thanks!Yeah, nothing like more responsibility to interrupt the important things in life. lol
Congrats on the promotion.
Where you been,.dude?
So busy. But thats settling down.
Terrible luck for the Warriors with injuries man
Yes, he isn't making trades on an island, other staff was involved and they can complete the deal.
I'm available.
Strong pass.
I've seen a lot of misinformation about how much cap space the Lakers have.
As of today, they have more than a max spot available (if they were to renounce all FA). Because technically the AD trade hasn't happened.
The question is how will the AD trade be executed? The Lakers have enough cap space to execute the trade as an under-the-cap team, without having to match salary. If they did it that way, the Lakers would be left with ~23m in cap space. Not quite enough for a max.
If they were to sign a max FA before executing the AD trade, the trade suddenly wouldn't work (as reported), because Lakers wouldn't have enough cap room to execute the trade under the cap, and they would need to have enough matching salary to execute the trade over-the-cap. But, at that point, the Pels (and possibly the Hawks in a 3-way trade) could agree to include the remaining available Lakers players (Bonga, Wagner, & Jemerrio) in order to make the trade legal OR to delay the trade until after DeAndre Hunter had been signed for 30 days so his salary would count as part of the trade matching. Either of those is more likely than the Pels backing out of the trade, with how happy they are with the haul they got, imo.
Bottom line, if one of the big fish (Kyrie, Kawhi, Kemba, or Jimmy) want to come to the Lakers, there are plenty of ways to make it work along with the AD trade.
If none of those guys come, the extra $4 mil the Lakers could squeeze out of cap space may or may not even be worth the (fairly insignificant) losses of Bonga and Wagner, depending on who plan B includes and how much money they need.
It's possible but why would N.O. want to take on extra salary for those 3 players, I mean it's possible. Either way, if they were to take the route of just trading those young players away. They will have about 27-28M, if I am correct. If AD somehow were to waive his trade kicker they would have 31-32M, if I am correct. Most of those max FA's are 35M a year, correct? Either way it doesn't look likely they sign a tier 1 FA...I could be wrong. Not sure what other options they have to clear cap space at this point...
KD is the only one thats at 35, the rest are 32.
AD's trade kicker isn't relevant if they sign free agents before executing the trade. Its only relevant if they execute the trade under the cap. If the Lakers get a max guy, they will definitely be signing him before the trade is executed. From that point, as long as they match outgoing salary in the trade, it doesn't matter how far over the cap they go.
Ignorant.
And these GM’s are? Pffft. Look at the mistakes they make, it can’t be too hard losing cap space because you don’t know the rules or overpaying CP3.For not wanting you as GM, lol? Not exactly qualified.
And these GM’s are? Pffft. Look at the mistakes they make, it can’t be too hard losing cap space because you don’t know the rules or overpaying CP3.
I love the fans of every sport who scratch their bellies, sip their Mountain Dew, and type about how easy it is to run a sports franchise. This also occurs regarding being CEO of a Fortune 500 company, being president of the US, or managing a bullpen.And these GM’s are? Pffft. Look at the mistakes they make, it can’t be too hard losing cap space because you don’t know the rules or overpaying CP3.
There is no mistake made yet. If the Lakers get someone interested in their max spot, they can sign that player first on July 6th, then trigger the AD trade. If the Lakers get AD to decline his trade kicker and get someone (Atlanta as the 3rd team?) to take Wagner, Bonga, and Jones, they can then complete the AD trade AFTER signing their new max free agent. It doesn't have to wait until 7/30 as they don't have to sign the #4 pick first and include that salary in the trade if they can avoid the trade kicker and dump those 3 players.
I love the fans of every sport who scratch their bellies, sip their Mountain Dew, and type about how easy it is to run a sports franchise. This also occurs regarding being CEO of a Fortune 500 company, being president of the US, or managing a bullpen.
I love the fans of every sport who scratch their bellies, sip their Mountain Dew, and type about how easy it is to run a sports franchise. This also occurs regarding being CEO of a Fortune 500 company, being president of the US, or managing a bullpen.
I love the fans of every sport who scratch their bellies, sip their Mountain Dew, and type about how easy it is to run a sports franchise. This also occurs regarding being CEO of a Fortune 500 company, being president of the US, or managing a bullpen.