The Lakers fans here (god there are so many) seem pretty interested in letting him go after next year and using all that cap space to build around AD. I very much doubt they re-sign LeBron for max money.
the Cavs core is def. Garland, Mobley, Allen, Markkanen, Okoro. Those 5.
Could the Lakers bring in Jokic to play with AD so he can be the 4 like he wants? Or maybe go Middleton and Beal?
Dray, Klay, Curry alone are an outrageous amount is the problem.
Sure but I'd rather keep the young core than trade for LeBron I was just musing about signing him to a mid size deal with Wiggins off the books. That year is a player option for Draymond, I assume he'll exercise it but maybe they trade him for picks to free up more cash.
Yeah but then you are totally screwed after, whereas now you can see a new core emerging. And that's probably too many cooks in the kitchen, you'd have to get rid of Draymond and I don't see it.
isnt poole a free agent now? You have no cap room. I think all you have is the mini-mid level to resign him. That seems rather unlikely.
He's not even close to a bust. We literally don't know. If he doesn't get healthy then he's a bust. We don't know yet.
Everything depends on what he wants more than anything. If he wants back, he'll be back. If he's even close to this year's production, he'll get the money he wants. Lakers can't expect to draw other free agents if they let Lebron go when he is still so effective. If they want to shed more salary, they would need to look at moving AD (if Lebron approves, of course). The idea of major cap space after next season is a mirage. If they get it, they're actually in worse shape IMO, because that means no Lebron. Shedding Westbrook's salary but keeping Lebron and AD puts them at around $100M for 3 players (if THT opts in at $11M) plus cap holds for a lot of empty roster spots.
Poole is under contract for one more season, followed by a qualifying offer. They may look to extend him this summer however, rumors of 4/$80M.
Let him go and sign Jokic!
Yeah right.
