2020-21 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

it ok Mr Ox said he was done

 

i don't see where batum was going to play, which is probably why he signed with the jv, tbh. also: i don't trust him injury-wise.

 

kuz n morris minutes

 

and alienate kuz and morris? for what? 2 more regular season wins? meh. batum just isn't that big a deal.

 

who cares bout morris tho? n kuz isnt consistent either

 

kuz, on paper, looks like batum. except 8 years younger and without a pretty concerning injury history. batum can do some things (handle and pass) kuz can't, but not so much that i'm crying over it.

as for morris: he signed for the minimum. benching him wouldn't be a good message for guys we hope to entice to do the same in the future. same reason you'll see wes get minutes all year even if he struggles and/or we want to see THT.

the lakers are the lakers because they build the brand. we're just getting it back, and selling everyone out for a very middling addition like batum could wreck the bigger picture.

 

why everything have to be such an extreme take from u? how bout instead of batum being a difference maker for us but lac not having batum as a difference maker for them?

 

hows it being negative? theres another roster spot available, nobody said mgmt messed up on batum or he is gona make or break the team, except you who had to take it to another lvl and considering Pg still has his away against us, it wouldn't have hurt to have another big wing to throw at him

 

Batum the missing link lol.

 

he been the missing link for the clips tho n sup with folks taking an innocuous commemt to another lvl?

 

Batum sucked before this season for several seasons, why would the defending champs gamble on him and get him over, say a championship contributor like Keef Morris?

 

This is so on brand.

 

exactly. i was interested in batum, as were others here, but only as a very last resort. the clips had an open spot in their rotation, so he went there. we got wes matthews instead. i'm not sure i'd trade matthews for batum, and i certainly wouldn't trade kuz for him. batum also can't play 4 or 5 against anyone, and kieff can.

i think it's a strange thing to get upset about. the clippers got ibaka, batum, and kennard, and we got trez, marc gasol, wes matthews, and schroder. they re-signed their morris for 16 per, we re-signed ours for the minimum.

we kicked their a** in the offseason, tbh. you can't get ALL the players.

had we signed batum and let kieff go to the clips for the minimum, people would be bellyaching about that.

 

wouldn't the open roster spot be used on a wing anyway?

 

I mean, he sucked because the Hornets gave up on him after he was injured and never got decent minutes. They completely went rebuilding mode with younger talent. Batum is still young enough to be a decent player on a contender so he's likely more encouraged now. Still think he was worth looking but I like the moves the Lakers made nonetheless. Would've been nice if he wasn't on the Clippers, honestly.

 

batum not being a clipper n actually contributing was only pt i was inferring to but folks always gota jump to some sort hyperbolic assertion

 

i mean, this is the quote that set it off. how should it have been interpreted, exactly?