2015 Free Agent Discussion

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  1. LTLakerFan

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    Has anyone been cut loose yet?
     
  2. CaCHooKa Man

    CaCHooKa Man Administrator: Media Staff Member

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    nope
     
  3. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

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    Likely after this game and before the last game.
     
  4. sirronstuff

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    they will need to make some decisions soon.

    curious how they will handle Holmes
     
  5. Weezy

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    Seems clear to me Frazier, Holmes, Jabari are gone. After that, the only one I've really seen speculating at all is Pincus, and he says he feels it's between the Roberts, and that Sacre is cut. Man I hope he's right.

    Edit: aaaaand now 50 seconds ago he tweets this



    Now I hope he's wrong, *sigh*.
     
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  6. LTLakerFan

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    Bad luck for Holmes but I think he's not one of the roster spots anyway. Certainly not Frazier. Jabari's been looking not bad last couple games. Tough call between the two Bobs. Sacre has couple years of experience on Upshaw and is stronger. Upshaw has more "up"side to him.
     
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    As far as backups go and limited minutes are concerned: All I know is that I can potentially see Upshaw turning the course of a game with a great block or defensive play. I can see Sacre turning the course of a game with a turnover, bad foul, or other boneheaded play. It's a no brainer to me.
     
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    Jabari had a very nice game tonight, and actually reminded me of why I liked him last year. That was the first time I've seen him confident and back to that guy this preseason. Nice to see. I think he stays if he keeps this up.
     
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    This would be my ideal final roster:
    1. Brandon Bass
    2. Tarik Black
    3. Anthony Brown
    4. Kobe Bryant
    5. Jordan Clarkson
    6. Roy Hibbert
    7. Marcelo Huertas
    8. Ryan Kelly
    9. Larry Nance Jr.
    10. Julius Randle
    11. D'Angelo Russell
    12. Robert Upshaw
    13. Louis Williams
    14. Metta World Peace
    15. Nick Young
    16. Jabari Brown
    17. Michael Frazier II
    18. Jonathan Holmes
    19. Robert Sacre
     
  10. lakerjones

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    That's what I would do except I'd probably switch Browns, keeping Jabari and bailing Anthony Brown who does nothing at all for me (or seemingly for the Lakers). At least Jabari scores. Once again in 18 minutes of play Anthony Brown scored zero points on 0 for 4 shooting.
     
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    A Brown isn't going anywhere unfortunately, 2 year deal, guaranteed deal for one year I believe, probably team option for 2nd. Jabari needs to go too IMO, and he probably will, he's a black hole. Don't see how we need that when we have Lou and Young on the bench already. Much rather use that spot for Upshaw. Yeah, he's raw and makes mistakes, but he also gets you some blocks, rebounds, and can actually shoot.
     
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    Rob Sacre does nothing well.
     
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    Hate drudging this one back up, but here are Aldridge's thoughts on the meeting and Kobe.

    http://www.si.com/nba/2015/10/20/op...ockets-lamarcus-aldridge-spurs-season-preview
    Definitely won't hear anything about the Kobe part from any talking heads.
     
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    But but Henry Abott told me no one likes Kobe, LA must be lying.
     
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    It's both unbelievable and completely believable that the media absolutely RAN with the "Kobe is bad for FAs" headlines and yet when Aldridge defends him, there's NO BUZZ AT ALL.

    F*** you news outlets.
     
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    Yeah. It's just ridiculous. i'll be shocked if a single reporter brings it up.
     
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    Good stuff. We still blew the meeting, though. LOL!. Sounds like the 2nd one didn't go much better; you have to learn from these things, and I think we will. Fact is we were coming off a 21-win season and to even having a meeting setup with the best FA out there shows you that our brand is still strong. We'll land somebody. I'm not so worried about it.
     
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    They got Upshaw the way early; let's go Sacre! LOL! Thanks for the update.
     
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    :SadPau2: at waiving Upshaw
     
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