Ramona Shelburne: Don't Sell Lakers Short

[Kilroy]

Kobe's Melo Love.... Book it.

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/482316677548613633[/tweet]

[Dr Aki]

Kobe's Melo Love.... Book it.

cant afford love next year with melo on the books

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/482561369339092992[/tweet]

The market is set for Pau Gasol now. He wont get paid more than 10mill tops now IMO

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http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11143471/los-angeles-lakers-prepared-go-all-free-agency-mitch-kupchak-says

"We're prepared," Kupchak said late Thursday night after the Lakers hosted an NBA draft event at their practice facility. "If any of those players do want to make a move, we're prepared. And if we get word, when we're allowed to get word, we will go all out."

"There's only so much you can do," Kupchak said. "The rules, at least financially, are such that for a max, max player, you're talking taking $30 [million], $35 million less to make a move. There are some players that are willing to do that, and some players just aren't. But we are prepared with enough space to be aggressive."

"We're still going to pitch that this is a championship franchise and that's going to be our goal," Kupchak said. "As long as Kobe is on this team, we have to believe that we can contend for a championship."

[Run-MKE 311]

I want so bad to see the Lakers make a splash here in some form...just not sure right now how that gets done.

I like the thought of Melo & Love as an answer to Wade/Bron/Bosh...but at this point I cannot see the clear path to that all happening.