The Vertical's Top 100 Free Agents (Underlined = Changed Teams)
1. SF Kevin Durant, 27 - Golden State, 2 years, $54.3M
2. SF/PF LeBron James, 31
3. PG/SG Dwyane Wade, 34
4. SG DeMar DeRozan, 26 - Toronto, 5 years, $139M
5. C Andre Drummond, restricted, 22 - Detroit, 5 years, $130M
6. C Al Horford, 30 - Boston, 4 years, $113M
7. SF Nicolas Batum, 27 - Charlotte, 5 years, $120M
8. C Hassan Whiteside, 27 - Miami, 4 years, $98M
9. PG Mike Conley, 28 - Memphis, 5 years, $153M
10. SG Bradley Beal, restricted, 23 - Washington, 5 years, $128M
11. PF/C Pau Gasol, 35 - San Antonio, 2 years, $30M
12. PF Ryan Anderson, 28 - Houston, 4 years, $80M
13. SG/SF Evan Fournier, restricted, 23 - Orlando, 5 years, $85M
14. PF Dirk Nowitzki, 38 - Dallas, 2 years, $40M
15. SF Chandler Parsons, 27 - Memphis, 4 years, $94M
16. C Dwight Howard, 30 - Atlanta, 3 years, $70M
17. SF Harrison Barnes, restricted, 24 - Dallas, 4 years, $94M (offer sheet)
18. PF/C Al Jefferson, 31 - Indiana, 3 years, $30M
19. SG...
I know we're all getting on Byron and rightfully so because my God you talk about ineptitude and incompetence as a head coach. He's second to none right now.
However to me I'll never be as disgusted with him as MDA. This guy ruined one of the truly, truly all time greats career. I mean it really takes a special kind of moron to play Kobe, a guy who has been in the NBA since he was a 17 year old kid what was it 45 minutes a game the last month. That's basically an entire game for a 34 year old who really is closer to 36 and 37 in terms of overall mileage.
Kobe is my favorite player of all time. Argurably the greatest player of this era. If he's not the greatest Laker of all time he's right behind the Magic man. Kobe has given absolutely everything to this franchise. Absolutely everything. There's gonna be a statue outside of Staples Center one day. He is the closest thing the game has seen to Michael Jordan since him. He is a rare breed in terms of competiveness and and will to...
This needs to be sent while the lunacy of his coaching in the 1st two games and especially Sacramento is fresh on everyone's minds in the organization, not just here. They cannot have been happy seeing what they are seeing from Scott themselves. For starters, with a search on "Los Angeles Lakers contact us" this comes up below, though the subject line auto fills as "Website Feedback". Of course there is a phone number and street address.
How about by noon time tomorrow Nov 1st PDT, we have at least several best bang for the buck addresses, including Media types that cover Lakers, and then just one sending of this post with a quick and short intro ..... to all of the addresses? So it's organized and not multiples flying in from everywhere with the same topic to the addresses.
Not going to get Byron fired but could be added fuel, in addition to what they are probably already thinking, to lay down the law...
