Lakers: going after Kiwi?

[ambchang]

Difference: PG never said he'd only sign an extension with the Lakers. He probably kldumbly) thought, hey, I'm playing with Westbrook and Melo, it could work...we saw how that ended up.

I'm sure KL is laying back in the cut watching how that unfolded.
If he goes to RC and says not only is he not signing with the Sp*rs, he will only sign with the Lakers - that'll do it. Why? Because no team is gonna give up any really good assets for a 1-year rental. And rather lose him for nothing, RC will be sodomized by Maginka:
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=zst59zs

So why would the Spurs take back to tie up cap space rather than let Kawhi walk again?

Man, Laker fans are stupid by nature.

[Lakers999]

So why would the Spurs take back to tie up cap space rather than let Kawhi walk again?

Man, Laker fans are stupid by nature.

Deng is only a filler contract. You get a prospect an ingram draft picks and deng will be an expiring contract after 2019 season. Spurs could trade deng contract as an expiring deal after one season.

[Lakers999]

So why would the Spurs take back to tie up cap space rather than let Kawhi walk again?

Man, Laker fans are stupid by nature.

Deng is only a filler contract. You get a prospect an ingram draft picks and deng will be an expiring contract after 2019 season. Spurs could trade deng contract as an expiring deal after one season.

[ambchang]

Deng is only a filler contract. You get a prospect an ingram draft picks and deng will be an expiring contract after 2019 season. Spurs could trade deng contract as an expiring deal after one season.

So the Spurs would get Ingram and a pick by giving up Kawhi and $40M. Do you know how much $40M can buy you?

No wonder you guys love Magic as a GM so much.

[StrengthAndHonor]

So the Spurs would get Ingram and a pick by giving up Kawhi and $40M. Do you know how much $40M can buy you?

No wonder you guys love Magic as a GM so much.

About $10 million short to sign Patty Mills or Pau Gasol. How’s that working for cap space?

[ambchang]

About $10 million short to sign Patty Mills or Pau Gasol. How’s that working for cap space?

So you don’t know how yearly salary work either. Great. You really are a laker fan

[baseline bum]

Deng is only a filler contract. You get a prospect an ingram draft picks and deng will be an expiring contract after 2019 season. Spurs could trade deng contract as an expiring deal after one season.

If they were going to take an offer from LA they'd tell Magic to absorb the rest of Leonard's deal from their capspace. They'd have no reason to take Deng's contract. Salaries only need to roughly match when a trade would put a team over the cap.

[LkrFan]

[baseline bum]

Difference: PG never said he'd only sign an extension with the Lakers. He probably kldumbly) thought, hey, I'm playing with Westbrook and Melo, it could work...we saw how that ended up.

Yeah right, all those stories last summer were made up out of thin air. George and his agent never floated the common knowledge he wasn't signing anywhere but LA out to all possible trade partners for Indiana.

I bet the Spurs could get Walker out of Charlotte with the promise of Uncle Dennis getting paid on a fat Jordan shoe deal for Leonard.

[baseline bum]

Source is the same Peter Vescey who said the Spurs would sign prime Grant Hill for the $2.5 million MLE in 2000. He makes up more than Trump.

[StrengthAndHonor]

So you don’t know how yearly salary work either. Great. You really are a laker fan

It was a simple question. You asked what $40 million can get you. Patty Mills is $50, Gasol is $48. Clearly, the Spurs front office made some mistakes...like any other franchise.

So, how’s that precious cap space of yours?

[baseline bum]

Though I will still always love Vescey for this interview

[LkrFan]

Source is the same Peter Vescey who said the Spurs would sign prime Grant Hill for the $2.5 million MLE in 2000. He makes up more than Trump.

[LkrFan]

Though I will still always love Vescey for this interview

[ambchang]

It was a simple question. You asked what $40 million can get you. Patty Mills is $50, Gasol is $48. Clearly, the Spurs front office made some mistakes...like any other franchise.

So, how’s that precious cap space of yours?

You mean how the spurs having the worst season since 1997 because their best player got hurt/refuses to play?

You know why the spurs didn’t do well, right?

I don’t really know how to answer your question. It’s like saying how is Ingram working out for you now that the lakers missed the postseason once again.

[Lakers999]

If they were going to take an offer from LA they'd tell Magic to absorb the rest of Leonard's deal from their capspace. They'd have no reason to take Deng's contract. Salaries only need to roughly match when a trade would put a team over the cap.

Magic would not do that. If we absorb kawhi contract we won’t have enough to sign Paul George. If spurs goes that route than a third team needs to be brought on. Or you guys take Randle in a sign and trade we will have to stretch deng and than we can sign PG13... to me for a player who only played 9 games last season that seems a lot to give up. Randle Ingram and 2 draft picks for KL??? Not sure if I pull the trigger for that

[HarlemHeat37]

Lakers fans are so cute, tbh..years of tanking, yet B-level prospects is all they got out of it..

Brandon Ingram is severely overrated.. he's had like 2 decent months of basketball in 2 years..his overall numbers were horrendous, this season(high-usage player with a 13 PER, 53% TS and negative on/off numbers )..if he played for the Pacers or Hornets, nobody would even speak his name..

Randle is good, but nothing special..his style of play has a limited ceiling, he could be a nice #2 on a mediocre team if he doesn't quit after getting paid(his build makes it questionable IMO, could easily get fat)..I'm sure Dallas or another poorly ran team will overpay..

[LkrFan]

Magic would not do that. If we absorb kawhi contract we won’t have enough to sign Paul George. If spurs goes that route than a third team needs to be brought on. Or you guys take Randle in a sign and trade we will have to stretch deng and than we can sign PG13... to me for a player who only played 9 games last season that seems a lot to give up. Randle Ingram and 2 draft picks for KL??? Not sure if I pull the trigger for that

We ain't doing that . For a healthy Kiwi maybe, but a questionable player? Grant Hill, IT, Penny Hardaway, etc. is proof we shouldn't. Especially if he can come for free next summer. All we'd have to do is punt a max slot to next summer.

These farmers are at his mercy and they know it. Nobody is giving up meaningful assets for a player with questionable health. Not even Ainge and his 10 1st round picks

[LkrFan]

Lakers fans are so cute, tbh..years of tanking, yet B-level prospects is all they got out of it..

Brandon Ingram is severely overrated.. he's had like 2 decent months of basketball in 2 years..his overall numbers were horrendous, this season(high-usage player with a 13 PER, 53% TS and negative on/off numbers )..if he played for the Pacers or Hornets, nobody would even speak his name..

Randle is good, but nothing special..his style of play has a limited ceiling, he could be a nice #2 on a mediocre team if he doesn't quit after getting paid(his build makes it questionable IMO, could easily get fat)..I'm sure Dallas or another poorly ran team will overpay..

We are closer to contending than the Spurs are by evidence of SWEEPING yall, coupled with your pathetic 1st round exit - and your star don't wanna be there.

Thing is, outside of Kiwi (1 foot out the door) and LMA, what other players you guys have that are better than our young guns on controlled rookie contracts - sans Randle? Not trolling either. You guys have a gluttony of TOSBs with a "name" at this point.

Lakers present and future is brighter than the SpursPERIOD. Neal with it.

[HarlemHeat37]

We are closer to contending than the Spurs are by evidence of SWEEPING yall, coupled with your pathetic 1st round exit - and your star don't wanna be there.

Thing is, outside of Kiwi (1 foot out the door) and LMA, what other players you guys have that are better than our young guns on controlled rookie contracts - sans Randle? Not trolling either. You guys have a gluttony of TOSBs with a "name" at this point.

Lakers present and future is brighter than the SpursPERIOD. Neal with it.

I disagree, actually..I haven't been high on the Spurs in years, but in every scenario, their immediate future looks brighter than LA's, sadly

1- Kawhi returns to SA..this automatically makes them better than LA, as Kawhi and Aldridge alone is better than the Lakers entire roster, obviously

2- Spurs trade Kawhi for assets..any assets they get would more than likely be better than Ingram and Kuzma, honestly

3- Spurs blow it up and tank..again, anybody they would draft in the top 5 would likely be a better prospect than Ingram or Kuzma

I actually like when the Lakers are good, it's better for the NBA when they are a quality team, but they have had little to show for this tanking run..

Embiid, Simmons, Towns, Porzingis, Booker, Tatum, Mitc were all drafted in the past 4 years and they didn't get any of them..

[Clipper Nation]

We are closer to contending than the Spurs are by evidence of SWEEPING yall, coupled with your pathetic 1st round exit - and your star don't wanna be there.

Laker fans these days are reduced to citing regular season wins with pride. Kobe did a number on that franchise.

[LkrFan]

I disagree, actually..I haven't been high on the Spurs in years, but in every scenario, their immediate future looks brighter than LA's, sadly

1- Kawhi returns to SA..this automatically makes them better than LA, as Kawhi and Aldridge alone is better than the Lakers entire roster, obviously

2- Spurs trade Kawhi for assets..any assets they get would more than likely be better than Ingram and Kuzma, honestly

3- Spurs blow it up and tank..again, anybody they would draft in the top 5 would likely be a better prospect than Ingram or Kuzma

I actually like when the Lakers are good, it's better for the NBA when they are a quality team, but they have had little to show for this tanking run..

Embiid, Simmons, Towns, Porzingis, Booker, Tatum, Mitc were all drafted in the past 4 years and they didn't get any of them..

Quoting for future LULZ. Thanks

[LkrFan]

Laker fans these days are reduced to citing regular season wins with pride. Kobe did a number on that franchise.

Why would a Spur, er uh, "Clipper fan" care? You're silver and black pride is showing in your posts son. Disguise it better next time

[baseline bum]

Magic would not do that. If we absorb kawhi contract we won’t have enough to sign Paul George. If spurs goes that route than a third team needs to be brought on. Or you guys take Randle in a sign and trade we will have to stretch deng and than we can sign PG13... to me for a player who only played 9 games last season that seems a lot to give up. Randle Ingram and 2 draft picks for KL??? Not sure if I pull the trigger for that

Randle is due a huge payday and would negotiate a near max deal to ok a trade. No way the Spurs are paying Julian $20-25 million starting when power forward is the one position they don't need anyone at. So scratch Randle. If Magic isn't absorbing Leonard's contract into capspace he's going to have to hope Leonard doesn't sign an extension with whoever he ends up with and wait until next summer, because the Lakers don't have anywhere near the talent nor draft picks to bundle to offset how awful Deng's contract is.

[LkrFan]

Randle is due a huge payday and would negotiate a near max deal to ok a trade. No way the Spurs are paying Julian $20-25 million starting when power forward is the one position they don't need anyone at. So scratch Randle. If Magic isn't absorbing Leonard's contract into capspace he's going to have to hope Leonard doesn't sign an extension with whoever he ends up with and wait until next summer, because the Lakers don't have anywhere near the talent nor draft picks to bundle to offset how awful Deng's contract is.

They'll probably stretch Dung. We not attaching another young asset to get rid of a cancerous Cupcake contract. Not happening son. He might get bought out though. We'll see.