2020-21 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

Overall I think if Ibaka had really shown interest in being here we would’ve made it happen.

 

Also, Ibaka is good but not a guy I’d hold all my plans to sign. If he was being noncommittal I don’t fault Rob for going ahead and nabbing Trezz who was willing to take less to be here.

 

We better keep Kieff , there isn't his potential replacement on the market

 

Floppers still have not adressed their need for a true PG , they were playing pickup B-ball ...

All of this doesn't matter at the end if ( it's a probable one) Kawhi can't move better on the court than he did in the bubble

 

yeah, i'm annoyed the top FA left on the MLE market chose the clippers, but as i've said before here, i'm not a huge fan of his game (or harrell's, tbh). and remember, he's having to replace a guy that outproduced him last year on that team. remember how much they depended on the lou/trez pnr? that's gone. that was their offense for like 24mpg. literally the entire offense. every night. ibaka/lou won't be the same. they'll have to lean even more on kawhi, who, imo, can't carry the weight for a full season and playoffs.

serge should have signed for more in toronto and gotten himself traded later.

 

Meh, I hope that helps us keep Kief.

Agree, Baynes is the one. Former champ too.

Add Glenn Robinson III, Baze, or Reggie Jackson for min. Bron should be load managing early and often this season.

And with Covid, ya never know.

Will Kostas, Cacok, and Tinkle play?

 

Rob has done a fantastic job, IMO. Swapping players who are older with younger hungrier players who can also grow along with AD. Most get complacent and worry about messing with the teams chemistry. Dude had a plan and its looking good.... Retaining Morris will be nice and picking up another big should be as great an ending to a really great off-season for any defending NBA champion. Plus they still may be planning things, who knows.

 

I think Cacok will get a lot of run year. Excited to see him play.

love to have Markief back, but his twin just signed for 16 mil a year. It would be hard to take a minimum level contract for him in my humble opinion

 

Also, one thing everyone is forgetting is the Kawhi championship teammate factor with Ibaka. Maybe Rob and company sensed Serge was gonna string us along like Clippersnake and got Trez before it could happen.

 

yeah, he needs to cash in on the title cache. somebody will throw a good chunk of the MLE at him, I'm sure. i don't blame him.

plus, people forget where he came from. there will be others released this year that we can add. the waiver wire is something that was forgotten to us during the dark days, but it's a huge part of team building for contenders.

 

Maybe I'm just being biased, but while Ibaka signed for what we paid Harrell, it seems we ultimately wanted a different type of player for that money. Ibaka would've been a nice fit alongside AD and Bron in the starting lineup, but Harrell is meant to be a spark for us. Whether its with majority of the 2nd unit, or if he comes in with most of the starters he will be able to go and get his instantly and hopefully bring the energy of the team up. I think Ibaka is still a good player, just not that type.

 

we'll never hear the truth, imo. lakers have to say they targeted trez over ibaka, i think--even if they didn't. and in the jubilation over weakening the clips via the trez pickup, they probably didn't imagine they'd recover with ibaka, who's an objectively better player (though again, not as a good fit for them, imo).

but the lakers did force them to use their full MLE to just replace instead of add to their team, an angle i haven't heard the media tout. we upgraded from rondo to schroder and from green to matthews. we downgraded or stayed even with trez/howard (probably an upgrade in the regular season, though). clips have yet to upgrade anywhere and are now operating with mins just like us.

 

I think Vogel and Handy are going to take Trez (and Our other additions) to the next level on both ends.

We will see how the season plays out but I still think i like Murray and Jokic over the Clippers even with the guys the Nuggets lost.

 

Overall, we’ve improved a team that steamrolled it’s way to a championship. I like our chances to repeat a lot.

 

Lakers Film Room thought we would have focused on Harrell irrespective of what Ibaka did...

That, said I went on the Raptors forum, and they are upset he has departed; not so much because of his play but rather the lack of big man depth if leaves then with.

As far as his play? Paraphrasing..."he can't dribble (made me chuckle), he needs a playmakers to set him up on his pick in pops, weak guarding the peremiter, very good rim protector...".

I don't think he moves the needle much for the Clips, IMO.

Admittedly, I am a biased Lakers fan, and I loathe the Clips...