Lakers: Hassan Whiteside to Lakers?

[Clipper Nation]

Glad we didnt not get Bynum 2.0

Instead you got Jim McIlvaine 2.0

[Killakobe81]

Instead you got Jim McIlvaine 2.0

I was thinking more poor, homeless man's Chris Kaman ...
But that was funny ..props, CN
Good call out ...

[RsxPiimp]

man if it wasn't for the fact whiteside is such a contract player with daddy issues I'd say give him whatever he wants laker fans can't be picky especially coming off 3 lottery seasons some of the fans are acting too smug as if we're holding all the cards when it's been proven time again the "l.a market" doesn't hold much value anymore.

my first choice was horford and Batum, 2 guys with high character but it's looking less likely they'll consider a dumpster like the lakers.


The lakers will have to use that cap space and after the top 15 most coveted FA signs with their respective teams (guess how many of them consider the lakers and are not RFA) then buss are left with the daunting task of selecting which C tier player they need to overpay the most

$130 million for Deng and Mozgov

[DPG21920]

I don't understand dent to LA at all.

Russell/Clarkson/Deng/Julius/Mozgov is a horrible team. Better than last year? Sure. By many 10 games. But the guys they are signing are older and don't do anything.

I get you have to spend money and I really wonder if they looked at Barnes, Biyombo, etc..younger guys to build around with that money.

I don't think Moz/Deng are even that tradeable either. They may be able to be traded, almost anyone can, but it may cost LA to do so. We will see.

I know LA has a salary floor to meet, but really there is no penalty to not meet it. You are paying that money regardless (either current guys get more money or you pay to Deng/Moz) so it's a sunk cost. Take fliers on younger guys with upside.

[Ice009]

I don't think these are good moves at all by the Lakers. They should have just offered one year deals and tried again next year. Complete waste of money tying it up with the players they've signed. What is the penalty if you don't reach the salary floor?

[midnightpulp]

I don't understand dent to LA at all.

Russell/Clarkson/Deng/Julius/Mozgov is a horrible team. Better than last year? Sure. By many 10 games. But the guys they are signing are older and don't do anything.

I get you have to spend money and I really wonder if they looked at Barnes, Biyombo, etc..younger guys to build around with that money.

I don't think Moz/Deng are even that tradeable either. They may be able to be traded, almost anyone can, but it may cost LA to do so. We will see.

I know LA has a salary floor to meet, but really there is no penalty to not meet it. You are paying that money regardless (either current guys get more money or you pay to Deng/Moz) so it's a sunk cost. Take fliers on younger guys with upside.

Deng played 75% of his minutes at the PF last season, so I think the Lakers/Walton's logic is to use him in some kind of ersatz Death Lineup, possibly with Julian playing Center (lmao).

As I said in the Deng thread, if they wanted a combo forward for an imitation Death Lineup, they've could've pursued Marvin Williams, Teletovic, even Jared Dudley before he was signed. Yeah, those players might not be as versatile on switches as Deng, but I don't think the Lakers really care about winning games. It's more about training their rookies and getting the young core familiar with Luke's system, so why pay that much for proverbial "training wheels?"