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Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:57 pm
by Slava
http://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/19289547011Lakers planning 2 address likely loss of Josh Powell 2 ATL by signing veteran bigTheo Ratliff for one year, $1.3M. Story up soon on NBA.com.
Theo Ratliff = New Mbenga
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:59 pm
by notinbtnet
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:59 pm
by Flipdog69xxx
I honestly thought he was outta the league already haha. I'd rather have kurt thomas but oh well. doesn't look like Barnes is comin then.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm
by -Spyda-
bad one..
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm
by KingLakers
It has nothing to do with Barnes they gave Ratliff the vets minimum the money for Barnes is still there.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm
by LApwnd
WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:08 pm
by KingLakers
Ratliff actually did pretty well with the Bobcats after he was traded there by the Spurs.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:09 pm
by Atmanne
LApwnd wrote:WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.
How?
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:11 pm
by LApwnd
Atmanne wrote:LApwnd wrote:WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.
How?
theres BETTER option then this, yea he blocks shots but he no better then DJ at this point.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:11 pm
by Dr Aki
meh signing. vet's min. no risk, not that great reward for being a 3rd string center.
still, dj mbenga has turned into a cult hero. so i dont really like this move.
i can see the reasoning behind this signing, its so when bynum goes down again, we have sufficient defense from our center position, and at the vet's min, you can't really get much better than this.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:14 pm
by KingLakers
You know Lapwnd there aren't many people left that are much better than Benga at that position in free agency if any.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:14 pm
by stunnar0b
LApwnd wrote:Atmanne wrote:LApwnd wrote:WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.
How?
theres BETTER option then this, yea he blocks shots but he no better then DJ at this point.
relax im sure hes going to get a lot of DNP CD
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:16 pm
by KingLakers
Some people here should look Ratliffs numbers last season when he went to the Bobcats he did pretty well there.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:18 pm
by LApwnd
KingLakers wrote:You know Lapwnd there aren't many people left that are much better than Benga at that position in free agency if any.
I would've settled for DJ
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:21 pm
by Venomspain
Ratliff is a pretty good addition great signing fills our center role
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:21 pm
by -Spyda-
How much cap space the lakers have after this sign of Ratliff? what can the lakers do with the rest of the money? Brown ? S&D Barnes?
Fish - Blake
Kobe - Brown
Ron - Barnes - EBanks
Pau - Odom
AB - Caracter - Ratliff
?
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:29 pm
by driver
Lakers don't have any cap space. They ran outta that years ago. Brown is resignable with bird rights or Barnes is doable with the last of the MLE (1.7 M)
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:30 pm
by Rain_Maker
-LBJ- wrote:How much cap space the lakers have after this sign of Ratliff? what can the lakers do with the rest of the money? Brown ? S&D Barnes?
Fish - Blake
Kobe - Brown
Ron - Barnes - EBanks
Pau - Odom
AB - Caracter - Ratliff
?
we dont need a sign and trade for Barnes, we still have the 1.7 mil from MLE, we are signing Ratliff with the vet min
and in my opinion, i would put Ratliff in front of Caracter, Ratliff is a solid shot blocker, and i doubt we will sign Brown if we have signed Barnes, i see the laker roster for next season as
Fisher/Blake
Kobe/Sasha
Ron/Barnes/Luke/Ebanks
Pau/Odom/Caracter
AB/Ratliff
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:31 pm
by crazy8ights
I'd take Barnes.
As much as I hate Barnes, if dude has the nuts to go against mamba he'll go to war with anyone. He's decent at 3pt'ers too.
Re: Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:37 pm
by notinbtnet
I guess Theo is ok. Good shot blocker, but he's really, REALLY old. Personally I would have rather signed Kwame. Bottom line is 6'11, 270, 28 yrs old vs. 6'10, 235, 37 yrs old. I'll take youth and size. Plus Kwame's defense wasn't too shabby.
Now the final spot goes to Barnes or Brown. Our roster is more or less set. I'm ready for training camp to start. Let's go Lakers!