Laker trade fumble

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Let KL play out the last year of his contract. If he chooses to hold out that will only hurt his value and waste a prime year of his career. If he plays he’ll have some value by the trade deadline for a team needing his services. LeKing might push Magic to make a move for him when it’s obvious the Lakers aren’t beating the Warriors without him.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Better yet, trade him to the Warriors for their scraps. Give Magic and the Lakers the ultimate screw job.

[CosmicCowboy]

Might as well have him play out the final year of his contract and let him walk. It's not like the Spurs will get anything significant for him now. If that Lakers deal was on the table and Pop and RC didn't do it well it's to late Lakers have LeBron now and will hold onto those young players.

Lebron and all those one year contracts in 24 hours? They knew long before July 1 LeBron was coming.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Lebron and all those one year contracts in 24 hours? They knew long before July 1 LeBron was coming.

People keep low-key and high-key complaining about this, but honestly...so?

We have to deal with it and get better.

No one told us to waste money on Pau Gasol, who was always soft even back when we were kicking his ass with the Grizzlies, or draft a guard that can't pass or shoot and can barely dribble, or go into this past season with the only secondary guy who can handle a basketball being 4000 years old.

We have to react and get better.

Suck ass this next season. Get a single digit draft pick, make the right choice and come back the year after next when the Lakers are reeling from having lost in the conference finals.

[AFMadison]

Call me spiteful but I'm totally content at this point to make Leonard stew in his own for another season, even if we get nothing for him.

It’s not really nothing, not sure why people keep saying that. I’d rather let Kawhi sit on the bench and have that money to go after a 2019 free agent than just use it on scrubs so we “at least get something”.

[BackHome]

People keep low-key and high-key complaining about this, but honestly...so?

We have to deal with it and get better.

No one told us to waste money on Pau Gasol, who was always soft even back when we were kicking his ass with the Grizzlies, or draft a guard that can't pass or shoot and can barely dribble, or go into this past season with the only secondary guy who can handle a basketball being 4000 years old.

We have to react and get better.

Suck ass this next season. Get a single digit draft pick, make the right choice and come back the year after next when the Lakers are reeling from having lost in the conference finals.

Man this is the West no way Flakers going to conference finals

[kobyz]

With cousins going to warriors it may reduce Lakers offer in a trade for kawhi, knowing next year is even more close, so less incitive to give assets and future...