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zimpy27 wrote:milesfides wrote:Lose Lebron, Kawhi comes home. It's like trading Lebron for Kawhi, a true 2-way MVP DPOY candidate in his prime.
If your goal is to build a contender, it's better to keep capspace open for the future than commit to failure by landing a 2nd tier player, e.g., Jimmy Butler.
Jimmy Butler has led SG position in the league in RPM for the past 4 seasons. What do you define as being 2nd tier? He's pretty underrated and he's being played as 3rd fiddle in Philly. He's a legit 2nd option and great 2-way player. The defense of Lonzo, Butler, Ingram would be the best backcourt in the NBA.
I think he will be the best available player, he's the most consistent and hardest working as well. I thought you might be behind this.
Matteok93 wrote:I wonder why nobody has discussed the chances of LeBron and Durant teaming up with the Lakers?
I agree its crazy thinking Durant would leave the Dubs, but it's definitely not impossible. We will have the cap space.
Imagine that lineup: Lonzo facilitating for the 2 greatest players in the world, then add on Kuzma, Ingram, Hart, the newly acquired FRP, and whoever else. that would beat any other team in the league.
Obviously, it's unlikely, but you can never say never in the NBA, the mecca of roster transaction drama.
Oh btw, who did LeBron pick first for his all-star team?
Go Lakers and happy Friday!
USA Celtics in full effect. Amazing chemistry building experience right there for the main core of the team
milesfides wrote:zimpy27 wrote:milesfides wrote:Lose Lebron, Kawhi comes home. It's like trading Lebron for Kawhi, a true 2-way MVP DPOY candidate in his prime.
If your goal is to build a contender, it's better to keep capspace open for the future than commit to failure by landing a 2nd tier player, e.g., Jimmy Butler.
Jimmy Butler has led SG position in the league in RPM for the past 4 seasons. What do you define as being 2nd tier? He's pretty underrated and he's being played as 3rd fiddle in Philly. He's a legit 2nd option and great 2-way player. The defense of Lonzo, Butler, Ingram would be the best backcourt in the NBA.
I think he will be the best available player, he's the most consistent and hardest working as well. I thought you might be behind this.
A few reasons. One, Jimmy Butler has slipped in defense for two straight seasons now, since he left Chicago. From elite to mediocre.
Second, and relatedly, he’s 29 and played a lot of hard minutes under Thiboddeau, like Luol Deng, Joaquim Noah, Derrick Rose. He ran those guys into the ground, and I think that Butler has old legs, which is costing him on defense.
Third, you simply cannot pay max money to second tier stars and expect to win anything. Max money needs to be spent on MVP, DPOY candidates, if you intend on being a contender.
Fourth, like Kawhi, Butler doesn’t want to play with Lebron. This has been reported.
Fifth, he’s been disruptive and a poor leader. What happened in Minnesota is not completely unlike what is happening in LA with Lebron. When star players’ windows start closing, they can get desperate, insecure, and destructive.
Last, I think Brandon Ingram outplayed him head to head over four games this year. And Ingram is still under contract for 7m next season. That makes him incredibly valuable, and why would I give up on how much more he can give me for that price than a 30+ year old Butler at 30+ million a year?
TKainZero wrote:I feel like the lakers are the only fan base that lebron cannot pull this bs on
If he gets Luke fired, there are going to be very long time laker fans that will never forgive lebron.
At no point this season has lebron endeared himself to the laker fans.
Even rondo, who laker fans hate, became true laker purp and gold after only a few games
Denis Rodman, Mitch Richmond, glen rice, and even JR rider had better laker moments!
dockingsched wrote:TKainZero wrote:I feel like the lakers are the only fan base that lebron cannot pull this bs on
If he gets Luke fired, there are going to be very long time laker fans that will never forgive lebron.
At no point this season has lebron endeared himself to the laker fans.
Even rondo, who laker fans hate, became true laker purp and gold after only a few games
Denis Rodman, Mitch Richmond, glen rice, and even JR rider had better laker moments!
It’s pretty sad to see Lakers fans talk about “LeBron getting luke fired”, when Magic is the one that makes that final call and Magic was the one that ripped into Luke just 8 games into the season and Magic is the one by all reports that wants to bring in his own coach.
Really hope fans aren’t just going to let Magic slide as if he’s not the one in charge.
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wco81 wrote:Well he should be able to choose his own coach.
And this is only his first full year of being in charge so I'm sure it will get overlooked.
But if a year from now the Lakers are against struggling to even get into the playoffs ...
snaquille oatmeal wrote:WTH is going on at the GB?
Before the trade deadline every body was pooping on the Lakers youngins, now they are saying that NO messed up by not doing the trade cause BI may be better than Tatum.
A real head scratcher for me
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1811866
wco81 wrote:Well he should be able to choose his own coach.
And this is only his first full year of being in charge so I'm sure it will get overlooked.
But if a year from now the Lakers are against struggling to even get into the playoffs ...
snaquille oatmeal wrote:Question for the trade experts: obviously NO won’t trade AD to the Lakers, but what’s stopping another team trading for AD and then trading him back to us? What’s the timeline? Who would do it?
BB_Fan wrote:There is a generation gap in the team. Do you think Kuzma, Ingram,Hart or Lonzo will hang out with Lebron outside of court like going to a club or spending vacation time together like Lebron, CP3, Melo, Wade.
You need to get more matured players to play with lebron so lebron can lead them.
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