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Well..there is some connection between Lebron and Mitchell

Love on a vet minimum?

https://heavy.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lebron-james-donovan-mitchell-rumors-workout/

 

It'll never end

 

Lol... Lowry still around? What about Ariza?

 

Big Noo to Draymond

San Antonio when they played Lakers in 2013 without Nash, Howard after back surgery.PG was Andrew Goudelock who was out of NBA next season and some other Robert Sacre and Lakers legend
Earl Clark .Even Steve Blake was injured..

 

2021 bucks had an easy path to the finals as well from what i recall, but nothing close to how easy boston's path is this year

 

if we are able to be objective, I wonder if he would really be on anyone’s radar if he wasn’t LeBron James son

 

AI is awesome haha

Ok, I posed this challenge to ChapGPT 4o

Sure, let's create a persuasive presentation to convince Donovan Mitchell why he should demand a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. The presentation will highlight the financial benefits of athlete endorsements, additional income opportunities, media exposure in Los Angeles, and the advantages of the Lakers' team construction.

Slide 1: Introduction
Title: Why Donovan Mitchell Should Choose the Los Angeles Lakers

Subtitle: Leveraging Financial Opportunities and Team Success

Content:

• Brief introduction about Donovan Mitchell’s current status and contract situation.
• Overview of the benefits of moving to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Slide 2: Financial Benefits in Los Angeles
Title: Enhanced Financial Opportunities in Los Angeles

Content:

• Endorsement Deals: Highlight the higher likelihood of securing lucrative endorsement deals in LA compared to Cleveland. Los Angeles is home to major brands and has a significant market presence.
• Additional Income Opportunities: Emphasize opportunities in film, television, and other media ventures available in LA.

Chart: Comparison of average endorsement income for athletes in LA vs. Cleveland.

Slide 3: Media Exposure
Title: Superior Media Exposure in Los Angeles

Content:

• Media Market Size: Explain how LA's larger media market can boost his brand and visibility.
• Social Media Reach: Increased coverage from national and international media outlets.
• Celebrity Networking: Opportunities to network with celebrities and influential figures.

Graph: Media market size comparison (LA vs. Cleveland).

Slide 4: Team Construction and Championship Potential
Title: The Lakers' Championship Potential

Content:

• Current Roster Strength: Discuss the star-studded lineup of the Lakers including LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
• Future Prospects: Outline the Lakers' strategic plan for future signings and trades to maintain a competitive edge.
• Winning Culture: Emphasize the Lakers’ history of championships and winning mentality.

Graph: Comparison of team rosters and key player statistics.

Slide 5: Strategic Leverage in Trade Negotiations
Title: Leveraging Trade Demands

Content:

• Contract Leverage: Explain how being in the last year of his contract can be used to his advantage.
• Exclusive Destination: Emphasize the power of specifying the Lakers as the only team he will sign an extension with.
• Negotiation Strategy: Highlight the benefits for both Mitchell and the Lakers in making this move happen.

Chart: Timeline and steps for leveraging trade negotiations.

Slide 6: Conclusion
Title: The Optimal Choice for Donovan Mitchell

Content:

• Recap of the financial, media, and team benefits.
• Call to action for Mitchell to consider demanding a trade to the Lakers.

Visual: Combined visual of financial, media, and team benefits.

Detailed Financial Analysis

1. Endorsements and Income Opportunities
   • Los Angeles:
     
     • Average endorsement earnings for top athletes in LA are significantly higher due to larger market size and proximity to major corporations and the entertainment industry.
     • Opportunities for appearances in movies, TV shows, and commercials.
   • Cleveland:
     
     
     • Smaller market with fewer endorsement opportunities.
     • Limited exposure to entertainment industry-related

10 seconds to generate this hahahahahahaaha, pretty crazy.

 

Trade Package https://heavy.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/donovan-mitchell-trade-rumors-cavaliers/

 

LeBron James Makes Lakers ‘Perfect Place’ for Kevin Durant, Says Stephen A. Smith

here is usually a lot more nuance to what gets said by ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith than what he gets credit for, and one of his latest hot NBA takes deserves some context. But speaking about the mess that the Phoenix Suns have become this season, as the trio of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker so clearly flamed out with a four-game sweep at the hands of the Timberwolves, Smith hit on a salient point about the Lakers and LeBron James.

They’re just was Durant needs at this stage of his career.

That’s because while Durant, at age 35, is still as effective as ever on the floor, he is also as difficult to decipher off it. That’s not to say Durant is a locker-room problem—just that he is not a locker-room solution, not the veteran star leader teams often hope he will be.

Because of that, Smith said on ESPN’s “First Take” this week, Durant ought to team up with James.

“Personality-wise, I’m just talking about his personality, I’m not talking about whether it will fit cap-wise, just his personality. I think the perfect place for him would have been the Lakers because of LeBron,” Smith said.

Durant only wants attention, generally speaking, on his own terms. James would help him achieve that. “LeBron is a magnet for the attention,” Smith noted. “Because you have that, Kevin Durant gets to play in the background. But that wasn’t enough for him in Golden State, evidently, so we don’t know.”



Kevin Durant Played Well Despite Suns Dysfunction
The Suns, at least publicly, are saying the intention in Phoenix is to run it back with its current Big Three. Phoenix fired its coach, Frank Vogel, and replaced him with Mike Budenholzer earlier this month. That, at least for now, is the extent of the changes the team will be making to its top-ticket items.

Durant held up his end of the bargain this season, with a nifty stat line of 27.1 points, 52.3% shooting, 41.3% 3-point shooting, plus 6.6 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Booker was effective, too, but Beal struggled to get on the floor this year, appearing in just 53 games this season.

There was some hope that the Suns would rally together in the playoffs but, instead, they were meekly swept out by Minnesota. And they won’t be able to make many changes to the roster because of the restrictions they face as a team that is more than $100 million—well over the so-called “second apron”—of the NBA’s increasingly restrictive luxury tax.

Trading Durant to a team that could offer win-now assets (like the Lakers) is one way the Suns can get out of their mess, but that, apparently, is not in the cards.

Lakers, LeBron James Could Corral KD
Additionally, one executive who spoke to Heavy Sports said he’s not sure how many teams could withstand Durant’s presence, given the way he has become increasingly mopey and disgruntled as his career has gone on.

The Lakers would have to be certain that LeBron James could keep Durant in line.

“He makes you nervous because as good as he is, he now has some baggage and it is easy to blame everyone else for what has happened in his last few stops, but at some point you start to say, ‘Wait, he is the common factor here,’” one Eastern Conference GM said. “There are a lot of teams that he’d be a great fit, maybe all of them, right? He is that good.”

But, the GM points out, things ended badly for Durant in Golden State in 2019. Then they ended badly last year in Brooklyn. Now, they’re going badly yet again in Phoenix.

“You have to ask, ‘How much of this baggage is his, how much is just the bad circumstances he was in?’ Because it seems like a long time since Kevin was happy as a player,” the GM wondered. “He’s disgruntled all the time. So then you have to ask, ‘If he is unhappy, can we take it, do we have the coach and the locker room to shrug that stuff off?’

“That is a question you have to ask with him now. It is not going to be ‘Yes’ for every team and that would limit his market.”

 

Without the tremendous heart scare and what that cost him physically and skills wise missing 3-4 months on the floor …. to continue to improve all year in rotation … yeah. Certainly by a not needed, I think, even now, 2nd year in college. He’s going to be fun to watch and will be a wrecking ball against 1s and 2s and some 3s like Zion athlete wise against 3s - 5s. Just assuming he’s going to fill into 220-225lbs of hard muscle. Has a great frame on him. great length and am guessing big solid bones, looking at today’s scrimmage clip. With the 40” vertical. He wants it like GiGi wanted it and also has a GOAT level dad for all the fine points. I will be a fan.

 

I'd do it.

He'll be 28 entering his prime. I'm concerned with injuries especially considering he's this young.

But I'm fine throwing the kitchen sink at him and praying that Rob/Klutch can nail FA.

 

Isn't it up to Mitchell? He really has the all the cards here, right? If he declines to extend, the decision been made for the Cavs or the risk losing him for nothing. Am I reading that wrong?

 

Garland is 24. He's locked into to a deal that's going to pay him $40 million for the next few years.

Darius Garland Contract Breakdown, Salary, Career Earnings and more (sportskeeda.com)

He's with Klutch. He isn't as good as Mitchell. He looked awful in multiple games these PO's. Does he work salary wise and as a third option, though?

Murray or Garland? Murray is on a much more palatable contract for the next 3-4 years, which matters a lot when you're building a team. That's guessing there's even a choice between the two.

Based upon the Shams article, Cleveland is optimistic they could extend Mitchell. He could make more money (almost $62 million) if he signs as an FA next summer.

Interesting.

 

.Look what injured Luka is doing to OKC.Holmgren is not doing nothing special
For OKLAHOMA nobody except for SGA scored double digits after 3 quarters
And we again return to play -in vs Pelicans . Yes it's past already it's a mute point,but maybe Lakers should have try to avoid Denver when they had a chance

 

Lakers over OKC in 6 if we played them.

Light work.

 

how are his calves tho?