2019 Offseason Thread

[thunderc]

I mean, he's no Nerlens Noel or Patrick Patterson but I think he'll be just fine.

Well you found the right company for him whether you meant to or not.

 

[Black Adam]

The Lakers could have found an all star center that averaged 20 and 10 for most of his career for less than $3.5m?

well, yes...



























...i was available...

 

[cooljack]

The Lakers could have found an all star center that averaged 20 and 10 for most of his career for less than $3.5m?

That's not my point. My point is they could have paid more and got someone better.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

That's not my point. My point is they could have paid more and got someone better.

Who was available after Kawhi made his decision? Especially at the center position?


Now if you were an NBA GM and found out that your team was one of the three teams that Kawhi would consider, what would you have done?

 

[Bart]

Who was available after Kawhi made his decision? Especially at the center position?


Now if you were an NBA GM and found out that your team was one of the three teams that Kawhi would consider, what would you have done?

I wouldn't have been my preference to go after Kawhi but if you didn't go after him after he targeted your team as a destination then your fan base would have killed your if you didn't try to sign him. In other words, I don't think as the Lakers GM you had a choice to NOT go after Kawhi.

 

[DJ Fieri]

They don’t have a championship team now?

They are a contender.....1 of about 5-6.....









With Leonard, they would have been the prohibitive favorite.

 

[DJ Fieri]

The Lakers could have found an all star center that averaged 20 and 10 for most of his career for less than $3.5m?

No.


If Cousins plays 60-65 games and averages 16-17ppg and 8-9rpg.....they'll be just fine.

 

[bksballer89]

No.


If Cousins plays 60-65 games and averages 16-17ppg and 8-9rpg.....they'll be just fine.

She said nothing about Cousins avg 20/10 this coming season

 

[tlance]

I agree in part with this, but, as others have also pointed it, he eliminated the Pelicans from negotiating with any other team but the Lakers.

I also stated, it should be done in private. No reason for anyone to know about it.

No he didn’t though.

Other teams were still in the mix.

Just because he says he wants to be traded to LA or NY does not mean that the Pelicans have to deal him there. And, we have seen in the recent past where teams have traded for a star despite not being on their “list” and it has worked out pretty well.

As for the public vs. private thing?

Yeah I agree.

He handled it poorly.

But that is not the same as “not honoring his contract”, IMO.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Twitter changed their layout in the last few days, maybe week.....not a fan of it either.

 

[tlance]

None of that matters, blows my mind how people condone this behavior. Fn pussy world we live in now, me me me.

I get why small market fans are bitter. You can’t keep your guys.

But bottom line, the Pelicans had 7 years to build a winning team around a truly elite player and they failed miserably.

So I don’t blame Davis at all for wanting to play somewhere else.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Music and beer.....at my age......this qualifies as about as good as it gets on a TGIF.....

 

[tlance]

I just hate what they did to Boston. You should have zero say in where you get traded. His agent making comments that he made is unacceptable.

“They can trade for him, but it’ll be for one year,”

And guess what?

The Pelicans still could have traded him to Boston.

 

[DJ Fieri]

She said nothing about Cousins avg 20/10 this coming season

Yeah, I said no....and then I said basically they don't need a center to average 20 and 10.

Try and keep up.....

 

[tlance]

"Did to Boston"? Isn't that helping Boston by warning them?

That is my thinking too.

 

[thunderc]

I get why small market fans are bitter. You can’t keep your guys.

But bottom line, the Pelicans had 7 years to build a winning team around a truly elite player and they failed miserably.

So I don’t blame Davis at all for wanting to play somewhere else.

Has nothing to do with small market and everything to do with being a fn man. This Fd up world we live in.

 

[tlance]

usually when people lash out with personal attacks its because they are beaten on substance and have no where to go.

I mean I could not have been more right about the Heat and Whiteside the last few years- so there will of course be a back-lash to that. Its an acknowledgment of right I was if anything.

Thanks for admitting that!

Nobody here lashes out with more personal attacks than you.

 

[tlance]

End of the day, neither side has loyalty.

As soon as the team decides the player is no longer "part of the plan" or they're ready to "move in a different direction", they move the player whether he wants to be moved or not.

As soon as the player decides the team is no longer "where he wants to be" or that he "can't win here", he starts looking for a way out.

The closest I've seen in recent memory to loyalty from a team, the Lakers gave Kobe a big contract for his last 2 seasons. While I agreed with it at the time, and still do...it also likely has a lot to do with why they have struggled so much the past few years.

The closest I've seen to loyalty from a player in recent years was DeMar DeRozan re-signing with the Raptors because he wanted to play there for his entire career. He's now a San Antonio Spur.

And to be honest, they shouldn’t have loyalty.

The NBA is a multi-billion dollar business. It is a cut throat as it gets.

Players should ALWAYS be looking out for their own best interest because you know 100% that your team will trade your ass the moment it is their best interest to do so.

And the best players who actually have leverage should use it when they need to.

I have no problem with that.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Don't sleep on Cousins, he's in the best shape of his life right now.

He's also young enough to prove the skeptics/doubters wrong.


As long as he's been in the NBA....still just 28. Not like he's over 30 or anything.

 

[DJ Fieri]

That's not my point. My point is they could have paid more and got someone better.

Who?