Is Duncan not retiring then? Spurs will be set for years if LMA works out for them. Poor Lillard though. That team was too green.
Btw, I think I read on Twitter that Majó wants to bring back the Gasol brothers as well as Ibaka to our basketball team if he wins the elections. Amazing if he pulled it off.
There weren't too many options out there tbh. Not only was LMA a pipe dream, keep in mind he didn't want to play center. DJ's choices were between the Clippers and Mavs. Robin Lopez got overpaid by the Knicks. That leaves the Lakers with Koufos and Hibbert. It's not too bad, the latter's only got a year left on his contract.
Oh well, another season of irrelevance incoming. The Laker's pick next year is only top 3 protected, so tanking is almost out of the question.
True ,and with next Salary Cap there will be very little chance for any European or Chinese teams to even compete with NBA for scrubs financiallyThat´s BS. Only a fool can promise that.
The years of Kobe carrying our team are over. I can't possibly see him do it at the age of 37.They aren't gonna tank intentionally but that roster could handle the Sixers a very high pick .unless Kobe became health and carry this team it can be possibly a top 6-8 pick or may be even higher.
Kupchak is a good GM though .may be he can pull something of his hat .but future short term doesn't look that good .Randle and Russel need to prove their worth for long term too.
Lakers have 4.6 million left now after this...
The years of Kobe carrying our team are over. I can't possibly see him do it at the age of 37.
Next year should be for player development. A line-up of Russell/Clarkson/Kobe/Randle/Hibbert looks decent, but there won't be much defense. Maybe if Upshaw turns out to be the second coming of Mutombo, we could grind out more wins than expected.
Mitch build a team that repeated two years ago. I trust his judgment.
Not a problem, Lakers probably won't re-sign Hibbert next year and Kobe's contract is up by that time.
They're taking another year off in wait for Durant, it's obvious. And it gives a rookie year off for D'Angelo to test him out with Kobe who apparently thinks he's gonna feature until he's 40...