NBA execs: Klutch Sports is the cause of Bulls/Lavine drama

OkcSinceSGA · Post #1 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:40 pm

UcanUwill · Post #2 » by **UcanUwill** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:43 pm

didnt know there was Lavine/Bulls drama, but ok.

Pennebaker · Post #3 » by **Pennebaker** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:44 pm

A lot of this is coming from the agents, where they want to not only get him paid but raise his profile at the same time... No one was talking about Zach. Now everyone is. Mission accomplished.

Klutch is doing their job, in other words.

eyeatoma · Post #4 » by **eyeatoma** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:49 pm

Pennebaker wrote:
A lot of this is coming from the agents, where they want to not only get him paid but raise his profile at the same time... No one was talking about Zach. Now everyone is. Mission accomplished.

Klutch is doing their job, in other words.

By doing their job, you mean like what they did with Ben Simmons lol?

Klutch is a stain on the NBA.

rapstarter · Post #5 » by **rapstarter** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:52 pm

Maybe the Ben Simmons drama was also to raise his profile in preparation for the 2025 free agency.

bearadonisdna · Post #6 » by **bearadonisdna** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:53 pm

Zach has been great to the bulls .
Being team friendly and stuff.
Now with klutch you know it was about to get ‘klutch friendly’

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #7 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:57 pm

Ah, the 'ol any pub is better than no pub tactic mastered by the likes of Don Trump

Warned: derailing

eyeatoma · Post #8 » by **eyeatoma** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:59 pm

rapstarter wrote:Maybe the Ben Simmons drama was also to raise his profile in preparation for the 2025 free agency.

If Kyrie Irving who is 50 times the player Ben Simmons is, is about to be let go by the Nets, I'm not sure what hope there is for Ben Simmons. These players are committing career suicide with the stands they are taking. Zach LaVine, I have no issues with at the moment, he is 100% free to choose where he wants to go. What I have an issue with is Klutch trying to have a say on this. Lakers are already talked about as a destination for him. Klutch has always farmed players for LeBron so he can go Chip hunting. Once he retires, I'm not sure what happens, but if their past behavior is anything to go by, I won't be surprised with anything else they try to do.

orlando_joe · Post #9 » by **orlando_joe** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:59 pm

Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Ah, the 'ol any pub is better than no pub tactic mastered by the likes of Don Trump

get help

Romeiro Celtic · Post #10 » by **Romeiro Celtic** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:00 pm

Klutch Sports is to the NBA what Mino Raiola was to football (or soccer if you're american).

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #11 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:00 pm

orlando_joe wrote:
Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Ah, the 'ol any pub is better than no pub tactic mastered by the likes of Don Trump

get help

Sup?

levon · Post #12 » by **levon** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:01 pm

drama? pay him and he stays.

report: NBA agents think executives are the cause of player-organization drama

ATRAIN53 · Post #13 » by **ATRAIN53** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:02 pm

fine by me if they want to create drama and drive his price up.

I like him, he's a nice player, hard worker and talented. I hope he secures his bag.

but I won't be crying if it's not with the Bulls because I don't think he's worth 40+ million per year.....
That's a lot of $$$ and time to tie up in ANY player.

I like players playing for the bag.
I don't think players who have the bag don't play as hard.

He's a perfect fit on the Lakers if you ask me.

Statlanta · Post #14 » by **Statlanta** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:17 pm

Klutch Sports is a real nuisance, I wonder if they get kicked to the curb once LeBron retires

LAL1947 · Post #15 » by **LAL1947** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:21 pm

Statlanta wrote:Klutch Sports is a real nuisance, I wonder if they get kicked to the curb once LeBron retires

They have too many clients for that to happen.

azcatz11 · Post #16 » by **azcatz11** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:24 pm

What's funny are the people who deny that Lebron is involved in Klutch.

Listen to the most recent BS podcast when he interviewed Jalen Green. Green said the ONLY time Lebron reached out to him was before the draft and before his agent was hired. LOL

kenwood3333 · Post #17 » by **kenwood3333** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:24 pm

Lavine was good, until he got injuired, his health is a huge question mark moving forward.

Post #18 » by **Michael Jackson** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:25 pm

UcanUwill wrote:didnt know there was Lavine/Bulls drama, but ok.

Don't think there is honestly. Bulls want to pay him if he doesn't want to play for him then that is that. Don't think Klutch, Bulls or Zach are creating any "drama" outside of the normal "star" free agency thing. Klutch is just making sure their guy gets paid. Klutch and the Bulls worked out Ball last year too so it isn't like they don't have history working. Seems like someone wants clickbait.

bongmarley · Post #19 » by **bongmarley** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:27 pm

Klutch did same thing with Nick nurse and the Lakers. Floated Nurse's name as candidate to coach Lakers even though there was no chance just to get their clients name out into the media. That seems to be their strategy to drum up noise.

i can see this working both good sometimes and horrible others because it just causes distraction.

bearadonisdna · Post #20 » by **bearadonisdna** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:32 pm

ATRAIN53 wrote:fine by me if they want to create drama and drive his price up.

I like him, he's a nice player, hard worker and talented. I hope he secures his bag.

but I won't be crying if it's not with the Bulls because I don't think he's worth 40+ million per year.....
That's a lot of $$$ and time to tie up in ANY player.

I like players playing for the bag.
I don't think players who have the bag don't play as hard.

He's a perfect fit on the Lakers if you ask me.

There’s instances where guys need the pay to make the play.
If you want superstar play then the guy should be paid as a superstar .

If the bulls want superstar production from Zach they shouldn’t have a problem paying him but it hurts when the player and agency wants to extract every red cent .

Now :
We can say the franchises problem .Should a player take less to promote better team building ?
A GOAT player like Brady did do this and had team success to show for it.

Do we believe that with the bulls? Not sure they have earned that trust . A franchise fan just cohort your savings . In the end the onus is on the franchise to ‘manage the cap .’

In conclusion : guess I’m being pro player despite the fact these contracts can be albatross to a franchise