Lakers Pull Out Of Talks For Davis

[lebron23james]

Irving and AD will be a pretty tough team to beat...Especially if Durant leaves

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Lakers cant offer him 5 years

They wouldn't want to any way. Lately they have preferred 3 to 4 years at the most.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

common sense brah

if they dont trade for him- and try and sign him- then the contracts that are going out- like Ball, ingram, kuzma, etc. wont be going out

there is no way in hell they can sign a a max free agent htis offseason and still have cap room to sign davis the following year.

If they traded Ingram and Ball, yes they would. The net difference would have been only 8, more, But it makes more sense to wait and trade after they have signed the second max player which they won't get. They most likely have to settle for slightly less

 

[shopson67]

Not really.

Davis would have to leave an unprecedented amount of money on the table to get traded to Boston and then walk to another team in free agency.

$50M more in guaranteed money does a lot of convincing all by itself.

He already turned down the supermax. He's on record valuing legacy over earnings. At his pay level, he's never going to come up short anyway.

 

[socaljim242]

Tatum, Jalen Brown and two 1st from Memphis and Sacremento and possibly the Clippers first.

The Lakers on the other hand have a tremendous amount of internal healing to do. LeBron's comments and demands to ownership to give up anyone and everyone to get Davis pissed off his 'team mates', if you want to be so brave as to call them that. Several have said that they want nothing more to do with an old man in his waning days. This is the kind of thing that takes a massive efort to overcome.

As far as the lakers trade offers go.........If the Pelicans trade Davis to the Lakers, their first round picks go from the mid to late teens to the mid to late twenties and possibly in the 30s. Those picks are totally useless if you're trying to rebuild a team. That and the pelicans are going to fire the GM so they ain't leettin' him do anything.

A good thing the Lakers need "internal healing" or they would have won against Boston last night. Those other Lakers sure looked pissed at LBJ. lol
Whats with this "nobody wants to play with LBJ" when Davis wants to? Is he a nobody?

 

[scotsman1948]

Report: Lakers pull out of Anthony Davis trade negotiations

Poor ESPN. What will they do now that their boy Lebron James won't have someone t carry him to the finals.

Actually the Lakers made an offer and New Orleans refused to even acknowledge it

 

[Montalban]

Actually the Lakers made an offer and New Orleans refused to even acknowledge it

Yes. Johnson looked like a begging fool offering half his team for a guy who has never brought his team past the first round in the playoffs.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Yes. Johnson looked like a begging fool offering half his team for a guy who has never brought his team past the first round in the playoffs.

Magic got criticized for not offering enough for Paul George and Kawhi and now he’s being criticized for offering too much.

Doesn’t make sense.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Irving and AD will be a pretty tough team to beat...Especially if Durant leaves

If Irving wants to complete his Uncle Drew trilogy then he knows where to sign, and it isn't Boston.

 

[trojanfan12]

are hte Lakers really going to punt on using their cap room another off season?

That might be the smart move depending on what happens with the Warriors.

If KD and Klay stay with the Warriors and the Lakers don't land a max level guy, they aren't getting out of the West anyway.

It would suck because Lebron isn't going to get younger.

But, unless Ingram and Lonzo make huge leaps from this season to next and Kuzma continues to improve, spending on 2nd tier guys will only get Lebron what it got him in Cleveland...his season ended by the Warriors, only this time, without a title mixed in.

 

[Montalban]

Magic got criticized for not offering enough for Paul George and Kawhi and now he’s being criticized for offering too much.

Doesn’t make sense.

Agreed. He looked like a tool in both instances. He was in way over his head when up against experienced executives who actually understand how the business side of the NBA works. His actions in both cases were incredibly amateurish and reflect badly on the Lakers franchise.