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Like I’ve said for a month, Lakers are out of the sign Giannis as a free agent. This was just a move by LeBron to make sure he’s covered and eliminates any chance he would accept a discount in the next three years to sign a third superstar. I’m sure LeBron feels he and AD don’t necessarily need a third superstar to win it all. Didn’t last year. Won’t this year.

The only way the Lakers can land a third superstar is via trade of sign-and-trade. Bottom line, nothing has changed. It started with KCP’s 3-year deal and then Gasol’s 2-year deal. Now LeBron is signed for 3 more years and expect AD to sign for 3 more years too. Blame in on coronavirus/

A huge advantage for the Lakers through their 9-2 playoff start: LeBron James has only needed to average 33.9 minutes, which is less than his 2019-20 regular season average (34.6), and far lower than his career 41.7 average postseason minutes per game.

— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) September 20, 2020

Frank Vogel on the decision to make a change in the lineup or the gameplan video courtesy of the @Lakers: pic.twitter.com/DWe4XHAuow

— The Lakers Review (@TheLakersReview) September 20, 2020

Agree 100% with THT and Caruso. Rob building a sustainable championship team around AD while also winning with LeBron and AD right now.

There’s a possibility we could lose THT as we only have early Bird rights but the Gilbert Arenas rule limits teams offering more than the NT MLE for years 1 and 2. They can poison pill with huge salary in years 3 and 4 but Lakers could still match offer. Also, THT is a Klutch client so it’s doubtful Rich Paul would agree to a poison pill to the Lakers.

Brad Stevens said that he told the team heading into this game he was concerned less about the result of this game and more about how they would respond to adversity. Said he was proud of the way Boston did that tonight.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 20, 2020