Wojnarowski: LeBron's camp reaching out to Lakers

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Wojnarowski: LeBron's camp reaching out to Lakers 

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Post#2 » by Jedi32 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:38 am

yeah it was about kcp i think
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Post#3 » by LakerLegend » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:43 am

Jedi32 wrote:yeah it was about kcp i think


Watch the link, there's more going on.
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Post#4 » by Birdie » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:46 am

:yawn:

This "story" is so overblown, it's laughable to the amount of speculation Woj and co. have tried to fan on this non-existent flame to fit "their" narrative.

OMG, Rob Pelinka is talking to Rich Paul...cuz they just signed KCP but people interpret that as, "Oh, LBJ to Lakers interest"...smh.

God, this is going to be annoying for the next year. Thanks LeBron. Can't even have 1 non-drama like year, win or lose.
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Post#5 » by Birdie » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:49 am

Lakerfan17 wrote:
Jedi32 wrote:yeah it was about kcp i think


Watch the link, there's more going on.


Actually, it was Woj creating clickbait since he's AS plugged into LBJ's camp as you or I are. When it comes to LBJ "stories" and Woj, his track record is pretty suspect but so far, he's doing his job and making the headlines over speculation/innuendo. That's why ESPN paying him the big bucks.
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Post#6 » by LakerLegend » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:50 am

Birdie wrote:
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Jedi32 wrote:yeah it was about kcp i think


Watch the link, there's more going on.


Actually, it was Woj creating clickbait since he's AS plugged into LBJ's camp as you or I are. When it comes to LBJ "stories" and Woj, his track record is pretty suspect but so far, he's doing his job and making the headlines over speculation/innuendo. That's why ESPN paying him the big bucks.


He doesn't need to have sources with LeBron.

Just who LeBron and his people are talking to..
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Post#7 » by smartyz456 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:58 am

I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker
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Post#8 » by zimpy27 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:02 am

smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker


I'm sure they Lakers organisation agrees :lol: :lol:
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Post#9 » by dc » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:02 am

smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker


Please.

You'd be swinging on his nuts after his first triple double.
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Post#10 » by Sofia » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:05 am

smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker

Magic got a tough decision to make..

does he want Lebron James, a top 3 all time player

or Smartyz456, a guy who named himself after an inferior candy.
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Post#11 » by Luigi » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:09 am

Lakerfan17 wrote:http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=20105969

Image


Is that the kid from dennis the menace movie?
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Post#12 » by Birdie » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:18 am

Lakerfan17 wrote:
Birdie wrote:
Lakerfan17 wrote:
Watch the link, there's more going on.


Actually, it was Woj creating clickbait since he's AS plugged into LBJ's camp as you or I are. When it comes to LBJ "stories" and Woj, his track record is pretty suspect but so far, he's doing his job and making the headlines over speculation/innuendo. That's why ESPN paying him the big bucks.


He doesn't need to have sources with LeBron.

Just who LeBron and his people are talking to..


Well, I'm unaware that "LeBron" himself has "talked" to the LAL. That's news to me for that claim to even be made.

However, it's even funnier that people thinking Rich Paul talking to the LAL means by extension, that's "talking" to LeBron as well. And even if that were so, Rob Pelinka/Magic would be toeing the line of tampering and I think those 2 are smart enough to not even go there.

LAL didn't give KCP 18mil out of the kindness of their heart. If anything, they got a bargain for a really good player cuz he was 1) available and 2) they had the cap space to burn. The fact people trying to make it more than it is, quite frankly, is pretty funny to me. However, more power to those that buy into the illumanti woulda, coulda, shoulda's...I'm sure it won't be the last we hear of it. Knowing LBJ, he'll most likely welcome it cuz he knows how to play the game like a grandmaster. I just hope ya'll LAL folk are at least preparing yourself to be disappointed though. Don't get your hopes up too high since ya'll been down this road with other "premium" FA linked to great LaLa land. Going back and reading all the LAL fans' that bombarded us with KLove to LAL back in '15, to go back and read those posts, man oh man, just comedy gold.

But hey, if by some pigs flying miracle LAL lands LBJ, I'll be the 1st to say congrats. At the very least, Pelinka/Magic turning the ship around post-Kobe and at least putting LAL back on the map in the end. IMO, a strong LAL/BOS/NY, is good for the entire league from a competitive/media market standpoint. If it takes LBJ to do it to get LAL back, I'm fine with it. As many CLE folk have said, we got our chip, if he leaves a 2nd time, I think most of us are at peace with it.
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Post#13 » by C3H6N6O6 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:21 am

smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker

Why are you describing Kobe? Stop hating Kobe. You are a Lakers fan. Have some self-respect.

You hate cheaters and yet i bet you liked those 2009 and 2010 Lakers championship on which Kobe won FMVP.
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Post#14 » by LakerLegend » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:24 am

Alright let's stop attacking each other.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions of players.
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Post#15 » by SamSepiol » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:32 am

Hope there's more going on. Don't tell me Woj has gone "mainstream" if that's a thing.
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Post#16 » by C3H6N6O6 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:39 am

SamSepiol wrote:Hope there's more going on. Don't tell me Woj has gone "mainstream" if that's a thing.

Woj has written a lot of weird articles about LeBron in the past. The only thing Woj is good at is breaking trade news and FA signings. Even there he doesn't get any info from LeBron's camp. Maybe that is why he doesn't like LeBron.

Just yesterday he was saying that Kyrie doesn't have a voice because of LeBron and how team isn't built to suit Kyrie.
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Post#17 » by TheHartBreakKid » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:39 am

C3H6N6O6 wrote:
smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker

Why are you describing Kobe? Stop hating Kobe. You are a Lakers fan. Have some self-respect.

You hate cheaters and yet i bet you liked those 2009 and 2010 Lakers championship on which Kobe won FMVP.



one terrible post doesn't fix another terrible post. The GB's problem in a nutshell.


Completely think this is a non-story. Some of the Bron-LA stuff has made some sense, in a I doubt it happens but it's intriguing kind of way, but this just seems really unrelated to Lebron.


The only Lebron related conclusion that can be drawn from this story is that the Lakers have a good relationship with his agent, which makes Lebron to LA more likely by like a 0.5% chance.
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Post#18 » by C3H6N6O6 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:54 am

wafer88 wrote:
C3H6N6O6 wrote:
smartyz456 wrote:I don't want Lebron anywhere near the Lakers

A choking, flopping, cheating, arrogant douchebag like him doesn't deserve to be a Laker

Why are you describing Kobe? Stop hating Kobe. You are a Lakers fan. Have some self-respect.

You hate cheaters and yet i bet you liked those 2009 and 2010 Lakers championship on which Kobe won FMVP.



one terrible post doesn't fix another terrible post. The GB's problem in a nutshell.


Completely think this is a non-story. Some of the Bron-LA stuff has made some sense, in a I doubt it happens but it's intriguing kind of way, but this just seems really unrelated to Lebron.


The only Lebron related conclusion that can be drawn from this story is that the Lakers have a good relationship with his agent, which makes Lebron to LA more likely by like a 0.5% chance.

The truth is that even LeBron doesn't know where to go till next year's playoffs end.
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Post#19 » by dc » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:18 am

C3H6N6O6 wrote:The only thing Woj is good at is breaking trade news and FA signings.


Well, there was this little article about 18 months ago when everyone dismissed it as clickbait.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--warriors-serious-threat-to-sign-kevin-durant-182559375.html

Even Warrior fans were calling it rubbish, talking non-sense about how they didn't need KD and such; how he'd ruin their chemistry and signing him would destroy the team's depth.....LOL
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Post#20 » by dc » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:25 am

C3H6N6O6 wrote:The truth is that even LeBron doesn't know where to go till next year's playoffs end.


Oh, no doubt. He'll make his annual assessment of where things stand at the end of the season, as he always does.

But I wouldn't doubt that he's having his people doing back channel research and due diligence on a perspective location. A guy like Lebron who is constantly charting the best route for his career always does that.

It's what another big FA did the previous year before the season ended:
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/02/07/report-kevin-durant-has-done-his-due-diligence-on-the-bay-area/
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