The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Lou]

Boogie Fever in LA?  Bring back The Sylvers!

 

 

[Lou]

 "you know she ate her pizza dancing to the beat"

they just don't write lyrics like that these days. 

coincidentally, @Tank wore the same outfit to the last AW event.

[nando714]

My gut is telling me no LAbron

hope I’m wrong 

[nando714]

Lebron reps meeting with philly today 

no word on Lakers 

swing and miss again by magic ? Time will tell

[nando714]

Philly believes they can land Lebron and KL now

 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

No panic please, Magic!  If the FA's don't want to come, don't force it.  Even if we just signed Cousins, we'd still field a great young lineup:

Ball - Hart - Ingram - Randle - Cousins (1 + 1 prove it deal?)

IT - Svi - Kuzma - Wagner

Would consider using remaining cap to absorb bad 1-year contracts from other teams for future picks.  For example, trade Deng to Denver for Wilson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, and Darrell Arthur.  That is a savings of $13+ million in cap for Denver, more when you consider tax implications.  Could probably run Faried and Chandler in our second unit potentially or look to offload both separately in secondary trades.  Second unit could have IT return on a one year, cheaper deal to build up his market value.  Need an enforcer at power forward in that lineup, though.

[Lou]

Lakers meeting with Capela today 

[Lou]

3 hours ago, nando714 said:

Lebron reps meeting with philly today 

no word on Lakers 

swing and miss again by magic ? Time will tell

if he does, that's a big miss 

[Brandon]

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LeBron has made his decision & informed those close to him. Expect the official announcement Tuesday morning.

8:12 AM - 1 Jul 2018

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

If that's true it seems like waiting until Tuesday is just to draw more attention to the announcement but is what it is.  If the Lakers miss out on Lebron after missing out on PG I hope they don't panic and gut the core for Leonard.  I know they wanted Cousins before his injury and him on a 2 year max deal is lower risk because of the duration and you hopefully get the best out of him while he plays for his biggest payday.  Capela is a RFA so Houston can match but at 24 he could be a part of the Lakers youth movement if they miss out on Lebron/Cousins. 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

I'm assuming that waiting until Tuesday to announce is buying time to see if the Lakers trade for Leonard or sign Cousins.  Either way, I've always been excited for the opportunity to sign free agents this summer BUT have always tried to remain flexible in how we grow.  I'm fine adding big free agents, I'm fine adding complimentary free agents to the young core.  At the very least, put an offer in on Cousins; or Capela and force Houston to pay market rate.

[eaterfan]

Woj bomb! Lebron to sign with the Lakers.

[beatlesrule]

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2018/07/lebron-james-to-sign-four-year-deal-with-lakers.html

4/154

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

3 hours ago, HaloJustinBieber said:

I'm assuming that waiting until Tuesday to announce is buying time to see if the Lakers trade for Leonard or sign Cousins. 

Glad this wasn't the case.  If he had made up his mind and was counting on the Lakers doing something to change it I was afraid of how they would respond.  That said now that he just signed I imagine he'll have plenty of input on the next moves the franchise makes.

Not like it matters right now but I'll be curious to see the details of his contract and whether or not it has a player opt out.

[failos]

WOOOOOOOOO

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Man, what a relief!  Should begin to see some collateral moves now that the first big pin has fallen.  Deng trade likely incoming.

[bloodbrother]

The best player to wear a Lakers uni since Shaq

[Ray McKigney]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[nando714]

[m0nkey]

I still say trade for kawhi. Remember when PG to the lakers was a foregone conclusion, they just had to wait a year?

[RallyMo]

14 hours ago, nando714 said:

My gut is telling me no LAbron

hope I’m wrong 

Yay!

[Brandon]

Dope. Tix are going to be expensive though. It was already $220-250 a seat for decent seats in the middle of the arena in a good area.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

KCP coming back, too.  Right now, we look like:

Ball

KCP - Hart - Svi

Ingram - Kuzma - Deng

Lebron - Kuzma - Randle

Randle - Wagner - Zubac

Lacking a backup point at the moment.  Could see Randle and Hart being packaged for Leonard, then signing Cousins on a "prove it" chip run contract.

[Lou]

Lance Stephenson to sign 1-year deal for $4.5M

[Brandon]

Three signings in one day!

Now I'm glued to the TV with the Boogie and KL talks.