Lakers Plan To Explore Dragic Trade Or Offer Him $20m Per Year In Off-season

Again, I'll have to agree to disagree TIME.

 

That's fine guys, but we don't set the prices on the market. I'm not going to hold my breath that we DON'T use that max slot and I'd rather have the player than not have him. Would I rather spend less money? OF COURSE! I just don't think there's any way we're going to get a good player on a cheaper contract.

Who can we get this summer NOT on a max deal that can single-handedly win us a few games next year? Anybody? Is there any single player we can get that can win us a few games and not get the max?

 

Not to beat a dead horse (with Rondo in the horse role), but check this link out. Hollinger is far from my favorite analyst, but just check this list out with Rondo sitting at #39 below both Lin and Clarkson.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/pg

 

We'll have to see how it all plays out.

 

It's sad that our team in such bad shape. It's no longer about choosing a great plan but more about going with the less flawed plan.

 

Just for fun, who ARE the Top 10 PGs in the NBA? I'm not being a jackrabbit, I'm serious. I'm looking down the list right now and here's the guys I'd put undoubtedly ahead of Dragic-

Wall, Westbrook, Paul, Lillard, Curry, Lowry, Conley, and Irving. By my math we're at eight guys. Then we're getting into Lawson, Bledsoe, Teague, Knight, Walker, Rose, Rondo, Reggie Jackson, Jrue Holiday, Jennings, and Michael Carter-Williams.

I'd put Dragic ahead of most of that second list except maybe Teague and the rest are debatable right? Rose obviously is better if he's healthy and pushing hard enough, but that's rare these days. So I'd say Dragic is close to the Top 10, but he makes the Top 15 at his position. The max is still way too much for him, but it might be what we're forced to work with.

 

This year I'll go:

Curry
Westbrook
Lillard
CP3
Wall
Lowry
Conley
Irving
Bledsoe
Teague

I agree that you can slot Dragic anywhere after those ten, and maybe higher depending on the situation. He proved last year that IF he is allowed to be the guy at PG he can crack that top 10. Someone posted above the stat that he is the #1 PG in the league in shooting % of open shots. Next to Kobe he would get a lot of open looks. I still don't want to pay him Max $$$, but you make a strong point that we MAY have to overpay someone to get the rebuild ball rolling.

 

A counter argument could be made that if you're looking at that list of guards, there's just so many really talented PGs in the NBA right now maybe it's best to look at other positions of need. I believe that's @revgen 's point and it's one I can definitely agree with. If we can find someone more worthy of a max deal that's fine.

If we can sign any of these guys BELOW max I'll be ecstatic, I'm just at this point mentally preparing myself to give up that max slot to a 2nd tier guy.

 

Makes me even think that dragic may not want to stick around after this season either because he still wont know what this MIA team is made of or know what they are capable of because Bosh may not be there this year.

 

where did you find the Open + FG% info from??

 

thank you!