Definitely better options at #25 than Happ. I continue to be a big fan of Jontay Porter in that slot. I also like Bates-Diop and Caleb Martin.
I'm all for optimism but seeing Kobe take that huge extension several months after tearing his achilles tendon knowing full well how much it would...
The 2018-2019 cap is said to be 101M If the Lakers stretch Deng + add in the contracts of Ball, Ingram, Kuzma, Hart, #25 pick + Randle's cap hold...
When Lebron James took less than the MAX with Miami in 2010, he had a first year salary of 14.5M. The same figure that Bosh took. Wade took even...
When Ethan Happ was brought up and you said "Late in the draft", I more so zoned in on 2nd round examples for my post. One guy I like who fits...
While teams are drafting for potential, solid college players who stayed 3 or 4 years tend to slide and make for solid pickups in the 2nd round....
For the record, when I reference the MAX, I'm not talking about getting the largest contract possible from the Lakers - which would be a 4 year...
I agree it's unlikely, unless he has a monster 2018-2019 season and feels he'd rather have the security of a 4 year deal. Teams are gearing up for...
Cleveland obviously had the lure of coming home. Kyrie was young but was coming off a stellar 3rd season and had signed a 5 year MAX contract and...
Ojeleye is seeing decent minutes for the injury-ravaged C Bags but it's out of necessity, not really due to actually playing all that well. The...
I realize his stock is as low as it's ever been but he's still a 28 year old true C coming off a 14ppg 11.4rpg 1.7bpg 54.0fg% season (after going...
Miami may be down on Whiteside but they're not THIS down on him. They can do better elsewhere than an albatross contract with two years left on it...
The D-Lo trade at the time was tough to swallow but it landed the Lakers the pick that became Kuzma, a fairly capable stopgap C in Lopez who was...
My bad. To clarify, I actually didn't mean that in any specific order. I was just doing it as a team and going (loosely) G, G, F, F, C
The "All-Steal" team for the 2017 NBA Draft IMO, focusing on guys outside the Top 10, is: Donovan Mitchell Josh Hart Dillon Brooks - #45 pick...
If I were Melo, I'd opt-in and take the $ because I'm a big fan of getting nearly 28 million dollars, regardless of how rich I already am. Let's...
King's Ransom was just a subjective term I threw out there, let's not overly focus on that phrase. I personally don't consider BI + Kuz to be that...
Sure, IF he actually said that. I don't know that he would screw the Spurs franchise that way by putting them in that position. He may be at odds...
Elsewhere, I suggested: BI, Kuz, Zubac and #25 for Kawhi. I got blowback that it was too much, namely for a player the Lakers *could* sign in 2019...
I'd heard Miller linked to the Raiders at #10, so in that context, to get him in a trade down to #15 while picking up #79 - which became Martavis...
