Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

I didn't know that, that's some bad luck. But like somebody said, thay should just amnestied Perkins. And I was refering to the trade itself, they should get MUCH better package back.

 

It's slow as hell. I think it's how they try to get you to sign up for a dedicated server vs a shared host.

I have several other business sites on the same account, and honestly the hosting is pretty cheap. It's a wordpress theme, so there is no excuse for it loading slowly, so I think it's the host. If you give it a few seconds, it should load. I just haven't been adding new ones to www.lefteyebrow.com so I wasn't doing duplicate entry.

 

Let this be a lesson to Laker fans. Harden had an uneventful first 3 years. Then he blew up.

 

We need to start defending people. That will be very dissapointing if we continue to be at the bottom of the barrel. I'm not expecting us to be elite defensively. Still being around 20th or so would be more than a good improvement. All the guys we acquired are good defensive players other than Calderon. I think most people anticipate the kids making an improvement on that end so I don't see why all should expect to be in the bottom five again. Realistically the players getting significant minutes other than Randle and Clarkson none of are terrible defensively. Russell showed some improvement last year. I still don't think he's a good defender yet, but he's not a complete liability either.

 

I hope we improve. As it stands, Calderon/Williams/Clarkson/Russell (without naming anybody else on the roster) are all net negative on that end. It's just the truth. It's a big concern for me; along without having a number 1 scorer on the team right now, but I think we can get by with that. I'd like to look up where that Lakers team ranked defensively with D'Antoni. I'm going to look.

Edit - We were 28th in defense efficiency the year we won 27 games. Wow. Finishing 25th or better defensive efficiency should be the goal, IMO.

 

I think getting rid of Scott makes the off season an A+ with no other moves at all. He was that bad. No humor intended.

 

Dominate in the regular season. I also believe they will have some weaknesses exposed in the playoffs. Still suspect against a physically imposing team..

 

It cost the Thunder at least a few championships. Just a caution for the what have you done for me lately crowd. I think D-Lo is going to be a star. Lakers have to be patient with him and let him develop. I believe Russell's game most resembles Harden. That lazy, sleek, long bodied game with a quick release from 3.

 

If this is your summer as a General Manager, you've officially failed!

Edit - Wesley Johnson even looks lost in the picture. Dude don't know where to throw the ball!

 

big raises for those who helped us fail last year!

 

:Headbang:

 

where's Mo?

 

I can't. Luke would kick his a** ..... seriously before he's even had a chance to work with all these guys. Go back and read what Toklat wrote in this thread 8-9 pages ago about Westbrook being not a Great mix for what the future of this team is going to be about. Not to mention he is one bad landing away, great as he most definitely is, from going the Derrick Rose route. All it would take. At the very least we have until trade deadline around Christmas.

 

Mo?

 

Speights. Just paying tribute to the conversation in the Tarik thread.

 

Ah, fellas. Might want to keep the giggling of the Clippers signings down to the minimum.