Aren't you sick of having an old team?

[yitur]

OP, I've agreed with your views for quite some time. However, the experience that comes with aged players is invaluable. Though when you see young teams like OKC running everyone out of the arena, it makes you wish you could have that too.

Luckily, LA is the best destination for any FA and can easily yield those young players once the current salaries are off the book.

Thx man, by this thread I meant, of course I would love to see Howard-Love-Rondo in 2015 FA, but I would love it even more if we get some steals in draft may be a high pick, because that's how first and second Lakers Dynasties were built 80s Magic-Worthy 00s Kobe.

[AI]

OP, I've agreed with your views for quite some time. However, the experience that comes with aged players is invaluable. Though when you see young teams like OKC running everyone out of the arena, it makes you wish you could have that too.

Luckily, LA is the best destination for any FA and can easily yield those young players once the current salaries are off the book.

Thx man, by this thread I meant, of course I would love to see Howard-Love-Rondo in 2015 FA, but I would love it even more if we get some steals in draft may be a high pick, because that's how first and second Lakers Dynasties were built 80s Magic-Worthy 00s Kobe.

As you may already know, in order to get those young franchise players through the draft, the Lakers would need to tank. This organization is not known as a tanking organization. The only way fans can expect to get this franchise player is through free agency once salary is cleared.

[DEEP3CL]

The "old" mantra is really being overstated. A players peak years are between 28-34, the average age of most NBA championship teams is usually in the range of 29-30+. The problems with our team is from a structural standpoint.

I think some fans look at teams like OKC or the Clippers and some of the other young teams that are having regular season success and think that this is the new model. I can almost bet anybody thousands that before OKC wins a title they're top core players will have aged maybe 3 close to 4 years from now. Now I can end up being wrong about that seeing as the game is evolving differently now, but that's just how I see it because that's how its been.

But the Lakers will never get the chance to build a team from scratch using a young core, last time that happened was during the period after Showtime. Basically we had no choice any, no star at the time wanted to come here in a rebuild situation.

But what was born from that was West drafting guys that wanted to start something new, they played hard and so enough the fans came back and embraced the team. We may have to got through another period like that again.

[JustAwesome]

Only a small amount of the fan base could weather a storm like the rebuilding period during the early 1990s.

[Asianiac_24]

I'm sick of having players who seems like they don't give a ****. Just trade those guys away and get guys who are willing to compete and live with the results, no one is going to win every year but at least show some effort. Also sick of MDA and his useless system

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

The Clippers are doing it right.

The Clippers really are the model franchise. They executed perfectly the plan of:
1. Hang out in the lottery for 20-30 years.
2. Finally win the #1 pick in a year when there is a clear, and very good #1 player (ie, not 1998).
3. Have the commish veto a trade to get a 2nd star to pair with your #1 pick.
4. Trade away any other #1 overall picks you may get because you don't want to get to greedy, making sure as owner to not protect the pick because you can't take looking at the chucker you gave a max deal for another second, even though you do enjoy heckling him.
5. Fire the GM who acquired your best player and built the only perennial playoff team in franchise history if he won't resign for a salary far below league average.

[PandGneverfold]

Re: "Clippers are doing it right"

and they only had to do it wrong for 30 years first

My thoughts exactly.

[So Gutta]

I just think D'Antoni has proven himself to be a poor fit for this team.

Now he wants Raja Bell - give me a freaking break! He's straight up delusional.

[Jakay]

I don't really car how old or young the team is. It's nice to watch a player grow with a team throughout his career, but at the end of the day, I care a lot more about watching a good talented team play well together than their age.

[GeneralNash]

I don't really car how old or young the team is. It's nice to watch a player grow with a team throughout his career, but at the end of the day, I care a lot more about watching a good talented team play well together than their age.

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[GeneralNash]

And what is funny is dwight has been one of the worst players and he is the youngest.

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