Sports requires luck to a degree. So I don’t fault the front office for that. And some teams played themselves by not negotiating in good faith. Like the Nets saved us from ourselves by playing hardball with Kyrie. But ultimately we ended up with a nice deal from the team I had wanted us to deal with all season so I’m good. I would’ve been really disappointed if we had punted the season given how wide open the West is right now. We are in a position to compete which is all you can really ask a front office IMO.
No matter what happens the rest of the way... I want all these players re-signed! Who cares if you will lose some money now.. this is an INVESTMENT, and imagine how much MORE you could potentially make with perennial deep playoff runs, merch, and the possibility of championship material you could milk for decades. We actually have a full winning team again with capable scorers, playmakers, unselfish basketball, good enough shooting, AND most importantly amazing defense! And it only took 3 years to re-tool! These opportunities don't come around often, usually a decade to rebuild if you're good and play all your cards right. I don't want to wait that long again lol. Buss, Pelinka, management, everyone... make it happen!!!
Who said they wouldn't? The Lakers already have one if the highest payrolls in the NBA. Where is this stuff coming from? We still made the correct decision in not coughing up 35 million to keep Caruso. Now choosing Tucker over Caruso is another matter.
No..Alex Caruso wasn't worth a 35 million dollar tax hit period. He's still not worth it today. That's bad business, there is nothing Caruso would have done to save last season at all.
Letting Caruso walk, because you don't want to cough up 35 million dollars, is not being cheap or unreasonable.
This is just the repeater tax working in real time. It’s good for basketball, the only bad thing is the clippers and warriors have ignored it. The former because they don’t care about losing money, the latter because after their current core retires they’ll be irrelevant for a decade. The new CBA looks to do more to even the playing field so teams like the clippers can’t just continue to add talent moving forward.
it's...both? again, whether jeanie can afford a second yacht doesn't factor into my decision making about the roster. every sentient nba fan would agree caruso is worth far more than his annual price tag. from a business perspective, worst case is your financially-strapped a** trades him into air for a 1st rounder! just terrible stuff. you're the one who greenlit paying russell westbrook half a hundred per to actively drown the franchise. paying someone who actually improved the on-court product 20% of that is a no-brainer. it takes more steps, but the clippers still would have just signed caruso. even the new rules will allow that. anyway, this thread's about rob. he's killing it. he shed magic and lebron as gms, and now he's making good choices and we're better for it. he's still not able to compete with the clips and gs (and bkn, for that matter, if they re-enter contention) because of the above, though.
No Page 2 for you Rob. BUMP!! Thanks for having the balls to wait it out and be able to pull off that miracle at the deadline.
Lowe must have been concerned about the competition. Have seen him look much older on TV not all that long ago. But props to TNT for putting this up.
He’ll never win even if deserved. I don’t know that it’s deserved this season, but higher than 11th? Yes, absolutely. Top 3-5 after those deadline moves
he may not be a genius, but he's far, far better than fans and media gave him credit for. i still can't get over ramona shelbourne burning her career down just to get shots in on rob. some of the dumbest s*** i've ever seen.
