Lakers: Lakers Had The Best Offseason

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Kobe will step in an IED by January

What? LMAO!!!

[buttsR4rebounding]

I was listening to a podcast the other day that was mocking the Lakers' for still living in the past and utilizing an antiquated front office model, and all these transactions outside of drafting Russell validate that, tbh..

The drafting of Russell was the ultimate "living in the past" move. They were certain because they were the Lakers that they would be able to sign either Aldridge or Jordan, probably both, so why draft a big? If they knew that they were going to do so poorly in FA they likely would have drafted Okafor. Simply a another miscalculation on their part.

[HarlemHeat37]

The drafting of Russell was the ultimate "living in the past" move. They were certain because they were the Lakers that they would be able to sign either Aldridge or Jordan, probably both, so why draft a big? If they knew that they were going to do so poorly in FA they likely would have drafted Okafor. Simply a another miscalculation on their part.

That's true, actually, I was just thinking about it from a basketball perspective..teams of the past virtually always chose the big in that spot..

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That's true, actually, I was just thinking about it from a basketball perspective..teams of the past virtually always chose the big in that spot..

tee, hee. See, with butts prompt you're 100% once more. Just like that.

[buttsR4rebounding]

I can see where Laker fan says this is the best offseason they have had. When they sign
no name free agents but get Roy in a trade it has to be a good year. YUP...LA things are looking up!

2013: Lose Dwight Howard, shunned by all top tier FA
2014: Lose Pau Gasol, shunned by all top tier FA
2015: Shunned by all top tier FA

This has been the best year in recent memory for the Lakers.

[Buddy Mignon]

2013: Lose Dwight Howard, shunned by all top tier FA
2014: Lose Pau Gasol, shunned by all top tier FA
2015: Shunned by all top tier FA

This has been the best year in recent memory for the Lakers.

Ok... so thats three years we've struck out. You've struck out every single time except for this year. And in your best year we still landed more talent than you did.

Marco, Cujo... and the other whiteboy will not be trumped by the addition of LMA. You still have some work to do with no cash available. Jim is still in need of a contract. Manu is floating down a lazy river... and the fact is... your team is nowhere near the team that won it. They had a fluke season and I called it by declaring you wouldn't even come close to defending your le even though you went out of your way to boast of bringing every player back from your le team.

[buttsR4rebounding]

When we "struck out" in the past it was almost always because we didn't have enough cap space, so it was a matter of taking less money to play for the Spurs. This is the first FA since Jason Kidd that the Spurs have really gone after with equal money. Big difference.

How do you figure you ended up with more talent than the Spurs this year? We resigned our top FA's and added arguably the top FA available. The Lakers have signed more bodies, but that doesn't mean more talent.

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[gambit1990]

[ElNono]

Next... Kobe's contract comes off the book.