Lakers resign Sasha!!

[Critter]

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/lakers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_sasha_signs.2ecdf99.html


get kwame as backup and lakers win the west easy

[ThunderStix®]

Fifteen million over three years is not that bad in my opinion.

I'm sure many will disagree though.

[Fabbs]

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/lakers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_sasha_signs.2ecdf99.html


get kwame as backup and lakers win the west easy
Is Memphis willing to buy him out and collude him back to the Lakers for cents on the dollar?

[LakeShow]

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/lakers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_sasha_signs.2ecdf99.html


get kwame as backup and lakers win the west easy

:toast Man, I've been telling lakers fans for a long time that they should resign Kwame and most of them don't want any parts of him. I think he would be great as Turiaf's replacement and he can not be backed down in the post. I would definitely sign him!

[Indazone]

freaking A

This is where the Rockets screwup. Just pay Landry already and get it over with!!

[JamStone]

Fifteen million over three years is not that bad in my opinion.

I'm sure many will disagree though.


I agree with you. Last few summers there have plenty of role players getting way too much money. This might be slightly more than Sasha's worth, but I think it's reasonable.

[LakeShow]

Come on Lakeshow... isnt there a park near you that you can find a better player to fit our needs other than Kwame!!! I mean if this was a cake tossing contest, then Im all for it.

:lol I know, I get a lot of flack from that, but if we could sign him for a mill a year, you think that would be a bad move?

[Indazone]

Kwame is the all time biggest bust around. That guy sucks.

[Kobe™]

deleting my posts is cute

[JamStone]

Kwame is the all time biggest bust around. That guy sucks.

The Kandiman begs your pardon.

[baseline bum]

That would have been a huge blow to lose him after developing him for three years. He's certainly overpaid, but nothing sounds crazy after Diop got MLE.

[baseline bum]

:toast Man, I've been telling lakers fans for a long time that they should resign Kwame and most of them don't want any parts of him. I think he would be great as Turiaf's replacement and he can not be backed down in the post. I would definitely sign him!

They should if they can. Brown's a pretty decent post defender.

[mystargtr34]

I think its slightly over paying, but a good signing. Does this mean they will be paying $30million over 3 years?

[LakeShow]

I agree with you. Last few summers there have plenty of role players getting way too much money. This might be slightly more than Sasha's worth, but I think it's reasonable.

I was more concerned with the amount of years of the contract. He was talking 5 or 6 year contract in the beginning. I have no problem with the 3 year deal at 5million.

[LakeShow]

They should if they can. Brown's a pretty decent post defender.

I think so too. Kwame played some of top forwards better than a lot of players in the NBA. He was definitely overpaid, but at 1 or 2 million max, I'd sign him! Just don't pass him the ball on offense.

[MarHill]

The Kandiman begs your pardon.


It could be a toss up between the Kandiman, Kwame Brown, and Jon Kincaid (who played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 80's).


:lol :lol

[MarHill]

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/lakers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_sasha_signs.2ecdf99.html


get kwame as backup and lakers win the west easy



My my....Laker Fan is a presumptuous one!!!


:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Bartleby]

It could be a toss up between the Kandiman, Kwame Brown, and Jon Kincaid (who played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 80's).


:lol :lol

Are you sure you don't mean Jon Koncak a.k.a. "Jon Contract"?

[MarHill]

Are you sure you don't mean Jon Koncak a.k.a. "Jon Contract"?


thanks for the correction!!!

it was jon koncak and he did get a fat contract from the hawks at the time.

I hope he still is living off that money!!!


:lmao:lmao

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

Of course it's fucking reasonable and i think it's worth every penny of the cost. our organization ain't stupid like the warriors and some other ball clubs overpay players like ronny, posey, arenas...etc. great signed by the lakers.

[turiaf for president]

actually word is the lakers are interested in signing kwame. he sucks yes we all know. but hes a big strong body that plays position d pretty well. he can replace turiaf's minutes. if the lakers can have him for about 2-3 mil i dont think its too bad a deal. all u need is like 10-12 min a nite

[turiaf for president]

as far as the sasha signing. i think this means the laker are going to move walton or vlad along with odom. if not they are in the lux tax and this contract will basically cost the lakers 3 years 30 mil.

odom for artest marion and wallace rumors are everywhere and i think the lakers would insist that those teams take luke and vlad's contract if a deal is to be done.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Good. I was hope we not have to see him in Europe.

[Trainwreck2100]

Kwame is the all time biggest bust around. That guy sucks.


I think Len Bias would disagree

[TheMACHINE]

Good signing..Lakers got the 3 yrs, Sasha got the 5 mill. All is well.

[21_Blessings]

Of course it's fucking reasonable and i think it's worth every penny of the cost. our organization ain't stupid like the warriors and some other ball clubs overpay players like ronny, posey,


Ronny and Posey are better basketball player than Luke and Vlad. Guess who makes more money.

Sasha is now officially overpaid, but 3 years is better than the 6 he was looking for.

[NBA Junkie]

Lakers overpaid Sasha, period.

Turiaf should have been matched--he fills a much bigger need.

[Gino]

They overpaid. :lol

[angel_luv]

Congrats Sasha. :)

[Gino]

The Lakers financial situation looks BLEAK. They overpaid for Walton and Radman and now they've done the same for Sasha.

Take this into account; If Andrew Bynum only makes 10 million a year in his new deal (which is being VERY, VERY generous to the Lakers) and the Lakers let Lamar Odom walk and sign with another team, they will still have a guaranteed payroll of 70 million dollars (around the luxury tax) with only 8 guys under contract.

If they DO re-sign Odom or trade for a player that makes a similar salary, they're looking at an 80-85 million dollar payroll with nine guys on the roster.

If Bynum's agent is as cutthroat as he appears to be, that number could be closer to 90 million and they would still have to sign at least four more players under the CBA.

Theyve made some bad decisions that they're gonna have to pay for.

[pauls931]

I welcome the news one less slot for them to plug in a good player.

[Spuradicator]

glad they signed and wasted cap on Sasha

[21_Blessings]

glad they signed and wasted cap on Sasha

They had no capspace to begin with you rube.


The Lakers financial situation looks BLEAK. They overpaid for Walton and Radman and now they've done the same for Sasha.

Take this into account; If Andrew Bynum only makes 10 million a year in his new deal (which is being VERY, VERY generous to the Lakers) and the Lakers let Lamar Odom walk and sign with another team, they will still have a guaranteed payroll of 70 million dollars (around the luxury tax) with only 8 guys under contract.

If they DO re-sign Odom or trade for a player that makes a similar salary, they're looking at an 80-85 million dollar payroll with nine guys on the roster.

If Bynum's agent is as cutthroat as he appears to be, that number could be closer to 90 million and they would still have to sign at least four more players under the CBA.

Theyve made some bad decisions that they're gonna have to pay for.

Oh no, Buss has to pay a shitload of luxury tax for an entire season before the CBA expires and Stern does away with it altogether unless he wants Europe to continue leeching NBA talent due to an inefficient and flawed system.

Considering the Lakers will have at least 3 draft picks by then and Sun Yue stashed away in China still who cares that they only pontentially have 9 players on contract.

But hey, the Lakers are adding a healthy ANDREW BYNUM and Ariza to the team while Boston loses their toughest perimeter defender while thinking about replacing him with Devean George. Save your worries for your rapidly aging team and another 20 years of irrevelance. The Lakers have a 5+ year window at least.

[LakerLanny]

Once again, Lakers cave in and grossly overpay a very marginal player.

Bad deal, way too much money.

Should have called his bluff or let him go to Europe and just signed Michael 0Finley, Doug Christie or Sam Cassell for the minimum instead.

[Anti.Hero]

No salary cap. How gay would that be.

Lakers and Celtics fans really do have no problem being the only two teams in the NBA do they?


Yes the Knicks blahblahblah

[lefty]

Lakers overpaid Sasha, period.

Turiaf should have been matched--he fills a much bigger need.

I agree; they should have kept Ronny instead of Vujabitch.

Man, I would love to get paid 5 millions/year to drain open 3's, play shitty D, and cry because of shitty D

[exstatic]

as far as the sasha signing. i think this means the laker are going to move walton or vlad along with odom. if not they are in the lux tax and this contract will basically cost the lakers 3 years 30 mil.

odom for artest marion and wallace rumors are everywhere and i think the lakers would insist that those teams take luke and vlad's contract if a deal is to be done.

Uh, if you get Artest, you're going to have to eat another contract to make it work under the CBA, not pawn one off. Also, count on Artest being a major pain in the ass if the trade doesn't come with an extension of 4-5 years.

[TheMadHatter]

Good signing for LAL. It's the length of the contract that I like the best, 3 years. He's a very movable contract should we need to in the future. I still think Sasha will improve as a player, he's only 23 and a noted gym rat.

Ronny Turiaf, OTOH, has maxed out. He has no real desire to become a great basketball player or improve his game significantly from what it is right now. The Lakers made the right decision in letting him go.

[TheMadHatter]

Another thing. Luxury tax isn't as meaningful for a team like the Lakers who are perhaps the most profitable team in the entire NBA. Buss will pay the tax if he has a contender.

[baseline bum]

Buss is cheap. Didn't the Lakers turn down Baron Davis for nothing back around 02 or 03 because Buss wouldn't pay him?

[TheMadHatter]

Buss is cheap. Didn't the Lakers turn down Baron Davis for nothing back around 02 or 03 because Buss wouldn't pay him?

Buss is cheap? Look at the Laker's payroll again before you make such stupid comments. He is shrewd with his money, but if he has a contender he will spend the money.

We turned down Baron because he was incredibly injury prone at the time and a huge risk to take on. Plus, the triangle offense has never needed a superstar PG to be effective.

[Gino]

They had no capspace to begin with you rube.



Oh no, Buss has to pay a shitload of luxury tax for an entire season before the CBA expires and Stern does away with it altogether unless he wants Europe to continue leeching NBA talent due to an inefficient and flawed system.

Considering the Lakers will have at least 3 draft picks by then and Sun Yue stashed away in China still who cares that they only pontentially have 9 players on contract.

But hey, the Lakers are adding a healthy ANDREW BYNUM and Ariza to the team while Boston loses their toughest perimeter defender while thinking about replacing him with Devean George. Save your worries for your rapidly aging team and another 20 years of irrevelance. The Lakers have a 5+ year window at least.

So basically youre hanging your hopes that the next CBA will have no luxury tax even though Stern has to answer to the owners, the majority of which don't play in a super-sized market. Thats an awfully huge assumption.

We know that Buss is "shrewed". We know the Lakers payroll is going to skyrocket after next year if they want to keep both Bynum and Odom (or a traded player who makes the same amount of money).

Occam's razor says somethings gonna give and it will probably be Odom.

Also, where are these three first round draft picks coming from? The Lakers have three first round picks next year?

[TheMadHatter]

So basically youre hanging your hopes that the next CBA will have no luxury tax even though Stern has to answer to the owners, the majority of which don't play in a super-sized market. Thats an awfully huge assumption.

We know that Buss is "shrewed". We know the Lakers payroll is going to skyrocket after next year if they want to keep both Bynum and Odom (or a traded player who makes the same amount of money).

Occam's razor says somethings gonna give and it will probably be Odom.

Also, where are these three first round draft picks coming from? The Lakers have three first round picks next year?

You make the wrong assumption in thinking the people who own the Lakers (note it's not just the Buss family) can't afford to pay the luxury tax on a contending team. The Lakers are the most profitable team in the NBA with the highest ticket prices, the money is there.

And yes Odom will be long gone after his contract expires unless he is willing to resign for $8-10 million, but even then it all depends on if LAL still wants him. He'll probably go back to Miami with Wade and Riley.

[mrspurs]

dang thats just like sharping the knife before we see them again........i didnt think much of sasha till now