Exactly, but on the other hand, if he does end up joining the Lakers in free agency next year, there's the fact that he'll be a 28(?)-year-old ending up on a team that's likely not competing for a championship for at least the next few years. I would love for him to play here for the rest of his career, but if the dude wants to leave behind some sort of legacy, we all know that having a ring is the deciding factor.If George wants to play in LAL that's his prerogative. Indy currently has a shit roster. I wouldn't want to stay either
It's exactly the kind of thing where you're like "they wouldn't be THAT stupid, right?" then you realise that it's the knicks, it's possible. It's like they've engaged the Kings in a contest of stupidity and general fuckery. Hopefully they don't do it and they probably won't.please dont trade porzingis and draft markkanen as a replacement phil, holy FUCK
Not quite yet. Apparently we wanted to trade #2 for the Kings' #5 and #10 (one of which will be sent for PG) but they turned it down. Either means we're not strongly leaning towards anyone or that we believe Lonzo will be there at #5. Either way it's weird because the Kings wanted to trade those for the #3 pick, but now that we're offering the same deal but one slot higher they say no. Maybe Vlade is still salty about being traded in 1996 and the series in 2002.I guess this guarantees a Lonzo Ball pick for LA?
It's bird rights, the ability to restructure his contract (like OKC did with Russ), and to prevent him from staying with whichever contender might want to trade for him. It's also a lot easier to convince other free agents to come by saying "we have Paul George" than "uh we're also chasing Paul George"I don't think I understand why the Lakers are trying to build a package to trade for George.
The only benefit to bringing him in this season is having his Bird rights, so they could make their push for a second max player next summer. But, would a LeBron really go to the Lakers? The free agent list for 2018 besides LeBron and PG is pretty thin.
In yesterday's Dunc'd On podcast, they mentioned that the trade pieces would end up being some of the salary LA needs to dump in order to free a second max salary. So, in addition to your point, they'd need to get rid of players regardless. I understand the logic now.It's bird rights, the ability to restructure his contract (like OKC did with Russ), and to prevent him from staying with whichever contender might want to trade for him. It's also a lot easier to convince other free agents to come by saying "we have Paul George" than "uh we're also chasing Paul George"
If we can find a landing spot for Clarkson, stretch Deng, and not retain Randle, we can open about $64m in cap space, though that was before the projected cap dropped to $99m. Guess that cap space is reduced to $61m now.In yesterday's Dunc'd On podcast, they mentioned that the trade pieces would end up being some of the salary LA needs to dump in order to free a second max salary. So, in addition to your point, they'd need to get rid of players regardless. I understand the logic now.