Lakers to sign Theo Ratliff: David Aldridge

Post #1 » by **Slava** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:57 pm

http://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/19289547011

Lakers 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.

notinbtnet · Post #2 » by **notinbtnet** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:59 pm

Lakers signed Theo Ratliff to be our backup C.

http://www.nba.com/news/features/aldridge.2010.freeagency/?ls=iref:nbahpt1#Ratliff

Flipdog69xxx · Post #3 » by **Flipdog69xxx** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:59 pm

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.

-Spyda- · Post #4 » by **-Spyda-** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm

bad one..

KingLakers · Post #5 » by **KingLakers** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm

It has nothing to do with Barnes they gave Ratliff the vets minimum the money for Barnes is still there.

LApwnd · Post #6 » by **LApwnd** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:07 pm

WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.

KingLakers · Post #7 » by **KingLakers** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:08 pm

Ratliff actually did pretty well with the Bobcats after he was traded there by the Spurs.

Atmanne · Post #8 » by **Atmanne** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:09 pm

LApwnd wrote:WTF, NOOOO!!!!! Mitch dropped the ball on this one.

How?

LApwnd · Post #9 » by **LApwnd** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:11 pm

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.

Dr Aki · Post #10 » by **Dr Aki** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:11 pm

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.

KingLakers · Post #11 » by **KingLakers** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:14 pm

You know Lapwnd there aren't many people left that are much better than Benga at that position in free agency if any.

stunnar0b · Post #12 » by **stunnar0b** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:14 pm

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

KingLakers · Post #13 » by **KingLakers** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:16 pm

Some people here should look Ratliffs numbers last season when he went to the Bobcats he did pretty well there.

LApwnd · Post #14 » by **LApwnd** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:18 pm

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 :lol:

Venomspain · Post #15 » by **Venomspain** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:21 pm

Ratliff is a pretty good addition great signing fills our center role

-Spyda- · Post #16 » by **-Spyda-** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:21 pm

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

?

driver · Post #17 » by **driver** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:29 pm

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)

Rain_Maker · Post #18 » by **Rain_Maker** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:30 pm

-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

crazy8ights · Post #19 » by **crazy8ights** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:31 pm

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.

notinbtnet · Post #20 » by **notinbtnet** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:37 pm

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!