RamonSessions7 wrote:New front office
Yeah, I've had enough of the Rob Pelinka experience.
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RamonSessions7 wrote:New front office
mighty_duck wrote:loveshaq007 wrote:Cp3, Wiggins, Brandon, kuminga, and picks.... for LeBron, Gabe, and rui (and cwood and cam. if they opt in).. we waive cp3 (non guaranteed contract)..... we save helllllaaaa money!!!!
They removed that loophole about 7 years ago. Only the guaranteed portion of a player's contract counts when considering the trade.
The only way to make the trade work is by guaranteeing CP3's contract, but then no money will be saved.
Landsberger wrote:Burn it down and start over. You could add a great player to this team and you'll get the same results. The elephant in the room is LeBron. He dominates the offense no matter who's on the floor or who's coaching. He's nearly useless off the ball so Bron-Ball is all you get. He's not going to lead a team to another chip.
We just got a season where Davis and Bron were both 90% healthy... we won a couple more games than last year. The odds of that happening again are pretty slim. It's not getting better with this group.
That's what I want... what we'll see is first round picks going out for whoever can draft his kid... and a massive contract for LeBron to stay and sell some tickets.
Davis isn't going to lead a team anywhere either and the window on getting a haul for him is closing fast.
The management of Dr Buss's team by his kids is nothing short of disastrous.
Danny Darko wrote:especially at his age, I wish there was a way we could trade him. Don't forget the Westbrook trade was something he pushed for, too.
I don't hate the guy, I'm totally in awe of what he's doing, but this guy has nailed it hard:
Anderson Hunt wrote:Draft Bronny James.
Trade Reaves, Vincent, Vanderbilt, Hayes, and 2024 first-round pick for Zach Lavine.
Let Russell walk.
Resign James.
Resign Christie.
Resign Prince for BAE.
min-Dinwiddie, Biyombo, Howard, & Nwaba
out Russell - in Zach LaVine
out Reaves - in Bronny James
out Vincent - in Nwaba (or sim defender)
out Vanderbilt - in Biyombo
out Hayes - in Dwight Howard
PG - James ------- Dinwiddie - Schifino
SG - Christie ------ James ------ Lewis
C --- Davis ---------- Biyombo -- Howard
PF - Hachimura - Prince ------ Wood
SF - Reddish ------ LaVine ----- Nwaba
LaLover11 wrote:Anderson Hunt wrote:Draft Bronny James.
Trade Reaves, Vincent, Vanderbilt, Hayes, and 2024 first-round pick for Zach Lavine.
Let Russell walk.
Resign James.
Resign Christie.
Resign Prince for BAE.
min-Dinwiddie, Biyombo, Howard, & Nwaba
out Russell - in Zach LaVine
out Reaves - in Bronny James
out Vincent - in Nwaba (or sim defender)
out Vanderbilt - in Biyombo
out Hayes - in Dwight Howard
PG - James ------- Dinwiddie - Schifino
SG - Christie ------ James ------ Lewis
C --- Davis ---------- Biyombo -- Howard
PF - Hachimura - Prince ------ Wood
SF - Reddish ------ LaVine ----- Nwaba
Jalen Hood needs to get traded lol
Would you rather have Lavine vs Mitchell?
danfantastk32 wrote:Trade DLo and Rui.....for who? We just shopped DLo around. Zero interest.
Landsberger wrote: He's got over $140M in earnings. Lottery winners are less lucky that this clown.
Landsberger wrote:No one has ever thought to themselves.... "we're a DLo away" from anything.
Anderson Hunt wrote:Draft Bronny James.
Trade Reaves, Vincent, Vanderbilt, Hayes, and 2024 first-round pick for Zach Lavine.
Let Russell walk.
Resign James.
Resign Christie.
Resign Prince for BAE.
min-Dinwiddie, Biyombo, Howard, & Nwaba
out Russell - in Zach LaVine
out Reaves - in Bronny James
out Vincent - in Nwaba (or sim defender)
out Vanderbilt - in Biyombo
out Hayes - in Dwight Howard
PG - James ------- Dinwiddie - Schifino
SG - Christie ------ James ------ Lewis
C --- Davis ---------- Biyombo -- Howard
PF - Hachimura - Prince ------ Wood
SF - Reddish ------ LaVine ----- Nwaba
TylersLakers wrote:Alright, I've been doing some number crunching and this is our path forward to winning a Championship with Russell not on the roster.
As much as I'd love to have D-Lo on the team in the regular season, if we're serious about trying to win a Championship next season, he can't be on the team unless he's a 6th man. And from his comments and how he felt about coming off the bench this year, it sounds like he would need to be severely humbled to accept a 6th man role off the bench. If he truly wants to contribute to winning, that is where I think he'd be best.
LeBron:
1 A) Re-sign LeBron. As much as I'd love him to take less, he won't. So he'll opt-out (as reported) and re-sign a new deal to get a no trade clause. I would imagine it'll be a 2 or 3 year deal, either way his salary would start at $50.1M.
1 B) Draft Bronny James, 2nd round pick (#55): Hire a good player development staff and see what he turns into.
Trades:
2) Trade Vincent, JHS, Max Lewis, 2024 1st (#17), 2029 1st (unprotected) to Chicago for Alex Caruso and Jevon Carter.
3) Trade Rui, 2031 1st round pick (Top 3 protected), x2 2nd round picks to Brooklyn for Dorian Finney-Smith.
Free Agency:
4) Renounce D-Lo - This way we have access to the full mid-level exception worth around $13M.
5) Sign Andre Drummond, 2 year contract (player option 2nd year) starting at $6.5M
6) Sign Buddy Hield, 2 year contract (player option 2nd year) starting at $6.5M.
7) I would imagine Chris Paul gets waived, sign him to a veteran minimum. He's at that stage now.
8) Re-sign Max Christie, 3 year contract (player option on 3rd year) starting at $6M.
9) Reddish and Wood opt in, Hayes opts out.
Roster:
PG: Reaves/Paul/Carter
SG: Caruso/Hield/James
SF: DFS/Christie/Reddish
PF: LeBron/Vando/
C: AD/Drummond/Wood
LeBron: $50.1
AD: $43.2
DFS: $14.9
Reaves: $13.0
Vando: $10.7
Caruso: $9.9
Carter: $6.5
Drummond: $6.5
Hield: $6.5
Christie: $6.0
Paul: $3.3
Wood: $3.0
Reddish: $2.5
James: $1.2
We would still have enough room under the hard cap to add a buyout player mid-season. That's an extremely versatile line-up. I could also see other starting line-ups.
That's a line-up that's built to win in the playoffs. Point of attack defenders in Caruso, Vando, Reaves. The ability to start really big with Drummond or bring him off the bench. If we need shooting around LeBron and AD we could go with a lot of different options: Hield, Reaves, Caruso or DFS, Max, Wood. I do think Christian Wood will rebound and have a nice year next season. Regardless, we need to be a better rebounding team and Drummond helps with that significantly. I trust DFS more than Rui. He may not be the shooter or the hub of offense that Rui is, but he's a much better defender.
A situation like this would be perfect for Chris Paul. I could easily see him starting in a backcourt with Reaves and bringing Caruso off the bench like we did in 2020. However, that's not needed. He could come off the bench, play 15-20 MPG, take off nights and really build himself up to be a playoff player.
9 man rotation: LeBron, AD, Reaves, Caruso, DFS, Vando, Hield, Drummond, Paul. If anyone misses time, Max Christie slides in and plays. Jevon Carter, Wood up next. Couldn't care less of Reddish touches the court.
Coaching
I think it's really important we have a collection of basketball minds. I love the idea of JJ Reddick as a coach and even though he'd be a rookie coach, he has LeBron's respect and LeBron will be a guiding influence until he retires. Reddick is also a guy that could have some success early in a great situation and then by the time LeBron retires, he's earned his stripes as a coach. The other options: David Adelman, Kenny Atkinson, Mike Budenholzer, etc. You really think those guys are going to move the needle? I just don't see it. Those guys all might be better coaches right now, but I just see them being a Frank Vogel for a couple of years. We need to prioritize a long term option and the only options I see for that are Reddick, Adelman or someone like Sam Cassell who's been a successful assistant for many years.
I'd love to see a staff of:
HC: Reddick
Assistants: Terry Stotts, Alvin Gentry, Rajon Rondo, David Vanterpool (player development), Jerry Stackhouse (player development).
Gentry and Rondo both have relationships with AD. Gentry is well respected and would essentially fill the Lionel Hollins role in 2020.
TylersLakers wrote:Anderson Hunt wrote:Draft Bronny James.
Trade Reaves, Vincent, Vanderbilt, Hayes, and 2024 first-round pick for Zach Lavine.
Let Russell walk.
Resign James.
Resign Christie.
Resign Prince for BAE.
min-Dinwiddie, Biyombo, Howard, & Nwaba
out Russell - in Zach LaVine
out Reaves - in Bronny James
out Vincent - in Nwaba (or sim defender)
out Vanderbilt - in Biyombo
out Hayes - in Dwight Howard
PG - James ------- Dinwiddie - Schifino
SG - Christie ------ James ------ Lewis
C --- Davis ---------- Biyombo -- Howard
PF - Hachimura - Prince ------ Wood
SF - Reddish ------ LaVine ----- Nwaba
Oh man - I would NEVER trade Vando for Zach Lavine, let alone Reaves. Zach Lavine has zero impact on winning basketball games which is the whole point of this.
If the Bulls want us to take on Lavine, they better be the team that provides draft compensation.
Are you trying to be funny?