2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

It is on brand for us. We like stars. It's what got us here.

 

That's our challenge and its a big one. We need to put together a competitive team that gives us a chance to win now with LeBron and AD without completely crippling the future.

 

well, we WANT to compete now and not kill the future. i don't know if that's really possible. but again, it seems to me that our potential trade partners are almost helping us avoid killing the future by claiming what we have isn't enough. i realize some are doing that to try to get us to give up everything for something that won't help us compete now, but we've resisted that.

don't get me wrong, i'd keep burning up the phone lines, but if i'm rob, i'd call lebron and AD and tell them to make nice with russ, because we're likely starting the season with the guy you two demanded we bring in. make it work this time. and we're not firing ham.

 

This whole thing's been really tricky for me mentally.

I don't want to completely destroy our future, but I do feel like when have guys as good as AD and LeBron you should try to win with them as we just don't know what the future will hold for the team. Even a diminished LeBron is a top player in the league and replacing him will be tough IMO.

While that certainly slides in the column of being careful of about giving up draft picks, it also makes me feel like this is the last time the championship window will be open for a while. Even though that opening is small, it makes me lean toward trying to win now if we can.

I don't necessarily disagree with the thought that AD and LeBron should be trying to make it work Russ. I just a) honestly don't think they can and b) I think everyone wanted Russ since he's a big name. I think they all patted themselves on the back when that one went through and once it crapped the bed the blame game began. We're still big name hunting so no one has learned anything.

Loud sigh.

So yeah, I'm all over the place on this.

Ultimately, I still think Russ has got to go though even though I have to concede that there is a very real chance of us digging a bigger future hole to make that happen given the way teams are trying to fleece us.

 

i think i've just accepted that our lebron window is already closed, and we need to be thinking about the AD window or the post-klutch window, depending upon how lebron reacts to his window being closed here.

the chance of winning a title next year even with irving is just really small, imo. so why be bad for a decade after that?

 

And then Lebron and Rich Paul get on the phone with Jeanie and tell her to fire Rob and make Rich Paul GM... someone hand me my coffee

 

i don't think they'd do it, but it would be grounds for shipping them all out, tbh.

 

Aren't you feeling lucky @Punk-101 ..... errrr ..... @abeer3 ?



No Harry! ... stay with me here:

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You have to try and win this year with a puncher’s chance or the organization has a bunch of wusses running it. Period.

 

i see george karl is still angry over 1995 and the late 00s

 

Eff off George

 

Russ HAS to try to do what’s asked of him or he totally kills his next contract worse than it’s already been killed.

 

Meh, the bubble is only real if the teams they wanted to win won

 

LMAO! Bitter George you blatant hypocrite!

 

the dismissing of the 2020 title is kind of sad and desperate. i wasn't as into it as i wish i was due to *waves hands*, but it's pretty clear that had any team but the lakers won, it would be a BIG DEAL.

 

After losing

"I don’t make excuses as an athlete, but it wasn’t a satisfying year for me because I felt like if it was a normal situation, it wouldn’t end up like that."

Clowns.. All of them

 

Im surprised at how little value THT has here on this forum. I still think he can be a very good player.

 

He's been awful offensively but we'll see if he bounces back with the ball in his hands more and with some shooters. (If here, hopefully no Russ)