turk3d wrote:LApwnd wrote:turk3d wrote:I'd offer David Lee + Andris Biedrins or Richard Jefferson. Works great for the Lakers if they keep Dwight (Dwight masks Lee's defensive liabilities and Lee masks Dwights offensive).
A team of
Nash
Kobe
Metta (or other)
Lee
Howard
seems like it would mesh well.
Gasol gives the Warriors an improved post player and an equally good passer which they need.
no thx, more money to pay to lee/whoever this upcoming season and waste our cap room for 2014/2015, not worth it for a player like Lee.
Hate to break it to you, but you're cap problem isn't 2014/15, it's next year (you have less than $10M on the books for 2014/15). If you are able to sign Dwight, you go way over and pay 2nd year offender taxes. If you don't then you basically might as well tank next year. With what you have this next year, Lee would be minimal in 2014/15.
Even if you release all the players who you have options on next year (getting you probably right at the lux line) as soon as you sign someone decent (which you will in order to field a team) you're going back over. So whatever you do, you're between a rock and hard place. Your team needs a direction and with all the uncertainly existing down in LA, I don't think you have one yet.
If you really want to move Gasol, then this is what's out there and from I've seen thus far, there aren't too many who are going to be willing to bail you guys out, unless they think they are being fairly compensated. You better be planning on amnestying some one, that's all I can say at this point but this is a reasonable offer compared to what's being put out there, like it or not.
you're offer is NO where close to a bail out, so i'm not sure what you're arguing here...you're adding more salary to our books for 2013/2014 and Lee will eat into 2014 cap space. He's not a player thats worth killing out cap plans for not even close, if anyone is getting bailed out its YOUR team by unloading Lee contract for a massive expiring.
