Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

That will be during the parade???...lol

 

Yeah sorry that is insane. You don't pass up on an opportunity to sign one of the best players in basketball. That's what we've been starving for around here. Each free agency we have struck out and as much as I love the young guys this is RUSSELL WESTBROOK we're talking about. I mean c'mon at times this dude can be the most electrifying player in basketball. It's not his fault he had a cheap owner in OKC and he sure as hell wouldn't have one in Los Angeles.

It goes without saying, but you add in Westbrook and all of the sudden the free agency drought is over. All of a sudden players wanna play in L.A. again. All of a sudden we're at worst a playoff team and plus we still have the young core. It's basically Cleveland 2.0 except with better young players and a better coach. I can't think of any reason not to sign Westbrook unless he for some reason demands Luke is fired.

Also I don't how Westbrook isn't high character. No less high character than Kobe was or even Shaq. Who cares? The guy is an elite mega star in the NBA. Superstars are so hard to get and we don't even know if we have one. Having him only makes the young guys more likely to be superstars and be able to carry the franchise once Westbrook is done.

 

You can't really say injured or not when you're talking about key injuries to great players. Durant, Westbrook, then the idiotic trade of Harden, Ibaka was injured as well. This past year was the only year had been healthy since 2011 and they took a 73 win team to 7 games. Okay Westbrook hasn't won a ring sure, but he's still an incredible talent and basketball player.

 

two good signings for clips in felton and bass. now, why they paid austin...

 

Boo!

 

bass joins a loooooong list of ex-lakers to join the JV team in the past 5-6 years

 

If I was producing that show, I would have fired this idiot and told everyone who ever does something that stupid and useless, is fired as well.

 

I don't think he was ever used well by Byron, but I also don't think he was the right fit for what we needed moving forward.

I'm sure it's got to be disappointing to watch young unproven talent score big in FA while you are left to get close to minimum deals. Some of these guys have got to be thinking, "Dang, I needed to have come along 8 years later."

People will produce less than him that will make 10x more. That can't feel good.



**Edit** although he just opted out of a 3.1 million contract to take 1.5 million. Wonder if he thought he would score in FA, and just totally miscalculated interest in him. Flushing 1.6 million down the toilet? He needs to go hang out with JR Smith who is about to screw himself two years in a row lol.

 

But he did opt out before some of those decisions took place. Backing up Blake might be a good role though, and maybe he scores in FA the year after. Or maybe he doesn't care about that at this point in his career.

 

Yup but he's the only one thats actually good.