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Good Lord...we had Hayes,Len and 2 two way guys at 5. And you folks are still whining? Damn.

 

PHEW. Giant sigh of relief. Now if we can get Melton or better at POA def, we'll have enough to compete. Not enough to break into the big 3 of Den, OKC, Hou, but knocking at their door, and maybe, just maybe enough, if Luka's dieting, conditioning, and pissed-off-ness takes him to another level.

 

Has Simmons signed anywhere yet?

 

I guess I’m kind of relieved we don’t have to start Hayes again, but let’s not pretend that this guy wasn’t just dumped and doesn’t have major holes in his game.

 

Enough rest Rob

Get back to work

 

Alright its been like 30 minutes, where is our next move?

 

This

Go Rob!

 

There is only one legit guard in that rotation: AR.

If kleber can play that is solid combo at the 5 now
Forwards is a real strength - maybe best in the league Lebron/Luka/Rui/LaRavia

Guards oh boy

 

Fair enough, but he’s not good defensively. I know, we got him for nothing.
I just won’t be excited about this one until I see him excited about playing winning ball in a Lakers uni.

 

We still need a legit backup center. We can't rely on DA to stay healthy all year

 

CP3, Melton, Coffey, GP2, Monte Morris, Ben Simmons…

There are some nice depth pieces still out there. I suppose one of the benefits of waiting is the market has time to dry up and we might get some nice vet min signings.

 

Apparently none of yall have seen the movie American Pie.

 

Also is Memphis really going to hang on to KCP??

 

I’d say we still have various avenues to improve if Rob can get it done:

- BAE exception - 5.4m - Free agents left we could target:

Al Horford
Chris Paul
Chris Boucher
DeAnthony Melton
Cam Thomas
Russell Westbrook (hehehe)
Gary Payton II
Amir Coffey
Ben Simmons

- Expirings & 31 First & various swaps - expirings are:

Rui (18.3m)
Gabe (11.5m)
Kleber (11m)
Shake (3m)
Knecht (4m)* not expiring
Vando (11.6m)* not expiring

We could target various players to bolster whatever we don’t pick up with the BAE. We can do all kinds of salary possibilities.

Knecht - 3-5m rookie scale
Knecht + Shake - 6-8m rookie scale
Gabe/Kleber/Vando - 10-12m
Gabe/Kleber/Vando + Knecht/Shake: 13-16m
Rui - 17-19m
Gabe + Kleber/Vando: 20-22m
Rui + Knecht/Shake: 21-24m
Gabe + Kleber + Knecht/Shake: 24-27m
Rui + Knecht + Shake: 25-27m
Gabe + Kleber + Vando: 32-35m
Rui + Gabe + Shake: 32-35m
Rui + Gabe + Kleber/Vando: 40-42m

 

@Kobeluka99 .... well look at you with the crystal ball and getting your guy Deandre Ayton just like AR .... in a "career contract year" to go with Rui (same if we keep him) and a pissed off Luka Doncic ready to make everyone eat their words for all the slander and piling on with the FAT jokes. Nice combo ... oh yeah and that other guy, LeBron James, along with Jake LaRavia whom I predict we're going to love. Just for starters. So much more to come IMO.

 

I was right and I told y’all we was getting Deandre Ayton from day 1 read my posts. When I suggested Deandre Ayton. People said no way. Don’t like his game. We aren’t getting him. I had to sale you on him. And his game. Why he would be perfect with Luka. The perfect lob threat for Luka.

And it got dark as there was nothing from the Lakers and Turner signed with Milwaukee. Well Rob has bought the Bahamian Beast to Tinseltown. Mychal Thompson where are you taking us????? To eat?