Love the guy a
I cant make up my mind on him. He's a double double machine, but he won't be your #1. Giving up Randle and a #2 is interesting, but I'm in the minority on this in thinking its a bad deal for the Lakers.
Really ? He seems like he's got a sense of entitlement.
a real team like the Lakers so that Cousins could fetch the ball after Kobe's prolific misses?I'm more curious to see if anything happens with Cousins than anything else currently. Love the guy and would like to see him in a better environment. While Ranadive and Vlade I think have their hearts in the right places (Karl is a jackass) I just don't know that either of them are all that competent. I don't want to look back and wonder "what if Boogie had been on a real team..." years from now
I don't think you're in the minority. I wouldn't even do Cousins for the 2nd pick straight up, let alone with Randle. I would much rather draft Towns or Okafor with that cheap rookie contract and use the cap space in free agency.
My Knicks grabbed Prozingis. I hope he is good, they haven't been a good team since I was in middle school
Someone please inform me if there is a offseason thread somewhere, because I could not find it.
However, I was just thinking about that if you were an owner, would you sign LBJ to a max deal, at 32 years old? This graphic is predicated on the idea that he passes up for sure money for the next 2 years while chasing a big 200+ deal in 2017.
You're talking about paying him an average of about 40 Million per year.
I know the NBA is raking in cash, but this is an insane amount of money.
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He carried his team to the NBA finals pretty much by himself so ya, I would.
I thought I read somewhere that he should actually be paid like $80MM or something per year when taking into account not only his contribution to the team, but the amount he brings in to the franchise and the NBA as a whole.
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People hate on Kobe for taking so much money but really, he brings the organization so much money and people think that he should take the minimum for them? Same with with Melo.
It's the owners who rack in the big bucks.
The Lakers took it in the ass a few years ago when they gave Kobe 22 million, they did whatever they had to do to keep him a Laker. He made more than James who had just won a ring and went on to win a 2nd that year. Kobe could have taken less and let the Lakers sign someone good. But he took the max and left them enough to sign Lin & Booser. Crazy that James was MVP and won a ring and took less $$$ to help the team out. While an old and injured Kobe demanded every penny.
The Lakers took it in the ass a few years ago when they gave Kobe 22 million, they did whatever they had to do to keep him a Laker. He made more than James who had just won a ring and went on to win a 2nd that year. Kobe could have taken less and let the Lakers sign someone good. But he took the max and left them enough to sign Lin & Booser. Crazy that James was MVP and won a ring and took less $$$ to help the team out. While an old and injured Kobe demanded every penny.