Rumor: Team Has Inquired About Jennings & Monroe

Sofa King · Post #1 » by **Sofa King** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:19 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/554781925747859456[/tweet]

http://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-rumo ... 015/01/12/

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/01/lake ... nings.html

iamworthy · Post #2 » by **iamworthy** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:37 am

That scares me.

Post #3 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:40 am

iamworthy wrote:That scares me.

me too….we are talking about the grammar in the tittle right?

EdXDavis21 · Post #4 » by **EdXDavis21** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:41 am

I'm sure the Pistons are in a rush to trade players that are responsible for the season turnaround.... the Lakers are better off selling there players for draft picks .. but that is even unlikely.

Sofa King · Post #5 » by **Sofa King** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:44 am

snaquille oatmeal wrote:
iamworthy wrote:That scares me.

me too….we are talking about the grammar in the tittle right?

Fixed the tittle for you

Laker_Kid · Post #6 » by **Laker_Kid** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:44 am

id guess this quite a while ago. like when trading began in december.

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Michael Lucky · Post #7 » by **Michael Lucky** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:51 am

I don't think it's possible to stay far enough away from Jennings......

ArC_man · Post #8 » by **ArC_man** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:06 am

I misread "acquired"... *whew*

EdXDavis21 · Post #9 » by **EdXDavis21** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:14 am

If the Nuggets conceded the season... I wonder if the Lakers will do the same...... I wouldn't be shocked...

ChokeFasncists · Post #10 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:50 am

DET beat the Raptors, wow!

I guess they're not breaking the team up anymore. They could make the playoffs! It's the East!

Post #11 » by **dockingsched** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:48 am

Don't really care that the lakes inquired about these players, I'm sure teams discuss dozens of players that never become public and in isolation make little sense.

What concerns is that someone inside the organization thought leaking this info would make the lakers look good or that someone thought so little of the fan base that they thought this would appease their appetite for any news on the lakers trying to make moves.

ckman · Post #12 » by **ckman** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:36 am

Jennings , Kobe and Young on the same team :lol:

Penberthy · Post #13 » by **Penberthy** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:43 pm

ChokeFasncists wrote:DET beat the Raptors, wow!

I guess they're not breaking the team up anymore. They could make the playoffs! It's the East!

They are only 2 games out.

ak7 · Post #14 » by **ak7** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:49 pm

Jennings... a bucket of puke

Monroe... going to get near max and he's nowhere near that type of player

Those type of guys belong in Detroit, not LA.

PKABOOICU · Post #15 » by **PKABOOICU** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:23 pm

wtf, wheres the goran dragic, lance stephenson, marc gasol rumors at? I want some real players on this team…not sorry @$$ greg monroe and chucker brandon jennings

Post #16 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:28 pm

You only leak the names you have no chance of, and little interest in acquiring.

LApwnd · Post #17 » by **LApwnd** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:54 pm

even if its purposely leaked detail, mgmt. must be out of their dam mind inquiring about Jennings.

Post #18 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:45 pm

You pretty much have to inquire about everyone at this point... We're not targeting any one position, we're building assets and seeing if we can acquire a 'core'... If you get the right 2 or 3 other players, maybe Jennings is a good fit...

They pretty much try to start with a pool of possibilities and work it into an actionable plan. Regardless... It doesn't look like Jennings is available.

Michael Lucky · Post #19 » by **Michael Lucky** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:46 pm

We're not in a position to acquire players to get better right away unless you're looking to give up Randle or your future picks. We should be selling right now, not buying.

Post #20 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:56 pm

See, you can't say that with that level of certainty, because we all have limited information about the market... We're ALWAYS selling and we're ALWAYS buying, it just depends on the deal that pops up.
As Doc pointed out, there are drawbacks and benefits for keeping the pick this year vs giving it up and getting the one next year, etc... That's the way it always is.
The team is always trying to find that perfect combination of events that leads to improvement.

That said, I would say that selling right now is probably more likely given how difficult it is to complete one trade much less the multiple it would take to turn this team into something worth loosing the pick over. But that doesn't mean we don't look at every possible option to acquire players either...