No way LeBron is leaving Miami... not after going to 3 straight Finals and winning back to back les. Miami will let Wade and Bosh go before they ever let LeBron go. That is an epic pipedream if Lakers think they get him. And all the other free agents the Lakers want for 2014 are restricted which means their teams will match whatever is thrown at them. Guys like John Wall or Kyrie Irving. Only guy that Lakers might get is Melo and I dont think he'll leave a big market like New York for another big market in LA with a horrible roster. Lakers are toast and they dont even know it yet.
The future may not be as nice as the past for the Lakers. The taxes in California are making many athletes think twice about going there. Plus you never know what crazy law they will pass next. Lebron may go to Ohio for sentimental reasons, otherwise I think he stays in income tax free Florida.
They're not going to pry LeBron from Miami and the next best FA in 2014 is Melo. The Lakers are screwed unless they tank hard and win the lottery. Poor rascal still thinks that the Lakers are still run by Jerry Buss and Jerry West, not Jerry's idiot son and Mitch. The money and the market gives them a built in advantage, but it's the same advantage enjoyed by the Knicks, Nets, and Clips. Teams with money and market that have been spectacular failures for decades. The Lakers are going to need the luck of the lottery to avoid an extended period of irrelevance.
who the heck is TheGreatYacht...
Nah son been at it for almost 12 years, first time I got around to actually post in this site
lol 12 years...right after we won in 99..standard lol
I was just nine years old then..? Sorry I actually found Duncan's game enticing. Would you have wanted me to latch onto the Hawks instead. Sheesh. Sports snobs. At least I got around to reading about the years Will Perdue etc etc played for this great team.
Need to read about Gervin, Gilmore, and Moore tbh...
Done that too. What next? Read why they were named the Chaparrals? Ron Boone? John Beasley? Babe McCarthy?
My favorite player growing up was James Silas but that really shows my age.
Dwayne Schintzius
Silas was a bad man.
Was rooting for him even when he played for the Mobile Revelers. This is getting boring thanks anyway
+1at the Fakers front office.
Their half-season experiment with Howard was a colossal failure. They convinced themselves that no self-respecting free agent would EVER walk away from the vaunted Purple and Gold. They even bragged at how taking a chance on Howard was good gamble because of how L.A. had all the trappings he required and they were convinced that he'd want to embrace the lineage of being the latest in a long line of previous Faker big men. Now he's gone. Their jaws are on the floor. They're still old, slow, injury-prone and un-athletic and have precious few upcoming draft picks. Even their brightest young player, Earl Clark, has quietly bolted for Cleveland. Meanwhile Kobe is bragging about playing another 3-4 years hero-ball and stat-chasing. All of which would certainly delay their eminent rebuilding. Seems to me their organizational arrogance has finally caught up with them. Of course, the next year will be filled with their delusions of trying to nab a LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony or a Paul George. Further proof that their organizational arrogance will allow them to keep dreaming. It will be fun to watch their giant egos try to find their way out of sinking to the bottom of an already stacked Western Conference.
They've virtually ignored the draft for 10 years. The last 3 years they've d themselves out chasing the "big fish" free agents. They gutted their team, signed average players to one-year contracts and made promises to both Dirk and their fan base about a philosophy built on nothing more than hope and pipe dreams. Instead they've been rebuffed in consecutive years by Deron Williams, Chris Paul and now Dwight Howard. Now, like the Fakers, they, too, have nothing. They are also old, slow and un-athletic. Sure, they've got money, but no legitimate Plan B. After Howard jilted them, they've since thrown themselves at PG Jose Calderon, so that's their big splash in free agency so far. Try selling that to the fans. Like the Fakers, they've deluded themselves into thinking they could do a quick-fix instead of adding sustainable pieces along the way. It blew up in their faces. Cuban, in his own childish way, took several media pot-shots at Williams once he spurned them last year and I expect him to do the same with Howard and the Rockets. Good luck with Plan B - whatever it is - it'll also be fun to watch.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote