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Rob will never quit. Jeanie will never stop meddling. It’s almost like being a Clippers fan now, minus the overtly scumbag owner.
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Or Prince signing with the Bucks could signal the Lakers were trading with Nets for a pair of wings.
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Aloha,
While the inventory is thinning out, there are still several guys that can be had for the mini middle level that could help the team. I have no clue what Rob is doing but he should at least be looking to free up a roster spot or two.
Assuming LeBron’s offer to take a pay cut was real, I hope him signing that new contract marks the end of the foolish Derozen pursuit. Just read that the Heat may get him. Come on Miami!!!!
I am not sure how the Lakers planned to replace Dlo if traded, considering that at the moment there doesn’t appear to be any available point guards. Unlikely as it is, but let’s say they have a plan. The Nets have said they are willing to take back DLO. I would explore Cam Johnson. That would give us a versatile group of forwards. Cam can play 2 through 4, although he has problems with defending big power forwards. Rui can play 3 through small ball 5. Vando can defend every position. Wood can play 4 or 5 and of course LeBron.
It would likely cost at least one of our first round picks and some seconds. And of course all the contracts we would send are expiring deals which would help the Nets and us. This is probably not enough but I know they have talked. Considering they just received a boat load of 1st rounders, our firsts may have more value to them than most rebuilding teams.
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Structure of Bronny James’ four-year deal:
$1,157,143
$1,955,377
$2,296,271
$2,486,955 (team) https://t.co/4aG9omXKhN
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 3, 2024
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Must be fun to have that kinda money just to light on fire.
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Good moves by JJ. What about Alvin Gentry?
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For those that were not in favor of adding Trae Young (raises hand), the addition of Nate McMillan all but ensures that option is no longer viable…..
— LAbound (@LAbound2) July 3, 2024
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JJ wanted two “experienced” coaches and now he got them.
Time to move on and fill 3 more coaching needs.
1. Another X/O’s guy (Rajon Rondo)
2. Player development guy (you had in Handy, but he likely won’t return)
3. Team/locker camaraderie coach pic.twitter.com/A2NS4G4ujC— 🎗NBA•Fan🎗 (@Klutch_23) July 3, 2024
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1. Darius Garland
Cavaliers get:
-D’Angelo Russell
-Jarred Vanderbilt
-Gabe Vincent
-Draft CompensationLakers get:
-Darius Garland
-Ty Jerome2. Trae Young
Hawks get:
-Rui Hachimura
-Gabe Vincent
-Significant Draft CompensationLakers get:
-Bruno Fernando
-Trae Young3. Brandon Ingram
Lakers get:
-Brandon Ingram
Pelicans get:
-Rui Hachimura
-Jalen Hood-Schifino
-D’Angelo Russell
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For what title? In-Season Tournament?
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Number 2, perhaps. Kinda like to keep DLO.
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These would make Lakers contenders for a playin berth if everyone remained healthy since any depth would be gutted.
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lmao….and just in comparison: Presti & OKC just picked up Caruso & Hartenstein while losing Josh Giddy and ZERO DRAFT PICKS. Hell, we can’t even find coaches to fill out the staff for JayJay The Basketball Messiah. It really feels like the rest of the league knows we’re running a clown operation right now. Hurley was smart not to fall for the bullsh!t.
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With LeBron James back on a max deal, and all indications that Bronny James (assuming rookie minimum for now) will sign a standard contract, I've got the Lakers at 15 players and:
$18.6M OVER the tax
$11.3M OVER the first apron
$515K OVER the second apronThis means no trades…
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) July 3, 2024
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As predicted. He knows the team’s going nowhere. The team knows it’s going nowhere when you’ve got 100mm tied up in 2 guys who ain’t that guy. May as well make some money and feelgood moments with father and son while you can before they come up short yet again. There was no trade available to fix this. No free agent that would’ve been the difference maker.
This is like those last few years of Kobe which is apparently the “brand” the Lakers want. Let’s overpay our washed former stars as they ride off into the sunset and the team into obscurity. Hey, it’s good for “the brand” I see him only taking 2 years as a big win. If that bad injury finally hits, then we’re done with him that much quicker.
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There’s still a conversation with agent Rich Paul and Lakers on James taking $1 million or so below max to keep team below second-apron and able to keep a little more roster-building flexibility, source tells ESPN. https://t.co/6OjREPfe17
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 3, 2024
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This is what I'm hearing as well this morning, that there are still second-apron conversations. https://t.co/bwc2JX62Oz
— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) July 3, 2024
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The crazy part is that folks ever believed that LeBron was actually gonna give up HALF his salary in the 1st place. Another brilliant PR move by Rich Paul & LBJ.
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What pay cut? Not to sure which super reliable “source” dropped that nugget but it’s always hilarious to watch other people give away LeBron’s money…
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Rich Paul confirmed it. That’s how u knew it wasn’t gonna happen. But Lebron comes out looking like a hero for offering to save the franchise…That’s a next level chess move.
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so bron takes a 1+1
gets a no trade clause
& eliminates cap flexibility below the first apron which means no demar s&t no mle signings or nothing
it’s really over & we did nothing in free agency
worst offseason i’ve ever seen
— Coach Rome (@Rome_Beast) July 3, 2024
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Aloha,
Tell me if you have seen this movie before. The Lakers go fishing after the big fish, while smaller fish that could have been useful are snapped up. The Lakers are ultimately unsuccessful and are left with nothing but minnows to choose from.
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Fuck Rob Pelinka.
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The trailblazers won’t do that. They are a rebuilding team with 167 mil in salaries which is ridiculous for a rebuild. This trade offers no cap relief. They also currently have 14players under contract, that adds 2 more players. There isn’t a young and upcoming prospect included that rebuilding teams want and the draft picks are distant that doesn’t help the rebuild in the next few years.
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Unprotected Lakers picks are reason Blazers would make trade.
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lol
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Source NBA.com:
The National Basketball Association today announced that the Salary Cap has been set at $140.588 million for the 2024-25 season. The Tax Level for the 2024‑25 season is $170.814 million.
The Salary Cap and Tax Level go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday, July 1. Teams are permitted to begin negotiating with free agents today at 6:00 p.m. ET — six hours prior to the start of the league’s “moratorium period.” The moratorium period ends at noon ET on Saturday, July 6.
The Minimum Team Salary is $126.529 million for the 2024-25 season.
The First Apron Level is $178.132 million for the 2024-25 season.
The Second Apron Level is $188.931 million for the 2024-25 season.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for three different Mid-Level Exceptions depending on a team’s salary level. The Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level for the 2024-25 season is $12.822 million, the Taxpayer Mid-Level is $5.168 million, and the Mid-Level for a team with room under the Salary Cap is $7.983 million.Okee dokee, so as I understand it, we currently have access to the taxpayer MLE because we are over the 1st apron but under the 2nd. The taxpayer mid-level exception belongs to teams who are above the salary cap and in the first luxury tax apron. Teams above the second apron do not have a mid-level exception. The non-taxpayer mid-level exception belongs to teams who are over the salary cap but not in the first luxury tax apron.
Currently we’re over the 1st apron and about $10 mil under the 2nd so we can use the $5.168 million MLE to sign anyone…if we cut someone since we’re at the maximum roster size. This is because of the cap hits for LeBron, Prince. We could renounce whatever rights we have but I doubt that’s happening.
To gain access to the NTPMLE, worth $12.822 million, we’d need to be above $140.588 but still end up UNDER $170.814 million after we use it, you can’t use that and punch your way into the tax area…which isn’t an actual apron…which makes all of this a lot harder.
If you get all the way under the salary cap itself but above the minimum salary you, are some reason, kind of penalized and I think you only get access to the Room Exception which is the one worth $7.983 mil.
We haven’t even factored in Bronny or Knecht yet, either, right? I’m not 100% sure but I think works out to adding roughly $4.9 mil in added salary on top of the already guaranteed money and the cap holds worth mentioning. If I’m not crazy…no guarantee…that leaves us at $170,229 million in guaranteed salary. So LeBron would have to take a pretty hefty pay cut to keep the salary under $170.814 million and have the room to use the full exception. I believe roughly $20 mil
I am not a cap expert, by any means so please feel free to double-check my math lol. One thing I’m 100% certain of is that somebody needs to be cut in order to free up a physical roster space. That $$$ still counts against the salary cap, it only opens up a roster spot.
Ooops. My brain just exploded.
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Probably shoulda dug down into all that a week or two ago but didn’t really carve out the time until today.
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Hah, I ain’t takin no Income Cut for Jeannie or Rob. Not for Derose or anyone like him. I would have for a real player that can change things up. Guess we roll with it?
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Too bad (?) we couldn’t have got Klay!
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lol, not too surprising. They can see what everyone else see’s and more. Didn’t waive him, didn’t send him out in a junk deal, they did the smart thing. Whodathunkit?
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Damn.
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Aloha,
I came into this off season with very low expectations. We had no cap space beyond the mini MLE, only 2 distant 1st round picks, only one sizable expiring contract and no young prospects that would interest a rebuilding team.
To make matters worse, it is a weak free agent class. When Klay and Derozan are your big targets. That’s tells you how weak it is. And to top it off there have only been a handful of names on the trade block. The silver lining is we did get a very good prospect in a weak draft.
I guess the good news is, so far we haven’t done anything stupid. Unfortunately Rob has plenty of time left to pull off another boner move.
I had hoped to add a back up center that can bang and perhaps a decent minimum guy of MLE guy that can help. But since every one of our minimum guys opted in, we don’t even have a roster spot available. And as I look at the few rumored players that maybe available in a trade, I don’t see one that would be a big enough upgrade to justify the cost.
Look, this is a pretty good team. Health was a big issue. We generally had at least 3 rotation guys out, sometimes 4 and occasionally 5. And we had a coach that didn’t know how to handle it. Once he finally started the unit he should have all year long, we turned it around and was one of the best teams down the stretch. Even in the playoffs we faced a healthy Nuggets team with 3 guys out. While they weren’t stars, the games were so close that even minor contributions could have turned the tide.
So what do we do? Well, I think we see if we can open up a couple of roster spots and a player or two on the margins. Then hold onto our most tradable assets and see what presents itself as the season progresses. While are not a true contender I think we are a top 6 team. We are already better than the Nuggets and Clippers after they lost important players. We should save our assets for players that could make a difference.
My biggest fear is that Rob will again blow it and do something stupid. I sincerely hope that doesn’t happen
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It’s too early to write the Lakers off, of course. There’s always a chance they pull a rabbit out of a hat with a trade or signing. They have been active in recent days, discussing potential deals with Portland, Brooklyn and Utah, among other teams, according to league and team sources. Vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka tends to operate in the shadows — more so this summer than ever, according to league sources. It’s certainly possible he has a contingency plan that saves the offseason.
But the Lakers are running out of time. Free agents are flying off the board. Teams are making moves that will tie up their cap space and make it harder to trade. James wants to have his contract situation resolved by the start of the Team USA Olympics practice on Saturday in Las Vegas. That’s an unofficial deadline for Los Angeles, at least on the free-agency front.
It’s reaching the point where the Lakers need to do something — and sooner than later.
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I don’t see Derose helping. I would rather keep DLO and Reaves.
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Actually if I were Rob, I would quit. Most GM’s are negotiate a trade and run it by the owner. Jeanie has so little confidence that he has to run everything by a committee. Dr Buss liked stars, and while The Lakers chased stars, other teams snatched up players that could have helped. Perhaps he has a star mandate as well. As long as Jeanie is in charge I believe the Lakers GM, who ever that is will have their hands tied. She should hand Jessie Buss the reins and go back to the business side where she belongs.