Avery Bradley Discussion

I respect Avery's decision to skip the bubble. But he needs to feel the real pride of ownership by contributing during a playoff run. That ring will always have an asterisk next to it UNLESS he stays and gets another. No one can then say "he never even played in a playoff game with the Lakers" and the fact that he missed some time, even the entire '20 playoffs, no one can question he'd have only helped.

 

Sorry but if I am Rob, Bradley can kiss that ring goodbye if he wants to opt-out for more money. He's completely entitled to it but the Lakers ultimately won the ring without his presence in the bubble. Now he wants more money but didn't want to take the chance to showcase his value in the bubble? Sure, he is arguably worth a lot more than the $5 million the Lakers gave him but if that's how he wants to act, Rob should rescind his offer to give Bradley a ring and tell him to go kick rocks...

 

since he has an injury history, I think he is thinking family first and opting out to try to get a multi-year deal.

When all you can do is basketball, and you've had to sit on the sidelines with injuries, the end of your career looks closer than for others that always remained healthy. if he can pass on 5mil for one year and turn it into 10 mil for 2, or 12 mil for 3, he'll actually take it, because if he gets an injury he can't come back from, that's 7 million he'll never get the chance to make again.

I think he basically has no choice but to do exactly this. He was finally healthy after several injured years, and he was effective. We'll miss him, but we obviously were able to survive without him, so I think we'll be fine. Lakers will be class act all the way and wish him well, but we aren't going to blow up a salary cap plan for Avery Bradley. That's just reality, so he's probably gone if he can get a multi-year offer.

 

Is that even a plan any more though if we know through inside channels Giannis is signing super max with Bucks? Something real attractive as others have said about building for next 2-3 years solid / improved ring worthy team if all our FAs we want back are reasonable with the per year wants.

 

He was a big part of the team before the bubble. We may lose some or even all of Rondo, Green and KCP, we need guards. If he decides to play, he would be my No. 2 to hold on to out of this group right behind KCP.

 

Pre-bubble he was playing like the best of any of the Lakers guard: I hope he stays

 

Avery agreeing to the option quickly would take some pressure off us and KCP's deal

 

isnt mathews to replace green? i would think mathews help more with kcp leaving, i think Bradley stays to show off his gm for 21' fa

 

I think he is. He started all 67 games he played with the Bucks last season. Only played half the game, 24 min, but can definitely start if we need him to.

 

Matthews will be Green 2.0, you can quote me on that. 3 months into the season we'll be praying he stays glued to the pine.

 

i just dont think mgmt wants to pay kcp what he wants

 

as long as hes not making 15M/yr i dont care

 

yeah, green 2.0, but 12 million cheaper, allowing us to fill other spots.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't mind Green nearly as much if he wasn't taking up $15m in cap space. It's also easier to bench or even DNP someone when they're making the min vs. $15m a year.

 

Maybe we underestimate the desire to play for the sweetest and most successful owner in the NBA?