2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

I agree on George, but LeBron I expect to take the full max. There's a decent shot this is his last contract.

As for the rest: that's tampering 100% It happens league wide, but if the Lakers made an overtly obvious promise the way Houston did with Chris Paul, we'd be fined and they'd bar us from re-signing Randle.

 

I disagree, players of Hart’s production making 1.6 mil are incredibly valuable when you expect to have a team with 2, or even 3 stars on it. On an equal contract, sure Randle is more important, but they’re not equal contracts, we have to jump through hoops to make Randle fit if LeBron and George sign.

 

Doesn't really matter though. This is the franchise that gave Kobe 25 million before it was easy to make that much money. And they did it after an Achilles tear. We're not about to approach FAs asking them to take less. And LeBron is coming here expecting to be the man, expecting to be the King of LA. The King of LA doesn't come here for a few pennies left. He'd say waive whatever kids on the end of the bench we need to waive so we can give him the contract he (and George) need.

 

I don't disagree on Hart's contract being a great piece and of value, but I'd still include him if it meant we got to keep Randle with PG, LBJ, Kuz, Ball, and Ingram instead of losing him

 

What report?

 

The one in the Kawhi thread.

 

I’m scratching my head. That’s not what I would call a report. It’s a speculative “message” article. Some team (either OKC or the Spurs or both are funneling the message through Woj. Magic & Rob are sitting in the big chair. They are not going to blink and act out of desperation. This “report” doesn’t concern me at all. LeBron is coming. PG is coming. The only question is Kawhi.

 

It makes me think the Spurs want to get something done quickly if I'm honest. It makes me think the Spurs would like to get something done in a timeframe where Julius Randle is still on the table, where we haven't signed anybody yet, and they can try to get the most assets out of us that they can.

But the fact they're doing this now tells me they've struggled hard to get any real offers for Kawhi. Other teams have made pitches, but they've been soft as Kawhi has maintained he wants to be a Laker. Now the Spurs are bringing the Lakers to the table and saying, "lets get this talk started, but don't try to give us any bull****".

Things could move quickly from here. If Magic and Rob play their cards right, we could get all three this summer.

 

Woj and Ramona both have the same kind of credibility. They have never been investigative journalists. They have connections and they write about whatever their connections feed them. Nothing has changed. We just have to discern which connection fed them their most current info and why.