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Trojan, way back in the CBS sports timeframe I listened to most posters from LA saying the CBA would not effect the Lakers, as the Lakers have the TV revenues to pay what ever tax they want. At that time, all posters not LA were discussing how the teams need to handle the CBA change. Your now talking about its effects, 3 to 4 years after all other teams/GM's adjusted. They are writing articles in LA about it. Those were discussed in Boston 3 years earlier.
The writer carefully pointed out no single digit lottery picks but he failed to mention that they had other picks, lots of them, and in those days, the Jerry West days, they used those picks to grab many quality players, and rebuild with a superstar at pick 13 called Kobe Bryant (it was a deep draft).
You cant boo babble me on how the Lakers built there teams. I know how they built them. And if you were being honest on here too, you too would admit it. It was always with picks. Only one quality FA ever came to LA, just one, and that was Shaq. All others, all others required trading picks.
Picks were always critical to grabbing the worthies, the magics, the kobes. But now the picks are worth even more post CBA. This is why, the giving away picks to then alienate the stud you gave them up for, when he played hurt for you, and now you trash him for his decision, is simply foolish. They knew when they went for him he would need to be the man. But Kobe love could not let them give the reigns to dwight, and to phil. It was dumb, foolish and many times they could have changed direction. Instead, the now have overpaid, 30M Kobe running the show. The have no picks ahead, they have no youth that they are developing, and the FA market will never work like it did before the CBA. I mentioned and predicted many of these topics in the past, and if you will recall, I appluaded Mitch for the dwight trade. But to see it go this way was just plain stupid. It was NY Jets stupid.
The writer carefully pointed out no single digit lottery picks but he failed to mention that they had other picks, lots of them, and in those days, the Jerry West days, they used those picks to grab many quality players, and rebuild with a superstar at pick 13 called Kobe Bryant (it was a deep draft).
You cant boo babble me on how the Lakers built there teams. I know how they built them. And if you were being honest on here too, you too would admit it. It was always with picks. Only one quality FA ever came to LA, just one, and that was Shaq. All others, all others required trading picks.
Picks were always critical to grabbing the worthies, the magics, the kobes. But now the picks are worth even more post CBA. This is why, the giving away picks to then alienate the stud you gave them up for, when he played hurt for you, and now you trash him for his decision, is simply foolish. They knew when they went for him he would need to be the man. But Kobe love could not let them give the reigns to dwight, and to phil. It was dumb, foolish and many times they could have changed direction. Instead, the now have overpaid, 30M Kobe running the show. The have no picks ahead, they have no youth that they are developing, and the FA market will never work like it did before the CBA. I mentioned and predicted many of these topics in the past, and if you will recall, I appluaded Mitch for the dwight trade. But to see it go this way was just plain stupid. It was NY Jets stupid.
