2025-26 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

I hope you're right but Lakers are being run like a mom and pop operations
I mean NBA teams have directors of G-league scouting, college scouting, opposition scouting (probably want a general NBA and opposition research), and international scouting
JJ talks about analytics a lot so I'm assuming they got the opposition stuff down but the rest - who knows

Then you have the salary cap guy, player development guy (did anyone replace handy?), the medical team, shooting coach (do we have one of those - JJ probably like f*** any shooting coach I'm f***ing JJ Reddick lol).

I mean in the era of the apron creating a pseudo hard cap - you're intellegence on the margins with scouting, development, coaching, and analytics is where you can still outspend others to get the best.

Too bad West passed away/got old

 

First round exit coming; maybe second .

We suck.

But at least there's Kennard. ROFL.

Could be worse: imagine a Luka-less team with a AD out for the year. Oh, this place would be a dumpster fire.

 

Then Rob isn't reporting to her on these things any more? Who is he reporting to? Cutting straight to the chase, who has to power to fire and replace Rob? Why would this be some great secret?

 

Just woke up. Glad we traded Zu for Muscala and a second round pick

 

So really we could sign other broken down junk.

Nice.

 

So we're good with thybulle then - this makes a lot of sense ofr thybulle and the lakers. He will almost assuredly get a lot of PT with a playoff team to set himself for a contract

 

Walter thinking about that damn 5 year stipulation right now. Lol

 

just trading one hooptie for another hooptie.

Get this season over with; when you trade for Kennard, you're essentially punting the MF away.

 

do we know that jeanie staying on as governor was specifically outlined in the terms of the sale?

or are we just speculating? and that's assuming that jeanie would even be involved in bball ops as governor and not just a figurehead

 

so beat me to it, but if it’s not enforceable, it doesn’t exist (see: us politics)

you mean it’s not a dumpster fire now?

We’re below the first apron, though…we’re hardcapped there bc we used mle, hence below it.

 

Welp..if Luka is who we think he is, and Austin is really HIM...Lebron, Ayton, Smart, LaRavia, Vando, Hayes and Kennard...that should be enough to win a couple of series at least. Right?

 

Mark's last name is not a "gun" brand.

 

Not even close.

 

That's been established already. Everywhere.

 

Fixed it

 

Great take. Didn't realize you had a big Gabe poster in your bedroom.

 

If Rob lets this Greek MF stop his pursuit of other FA's as we watch the board go by with dwindling FA's, the fanbase is going to be livid.

 

Yo glazing a** over drooling and s*** over Reaves. You have more than a poster for him; probably a Reaves blow up doll you sleep next to.

Chief Glazer.