The Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[Docwaukee]

21 minutes ago, Lou said:

Lakers to sign Suns SG Troy Green to 1-yr minimum deal. 

Troy Daniels 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

Troy Daniels 

Yeah, that guy. 

[Lou]

On 6/27/2019 at 3:19 PM, Lou said:

No chance it's Beverley at the MLE. His situation isn't in the same stratosphere as AD's. He's 30 years old and this is his first opportunity to make some "real" money.

Plus, he's already said the standard line:"it's a business'

3/$40M - Clippers 

[Lou]

54 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Seth Curry signed by the Mavs.

4/$32M 

[tennischmp]

Lakers better not strike out on Kawhi. Almost everyone is off the board for their Plan B

[Lou]

I'm guessing Kawhi will be a Laker. Where else is he going to go? 

[Angel Oracle]

Kawhi, Iguodala, Danny Green, and Daniels would still be a very nice off-season to go with AD's acquisition.   

[HaloMilliVanilli]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

If it's a "likely to be achieved" bonus, it would count against the cap.

I think they could legitimately pay an incentive bonus for making the playoffs, since that hasn't been achieved in 6 seasons.  NBA might fight that though.

[tennischmp]

13 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm guessing Kawhi will be a Laker. Where else is he going to go? 

Clippers, Raptors....??

[HaloMilliVanilli]

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Clippers, Raptors....??

All reports had him wanting to pair up with another superstar. Neither of those teams have one. 

[Lou]

Kawhi Leonard reportedly asked Magic Johnson if Lakers tried to trade for him, wants team to hire his own medical professionals

https://tinyurl.com/y38y55le

[tennischmp]

13 minutes ago, Lou said:

All reports had him wanting to pair up with another superstar. Neither of those teams have one. 

Hopefully but if he did he would’ve done it already. Lakers have 2 and he could have partnered with butler with the Clippers. I also heard somewhere he said he would rather beat LeBron than partner with him. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Hopefully but if he did he would’ve done it already. Lakers have 2 and he could have partnered with butler with the Clippers. I also heard somewhere he said he would rather beat LeBron than partner with him. 

He hasn't even met with teams yet. Why would he have signed already? 

[tennischmp]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

Kawhi Leonard reportedly asked Magic Johnson if Lakers tried to trade for him, wants team to hire his own medical professionals

https://tinyurl.com/y38y55le

That's the problem I doubt the Lakers will appease his wishes. They didn't even want to bring in Lebrons coach. 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, tennischmp said:

That's the problem I doubt the Lakers will appease his wishes. They didn't even want to bring in Lebrons coach. 

Read the article

[tennischmp]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

Read the article

Fair enough, hopefully what's in the article is true

[Tank]

Is the salary cap a hard cap? Or can teams go beyond it like in MLB and pay a fine?

[tennischmp]

Wesley Matthews to Milwaukee for the minimum. Would have been perfect for the Lakers especially at the minimum

[tennischmp]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

Is the salary cap a hard cap? Or can teams go beyond it like in MLB and pay a fine?

Soft cap 

[Lou]

Yep, soft cap, but iirc the fines are huge. 

[eaterfan]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

Is the salary cap a hard cap? Or can teams go beyond it like in MLB and pay a fine?

As others have said, it's a soft cap. Teams can go over the cap to resign their own players and players making league minimum don't count toward the cap. There are also exemptions for various things and there is a luxury tax. 

I think the closest equivalent would be the MLB draft pool. The salary cap is like the first ten round signing pool. It can be exceeded but there's a tax (in MLB draft you can't go too high over it there are other severe penalties and in the NBA you can't actually sign anyone except...). After the first ten rounds in the MLB draft you get $125k per round. Those are like the veteran minimum contracts. There's no equivalent for resigning your own free agents.

[Tank]

I doubt money is a concern for the lakers. Fire away.

[m0nkey]

This guy says Kawhi is coming.

 

Yup, reddit insiders exist in the NBA too I guess

[Lou]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

Yup, reddit insiders exist in the NBA too I guess

He was just waiting for Harper and the dodgers to set the market