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giving this clown a max contract = giving kobe 48.5...
why?
Seems inevitable
giving this clown a max contract = giving kobe 48.5...
why?
I hope they do
guys in new cba gettin paid more then guys on grandfather plans...and they are not even the top players in the league
The NBA will soon collapse as a business enterprise....its been run like a Banana Republic for years anyway...but with Duncanosexual, Dirk, Kobe and others from the previous generation leaving it will collapse like Rome did....its a matter of time now...because the skill level has declined that bubble has burst
...could just be Duncan's balloon knot that burst. His doody bubble.
You always know how to make a laugh
ok Mitch
I'm giving the Lakers a 90% percent chance of landing him, and I hope it happens. Whiteside is massively overrated, has an at ude problem, and a game that doesn't really fit the modern NBA, when all bigs now need to be able to hit an 18 footer and at least switch on defense. He's basically Marcus Camby 0.9.
I hope you're right. I would take Whiteside in a minute. Even if he becomes a diva post contract, which he won't, he's still a trade-able asset as a tier 1 max player. He's a nice player. He's not going to have a massive drop off once he's paid.
Are you not a fan of true centers ? I mean yeah I understand basketball is evolving, stretch 4s and 5s are taking over the game , but I disagree with you because of gaurds especially , but basically all positions athleticism and ability to attack the rim , I don't know the stats but pretty sure they were at the bottom of the barrel in points allowed in the painted area, and that immediately leads to wide open 3s as well. That being said white side is an incredible Upgrade to Roy Hibbert, and there's not many centers in the NBA plus we have a ton of caps pace so money isn't the issue, if we sign him which I think is doubtful , it's a win for the lakers in every category.
Would love to pick him up.
Whiteside isn't really a true center. Zero post game. He's basically the poor man's version of Dwight Howard, and you see how Dwight is becoming more and more irrelevant by the season. He's a player you get on a "deal" and not max out. If the Lakers had a stretch 4 to pair him with, the singing would make more sense, but his big man running mate will be Julian, who hasn't hit a jumpshot since college
I don't like it, especially considering all your young guns are perimeter players. They're going to need spacing to work with.
He averaged a double double and almost 4 blocks a game , we are not bringing him in to score , he earns his points of rebounds , and pick n rolls from time to time. He does everything else, Mid everyone and their mother are getting max contracts , it's just how it is now. As for _ulius, your right he literally couldn't shoot the ball, I'm hoping he's working on that , and more importantly using his right hand.Whiteside isn't really a true center. Zero post game. He's basically the poor man's version of Dwight Howard, and you see how Dwight is becoming more and more irrelevant by the season. He's a player you get on a "deal" and not max out. If the Lakers had a stretch 4 to pair him with, the singing would make more sense, but his big man running mate will be Julian, who hasn't hit a jumpshot since college
I don't like it, especially considering all your young guns are perimeter players. They're going to need spacing to work with.
The Lakers aren't exactly on top of the food chain right now and they are devoid of talent, if a player of Whiteside's caliber shows mutual interest, they should grab that opportunity. 24 out of 29 teams have max cap space available, if they missed out on Hassan, they will be forced to spend their cap space on worse players. The 2016 FA landscape isn't exactly flooded with talents. This is a no brainer for a team trying to build an iden y and acquiring a big man with defensive credentials is a good step.
I'd rather hold on to the cap than to waste it and tie it down to someone who is this high-risk and low reward.
Stranger things have happened, but I do not see Whiteside as someone who can significantly change the outlook of a team. He is at best a Roy Hibbert in his prime, and even then I would doubt whether his prime would last as long. Just all kinds of red flags going off for this guy from a maturity / love of the game perspective, and he isn't really that good to begin with. I'd rather get a couple of middle of the road guys and gamble on some undrafted talent than to give anything over $15M/year to Whiteside.
I'm weary of Whiteside. But as Strength mentioned, we are void of any wow players. I mean we have some good youth potential, and well, we are normally a center centric franchise...though with how the NBA has been trending, I don't know. If he cchoose to be L.A., I'll support him as a Laker fan. But July 1st will be pretty interesting on many fronts.
Yes, also if things doesn't work out, a big man that puts up a double double plus 4 blocks a game can easily be moved. There's not a lot of big talents in the market after him. Gasol, Noah are on a steep decline. Greg Monroe is a waste of cap space, Ezeli is not starter material and Biyombo is even less polished. Dwight? Well, you know the rest.
Horford has been thrown around on sports talk around here...I'm not fond of his game for us. You're right...Whiteside could be movable. Do we take a gamble on him? Or do we wait for 2017 when the possibility of Durant and Westbrook become more pronounce...if Durant doesn't leave this summer. But that could be a fool's errand if we don't get moving on building back our brand.
Yeah, Whiteside for all his issues is a net positive to Hibbert
Im with amb but the other choices are horrible.
Max for Parsons, DD, Barnes, Dwight ...even Conley are all ovepaying ...
I am in the camp that if there is nothing of value on the market, hold on to that cap room and make the right purchase.
Just because you have a $100 in your pocket doesn't mean that you HAVE to eat $20 big macs because the only other alternative is Taco Bell.
No doubt. But we have way to many young players ...
We need some solid vets otherwise we will be lucky to win 25 games.
Problem is even guys that would be 12-15 million a few years back like Parsons all think they are worth 20 million plus. Maybe Lakers will have to consider bargain basement types like Afflalo because anybody worth anything is asking for max contracts.
Making the extremely immature Whiteside the highest paid player on a team is a recipe for disaster. Guys like Rodman, Artest, & others are great as important role players when mature veterans & centerpieces are around to monitor them. They can't be the centerpieces themselves.
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