LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

Umm... All of that for Lillard? Uh no. I’d rather have Zo. Use Hart and/or Ingram for Kawhi. Keep everyone else.

 

Whatever the package is for Lillard I'm not thrilled as weird as that sounds to pull the trigger. But in this scenario it's no Lebron and I don't wanna go that far until the Lebron or even PG/Kawhi door(s) is/are closed lolz. I'll happily read doe!

 

I love me some Josh Hart..

Let's have a side discussion.

What do y'all rate Hart and George out of 10? And wherever Hart is at, where do you think the number lands when he's at his peak?

 

Hart is around a 5 right now, with a 7 peak. 7 being a solid role contributor (Horry, Fox).

George is an 8 with spurts of 9 at his best.

 

Amidst all the Kawhi hoopla and Paul George speculation, it’s almost become some kind of given that LeBron is coming here. Pretty strange, no?

 

I kind of feel like Lebron is the most likely option for us at this point, and then George will follow.

 

Not sure if this was mentioned before.
Listened to the whole Mason & Ireland show yesterday after the big Kawhi bomb. Ramona Shelborne was asked by Mason what she thought Lebron was going to do and she said without hesitation, “ Going to LA” added that she had inside info that she can’t say and can’t report on, but she had lots of little insider bits that add up to him going to the lakers. She said it was very similar to when he went to the Heat.

 

Looks like I better get used to this idea.

Not sure you can expect any "happy" bron gifs though. You'll be picking from crying, whining, douchey kinds most likely like the ones in my sig.

If he brings Kawhi and George with him, and plays nice with everyone, I reserve the right to change my mind.

 

Guess Ariza is not going to shed salary to help Bron get his max in conjunction with helping Fertitta save in taxes.

 

Ariza’s got his ring. Guy wants to get paid period. Someone dumb like Philly or Atlanta will pay him.

 

Last big payday

 

eh, it's like the odom situation for us (when he almost left for miami) or the iggy situation with GS (when he almost left for houston). the problem isn't that someone else is going to pay him 50-60 million, it's that you risk pissing him off with a lowball offer enough that he accepts less to play elsewhere. i'm certain GS will be courting him (if only for payback on houston forcing their hand on iggy's last contract).

i hope it plays out like that. houston deserves it.

 

Wish he would have looked for a max prior to this upcoming contract.

I respect that players are trying to get rings, but I’m not cutting salary to get in that situation unless I’m the leader of the team. You look down at that ring 10yrs after retirement and think you left $6-$10MM on the table for it. Nah, I’m not liking that trade off.