2015 Free Agent Discussion

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  1. fabulus

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    If you think about it, has a Laker rookie ever had so much pressure on him to turn around the fortunes of a franchise as Russell? Kobe and Magic has much more established talent surrounding them.
     
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    What the hell is the FO doing.... Sitting around playing with themselves?
     
    alam1108, Jul 2, 2015
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    Oh my f***ing god!!! What are the Lakers doing!???
     
    TheGreatOneKobe, Jul 2, 2015
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  4. alam1108

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    That's the final nail in the coffin, I'm outta here.
     
    alam1108, Jul 2, 2015
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  5. The Rock

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    True it does give the perception we failed this FA period (and we did) but we just gotta take the pride hit and gather the assets hoping we can land Cousins or another significant player during this year.

    All this free agent movement isn't going to work out perfectly. We have to line up assets/trade pieces that could land us someone during the season.
     
    The Rock, Jul 2, 2015
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  6. gcclaker

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    Agree... The bigger question is that do we even have anyone in our management who employ this kind of strategy? Even if we did our core of young players and rentals probably don't have much of a statistical database to even build off. Basically, the Laker personnel is looking like an NFL expansion team...a start up looking to be a ways off contending.
     
    gcclaker, Jul 2, 2015
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  7. TheGreatOneKobe

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    Wait, they're about to come
     
    TheGreatOneKobe, Jul 2, 2015
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  8. Aonex

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    Okay, that makes me mad. Holy f***!
     
    Aonex, Jul 2, 2015
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    Its terrible

    No ambition
    No desire to be the best
    No competition because in the end they all get a prize

    Ridiculous
     
    jerryr88, Jul 2, 2015
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    It's just a sign that DJ or LMA is coming here and that we won't be able to retain his services. (Optimism)

    Or it's because we are giving Hill a 2 year deal worth 12 million with a TO for year 2 because that would be typical at this point (Pessimism)
     
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  11. therealdeal

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    That one hurts more than most. Ed wanted to be here and that's the best contract I've seen this summer. Holy crap.

    We could almost have brought him back for that price even with a high level player.
     
    therealdeal, Jul 2, 2015
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  12. Azndude2190

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    Time to focus on what players we do have. Spend the season developing Russell, Randle and Clarkson. FO needs to stop looking at FA and trades as some kind of magic bullet that will vault us to the top.
     
    Azndude2190, Jul 2, 2015
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  13. LaVarBallsDad

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    Olshey is having a great offseason
     
    LaVarBallsDad, Jul 2, 2015
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    ok...i'm ready for a new FO now...later Mitch, Jimmy
     
    pound4pound, Jul 2, 2015
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    So, uh... he can't actually sign til the 9th right? We can still offer him a contract?
     
    Aonex, Jul 2, 2015
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    Watch him bring back Aldridge and/ or Lopez too.
     
    therealdeal, Jul 2, 2015
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    Portland has ED Davis, Plumlee and Vonleh. Even without Aldridge thats still a solid frontcourt
     
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    I'm very sad, gonna go eat some pizza and put some ice cream on it
     
    TheGreatOneKobe, Jul 2, 2015
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    3 yrs/ for 20 mill is a BARGAIN...

    and we let him go...

    If the response to that is resigning Hill and/or Boozer... I swear... I'm jumping on the "sell the team now!" bandwagon
     
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    Black/Upshaw/Sacre
    Randle/Nance/Kelly
    Kobe/Swaggy/A. Brown
    Clarkson/J. Brown
    Russell/Lin

    I mean, that's our team right now guys. It's a solid 55 win squad...if you add last seasons wins to next seasons.
     
    Savory Griddles, Jul 2, 2015
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