Will Dwight stay with us, will Dwight leave us?
Sounds silly, but the Lakers will have to rebuild some time. Even though I truly believe the Lakers never rebuild, they just...reload

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Slava wrote:I pulled a hammy while fapping. I won't make fun of Nash.
TruSkool wrote:kyrie irving, kevin love
SmartWentCrazy wrote:It's extremely unlikely that they end up in the top 3.They're probably better off trying to win and giving Philly the 8th pick than tanking and giving them the 4th.
briansaddleback wrote:2014-15:
Dwight
Pau
Ron Artest (he will change his name back)
Rondo
Lebron
Off the bench:
Anthony Davis
Mo Williams
Bubstubbler wrote:Here's what I think is not entirely unlikely:
1) 2013 -- Howard re-signs;
2) 2014 -- Kobe and Pau re-sign for tiny contracts (like vet min range) to allow management to have huge cap space to build a mega team around them, thereby allowing them to continue winning titles and having enormous amounts of fun;
3) 2014 -- Lakers sign LeBron and Melo (if Kobe and Pau are willing to take $2m apiece just so Lakers can sign LeBron and Melo, I could definitely see those two guys signing for a discount to make a mega team happen, especially since by 'discount' I mean they still get to sign long-term contracts starting around $14m)
So here's what the core would look like:
Nash
Kobe
LeBron
Melo/Pau
Howard
And the payroll would look approximately like this:
20 - Howard
14 - LeBron
14 - Melo
9 - Nash
2 - Kobe
2 - Pau
4 - six minimum salary backups
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$65m (I'm guesstimating a $65m cap in summer 2014)
Then Mitch will find some way to hypnotize Minny into trading Love for Nash/filler/picks the next summer, yielding this in 2015:
LeBron
Kobe
Melo
Love/Pau
Howard
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
TruSkool wrote:kyrie irving, kevin love