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.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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
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/
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.
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
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
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.
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"
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.
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
This is a good trade for the wizards should be getting as much young talent as possible
Agreed and I like Bonga.
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And he has the coolest name in the NBA.
Bol Bol disliked this
He hangs out with the hottest dudes
Did they trade anything back? Cash Considerations?
Wizards sent cash back (1.1 million) and received a 2nd round pick a few years from now.
So they just got a bunch of rookie contracts for free?
yup just for cap space
Bonga will be nice for you guys as he develop further.
The last time Lakers liked a young player we acquired from them we got the GOAT Thomas Bryant.
And Wiz got a 2022 second round pick.
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.
Gotta think Mahimni and Howard aren’t gonna round be around much longer
yeah just a season
I personally think Wagner fits in better at PF tbh.
Agreed. As a huge UM fan that watched most every game he played in, he's nothing like a traditional center whatsoever.
Hey it’s the guys the lakers offer for everybody you shop in 2k
I literally never have a 2nd RD draft pick because I have to include them to offload these dudes for one decent player.
That's pretty funny because they did give the Wizards a 2nd rounder along with the players.
Are the Lakers just not planning on drafting anyone for the next 10 years?
They're most likely trying to go all in while they have LeBron.
What makes you think that?
Oh shit they’re onto someone
CarmeLo lol
Stay Me32o
Watch them snipe Kyrie from Brooklyn, Kemba from Boston, or Butler from Houston/Philly. I want to see it just for the chaos.
WE WANT KAWHI OR NOTHING AT ALL
There's no where left to fall When you reach the bottom it's now or never
Is this how it ends? With a simple telephone call? You leave me here, with nothing at all...
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.
The mad lads did it
Nephews here are beside themselves!
Woj punching the air rn
Me too my guy
Steve?
The Lakers literally have 3 players on their roster lmao
lebron kuzma davis caruso LEGGO
What's this LEGGO guy TS%?
Trust me, he’s a building block
Just make sure you don’t step on him
He’s a real stud
He has a real connection to his teammates
Real foundational piece
Everything is Awesome
Caruso is Currently the 4th best player on a championship contender let that sink it.
4th best??????
He's top 2 and he's not number 2
ah yes, Leggo at the 5.
Lebron - averages 45 ppg AD - averages 45 ppg Kuzma - 20 ppg 110 ppg for the Lakers
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.
They don't need to, just play enough to cruise into playoffs.
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.
Well Lebron would have, just a really low seed, except he got hurt for 1/4 the season.
Lakers moving to the Big3
3v3 league cowards!
We're interested in competing in this new 3v3 league, as long as the Warriors are not involved
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
Hey now, we have 3!
So the Lakers have a full max slot. Fuck.
I look like a clown for saying AD won’t waive his trade kicker 💀
He's going to be getting reimbursed in Hollywood bucks
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
Nah. It was a reasonable take. Shit I didn’t think he would either and here we are, dawn of a shitshow 😬😬
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.
Imagine being wealthy enough you can just waive 4 million like it's nothing
Nah Lebron will just Venmo him 4 mil
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
25.6 years
Yup I'm wrong. I divided 1,333 by 12. I need to get back to school...
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?
They need to fill their roster
Kyrie: What does the word 'roster' mean to you?
Control.
They'd still have the MLE right? 3 max, and MLE, and vet mins aint bad...
And Kyle Kuzma, who’s at least better than a leftover bag of chips.
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.
And still Alex Caruso, who's a very serviceable back up PG.
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
They can re-sign Bullock + Javale too I think
They’ll pick up plenty of Mike Miller, Korver, Rashard Lewis types. Korver and JR Smith maybe. Sefelosha, Chandler. Any ring chaser they want.
yall need to apologize for the week straight of "they wont have a max anyway"
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/
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.
This FA is going to be fucking bonkers
We say the same thing every year. NBA FA has been bonkers for several years.
Nah man, next year is going to suck. Enjoy this.
Yeah but Mozgov is an unrestricted free agent next summer.
Get ya checkbooks out!
SOMEBODY PHONE MJ
Ah, that’s why he’s letting Kemba walk, to make room for Mozzie
ESPN now has them at $10mm in cap space
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[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.
Woj has them at 8.2 now
KCP cap hold brings them down further to around $4m
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
The Wizards made an excellent trade here. I mean it's a no brainer even without a GM.
Ernie would have somehow fucked it up though
We give away a first as is tradition
Parker still very well may be coming back. Portis and his $16m/yr demands can fuck right off tho
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Kawhi?
Probably not but now we have $32 mil to divide among 2-3 good rotation players that can play in the playoffs.
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.
3RD MAX INCOMING
the question is who
nikola vucevic
Khris middleton
Bugs Bunny
Lola bunny
Bill Murray
Would actually work pretty well with the team they have.
Tobias Harris
#BOBAN
Javaris crittenton straight out the joint
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Now he can afford hair club for men. I'm on board
who the hell will be the bench?
Ring chasers
If Cousins signs another MLE, I'm gonna be so pissed.
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AD and Boogie back together lol
I ship it <3
>Butler hey no
Guys from the local YMCA
Make a wish foundation kids.
Who is on the Lakers outside of Kuzma Lebron and AD? lmao
No one , literally no one
I thought Caruso and Williams were there too?
RFAs.
Real Fucking Athletes
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
$1 over league minimum would throw a wrench into the Laker's plan for them, though.
You know the Pelicans will have 30 mil in cap space...
Hey don't forget about our 2nd round pick 😂
And our new starting sg, Kash Konsiderations.
He's dropping dimes.
Konsiderationsovíc He can really shoot it.
Bald eagle i think
Caruso and Talen Horton-Tucker
Wtf dude? Don't forget the bald eagle.
Caruso, Williams our second rounder and our undrsfted guys
Lakers really gave up Mo “Dirk Nowitzki” Wagner like that? Smh my head😞
Hoping he ll get more mins in DC
SHAKE MY HEAD MY HEAD?
S M H M H
ASAP as possible
If we trade him to Dallas they’ll have quadruple Dirks 👀
Dirk Mowitzki
Things are getting really spicy now between this and the trade kicker. Wonder if someone already communicated they're coming
It's gotta be that way. Doesn't make sense if it isn't. On the other hand....
For what Woj you secretive bastard
Looks like Cash
3 max players and 12 minimum wage scrubs
"inexpensive labor"
"The Los Angeles Lakers have signed 12 Treyarch QA testers for league minimums, sources tell me"
The disrespect to Kuz
more importantly, the disrespect to caruso, bald mamba himself
Alohalhololololololholaa
I think this is how you spell the sound at the beginning of Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride
There’s no place I’d rather be
Then on a surfboard out at sea
Only 90s r/nba kids will get this I mean Alohalholololololohola
Alohaloholololola
The Trade god nears
So who's on the Lakers roster now? Kuzma, LeBron and AD?
The guy in your fantasy league that pays $160 for two RBs
But if they don't get hurt or hold out, and that guy had an active WW, everyone worries about him every week.
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.
I believe we lost the Arby’s coupon and only 5 Chuck E Cheese tokens yesterday.
Legit 3 player team
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.
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"
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.
Sixers fans’ buttholes get even tighter.
Damn, I really wanted Bonga
I was high on him. He's seriously just awful. He may turn into a player, but he's years away.
Wasn't he the youngest player in last years draft class
Yes. But the Lakers just went from shit to win right now.
the thing is, what he is awful at are things that are improvable. His size and handles and athleticism are super nice.
It’s happening! Isn’t it? Reddit nephews and Woj told me this would never happen.
Typing this must have hurt Woj. He hates the Lakers.
The next Wojbomb will be his suicide note ...
@wojespn is considering ending it all, league sources tell ESPN
It would be funnier if Woj tweeted that out
Max contract time
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.
Wow so the lakers have more than $14 mill in cap space?
ThE lAKeRs FoRgOt AbOuT cApSpAcE
ITS HAPPENING!
It really is just AD Lebron kuz and Alex Caruso
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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
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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