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Wait....are you serious?
Thanks for proving my point. The Lakers will be very close to that 90 million number next year while paying the most expensive coach in NBA history. Just shut the and stop talking about you know nothing about. Buss has stated many times he's willing to pay the luxury tax for the right players.
That's exactly what you were talking about? You said the Lakers paid more than the Knicks last year even though New York's payroll was $18 million higher, and you want to talk about people not knowing what time it is?
There is no way LA's going to pay a $95 million payroll and $25 million in luxury tax on top of that. The fact that they sold their picks should be proof positive that they're not New York and that Buss isn't going to throw around money like they do. Buss will pay the tax, but he's not going to pay an extra $15 million to get someone with the MLE and sign Shannon Brown.
Yes the Lakers will win back to back NBA championships without breaking a sweat. Something Spurs fan has never and will never experience.
Wait....are you serious?
Selling their picks is proof that LA is not New York and they aren't going to throw money around on stupid worthless players like Z-Bo and Curry Instead they'll be throwing money around on a team that has the potential to be a dynasty the next 3-4 years.
Even without the MLE their payroll is going to be around 90 million. Factor in Jackson's contract and they're spending more than the Knicks did last season. Which makes your original statement/argument that Buss can't afford to pay like the Knicks null/void and ignorant.
Yes the Lakers will win back to back NBA championships without breaking a sweat. Something Spurs fan has never and will never experience.
Awww..how cute..your homerisms continue. Shannon Brown is all of a sudden going to become an All Star because he's in purple and gold. Ariza's going to do the same, and LA's going to spend a LOT of money to sign big players even though they sold their first round draft pick. Bottom line...Jerry Buss can't keep up with the spending of Mark Cuban or pretty much anyone else that's going to be writing some big checks this offseason. That's why the Spurs did what they did, to stay away from all the overpaying. We'll sign a good big and probably be done, and in a better position than LA going into next year. But it's ok, y...you go on thinking that LA is in a good position right now. Everyone around them is making moves to get better, while LA is selling their own future players. Damn...I guess you really DO deserve to be on the worst posters list.
Jerry Buss won't spend the money that guys like Cuban are willing to spend...
LMAO at Laker fans so insecure that they get angry that anyone could even BEGIN to think anyone else will win the le next year.
If the spurs resign Gooden or get Charlie V(or both), it's easily the spurs. With that said, VC>>>>>>>RJ
Sheed's a better option...and probably more likely.
I don't buy it. Buss' money comes from the team. He doesn't have a huge Microsoft nestegg like Paul Allen, the kind of money Cuban has from Broadcast.com, or the deep pockets of Cablevision. I don't see any way he'll pay $120 million in player salaries and luxury tax on top of $10 million for Jackson. I'm not even sure the Lakers would turn a profit spending like that, and if they do, it most likely won't be much.
And we all know that it's ALL about the money in LA.
so far the spurs after FA who knows?
Buss wouldn't pay 120 million in salaries if his team was terrible like the knicks. But dropping 110ish~ for a team that went to the finals two straight years and will be the favorites to get back there over the next 5 is a completely different story and situation. You also have to remember Buss does not have 100% ownership. Last I checked, AEG/Magic aren't lacking capital.
You also forget how much the Lakers gross with each home playoff game. It's like printing money. Don't bring back the team and that could mean a shorter playoff run. Yeah, things will be tough financially for about a year. Then Fisher can resign for less and Morrison's contract expires + the 4.5 million they profited from the draft it isn't looking that bad. But considering Buss bought the Lakers for table scraps and they're now worth over 600 million and the fact that the CBA (the new CBA is rumored to favor the owners this time around, players won't have much of a choice to accept) expires very soon makes it closer to an investment than not turning a profit.
You must be confusing LA (willing to go deep into the luxury tax) with San Antonio that's been afraid to do that very thing for years.
David Aldridge on NBA.com.
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/feature.../29/postdraft/Who's the leader in the clubhouse so far for improving its team the most?
With the caveat that free-agent signings and trades could change everything, the leaders so far are the Spurs. They got Manu Ginobili insurance with the acquisition of Richard Jefferson from Milwaukee for none of their core group, and somehow, with nary a first-round pick in sight, still wound up with three excellent rookie prospects out of the second round: Blair, Miami guard Jack McClinton (whom many teams thought could slip late into the first) and Spanish point guard Nando De Colo, who'll likely stay over in Europe for a couple of years to get more seasoning.
Let's review. Last summer, the Spurs drafted point guard George Hill at the end of the first round, and signed free agent Roger Mason, Jr. -- who just may have been the most impactful free agent in the league last season -- for a fraction of the price that Philly spent on Elton Brand. This summer they've gotten Jefferson, Blair, McClinton and De Colo. They also have a great shot at signing Wallace and may well wind up again with Bruce Bowen and Fab Oberto -- sent to Milwaukee and Detroit, respectively, in the Jefferson deal, and who will likely be bought out or released by those respective teams. And San Antonio still has the draft rights to Tiago Splitter, still one of Europe's top prospects.
Even if McClinton and De Colo don't play much next season, and even if young center Ian Mahinmi doesn't pan out as hoped, that's still a fairly quick and painless retooling of a team around its three star players, with Jefferson's $29.2 million remaining the only significant financial commitment past this season. Meaning the Spurs could actually be free agent players next summer if they chose to be. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Ginobili may be getting older, but the Spurs aren't getting any dumber.
Easily the Spurs. They're still a decent Center away from winning it all.
Magic still have issues with key players in Hedo and Gortat. And they gave up Courtney Lee.
Cavaliers still have a tiny backcourt so a major decision has to be made concerning Mo or West.
It's clearly the Blazers. Just a year of experience makes us far superior to any other team in the league.
Laker fan being owned hahahaha, what's new?
I don't like what the Magic did. Courtney Lee is a stud and Raefer was a damn good backup for them and Hedo might be leaving for bigger money, and if he re-signs will they be able to keep Gortat. All this and they get the chucker known as Vince Carter who plays virtually no defense and is aging with a nice sized contract.
Trevor Ariza and Shannon Brown are so over-hyped by Lakerfan it's ridiculous and embarrassing.
Um...we just went into the luxury tax, idiot.
lol Oden
lol homer
lol Jailblazers
cavs no doubt. Diesel+King=championship
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