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that luka's much more valuable than lebron at this point?

 

yeah, i'm definitely the one with the rep for hating facts and numbers.

 

btw, if everyone's really hellbent on paying lebron what he's actually worth, all offseason plans need to shift to operating over the cap.

that would mean convincing smart (and probably ayton) to take non-bird raises, re-signing kennard using bird rights, scouring the trade market for what knecht, vando, s&t'd rui, and picks would get.

i'm not fundamentally opposed to that approach, either, tbh. it would just make like, zero sense given the work we put in to have that flexibility. it's possible stuff happened after the allstar break that changed rob's mind, just like whatever happened that helped lebron realize that draybron (as opposed to the stephen james act we saw for large chunks of the last couple years) was actually a good idea.

 

Me...The facts and numbers, presented in response to your Dirk/Duncan scenario, said that you were stlll lowballing James.

 

and i've said, maybe seventy times now, that i'm perfectly ok lowballing lebron.

 

Everyone has a plan until reality alters it. I would hope that Pelinka has been evaluating everything, as the season goes along. We have a lot of options.

 

Well...You've also said about 100 times now, that you would prefer to move on from LeBron James period too.

 

Of course he is and that was my point.LeBron isn’t the retiring “superstar” because Luka is the superstar of this team

 

Guys let me shed some light on this. Before LeBron was a billionaire he manipulated the salary cap with Miami and got paid less then he was worth or could’ve got.

Lebron is a billionaire he’s making more off the court. His biggest employer or partner is Nike. Where do they want him??? In L.A. with another Nike Jordan Brand Luka

or San Francisco with the Warriors???. What does that Do??? Curry’s there. One of the reasons Durant left.

Buisness plays in this to. Also Lebrons post playing career as a fixture here in L.A.


Bronnys here making strides. At this point Lebron cares about his Son and his Sons success. He can still compete here.

Grown men will get together and figure out the best way to improve the team here. Ayton probably opts in.

and they see other options. Specially player development will be huge here our draft for our bench.

and bringing Kennard back. Lebron helps and I think. He will do whatever he can to come back. But don’t get it twisted Lebron is not sweating for poverty or like this is his last big contract. At this point Bronnys contract is more important than his.

only definite championships is Denver with Jokic San Antonio with Wembyana and OKC with Shai. And I don’t see Lebron doing that.