Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

i'm not a huge hairston fan, but he sticks out on that list.

 

X looked like a player until that achilles injury. A shame that happened to him.

 

Seemed like Kobe started a mini plague of Achilles injuries.

 

Bosnian.



He just plays for the Croatian National team since he played most of his professional career in Croatia.

 

Called being naturalized, no?

 

It's when things start feeling natural that shouldn't be. Like, I'm a naturalized poster of Byron Poop gifs. Totally comfortable with it now. Should never have been possible.

 

Still hoping we add some random undrafted wing player just for gambling purpose lol....anyone have input on a long atlhetic swingman suggestions? Was thinking auguste had a shot but with yi signing that probably doesn't happen

 

Im not saying that...i was asking if there's possibilities of a swing guys out there we could target. I was saying auguste migjt had chance to be one of our big but with yi i guess we don't need another big

 

I think so. But I think he's referred to himself as being Bosnian as his nationality.

 

wonder how x looks. i really liked him, pre-injury. hairston can shoot (a bit), and defend (a bit), but he seems like a possible headcase, which, with his limited talent, means china.

in all honesty, the lakers have a viable squad now. it's probably a 12th place squad, but one could argue they've fielded a team that can compete most nights against most teams.

not that yi was the final piece to a contending puzzle, but the roster had a glaring hole in terms of big men who could score, and that's plugged now. deng and ingram fit the classic "wing" bill, imo. as does young, if, for some d****** reason, he's still here in a month.

 

athleticism was a big part of his game, so i'm not optimistic. in any case, i'm not as wing-obsessed as some. yes, it's great if you have a great one, but there's actually very few of them in the league right now.

a replacement-level wing is super cheap if need be, and i'm not sure the need arises. more and more teams play multiple small-ish guards these days, anyway.

 

The Withey dunk and CP3 staredown are my two vivid memories of Xavier


Hope he does well, but like many said, I'm not expecting much.

I don't know how practical it is, but I would rather have Artest as a 14th or 15th on this squad. I just love that dude, one of my favorite Lakers. I reckon he'd be a good sparring partner for the young guys too.