Playoffs but right now, it don't really matter.
We not beating the #1 (8th place) or the #2(7th place) team in the WEST in a 4 game series.
There are no players in the draft that are worth the LAKERS getting excited about picking. We can do a whole lot better going the Free-Agency route and know what we getting before hand. Like Barkley said, name one of these one and dones or draft picks that came out early last year that have MADE A BIG IMPACT on their teams.
Just one.
nobody of that caliber is in this years draft....maybe next year but not this year.Tough to answer within the 1st season, but look at what John Wall, Kyrie Irving, Griffin, and Derrick Rose etc have done over a few seasons.
nobody of that caliber is in this years draft....maybe next year but not this year.
Aren't the Lakers over the luxury tax? It will be difficult for them to sign a top tier free agent with hefty salaries already on the roster.
Not if we cut dead weight that should have been cut years ago. There are no excuses after this season not to revamp the entire team. Time to pull a "Mark Cuban" and began a dumping of players.
Dude...WE WANT PLAYOFFS!!!
Suns get their lottery pick (steve nash trade)
Not if we cut dead weight that should have been cut years ago. There are no excuses after this season not to revamp the entire team. Time to pull a "Mark Cuban" and began a dumping of players.
Why? You ain't going to win nothing in the playoffs. The Lakers should do two things. Miss the playoffs. Then tell Kobe he has to take a major pay cut next season so they can sign some players or else. They have to start thinking about the FUTURE. They are not good enough to win the whole thing with these guys they have.
But since they are the Lakers and can attract Free Agents, they need to clean some house and also tell Stern as a parting gift as he retire to manipulate the draft where they get a top 5 pick if they miss the playoffs. LOL.
And the Mavs are no closer to winning the championship. Dallas cut salary with the hopes of landing Dwight Howard and/or Deron Williams. That didn't happen. Howard is likely to stay in Los Angeles, and Williams re-signed with the Nets. The summer of 2014, when LeBron can choose to opt out of his current deal in Miami, is a time teams are preparing for.
The Lakers already have $79.6 million committed to eight players for the 2013-14 season. Assuming they re-sign Howard next summer to a maximum contract that calls for him to make $20.5 million in the first year, that bumps the Lakers payroll over $100 million.
If their final payroll was $105 million, that would put them $32 million over the league's projected tax threshold of $73 million, triggering a tax of $94.5 million and putting the team on the hook for a staggering total of $199.5 million — a 55.9% increase over the total for this season with essentially the same group of core players.
The Lakers have one untapped financial tool at their disposal, designed to help teams reduce their luxury tax burdens: the so-called amnesty clause. It allows teams to waive one player, paying his salary while being relieved of the associated tax costs.
The only Lakers who can be waived via the amnesty clause per league rules are Bryant, Gasol, Metta World Peace or Steve Blake. That makes World Peace the most likely candidate to be cut because the erratic small forward is owed $7.7 million in 2013-14, when he will be 34.
I say playoffs because as a Laker die-hard, I will enjoy watching (at least) 4 more games after the regular season. :lol:
All that other stuff I will worry about later. :lol:
I wouldn't mind too much if the Lakers missed the playoffs just so long as they get rid of D'Antoni. If the Lakers make the playoffs, it might help them keep his no-defense coaching ***.
Gotcha. The Lakers will do something no doubt. My peeps out in LA for the first time are saying it is time for Kobe to take that pay cut or be gone so they can rebuild. I was like whoa! Really? Yall are Kobe lovers. They were like, he ain't bigger than the franchise. It comes a time for everybody to go. I guess I can see their point. Kobe is going to have to ask himself is a 6th ring more important than making 25 plus million and hamstringing the Lakers from having money to sign some real help for him. Plus I think as long as Kobe is on that team, Dwight Howard is going to play up and down because he is punked by Kobe. LOL.
NBA contracts can't be restructured to save th team money. All they can do is Amnesty him, which makes him a free agent that they could re-sign for less... but he still gets all his money regardless.