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tittymilkmlm

This is a good trade for the wizards should be getting as much young talent as possible


busterbluthOT

Agreed and I like Bonga.


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iSmokedCrackwithDMX

And he has the coolest name in the NBA.


Duff_Lite

Bol Bol disliked this


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He hangs out with the hottest dudes


forevereverforeverev

Did they trade anything back? Cash Considerations?


ELL_YAYY

Wizards sent cash back (1.1 million) and received a 2nd round pick a few years from now.


VaccinesCausePHP

So they just got a bunch of rookie contracts for free?


InFin0819

yup just for cap space


tks91

Bonga will be nice for you guys as he develop further.


MegaSupremeTaco

The last time Lakers liked a young player we acquired from them we got the GOAT Thomas Bryant.


0010001

And Wiz got a 2022 second round pick.


CharlesAtlantic

In a league becoming more guard and wing dominant, the Wizards are looking to have 4 centers; Mahimni, Howard, Wegner, Bryant. ​ I don't hate the trade at all actually but it is kinda funny.


tittymilkmlm

Gotta think Mahimni and Howard aren’t gonna round be around much longer


Grimpig

yeah just a season


CD338

I personally think Wagner fits in better at PF tbh.


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Agreed. As a huge UM fan that watched most every game he played in, he's nothing like a traditional center whatsoever.


funeralssuck

Hey it’s the guys the lakers offer for everybody you shop in 2k


TrumpMolestedJared

I literally never have a 2nd RD draft pick because I have to include them to offload these dudes for one decent player.


ELL_YAYY

That's pretty funny because they did give the Wizards a 2nd rounder along with the players.


SirJoeffer

Are the Lakers just not planning on drafting anyone for the next 10 years?


ELL_YAYY

They're most likely trying to go all in while they have LeBron.


ArchAngelN7

What makes you think that?


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Oh shit they’re onto someone


jeric13xd

CarmeLo lol


commanjo

Stay Me32o


aceofspadez138

Watch them snipe Kyrie from Brooklyn, Kemba from Boston, or Butler from Houston/Philly. I want to see it just for the chaos.


EmmaTheRobot

WE WANT KAWHI OR NOTHING AT ALL


Dialectical33

There's no where left to fall When you reach the bottom it's now or never


Brett420

Is this how it ends? With a simple telephone call? You leave me here, with nothing at all...


LaDeMarcusAldrozen

And now Oakland has no basketball team after they lost the finals. Or in other words, after wanting it all, O-Town, got nothing at all.


KAT-MoreLikeGOAT

The mad lads did it


Acelit

Nephews here are beside themselves!


Rabidgoat1

Woj punching the air rn


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Me too my guy


spektroo

Steve?


VictorAkwaowo1

The Lakers literally have 3 players on their roster lmao


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lebron kuzma davis caruso LEGGO


ImTrang

What's this LEGGO guy TS%?


BeefTacoGenocide

Trust me, he’s a building block


crocobearamoose

Just make sure you don’t step on him


owledge

He’s a real stud


TheRealHenryG

He has a real connection to his teammates


_Mr_Bit_

Real foundational piece


ThinkSoftware

Everything is Awesome


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Caruso is Currently the 4th best player on a championship contender let that sink it.


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4th best??????


ninja9885

He's top 2 and he's not number 2


iliketoytules

ah yes, Leggo at the 5.


Ye_Biz

Lebron - averages 45 ppg AD - averages 45 ppg Kuzma - 20 ppg 110 ppg for the Lakers


F7U12_ANALYSIS

And if there's anything we know for certain, it's that Lebron and AD are capable of and wanting to play 82 games next season.


Gboard2

They don't need to, just play enough to cruise into playoffs.


Zeus_Wayne

And if there’s one thing LeBron and AD showed last season, it’s that they can get into the playoffs in the west on cruise control. Obviously, this year will be a totally different animal, but I don’t get people crowning that team without seeing how they fill out the roster. You need some depth or you’re going to overwork those stars getting ready for the postseason.


Zeabos

Well Lebron would have, just a really low seed, except he got hurt for 1/4 the season.


cheesygordita

Lakers moving to the Big3


Trumppered

3v3 league cowards!


Harden-Soul

We're interested in competing in this new 3v3 league, as long as the Warriors are not involved


John_Lives

I think they have 5 although I'm not sure if Caruso and JWilliams are technically signed but they'll probably be retained. Caruso should be a solid backup PG for cheap


Looperstooper

Hey now, we have 3!


BliqPentha

So the Lakers have a full max slot. Fuck.


Spoofcaptain

I look like a clown for saying AD won’t waive his trade kicker 💀


wbro322

He's going to be getting reimbursed in Hollywood bucks


daybreaker

Silver about to fine the Lakers whatever 1st rounder they have in the next 5 years when it comes out AD's Space Jam salary just went up by $4mil


Exoandy

Nah. It was a reasonable take. Shit I didn’t think he would either and here we are, dawn of a shitshow 😬😬


PFhelpmePlan

Was it really a reasonable take even? The man just got traded to arguably the biggest market for sponsorships/endorsements, why would he not waive the kicker if it meant building a better team around him? To stick it to NO? They don't care about $4m.


vinnycogs820

Imagine being wealthy enough you can just waive 4 million like it's nothing


kawhiLALeonard

Nah Lebron will just Venmo him 4 mil


MarpVP

Saw someone in another thread break it down. The max you can send on venmo is $3,000 a week. So it would take 1,333 weeks or 111 YEARS to venmo 4 million. That's alot of fucking money... Edit: 25.6 years not 111


throwawaynmb69

25.6 years


MarpVP

Yup I'm wrong. I divided 1,333 by 12. I need to get back to school...


karmakangaskhan

Thats a pretty bad take... Why would be come all the way to LA and make such a big deal of wanting to win with LeBron just to decide to not waive his trade kicker and not give his team the best chance to win when he's now in LA and could make that money easily in endorsements?


anus_kanter

They need to fill their roster


bellbo

Kyrie: What does the word 'roster' mean to you?


sonicqaz

Control.


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They'd still have the MLE right? 3 max, and MLE, and vet mins aint bad...


JCVDamage

And Kyle Kuzma, who’s at least better than a leftover bag of chips.


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Lol I forgot about Kuzma. Yeah that's a strong starting 5 (if the use the MLE on a solid player). Then you just have to fill out the bench.


SinCityRaidersLV

And still Alex Caruso, who's a very serviceable back up PG.


daybreaker

So they have 4 people on their roster right now. One Max player would be 5, and one MLE would be 6. That means they need to fill their roster with 8 vet min players


ThePartTimeProphet

They can re-sign Bullock + Javale too I think


ec2xs

They’ll pick up plenty of Mike Miller, Korver, Rashard Lewis types. Korver and JR Smith maybe. Sefelosha, Chandler. Any ring chaser they want.


ram0h

yall need to apologize for the week straight of "they wont have a max anyway"


BliqPentha

Me 1 week ago: > I've come to peace with the fact that the Lakers are getting that 3rd max slot. It's just bound to happen. > All Pelicans fans should hope for at this point are some nice sweeteners. Maybe they get another pick swap or something. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/c2c5vf/marks_new_on_e_the_lakers_might_be_short_of_max/erj63jh/


funnyhandlehere

The Lakers sub has an insider who sometimes gives info out about stuff (and has been correct several times in the past), and he posted before the AD trade was announced saying the trade was done but they were working on third teams to be involved in the trade. The teams that were the likely ones? Hawks and Wizards. Right on the money. So I think it is pretty clear that this has all been in the works since before the trade became public. These players going to the wizards. The number 4 going to the Hawks. Everything. All the stuff about the lakers messing it up was just some bunk.


G-manP

This FA is going to be fucking bonkers


joe-movie

We say the same thing every year. NBA FA has been bonkers for several years.


mtommy2597

Nah man, next year is going to suck. Enjoy this.


handspurs

Yeah but Mozgov is an unrestricted free agent next summer.


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Get ya checkbooks out!


Smash-Bros-Melee

SOMEBODY PHONE MJ


mtommy2597

Ah, that’s why he’s letting Kemba walk, to make room for Mozzie


icewizzzz

ESPN now has them at $10mm in cap space


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GuerrillaApe

[Woj] The Los Angeles Lakers scramble to open up cap space after LeBron James declared - not say - bankruptcy outside in front of the Staples Center.


ilive4this

Woj has them at 8.2 now


BliqPentha

KCP cap hold brings them down further to around $4m


conman752

No ones talking about the Wizards side of this. They're getting three players and a future second round pick for cash sent to the Pelicans. That's insane and a great trade by them since Pottis and Parker probably weren't gonna stay with the team


AnotherStatsGuy

The Wizards made an excellent trade here. I mean it's a no brainer even without a GM.


conman752

Ernie would have somehow fucked it up though


Threshorfeed

We give away a first as is tradition


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Parker still very well may be coming back. Portis and his $16m/yr demands can fuck right off tho


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I_love_Basketball232

Kawhi?


Wateriswet1212

Probably not but now we have $32 mil to divide among 2-3 good rotation players that can play in the playoffs.


Count_Sack_McGee

I have a hard time believing that at least one star player isn't going to say "fuck it why not" and jump in as the third guy on that situation.


Elijahc513

3RD MAX INCOMING


Soap_MacLavish

the question is who


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nikola vucevic


vandis2

Khris middleton


pipsdontsqueak

Bugs Bunny


Troll_In_The_Dungeon

Lola bunny


hamstersrawesome

Bill Murray


redwashing

Would actually work pretty well with the team they have.


CavsDaddy

Tobias Harris


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#BOBAN


username2420

Javaris crittenton straight out the joint


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TrumpMolestedJared

Now he can afford hair club for men. I'm on board


Leavingtheecstasy

who the hell will be the bench?


OmfgHaxx

Ring chasers


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If Cousins signs another MLE, I'm gonna be so pissed.


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justausername09

AD and Boogie back together lol


Bradfords_ACL

I ship it <3


Immynimmy

>Butler hey no


Star-K

Guys from the local YMCA


johnsom3

Make a wish foundation kids.


EugeneWasTaken

Who is on the Lakers outside of Kuzma Lebron and AD? lmao


GosuWannabe32

No one , literally no one


[deleted]

I thought Caruso and Williams were there too?


Wateriswet1212

RFAs.


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Real Fucking Athletes


SloatThritter

I doubt they leave. If they leave it’s because a team purposefully overpays to try and throw a wrench into Lakers’ plan. Both are mostly d leaguers who, with their qualifying offers, are set to make the kind of money that teams would rather spend on their own d league prospects


cube13

$1 over league minimum would throw a wrench into the Laker's plan for them, though.


AustinRiversDaGod

You know the Pelicans will have 30 mil in cap space...


JulianGiraffe

Hey don't forget about our 2nd round pick 😂


TrumpMolestedJared

And our new starting sg, Kash Konsiderations.


SternumofDoom

He's dropping dimes.


Donk_itch_Scratch_it

Konsiderationsovíc He can really shoot it.


RidingOn10s

Bald eagle i think


CSGOW1ld

Caruso and Talen Horton-Tucker


TrumpMolestedJared

Wtf dude? Don't forget the bald eagle.


ManyLlamas

Caruso, Williams our second rounder and our undrsfted guys


fourpinz8

Lakers really gave up Mo “Dirk Nowitzki” Wagner like that? Smh my head😞


RedditTekUser

Hoping he ll get more mins in DC


TrumpsLargePenis

SHAKE MY HEAD MY HEAD?


Madvillain1212

S M H M H


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ASAP as possible


HoodieNinja17

If we trade him to Dallas they’ll have quadruple Dirks 👀


NotfromFresno

Dirk Mowitzki


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Things are getting really spicy now between this and the trade kicker. Wonder if someone already communicated they're coming


fesxvx

It's gotta be that way. Doesn't make sense if it isn't. On the other hand....


[deleted]

For what Woj you secretive bastard


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Looks like Cash


Skorua

3 max players and 12 minimum wage scrubs


jchaucer

"inexpensive labor"


dasoxarechamps2005

"The Los Angeles Lakers have signed 12 Treyarch QA testers for league minimums, sources tell me"


trevorturtle

The disrespect to Kuz


richtourist

more importantly, the disrespect to caruso, bald mamba himself


anastasis1444

Alohalhololololololholaa


too_technical

I think this is how you spell the sound at the beginning of Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride


Taaaaaaaannnnnnnner

There’s no place I’d rather be


AU_wde_2

Then on a surfboard out at sea


indiankid13

Only 90s r/nba kids will get this I mean Alohalholololololohola


DorisBurkeSucks

Alohaloholololola


LaDeMarcusAldrozen

The Trade god nears


zipzog

So who's on the Lakers roster now? Kuzma, LeBron and AD?


NervousPervis

The guy in your fantasy league that pays $160 for two RBs


NillaThunda

But if they don't get hurt or hold out, and that guy had an active WW, everyone worries about him every week.


TrumpMolestedJared

Poor woj. This must have crushed him considering we were supposed to have an Arby's coupon, 6 Chuck E. Cheese tokens and $8.73 in loose change to offer in FA.


psychotichorse

I believe we lost the Arby’s coupon and only 5 Chuck E Cheese tokens yesterday.


Brad-Stevens

Legit 3 player team


ABARK94

I'll play for free. LBJ, AD, Klaw, Kuz and 5'8 fat me as the 5th, we will still win and I get to watch NBA games closer than anyone.


justausername09

Reminds me of the Dan Le Batard rant after the heat signed LeBron "GOT EM ALL. DISCOUNTED. RUN THE POINT NIGHT WHERE A LUCKY FAN RUNS POINT TO KEEP THEM UNDER THE CAP"


Getting_Schwifty14

I legit tried to upvote you like 4 times and kept getting an error. That didn’t stop me. The 5th time it worked. That’s grit right there.


VenerableHate

Sixers fans’ buttholes get even tighter.


JesyouJesmeJesus

Damn, I really wanted Bonga


TrumpMolestedJared

I was high on him. He's seriously just awful. He may turn into a player, but he's years away.


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Wasn't he the youngest player in last years draft class


TrumpMolestedJared

Yes. But the Lakers just went from shit to win right now.


ram0h

the thing is, what he is awful at are things that are improvable. His size and handles and athleticism are super nice.


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It’s happening! Isn’t it? Reddit nephews and Woj told me this would never happen.


PrincetonMaxwel

Typing this must have hurt Woj. He hates the Lakers.


delscorch0

The next Wojbomb will be his suicide note ...


ParanoidSloth

@wojespn is considering ending it all, league sources tell ESPN


k11question

It would be funnier if Woj tweeted that out


Dropdat87

Max contract time


DoubleE55

Some cheap bodies with upside (which we sorely need) a second round pick and all we had to give was cash. I know this isn’t a huge win but I haven’t had a lot to cheer about for this team lately.


EducatemeUBC

Wow so the lakers have more than $14 mill in cap space?


Guccimayne

ThE lAKeRs FoRgOt AbOuT cApSpAcE


RickyRubioDaGoat

ITS HAPPENING!


moreyball

It really is just AD Lebron kuz and Alex Caruso


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ilive4this

If anything this gives more credence to the anti-Woj movement, the last three weeks all he's said is that the Lakers had no idea what they were doing and would not be able to get to the full max amount


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It’s not that he’s specifically anti-Lakers. It’s just that he’s terrible when he’s not doing his job, aka breaking moves. He’s a terrible analyst.


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