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The Los Angeles Lakers are one of several team preparing maximum-salary offer sheets for Jimmy Butler in free agency, league sources told RealGM.
Butler will be a restricted free agent this summer after the Chicago Bulls were unable to sign him to an extension. The Bulls can offer Butler an extra season in his contract.
Butler also won the NBA's Most Improved Player award this week.
inquisitive wrote:interesting...butler and rondo each for max.
luss54321 wrote:Chicago already said they will 100% match any offer Butler receives.
No chance he leaves
inquisitive wrote:interesting...butler and rondo each for max.
inquisitive wrote:interesting...butler and rondo each for max.
trustykilo wrote:And so is half the league. Weren't the lakers gonna offer Dragic the max too?
Teams with cap space know these young guys want their first BIG max contract. The biggest problem with the lakers is Kobe, he's still on the team, who knows when he will retire. Kobe has a history of degrading his team in the media/practices and putting most of the blame on teammates. He called this years team half filled with min contracts "soft", he called Dwight "soft", he probably was the one spreading the Pau Gasol is "soft" too. You know who wasn't soft? Shaq. Oh wait, he called him lazy and fat. But Dwight wasn't lazy or fat, oh let's call him "soft" instead. See where this is going? He always finds a way to talk **** about teammates and shift blame. That devalues team mates. Any free agent considering the lakers should see that. Down the road after he's blamed you for everything, how's that going to affect your NEXT contract? That's why any young player with brains isn't going to the Lakers until Kobe retires.
Maybe the Lakers can score Kevin Love this offseason when he heals from his dislocated shoulder. But I'm already calling that Kobe will call him "soft" before that season is over. There is no winning playing with Kobe. You can only lose.
PocketRockets wrote:trustykilo wrote:And so is half the league. Weren't the lakers gonna offer Dragic the max too?
Teams with cap space know these young guys want their first BIG max contract. The biggest problem with the lakers is Kobe, he's still on the team, who knows when he will retire. Kobe has a history of degrading his team in the media/practices and putting most of the blame on teammates. He called this years team half filled with min contracts "soft", he called Dwight "soft", he probably was the one spreading the Pau Gasol is "soft" too. You know who wasn't soft? Shaq. Oh wait, he called him lazy and fat. But Dwight wasn't lazy or fat, oh let's call him "soft" instead. See where this is going? He always finds a way to talk **** about teammates and shift blame. That devalues team mates. Any free agent considering the lakers should see that. Down the road after he's blamed you for everything, how's that going to affect your NEXT contract? That's why any young player with brains isn't going to the Lakers until Kobe retires.
Maybe the Lakers can score Kevin Love this offseason when he heals from his dislocated shoulder. But I'm already calling that Kobe will call him "soft" before that season is over. There is no winning playing with Kobe. You can only lose.
5 championships = Lose? Okay, I'm not a kobe fan, but you lost all credibility with that statement. I agree with everything else you said though, most players don't want to play with kobe, and that will be a negative, but LA has a draw that will entice some players. If they can get two big names to come, I don't see why they can't be good. Two decent players with kobe will be a good team. Butler will be matched by bulls.