Around the NBA Vol. 3 - THE END

[dean456]

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That's pretty good value for New Orleans.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Queen james is already turning 35 this December.

He'll get injured again this year watch, and Father Time will get his due.

[HeatFanLifer]

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That's pretty good value for New Orleans.

If AD leaves in 2020 offseason, Chalm team has no hope for half a decade.

[Chalm Down]

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That's pretty good value for New Orleans.

If AD leaves in 2020 offseason, Chalm team has no hope for half a decade.

My other bandwagon team, the atl gts, will be good by then. I'll just hop over

[Chalm Down]

The lonzo ball stans are up in arms about this trade

This is what they get for stanning a meme

[HeatFanLifer]

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That's pretty good value for New Orleans.

If AD leaves in 2020 offseason, Chalm team has no hope for half a decade.

My other bandwagon team, the atl gts, will be good by then. I'll just hop over

Top 5 reasons to not like Chalm:
5: ATL GT
4: Fees too high
3: Doesn’t clean front porch
2: Lebron fan
1: New Lakers GM

[Chalm Down]

If AD leaves in 2020 offseason, Chalm team has no hope for half a decade.

My other bandwagon team, the atl gts, will be good by then. I'll just hop over

Top 5 reasons to not like Chalm:
5: ATL GT
4: Fees too high
3: Doesn’t clean front porch
2: Lebron fan
1: New Lakers GM

I mean if you're gonna live on my porch, you might as well be in charge of cleaning it

[HeatFanLifer]

My other bandwagon team, the atl gts, will be good by then. I'll just hop over

Top 5 reasons to not like Chalm:
5: ATL GT
4: Fees too high
3: Doesn’t clean front porch
2: Lebron fan
1: New Lakers GM

I mean if you're gonna live on my porch, you might as well be in charge of cleaning it

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

[Chalm Down]

Top 5 reasons to not like Chalm:
5: ATL GT
4: Fees too high
3: Doesn’t clean front porch
2: Lebron fan
1: New Lakers GM

I mean if you're gonna live on my porch, you might as well be in charge of cleaning it

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

[Chalm Down]

Idk how I didn't realize it before, but kyrie is the epitome of a demon opie type player

[delanka]

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[HeatFanLifer]

I mean if you're gonna live on my porch, you might as well be in charge of cleaning it

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

Especially considering Lebron is at the tail end of performing at a top 3 player level in the league. I don’t care how conditioned someone is, the amount of hits he has taken over the years is enough to affect anyone. If Lebron isn’t performing, the Lakers are a worse team than the Peli’s were last season.

[Chalm Down]

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

Especially considering Lebron is at the tail end of performing at a top 3 player level in the league. I don’t care how conditioned someone is, the amount of hits he has taken over the years is enough to affect anyone. If Lebron isn’t performing, the Lakers are a worse team than the Peli’s were last season.

Probably, though it will depend on what they do with the rest of their space

[HeatFanLifer]

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

Especially considering Lebron is at the tail end of performing at a top 3 player level in the league. I don’t care how conditioned someone is, the amount of hits he has taken over the years is enough to affect anyone. If Lebron isn’t performing, the Lakers are a worse team than the Peli’s were last season.

Probably, though it will depend on what they do with the rest of their space

That’s the other issue Mr. Laker GM, today’s NBA is showing that depth matters just as much as superstar talent. If Lakers go after another max player with cap space, it will leave very little room for much else. Plus no picks moving forward.

[HeatFanLifer]

Don’t get me wrong tho, the acquisition of AD this year and Lebron last year are momentous moves. That core will be competing for a championship this year. I just don’t know if it will be enough to win one and in the year’s ahead, the outlook only gets more bleak.

[Chalm Down]

Especially considering Lebron is at the tail end of performing at a top 3 player level in the league. I don’t care how conditioned someone is, the amount of hits he has taken over the years is enough to affect anyone. If Lebron isn’t performing, the Lakers are a worse team than the Peli’s were last season.

Probably, though it will depend on what they do with the rest of their space

That’s the other issue Mr. Laker GM, today’s NBA is showing that depth matters just as much as superstar talent. If Lakers go after another max player with cap space, it will leave very little room for much else. Plus no picks moving forward.

I hear beno's available for the min

[Mos_Heat]

I mean if you're gonna live on my porch, you might as well be in charge of cleaning it

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

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protected 8 in 21 or unprotected 22
pick swap in 23
unprotected in 24 or 25

I think with healthy they always can be around 0.500. Now if they can get another star, picks in 21-23 wouldn't worth much

[HeatFanLifer]

I’m not the one who keeps throwing out first round picks. Taking up the whole dang porch. Pelifan doesn’t even know what to do with all of em. Might as well throw out watchout rumors while you’re at it.

It's hilarious how many picks they gave up. They better hope Ad and someone else decent re-ups to carry them to a decent record through those years

19
protected 8 in 21 or unprotected 22
pick swap in 23
unprotected in 24 or 25

I think with healthy they always can be around 0.500. Now if they can get another star, picks in 21-23 wouldn't worth much

That’s rookie pay scale depth tho. Plus, future trade assets that are being given up. Bold move to enter win now mode with a presently lotto team.

[dean456]

Especially considering Lebron is at the tail end of performing at a top 3 player level in the league. I don’t care how conditioned someone is, the amount of hits he has taken over the years is enough to affect anyone. If Lebron isn’t performing, the Lakers are a worse team than the Peli’s were last season.

Probably, though it will depend on what they do with the rest of their space

That’s the other issue Mr. Laker GM, today’s NBA is showing that depth matters just as much as superstar talent. If Lakers go after another max player with cap space, it will leave very little room for much else. Plus no picks moving forward.

Is it though? If Goldenstate are healthy does Toronto's depth even stand a chance? Sure you could argue that if they were deeper they would have been able to manage through injuries but It led them to 5 straight finals.

[HeatFanLifer]

Probably, though it will depend on what they do with the rest of their space

That’s the other issue Mr. Laker GM, today’s NBA is showing that depth matters just as much as superstar talent. If Lakers go after another max player with cap space, it will leave very little room for much else. Plus no picks moving forward.

Is it though? If Goldenstate are healthy does Toronto's depth even stand a chance? Sure you could argue that if they were deeper they would have been able to manage through injuries but It led them to 5 straight finals.

They were a very deep team the first two years. The Warriors were very fortunate to have curry, green, and thompson on great contracts. Having 4 all stars is pretty deep too.

What I’m more referring to is teams with two or 3 max contract players. I.e. Sixers, Rockets, Blazers that don’t have much money to go around for bench depth. Plus, whatever bench depth they do have ends up leaving for higher contracts.

This is where draft pick depth becomes essential. Sure, there are players that are willing to take a paycut to be on a contender, but with so many teams contending next year, those players are going to be few and far between.