Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

I'm fine with going after Bazemore, and I'd gladly pay market value for him. My point was that the FO's philosophy has fundamentally changed. Instead of 'contention' they're trying to put together a roster that's 'competitive'.

Edit. I meant to respond to another post you mentioned about contending as opposed to the Bazemore one. My fault.

 

All of this, especially the second paragraph.

Enough waiting. We have to start building some kind of true team. We must get back to some level of respectability before we can even think about signing more free agents.

At this stage we can't even get a meeting with guys like Horford and Whiteside. For all the talk of how much Kobe hurt us with free agents, at least with him on board teams would hear us out. This should be the ultimate wake up call to everyone from the front office to the fans. We've got to settle in and really start rebuilding this team. We've put together a nice young core. Now it't time to end the one year rent a player system and really start forming a team.

 

I would say why......but people don't believe me.

 

Just noting im not all that disappointed with mozgov signing, im just not seeing what jim is promising us and this signing go together. Jim made those comments in regards to gettimg big name fa, we should hold him accountable

 

Jim's days are clearly numbered. Jeanie will push him out eventually. It's clear that's her goal and she's got most of the media on her side.

 

Oh okay, we're on the same page with that then.

I get the philosophy of signing pieces to get more competitive as opposed to gunning for contention. I get that Mozgov, if healthy, makes us slightly more competitive. My issue is I'm not sure to what extent it makes us more competitive. I honestly think in today's NBA, we have more need of an athletic "3 and D" wing then we do a traditional center. Obviously we didn't have any center and we needed one. But I feel like we could've filled the gap with a much cheaper solution and increased our competiveness as much as Mozgov does. But a good sixth man wing that can develop with the core, run the floor with them, shoot the three, play defense as opposed to relying on guys like Nick Young, THAT could really make us more competitive.

So it confuses me when some advocates for the Mozgov move balk at the offers Bazemore is getting although previously seeming to like Bazemore, yet justify signing Mozgov "because that's his market value" (especially when we have no idea what Mozgov's market value was).

 

He deserves it with signing like this and then selling us on being a contender stuff

 

I think Mosgov is an improvement from Hibbert and will be our best big man. That's not saying a lot right now I know, but I think he's a solid pick up at a position of need. Also, we're not done yet. We'll add a couple more players I imagine.

As far as laughing and mocking, that's been happening for a while now. Its going to take time and several moves to get us back where we need to be.

 

It isn't that strange really .... The Lakers went through this in the 90s with Anthony Peeler, Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, etc.

Some of the youth were flipped for stars such as Shaq. It's just a cycle that ever organization goes through. Frankly, the Lakers fanbase have had so many highs than lows. I'm looking forward to the kiddos growing up. I think Mitch is building something special.

 

sounds good to me...the sooner the better. I wont be to sad bout Mitch either, IMO his approach to FA pitch is as sad and pathetic as Jim and his baseball cap wearing mulet

 

Yeah, I guess this is a moot point because I haven't heard of us meeting with him.

But I disagree with that. How would $20 mil for Bazemore be overpaying him if that's what the market dictates we would need to pay to get him? I think he brings more basketball value (especially when considering upside) at $20 million than Mozgov does at $16 million.

 

Crazy times indeed. Wow, to have won the genetic lottery....