Lakers - Kings- Trade Very Unlikely; Both Teams Focused On Draft

Discussion in 'NBA Discussion' started by LALakersFan4Life, Jun 22, 2015.

Page 36 of 36
  1. gcclaker

    gcclaker Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    9,035
    Likes Received:
    20,545
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Wherever I am at the moment...
    Offline
    Hate those people. Go to the games to be seen and don't know the difference between a dive or a high screen and roll. All of them show up at the annual Laker town meeting with torches and pitchforks. Their called season ticket holders I believe. That's fine...give up your slots and good luck getting them back once we go on another three to five year run.
     
    gcclaker, Jun 29, 2015
    #701
  2. abeer3

    abeer3 - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    28,523
    Likes Received:
    76,748
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    btw, I'm thinking shelbourne has it right: of course it's not dead. things like this never are. it's just that Russell's not going to be a part of it if it goes down. the lakers will stay in contact until cousins is moved elsewhere or the lakers believe they have their frontcourt shored up. but they'll be angling to get him for a lot less than has been reported. again, we've seen this before with the pau deal, and with many others like it. of course sac is asking for the moon. when they wake up in February and are still the same dysfunctional bottom feeder, maybe they start asking for less, and ol' mitch will still be hanging around.
     
    abeer3, Jun 30, 2015
    #702
    therealdeal and LaVarBallsDad like this.
  3. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    That's pretty much how I'm seeing it too.

    Although I think a deal ends up being struck here with Denver some time next month probably.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 30, 2015
    #703
  4. LaVarBallsDad

    LaVarBallsDad - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    16,172
    Likes Received:
    31,056
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
     
    LaVarBallsDad, Jun 30, 2015
    #704
  5. LaVarBallsDad

    LaVarBallsDad - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    16,172
    Likes Received:
    31,056
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Calipari coached Cousins at Kentucky for a season in 2009-10, and Ranadive believes Calipari could help serve as a mechanism to convince Cousins to back away from his desire to be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources said. As much as anything, Calipari represents one more potential change of direction, as well as a public-relations splash for Ranadive.

    Sacramento ownership, dismayed over Karl's fractured relationship with Cousins, has had lawyers studying Karl's contract, trying to determine if there's a way to terminate him for "cause," and free themselves of the three years, nearly $10 million left guaranteed on his deal, league sources told Yahoo Sports. If the Kings cannot convince Calipari to come to Sacramento – or never make a formal offer – Karl could simply remain as coach.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings--john-calipari--kentucky-195614697.html

    :rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
    LaVarBallsDad, Jun 30, 2015
    #705
  6. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    Oh yeah... I'm sure Kal is just jumping at the opportunity to coach the dysfunctional Kings instead of his powerhouse Kentucky school.

    The guy turned away jobs like Cleveland with LeBron and Los Angeles with Kobe. I doubt he wants Sacramento just because Cousins is there.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 30, 2015
    #706
  7. LaVarBallsDad

    LaVarBallsDad - Lakers Legend -

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    16,172
    Likes Received:
    31,056
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    D'Alessandro left the Kings for a front-office job with the Denver Nuggets two weeks ago. Around the draft, several front-office executives and player agents expressed frustration about dealing with Divac on instances involving the trading and drafting of players. Divac is largely unfamiliar with the collective bargaining and salary-cap rules, causing him to struggle with grasping the machinations of negotiating and completing deals.

    Among other things, Ranadive has talked extensively with Calipari about how best to deal with Cousins, and communicated with him about the Kings' first-round pick, center Willie Cauley-Stein, in Thursday's NBA draft, sources said.

    :rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
    LaVarBallsDad, Jun 30, 2015
    #707
  8. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline


    AKA- Fire Karl and we're all good!
     
    therealdeal, Jun 30, 2015
    #708
  9. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline


    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
     
    therealdeal, Jun 30, 2015
    #709
    LaVarBallsDad likes this.
  10. JSM

    JSM - Lakers Legend -

    Top Poster Of Month

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    18,332
    Likes Received:
    70,912
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    [​IMG]

    This whole Sac Town s*** show is entertainment gold. Gold, Jerry!
     
    JSM, Jun 30, 2015
    #710
    Kenzo and therealdeal like this.
  11. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
     
    therealdeal, Jul 2, 2015
    #711
  12. thkthebest

    thkthebest Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 6, 2014
    Messages:
    1,679
    Likes Received:
    2,300
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    I don't understand. That implies that we were going to trade the pick if we didn't draft Russell, but since we had the second pick, we had a 99.9999% chance of drafting Russell.
     
    thkthebest, Jul 2, 2015
    #712
  13. therealdeal

    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    Messages:
    28,475
    Likes Received:
    62,061
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
    I think it implies that we didn't know who we were getting in the draft, maybe it's NOT Russell.

    And on top of that, once you have the kid on your team I'm thinking it's really hard to fall in love with his game and then trade him.
     
    therealdeal, Jul 2, 2015
    #713
  14. Doc Brown

    Doc Brown - Lakers Starter -

    Joined:
    Oct 4, 2014
    Messages:
    2,571
    Likes Received:
    11,517
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Doctorin'
    Location:
    Hill Valley
    Offline
    Judging by the FA plan, the FO probably put names in a hat and randomly pulled one out for the pick.

    They don't know what they are doing anymore.
     
    Doc Brown, Jul 2, 2015
    #714
  15. JSM

    JSM - Lakers Legend -

    Top Poster Of Month

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2014
    Messages:
    18,332
    Likes Received:
    70,912
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Offline
     
    JSM, Jul 4, 2015
    #715
Page 36 of 36

Share This Page