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Yep. Also, the Austin would go to Milwaukee no problem crowd still hasn't addressed the leverage issue. Austin has other options and only risks losing $0-10 M, and has already said he will accept less. Rob risks Austin walking for nothing. How are you gonna replace a player of Austin's level or better, for a $21 M cap hold?

 

A little over the top for me to picture Austin doing that, less so with his agent maybe .... BUT after the never-to-be-forgotten Caruso screw up this isn't happening in a vacuum.

 

He said he would accept less from us. Not from anyone.

The Austin wouldn't go to Milwaukee people haven't addressed why they think teams like Chicago or Brooklyn would offer him a big contract at all. Why would any bad/tanking team pay a 27 year old scoring guard $30 million a year. He'll be 30 by the time you're ready to be a playoff team. He might actively cost you better lottery position. If I was a fan of the Bulls or the Nets, I wouldn't want to sign Austin. Doesn't do anything for us. Chicago I guess you could say would love to sign Austin and just be the 9 seed because that's what they typically do, but they just fired their GM presumably because they're going to stop doing this. But Brooklyn, I don't see why they'd offer him a significant contract. The Jazz would want him, but no longer have space to sign him. The Clippers maybe, I don't know what their cap space situation is exactly, but they just traded for Garland and they have their eye on bigger targets to replace Kawhi over the next few years. I don't think they're trying to lock in a Garland/Austin backcourt.

There aren't many teams with cap space and the ones that do have it are bad teams that are really in no position to be paying Austin right now. If they act rationally.

 

I think Timme gets the last spot but if not...



The un-veto

 

I like Cole Anthony. Scorer. We need scorers. Can handle the ball. Doesn’t need the ball. But me just putting my coaching hat on. If we are shifting to Move get out the way let Lebron do it. The most competent player who compliments that is Cole Anthony. Based on his skillset being a Jordan Clarkson type player.

 

I think this is a good reminder on why high end talent is so important in a game like basketball. And why an organisation like the lakers will probably consider a look at Giannis.

Having a 30 pt, 12 rebound, DPOY level player is hard to pass on.

 

If Luka Donic says " Get me Giannis " we are going to throw whatever we have, at Milwaukee in order to make it happen.

That's the bottom line. It might not be enough, but rest assured we will try. If we got him, every single Lakers fan in the world, will be ecstatic about it.

 

i don't know enough about the intricacies of baseball to make an extended point, but the sports also differ in other important ways.

first, no salary cap in baseball. don't feel like i need to elaborate on this and why ohtani can be successful with the highest spending team in the league and can't with not the highest spending team in the league.

second, baseball is definitely less about configuration. like, having a second ohtani--who does the same things ohtani does--is great and purely additive. in the nba, it doesn't work that way. every giannis drive is not a luka drive and vice versa. people brought up wade in miami, and once again i say: this is my point! all the stat models said miami would beat everyone by eleventy gillion points because they were based on purely additive models. whoops!

it's best for both us and the nba if luka and giannis have separate teams with supporting casts that match their strengths. as i mentioned previously, there really isn't a sensible 8-man rotation you can construct around luka and giannis that allows each guy to be his best. at least not one you can afford once 120 million has been spent on luka and giannis. and btw, adding lebron to that is another huge issue given how his game looks now (specifically neither much three nor d on any consistent basis).

 

You'd get on board with it pretty quickly if it happened though.

 

The heat’s a weak example though? They made the finals in their first season before they gelled and finished the season 58-24. They made the finals the next year and beat the thunder. Then the year after they went on a 27 game winning streak and beat the spurs for a back to back championship. They lost to spurs in the finals the year after when the spurs had maybe the best offensive team I’ve witnessed.

If that’s the example we’re using that Luka and Giannis won’t work, then sign me up. Hovering at a 60 win team and 2 championships out of 4 finals.

Lebron is just a role player in these scenarios and you’d be mad not to be happy he comes along for the ride, someone who is a Swiss Army knife and can turn his scoring up to a 1st option.

So far I’ve seen lots of average reasons on why not to do it. The best reason on why this won’t work js that Milwaukee doesn’t own its own picks and what’s the point of them truly bottoming out.

 

Meh..folks just don't want to get their hopes up, and then get disappointed. Luka and Giannis would be sickening for the Laker haters. They CHEATING!!! Silver should've vetoed that trade, the fix is in for the Lakers!!!

 

Putting two MVP caliber players together is never fair. Kobe and Shaq won 3 out of 4, Steph and Curry won 2 out of 3, Lebron and Wade won 2 out 4 (Wade was only that level for first two years due to injuries).

 

CP makes sense. When you think about it, he still doesn't have a chip. He's a 40 year old CP, but he would also be a highly motivated CP. Good bang for your buck for a post-season, if you will. Add to that, he's buddy's with Lebron, he's Bronny's godfather for crying out loud, former backcourt mate with Redick, lives in L.A., also previously played with Ayton in Phoenix, and they had great chemistry. Also the whole thing with the way he went out with the Clippers. You know he wants to end his career on a more positive note. It would be kind of a full circle moment from basketball reasons too.

 

what happened to cole anthony's career? felt he was turning the corner at times and now just an after thought

 

Said in another thread that we’ll probably sign Timme. Me personally, I’d rather have Cole Anthony or CP3 (just threw up in my mouth a little). The chances of JJ actually playing either one of them goes up because they’re vets.

 

See I give yall credit when credit is due.

Chris Paul makes sense for one series. He hasn’t played at all. He can give us a series playing ball with LeBron and Ayton.

Key word One series. Until Luka and Reaves get back!!!!!!!

 

Yup, Steph and Curry were pretty damn good

 

Haha KD… can’t stand to even say his name

 

Can't blame you

 

I think I’d rather play Houston cause I think that would be better for Lebron no true point guard. Maybe it can be a slower half court game where Lebron doesn’t have to get up and down that much.

Maybe we can take them out. Lebron Smart Hachiumura Kennard and LaRavia and Vanderbilt.