This was Rob today: He did some serious work with more limitations than nearly all of his competition. He entered free agency needing 10 players. Even if you have a Bron, AD, and Russ... that's a very tall task. He managed to get guys who solve weaknesses, fit needs, and all that without understanding the cap.
Now this is interesting! When you think about the continued AWESOMENESS on display from our scouting department and front office people tasked with that. There are more and more players with serious game that are moving up from the NBA’s equivalent of MLB’s minor leagues. Currently Nunn and Caruso just with the Lakers. All that non guarantied contract talent so easy to scout compared to the college kids nationwide.
that's brilliant. signing udfas into exceptions creates bird right possibilities via the longer contract structure. i've only seen teams with space really use it (this was the one thing i admired about morey, actually). reaves would definitely be my target here. could they move him into this spot and put chaundee into the other 2-way?
Wish there was some magic that he could pull off finally with “Sprewell Jr” (thank you @abeer3 ) and land Nance Jr instead. A perfect missing piece for our needs.
Damn dude, you’ve been going nuts on the bumps lately. This one’s the best by far. More of these. Go cats!
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak: ‘We never felt it was realistic’ to land Carmelo Anthony or LeBron James in free agency By Brett PollakoffSep 27, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) 17 Comments There’s a vocal minority of Lakers fans that are so passionate about the team that at times they come off as delusional. Listen to L.A. sports talk radio and you’ll hear it, where wildly lopsided trades are suggested that would benefit the Lakers, but no one else. Many of those in the group believed that once the Lakers had the cap space to sign a superstar free agent to the type of deal they would require, All-Stars would be lining up outside the Staples Center, clamoring to play alongside Kobe Bryant and try to usher in a new era of greatness to the once-storied franchise. It hasn’t happened that way just yet, however, with free agents like Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James choosing other, more palatable options this summer. Thankfully, the team’s general manager doesn’t share in those fantasies, and takes a much more realistic approach. From Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: Things would have looked so different had the Lakers landed Anthony or, a real longshot, James. But they didn’t. “Our expectations with either player just based on what we perceived the environment to be . . . we never felt it was realistic that we could get one or [both],” Kupchak said. “But if you don’t try you don’t know. “We’ll get somebody. At some point we will.” LeBron, of course, would only have considered leaving Miami to return home to Cleveland, and wouldn’t have even done that had the Heat managed to win a third straight NBA title. And Anthony, while he reportedly thought long and hard about making the jump to Los Angeles, ultimately chose more money to remain in New York, with the promise of optimism under a new regime headed up by Phil Jackson. Kupchak was well aware of the likelihood of how these scenarios would play out. But with a max contract spot available and the Lakers in desperate need of an influx of star-level talent, he had to give it a shot. View 17 Comments https://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/09/2...QcdYssmRVm1kVp6-W_8dTw-JbkDkwnl6tvGcze95_8KHE Man, Kupcrap
