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The draft lottery is just four days away. It anxiously awaits us and the entire fan base is nervous and rightfully so. Losing the pick would be a huge blow after enduring what we did the last season with the worst record in franchise history. We were in this exact position last season and we ended up keeping our pick and getting a kid who many think can be a superstar in this league. I'm certainly one of them and that's why while I'd be very disappointed and upset it wouldn't be the end of the world for me. We still would have a lot of cap space to work with and along with D'Angelo with three other really good young basketball players and a new coach who fits with the core perfectly. How down would you be?

Hard to believe the lottery is right around the corner. We pretty much have all been waiting for this or at least expecting we'd be in this position very early in the year when it was clear we were gonna struggle mightily again. I've always been of the mindset that I wanted the...

I already posted in the Technical update thread, but I just wanted to make sure all users noticed that we now have a Stats tab at the top of the page.

You no longer have to leave LB and search the web in order to find Lakers team, and player stats.

@thkthebest created this new area to allow you to search pretty much any stat, from any player from today all the way back to the 1996-1997 season. The functionality is pretty easy to understand too.

Please play around with the controls, and let me know if there are any problems.

This is the tab to get to the new Stats section of LB (NOTE: there is a drop down to pre-select some of the most popular search criteria). Click "fetch data" to retrieve new stats after changing any search criteria:

The NEW Lakers Stats page in all it's glory!!:

Do you have the cajones?

Our situation is fluid and there will tons of speculation and money flying around everywhere this off-season. What do you predict will happen, and what will the Lakers ACTUALLY do this off-season? I'm predicting a brotastic offseason, and Mitch will kick arse and take names.

This is a decent resource if you want to take a look at draft picks and who has them.
Look up contracts and team payroll here

My Prediction Below in gif format



I'll start off with my best prediction:

We started off the off-season right with two solid moves.

1. Fired Byron Scott
2. Hired young up and coming coach that has received nothing but raves. Luke Walton
3. I predict we do keep our 1st...

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/lakers-jim-buss-on-free-agency-luke-walton-and-more/

I won't post the whole article out of respect to Pincus, but here's the first bit:

After two straight offseasons where we have been the center for teams to dump their unwanted parts (Lin, Hibbert), I figured why not get proactive here and go through each team and find their dumps. If things all go to plan this thread will die signaling a bright future. If things go South, we can come back here and pick out our favorite dump (Picks excluded b/c obviously we are getting a 1st for this dirty work). Let's see what's cookin....

Atlanta - Tiago Splitter (1 year remaining 8.55 million)

Boston - Amir Johnson ( 1 year remaining 12 million guaranteed if not waived by 7/3/16)

Brooklyn - Jarrett Jack (1 year remaining 6.3 million, 500k guaranteed if not waived by 6/30/16)

Charlotte - Spencer Hawes (2 years remaining 12.6 million, 2nd year PO)

Chicago - Derrick Rose ( 1 year remaining, 21 million), Taj Gibson (1 year remaining, 8.9 million)

Cleveland - Channing Frye (2 years remaining, 15.6 million)

Dallas - JJ Barea (3 years remaining ~ 12 million)

Denver - Wilson...