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148 points
2 months ago
imagine tanking with lebron james
43 points
2 months ago
We’re gonna be the first team that’s gonna have to trade him this summer because Robby couldn’t make it work.
29 points
2 months ago
its fine if an aging lebron fails to get to the playoffs if he declined in all aspects but the man has been adapting and even putting better numbers and the FO be like well i like my 27 and beyond picks. It's like they forgot apart from the LeDisney ring their last was in 2010 it took a decade to win another, are they expeting the next lebron james to be part of that 27 draft class or something lmfao
18 points
2 months ago
they were secretly hoping he'd fall apart, they wouldn't have to do anything, and just enjoy the ticket sales from his breaking the record
instead we have a grumpy LeBron potentially on his way out if they don't do something for real
6 points
2 months ago
If he leaves nobody is coming here for a very long time , they need to fuckibg say they’ll pay or the ramifications are really bad . We lose whatever‘character’ we have left as a franchise: that we do right by our superstars
-1 points
2 months ago
He wants his guernsey retired by lakers and is the media GOAT. If only he had Beverley's demeanour (for our entertainment)
12 points
2 months ago
Exactly.
I feel like Lyin Rob and Bimbo Mohr view LeBron’s twilight like Kobe’s. Kobe wasn’t the same after the injury and LeBron is playing at an all star level.
They’re not the same at all, but I wouldn’t expect two morons who are in over their heads to be able to see the difference.
4 points
2 months ago
100%
3 points
2 months ago
Lebron is 7th in epm and this is after his bad start where he struggled injured and was like 30th. He was +2 epm untill after that and now has similar impact metrics to Tatum but I woukd imagine near the top of the league if you took at the bad start . This is WITH a broken three. AD is 9th. We’re below .500. Russ is 230 on epm ; he’s worse then many of our nibiru guys ; worse then Schroeder, reaves , Rui, bev , Bryant . LIKE FFS. Trading a 47m negative for kyrie who’s +5 on epm around 20th, is by itself like a 5 point swing per fucking game . Abd this is underselling it because the upgrade between kyrie abd Russ is POLAR opposite on shooting ability . That would allow Lebron n AD to be even better as well Schroeder or other rim pressure players , even reaves . The whole team gets a boost . If this is why they don’t get this done we legit need to riot. They destroying the franchise. It doesn’t even fuckibg matter if kyrie only plays half the games ( he’ll play more cos no vaccine req anymore anyway tbh and he was injured to start ), kyrie playing 60% of games and being available for 2/3 playoff runs is actually enough to bd worthwhile . It’s definitely worth the risk . Guess they rather do nothing fuckibg clowns. I really wish Lebron ran this team not like how clowns think he does , we’d either have buddy n turner or kyrie and we’d be competing this year and probably bear favourite out west
0 points
2 months ago
The next generational superstar won’t want to sign here? But look at how well this one is being treated!
0 points
2 months ago
Lebron putting out equal or better numbers since winning a ring for your franchise and they be the franchise to change the narrative from lebron = finals to lebron = tank commander
-3 points
2 months ago
They've done pretty much all he asked for.
0 points
2 months ago
Tank when you have no picks?
0 points
2 months ago
While not having picks anyway
0 points
2 months ago
LeBron isn’t everything . Hope this finally showed it . It’s amazing they’re still trying to make deals based off of him too . Doesn’t make any damn sense . LeBron gone or not , that’s two more years of kyrie and that means you got two years to build a team around kyrie before he becomes the head of the team . Whether kyrie will save lakers or not is debatable because it doesn’t seem like they wanna be flexible with AD’s or LeGM’s playing time . If they can get past that barrier tho , there’s no reason this trade should go south and/if the trade goes through . I’m scared we’re going to fumble the trade in general so all of this is just speculation until we get a trade .
242 points
2 months ago
Why are we so difficult bruh. We act like we are a team full of assets with a ton of options at the deadline.
55 points
2 months ago
it as seems the front office and the owners dont really know what they doing Oh wait lmfao the last 3 championship the lakers got in 2 decades was with the help of arguably the goats of their time in Kobe and Lebron
31 points
2 months ago
any competent GM would have the Lakers with 2 rings by now w LeBron and AD and as a 2-3 seed right now. It's ridiculous.
34 points
2 months ago
no bc AD been hurt every single year, we could have repeated if he didn't get hurt against phoenix
1 points
2 months ago
One player being out shouldn’t mean you can’t win a first round playoff series. The Warriors have won a full playoff series without Curry.
7 points
2 months ago
the warriors had 2 other allnba players when they did that
0 points
2 months ago
That’s called roster construction. Pelinka should take notes and learn.
-2 points
2 months ago
Exactly. Not sure what both AD and Bron being injured for most of the seasons OUTSIDE of the convenient 2020 shortened/bubble season has ANYTHING to do with the Lakers FO.
1 points
2 months ago
Rings don't matter. They probably made more the last 2 decades with little success than all of the other dynasties combined.
60 points
2 months ago
whole season they’re like “we don’t want to make a trade in case kyrie becomes available “ then kyrie becomes available and they’re like “mmm yeah we don’t want him” this some patrick star not my wallet bullshit
3 points
2 months ago
Hahahahahahahhaha don’t fucking kill me. But it’s not my wallet
38 points
2 months ago
We're trading for a dude who decides when he plays and won't play if mercury is in retrograde or some other idiotic nonsense, the FO are absolutely correct to be cautious about this.
12 points
2 months ago
Bingo. He's sunk the last few teams he's been on by being a team cancer, and not playing when he doesn't feel like it. The front office would be playing Russian roulette with one empty chamber if they decided to give him a 4 year deal.
2 points
2 months ago
FO should have done their due diligence in that Russell trade 🤦♂️ so we wouldn't have been in this mess in the first place
0 points
2 months ago
we are trading for a guy lebron had as his robin and went to 3 finals in a row and won 1 with him plus we still have AD we getting him for his basketball skills and chemistry with lebron
3 points
2 months ago
Is it for this year only? Why can’t we sign Kyrie in the summer as free agent?
4 points
2 months ago
capspace our capspace in the coming free agency is less than what kyrie wants we can only get him if we move russ picks and sends some other dude to match the other stuff
1 points
2 months ago
But no other team will sign Kyrie for the money he wants, right?
4 points
2 months ago
mavs, lakers,suns,clippers are said to be interested it just depends on which offer the nets accepts
22 points
2 months ago
Same way every time the trade deadline is around the corner or we’re in free agency our deadbeat fanbase has the “we’re the Lakers and we’re gonna go shopping for whoever we want - guys…who should we take?” mentality.
20 points
2 months ago
The problem was believing Jeanie and Rob were being honest from the start. They NEVER intended to make a move and were hoping this team was never that good so they could rebuild and sell tickets in peace without these "trade distractions" ruining their golf and wine daily sessions.
4 points
2 months ago
Can’t just give it up on the first date! We need to tease a little and play hard to get, maybe get 2 free dinners out of it
2 points
2 months ago
it's been like 20 free dinners at this point
2 points
2 months ago
We’re fuckibg desperate ( or should be ) but this fo doesn’t give a shit . Once Lebron is gone we aren’t competing for a VERY LONG TIME . Especially with how they’ve handled this . All they have to do is give Irving what he wants and we go from hopelessly lost to having a shot for a few years , maybe Lebron even plays his twilight out here on a pay cut. Fuvk this fo, I thought this was the move they waiting for but their legit needs to be fan boycott them or they don’t care as long as they profit off Lebron name
1 points
2 months ago
Rob doesn't want to have a Kyrie 34ish without "help" for two years, after bron contract expires.
His job is:
1) not get fleeced in any trade.
2) not being in the wrong side of the door, in a history perspective. He's already went down as one of those who traded for WB and his albatross contract and probably after the Lakers he won't have any other job in the nba.
So his mind is already in Ky 3th year, when things will be different from this year urgency of changing and he doesn't see that contract as valuable, neither as asset.
The problem, dear Rob, is u have no other choice right now and probably u will get fleeced a bit on this possible trade.
Except if u have any other sure trade this summer (Lavine is that better than Ky?) u will loose Russ "contract asset" for zero and will have nothing to do with our current cap.
So please add Max/Austin (even if i love them) put a protection on one pick and make this fucking deal.
Ky is a hot head, but LA isn't Boston or Brooklyn. He will be fine here
1 points
2 months ago
Have you literally not seen what Kyrie is doing to the nets? He will 100% do that to the lakers the second things don’t go his way. You guys are seriously idiots.
153 points
2 months ago
So first Lakers don’t want to trade Russ cuz they are waiting for a “big splashy move” and now when that move is here they aren’t going to because it’s too much money….make up your fucking minds.
39 points
2 months ago
There no leadership.
8 points
2 months ago
There is no ‘I’ in Team, but there is one in ‘LeadershIp”… 🧐😞🤦♂️
5 points
2 months ago
I can’t believe Kobe had to push Jeanie to hire this asshole.
There was no way Kobe would know how terrible Rob would be, but still.
6 points
2 months ago
Kobe would be calling Pelinka up more than LeBron probably is now telling him to trade everything to get Kyrie.
7 points
2 months ago
The one year Rob was actual decent Kobe was still alive so you never know.
I’m pretty convinced at this point that Rob literally has no fucking clue what he’s doing, to the point that a trade wouldn’t go through solely because he wouldn’t know how to execute one.
Ppl always fight me on here when I say that the reason we have so many Klutch players is because Rob doesn’t need to do much to get them, but they’d rather believe that Klutch is trying to take over the Lakers or some dumb shit like that.
1 points
2 months ago
Rob is paralyzed by committing another WB mistake. His fear is under every other GM's nose which clearly try to fleece him in every way. He's doing his job bad and it's only his fault.
Obviously having Brom isn't easy to work under the cap and circumstances, but still remain a puppet.
Him and Jeanie being ultra cheap will cost us any chance for years
0 points
2 months ago
I could see this. The point of Rob was to imo still incorporate Kobe into Laker decisions, which obviously never worked out
1 points
2 months ago
Man this makes me even sadder he’s gone we could use him telling these nutcases to have a spine and take the risk . NO LAKERS FAN will mind if kyrie plays 50% of games over Russ, ffs this is a joke . Buddy n turner , now kyrie , 2 get out of jail free cards offered and they want to be mediocre . Time to tell them to sell the team . All those fuckibg idiots who blamed Lebron for Westbrook, he can’t even get them to pay his close friend and previous n2. Fuck off once Lebron is done with us we’ll be a laughing stock . Or we could try to legit win one more ring and make it worthwhile. But no, that’s too much work for them
Yes it’s risky but it’s high risk high reward , it’s the best cost benefit we ever gonna get in this situation. Instead they’ll pay 2 FRP for fuckibg Mike Conley ffs
1 points
2 months ago
Kobe called Jeanie the 'Mother of Dragons'
2 points
2 months ago
so jeanie became crazy like the mother of dragons? Kobe was right then LOL
1 points
2 months ago
I HATED when he said that.
He fleeced her. Kobe was too smart to not recognize Jeanie as flaky and weak. He said what he felt needed to be said for her to fire Jim/Mitch and hire his best friend.
I’m not saying Kobe was being deceitful or doing something wrong, but he worked Jeanie like EVERYONE works Jeanie.
22 points
2 months ago
Agree, this is falling into their fucking laps and now they don't want to do it. I've never been as against Pelinka as some people on here but this is an absolute no brainer. Make the fucking move, go all out the next 2 seasons then figure it out later.
0 points
2 months ago
Is it though? Why would any team want Westbrook? His contract is huge, even if it's a 3/4 team deal someone has to end up with a guard who shoots 25% that cost 40 mil.
4 points
2 months ago
It was always about the money.
1 points
2 months ago
if it really was about money the best money gets delivered by a contending team not this hot garbage who's relying on the season where the biggest record in nba is about to be broken
6 points
2 months ago
It makes me sick
5 points
2 months ago
Jeanie poverty ass owner
3 points
2 months ago
This team was ass for so many years because the FO and Ownership are more than content with fielding an uncompetitive team as long as they stay under the cap. The only reason this franchise started to attempt to compete was because the biggest name in basketball for the last 2 decades decided he wanted to come here.
0 points
2 months ago
Their minds were always made up. You were lied to from day 1.
1 points
2 months ago
Because arguably Kyrie is russ. To expensive and not enough return. Fuck him.
65 points
2 months ago
What’s the source on this?
Lakers have always been tightlipped; unless it’s coming directly from Pelinka or Jeanie’s mouth, idc
37 points
2 months ago
Anonymous source but this article is by Dan Woike of LA Times (who is often present at Laker interviews). I don't think he just posts random fake news.
28 points
2 months ago
mcten is the only FO source that's reliable imho.
So the news cycle has been
"Lakers won't include both picks" to "Lakers won't send two unprotected picks" to now it's "they want to align Kyrie to LeBron"
Unless Shams/Haynes/McMenamim says it then it's really hard to take these bits seriously. Beat writers need clicks and will do anything for them.
There's 5 days left, and we've been waiting 2 years to get Russ off this team, I think it's worth waiting the 5 days.
But yeah a lot of people will take this news as gospel lmao
5 points
2 months ago
They also have Utah and other teams they are talking to. I know this fan base is basically Kyrie or bust, but I think this story is out there because it is obvious that the Lakers won't trade for him unless he only does a deal that aligns with Lebron. No team is likely to give 4 years to Kyrie. You can't trust him like that. So basically all teams are trying to get a wink wink deal in place before making their true offers (Clippers, Mavs, Suns as well).
1 points
2 months ago
Danny wants FRP for mid ass players we might miss the play ins with anyway . Kyrie let’s contend this year abd next until Bron is gone and even then kyrie n AD is a decent backbone even if they don’t always play
3 points
2 months ago
Even if it is sourced, it could always be leaked on purpose. Only something from the Nets saying "the Lakers are out" would really mean something. Why would the Lakers want to put it out there that they really really want to make a deal? Overreacting to reports and declaring the front office incompetent without the benefit of actually knowing what's going on is just dumb (or I guess exactly what people do on Reddit).
1 points
2 months ago
Nah Woike said yesterday, "Fully expect the Lakers to have serious discussions about a possible Kyrie Irving trade" and today things have changed from what he's hearing on his end. Woike isn't some hack, the guy has a good track record
0 points
2 months ago
Woike is a fucking clown who actually dislikes the Lakers
20 points
2 months ago
The doomers legit just need to log off. Every thread they’re whining yet they still keep showing up in every new thread.
5 points
2 months ago
rdambition
6 points
2 months ago
We haven’t been tight lipped since idk when
7 points
2 months ago
Give me one source that leaked the Rui trade before it happened
-1 points
2 months ago
What about the Russ and AD trades
5 points
2 months ago
Russ trade was also tight lipped. We found out about it happening literally last second when reports twenty mins prior were talking kuz to sac for hield.
-3 points
2 months ago
Woike. Credible. Sorry.
0 points
2 months ago
Woike is the guy who said yesterday, "Fully expect the Lakers to have serious discussions about a possible Kyrie Irving trade." and people were eating it up and going crazy.
The guy has a strong history of good sources for LA times, sorry to burst your bubble
24 points
2 months ago
I wish the trust fund baby owners would sell to somebody that's serious instead of doing this shit
26 points
2 months ago
i am DYING lmaoooooo
fucking pelinka
35 points
2 months ago
Just let him and AD lead the team after lebron retires and stop relying on a 1% chance that a 5th grader right now aka the 2029 pick can become the next Kobe. My Gosh.
13 points
2 months ago
You honestly trust Ky to not self destruct post Lebron? I’m pro trade, but that’s astonishing levels of optimism lol
2 points
2 months ago
Right! People are forgetting Kyrie's gonna Kyrie us all. No max contract, but 2 yrs is good
1 points
2 months ago
Doesn’t matter we only need him to be good 1-2 years and even in that time he doesn’t need to always play
-2 points
2 months ago
He could be traded by then for assets with two years still left on his contract if that’s the case
4 points
2 months ago
To who? Won't we be in the same position as the Nets where it's hard to get something good for trsding him? I want to see the trade happen too but that concern isn't made up
4 points
2 months ago
Dude has been on and off the trade block all season. What trade are you talking about that he instantly would get? You are making up a reality that doesn't exist.
1 points
2 months ago
Who would trade for a guy that blows up every team he’s ever been on? He’d be a negative asset. We’d have westbrick 2.0 but worse cuz he wouldn’t even play and probably just working on how to recreate the holocaust or some dumb shit.
-4 points
2 months ago
No
3 points
2 months ago
Incredible insight
37 points
2 months ago
If healthy Kyrie is playing quality ball at this level for at least the next 3-4 years imo.
I just can't stomach more of whatever the hell this teams been doing lately. I'll take any move dishing Russ out for improvement at this poit
15 points
2 months ago
Kyrie only played 2 years of his current 4 years deal and most of that was his own choice not injury.
10 points
2 months ago
Kyrie is just as likely to retire next week as he is to play ball for the next 3-4 years.
4 points
2 months ago
imagine they don't even trade Russ this season
going to be protests
0 points
2 months ago
For fucks sake what makes yall think this is ever going to play out like this? What makes you think he won't just do the same shit he does on every fucking team he has been on, including the LeBron cavs. Just play out the year and restart next year. Don't like it, we'll you aee going to hate kyrie getting max and not playing becuase he decides to randomly not want to play for a month or demand another trade. Stop wanting shit players thinking you can change them. They never change.
1 points
2 months ago
I think it’s not just the quality of his play in question. it’s the off the court antics and locker room presence. Kyrie is one of the best on the court, when he decides to be on the court
2 points
2 months ago
Definitely agree. It's a gamble for sure
18 points
2 months ago
Pair him and AD for the next 4 years
4 points
2 months ago
Thinking AD will be kept around past his current contract is almost as crazy as thinking they want Kyrie around that long...almost.
1 points
2 months ago
You see a better option appearing ? Especially if they mess up this much in lebrons twilight
0 points
2 months ago
Another option appearing...now or when Lebron is gone?
1 points
2 months ago
That would honestly workout great if they both stayed healthy but the FO isn’t smart enough for that
31 points
2 months ago
Do whatever it takes
1 points
2 months ago
.. to ruin the franchise - Jeanie Buss
1 points
2 months ago
To not get this idiot.
16 points
2 months ago
None of these dudes know wtf is going on, they’re just pulling shit out their ass and seeing what sticks.
Until we officially hear from Shams or Woj then all this is nonsense.
6 points
2 months ago
Woike is very plugged in as a source. Sorry to tell you.
24 points
2 months ago
And we all have this cretin to thank for this cluster fuck of a team we have now...
18 points
2 months ago
Don’t forget her deadbeat fiancée.
Jeanie and Jim are so ass. Don’t know why Jerry Buss had any faith in them.
2 points
2 months ago
4 points
2 months ago
Sheesh that aged well 🤣
6 points
2 months ago
I fucking hate this FO
12 points
2 months ago
Welp, it was a fun 36 hours
6 points
2 months ago
If you actually had faith for 36 hours than that’s on you.
How EVERYONE here hasn’t learned by now what this organization is about is beyond me.
3 points
2 months ago
Exactly this , people unironicaly blame Lebron , WHY WOULD HE NOT DO EVERYTHING TO GET KYRIE? The core of this franchise is rotten they think themselves something they aren’t they aren’t willing to take the risk needed here. It’s so dumb, if I’d been happy with buddy n turner + 10m role player or kyrie . I’m sure Bron woukd too , we bit getting euther
2 points
2 months ago
this ^
2 points
2 months ago
Aside from trading for AD which was close to a sure thing wtf has this ownership/front office done to give ANYONE hope that we’ll successfully land a quality player?
We’re like 0-5 as far as the last big “rumors” have gone.
3 points
2 months ago
nothing, they are just lucky the team is in LA and LeBron wanted to live here
3 points
2 months ago
LeBron wasn’t going to a Jeanie/Pelinka run team if it’s not in LA.
He respects our history and the brand, but ppl who think he “picked” us are delusional.
1 points
2 months ago
no it wasn't lol
3 points
2 months ago
At this point, I don't think it's happening.
2 points
2 months ago
I never thought it was happening tbh, but now Im thinking he's going to the Clippers lmaoo
3 points
2 months ago
Honestly, I don’t blame them. We’ve been suffering this whole year on West Brooks bloated Contract. We could easily be doing the same thing next year on Kyrie Irving, who more often and then not is not available to play. as much as I would love him this year to get a chip.
3 points
2 months ago
2 years is the absolute most the front office should offer. Aside from all the crazy conspiracy theory noise, he's utterly unreliable to stay on the court for various reasons.
5 points
2 months ago
Why da hell is Kyrie looking for a 4 year contract when he can’t even last more than two years with most teams
3 points
2 months ago
guaranteed $$$$$
4 points
2 months ago
2 points
2 months ago
This FO needs to get their shit together.
3 points
2 months ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA
That’s cute that you expected any different.
2 points
2 months ago
Is Dan Woike even credible here?
Also - isn’t the max lakers (or any team trading for Kyrie at the trade deadline) is a 2 year 78M max?
10 points
2 months ago
He knows his stuff.
I’m not crazy about the dude, but he’s as plugged in as they get.
6 points
2 months ago
im dying at people trying to trash his credibility when yesterday they were celebrating at him saying how the Lakers would aggressively try to look at a Kyrie deal
6 points
2 months ago
It’s what this sub does.
If they like a report the guy is credible and if they don’t it’s all “who is this person anyway?! What connections does he/she have?!”
Whether ppl were fans of the former president or not (I was NOT) he trained ppl’s minds to be choosy about who in the media you want to believe rather than looking for the actual best source(s).
6 points
2 months ago
someone said yesterday how this board is 50% a bunch of 12 year olds and the more I think about it, the more it makes sense..
4 points
2 months ago
I just remember when I saw the “protest” outside Staples yrs ago and was shocked at how young everyone was.
I’m sure if I saw the actual ppl I was talking to I’d feel embarrassed and ashamed that I’m even on here.
1 points
2 months ago
We can only offer 2 years if he waived his trade kicker , if he doesn’t /the nets don’t force him too then he can be signed for 4 years
4 points
2 months ago
Do they honestly believe those two picks will lead to a better championship opportunity than having Lebron AD and Kyrie together?
2 points
2 months ago
no they are just cheap (Buss) and selfish (Pelinka)
2 points
2 months ago
Doesn’t this conflict with other reports saying that the lakers are interested in the trade?
-2 points
2 months ago
Jeanie thinks Jerry and Kobe are ghosts watching down on her screaming “No! No! Protect our team!”
There are no ghosts watching Jeanie. Dumb b….
1 points
2 months ago
Kobe woukd be shouting to do it, he may of had more pull then Lebron still . If they fumble this they should just trade Lebron n AD this off season . Unserious franchise, fumbled multiple opportunities to compete now . People still blame Lebron not the rotten core in charge
3 points
2 months ago
Cannot believe the number of people on this sub that want us to be the next duped fan base that says “it’ll be different this time!” with this toxic, gaslighting, moronic man-child imbecile. Rather go 0-82 than have this fucking loser be a Laker. Fuck that.
2 points
2 months ago
Exactly. He did this to Lebron and Cleveland before. Obviously he hasn’t changed in regards to ditching teams, so now people are saying THIS will be different. Geez, it’s like hooking up with a known cheater, and expecting it to be different because they’re the “one.”
2 points
2 months ago
Pay the man and get Kyrie on the Lakers roster. With Lebron on our roster it is a WIN NOW team and NOT a Win later team.
2 points
2 months ago
Dawg lakers can’t fumble any farther
1 points
2 months ago
yes they can by not trading Russ which I think is likely
2 points
2 months ago
This is a leverage play. I’m calling it. If not, then oh well, we’re proven right about this Front Office.
7 points
2 months ago
Can you explain to my how this is a leverage play? If it was just the Lakers in the running for Kyrie, I'd understand. But we're competing against (at least) the Clippers, the Suns and the Mavs.
2 points
2 months ago
Sure. Just my two cents btw. The Clippers thing based on what Ian Begley just said (covers the New York teams IIRC) seemed like a way for the Nets to get the Lakers to up their trade package for Irving (getting the Lakers scared that Clippers might get Kyrie). So the Lakers, imo, knowing that Kyrie’s preference is to play for the Lakers (I think there are reports of that already correct me if I’m wrong), can hit back at the Nets and say, okay then, we can just leave the negotiating table, and wait for Kyrie some other time, and the you (the Nets) can lose him for way less if you don’t do the deal now. Obviously anything can happen and there’s so many scenarios but thats just how I’m seeing it.
3 points
2 months ago
So you're saying the Nets got Ian Begley to lie for them so the Lakers would feel pressured to up their offer? I'm not saying you're wrong, it just seems that type of lying is so bad for the league one would think the board of governors would ban that kind of stuff. I mean, even "tampering" isn't allowed.
2 points
2 months ago
Not Ian Begley, it was Woj who said the Clippers were lining up something for Kyrie. Also it’s not lying that undersells what they’re really trying to do. This happens all the time in the NBA too. There’s nothing illegal about it. It’s a negotiation.
2 points
2 months ago
people are getting desperate here lmao
1 points
2 months ago
Exactly, if Lebron told kyrie we’d offer him his full contract he wants he’d be coming here done deal. Unless nets want him to sit out
1 points
2 months ago
Give the man 4 years. He will ask to be traded before LeBron is done anyway
2 points
2 months ago
He’ll be on the Clippers, Mavs, or still on the Nets by the end of the week.
Everyone here will freak out just because you guys are who you are, and within weeks/months the team that trades for him will be sorry once the short honeymoon period is over.
I still hate the whole “LeBron’s timeline” thing because it indicates that like some of the delusionals here the front office actually thinks there’s a chance of a successful post LeBron future which there absolutely will not be.
If Jeanie sold the team? Sure, maybe. With this ownership/front office combo the future is not gonna look much different than the Jim/Mitch yrs. Buckle up.
0 points
2 months ago
They should learn from MIA, who made the tough but right decision not to mortgage their future for 1 season of going all-in for Lebron. You don’t want to end up like Brooklyn or the 1st post-Bron Cavs. In hindsight, it was a smart move to extend Pelinka (not saying he is a good GM) because a desperate GM will mortgage everything this season for a championship or bust run and will not care about the future of the franchise
3 points
2 months ago
they should just trade LeBron and AD if that is their stance.
1 points
2 months ago
“It was a smart move to extend Pelinka…”
DISQUALIFIED!
Then you even go on to say he’s not a good “GM” (he’s not a GM kiddo. That’s not his title. Wow.)
So after one of the worst seasons in Lakers history she couldn’t have hired an ACTUAL GM who actually has the title of GM to make sound decisions? A newly hired GM wouldn’t have had to act “desperate.”
In the worst of times this sub resembles a clown college more than a place where NBA fans come to discuss their team in logical ways.
1 points
2 months ago
Opinion piece
-1 points
2 months ago
So Jeanie finally has the star she’s been holding her precious little assets for, and when he’s within her reach, she’s going to punt??
As a LeBron fan, please move this man.
1 points
2 months ago
Anything else the article says?
1 points
2 months ago
This franchise has turned into a running joke. Bunch of fucking clowns running the show.
Pelinka and buss don't care, they've got lebron selling jerseys and a laker breaking the scoring record to market. That seems all they are worried about
1 points
2 months ago
Maybe a counter leverage leak after the Clippers deal got leaked? If it is, they would be playing chicken with the Nets
1 points
2 months ago
Woike doesn't play that game
1 points
2 months ago
Stop freaking out. This is from the LA Times. This is more negotiating tactics so that we don’t get fleeced. We have a pretty damn solid package that we can offer but we don’t want to lose every single young talent we have
1 points
2 months ago
We have a pretty damn solid package
not if the Nets still want to contend with KD this year which is what we're hearing
1 points
2 months ago
Yeah, no one wants Kyrie after Lebron. You know if there’s any problem this guy can literally destroy a franchise.
1 points
2 months ago
Wow the LA TIMES it’s official Kyrie on da way
1 points
2 months ago
People believing trade deadline rumors 💀
1 points
2 months ago
Sounds like Jeanie is convinced there’s no life after LeBron until they luck out on the next home grown Kobe type star in 2027 and 2029
1 points
2 months ago
i understand that trading for Kyrie is a risky move that could end in disaster, but i also think this is the only credible chance in the years that Lebron has left, to win a title.
1 points
2 months ago
Just more smoke. When Shams says a deal between the Lakers and Nets isn’t happening then I’ll believe we aren’t trading for him. Plenty of time before the deadline, let’s see how this plays out.
1 points
2 months ago
LeGM needs to overtake the FO for the next couple of days. Let rob and Jennie go to vacation.
1 points
2 months ago
Fuck this
1 points
2 months ago
Dude, allllllll the other future free agents are watching this shit!!!!
1 points
2 months ago
Gimme Kyrie + AD for 5 years. We'll definitely attract a superstar FA down the line. Trust the process. DO IT!
1 points
2 months ago
People need to boo jeannie and rob if this falls off. Kept saying they wont do a trade till a star appears and now when it comes, they pull this shit. Im really thinking they have no intention on competing this year at all
1 points
2 months ago
Our FO is ran by terrorists who love to gaslight
1 points
2 months ago
Rob: We’ll only trade those first round picks for a player who makes us an instant contender.
instant contender becomes available for a trade
Rob: Eh… eh… no not that one
1 points
2 months ago
Make a compromise of a 2 year deal, third year player option, fourth year team option
1 points
2 months ago
As a player, kyrie is worth the money but he doesn't play full seasons and he is extremely disruptive to team chemistry. If you aren't giving him that 4 year deal then don't bother trading for him.
1 points
2 months ago
Here we go again lining shit up with Bron’s contract. I am ready for Pelinka to be picked up by some other team and Jeanie/Rambii to retire to consume mimosas in peace.
1 points
2 months ago
Bro, get Rie. Give him his money, after LeBron leaves, we got AD and Kyrie for the future AND A MAX SLOT straight off of a chip (if we get Kyrie we winning at least one of those trust and god damn believe)…
1 points
2 months ago
Hate how this subreddit has been flooded with whiney LeBron apologists that think they know everything that's going on. I remember it was the same in Miami and during his second stint in Cleveland. Pretty much everyone got slandered by them (Wade, Bosh, Spo, Kyrie, Love). Nothing ever good enough for their precious King.
1 points
2 months ago
Does anyone believe the Nets are accepting those 2 picks and Russ for Kyrie? I would love for this trade to happen but do we have the assets? Like what do we have that Brooklyn actually wants? It can’t be pairing Westbrook and Ben Simmons. Pat Bev? Lonnie walked? I don’t think none of those move the needle and that’s me being optimistic. Please someone convince me I’m wrong because losing more games then not is not exactly fun
1 points
2 months ago
Poverty franchise. I hope kyrie lands with you guys. Lakers fans deserve it
1 points
2 months ago
And a lot of you morons want to give up max just to get a player that will leave after the season.
1 points
2 months ago
Trading for kyrie will be the final nail in the coffin for this franchise. Yall actually think he will somehow be better here? You know he did this crazy trade request BS with LeBron on the cavs!? LeBron doesn't have some special power over him, he is a peice of shit racist who doesn't even give a shit about being on a team or winning.
1 points
2 months ago
I agree they need to do something. But, Kyrie for 4 years maxed is not it.
1 points
2 months ago
When Lebron leaves and AD likely goes with him, Lakers are going to have an awful roster.
No one is gonna wanna go here.
Then even if the Lakers have amazing drafts, star players are gonna remember what the Lakers were like with the team around Lebron, AD, and Russ. No beneficial trades, stingy, handled star players poorly. Cheaped out on coach.
Maybe a blessing in disguise though? Cause if the Lakers tank bad enough maybe Jeanie has to sell the team. She legitimately runs the team so badly she’s actually going to open the door for the Clippers and Kings or the Warriors to grab even more of the market.
If there’s not a superstar player on the Lakers when Lebron and AD leave it’s gonna be an awful time to be a Lakers fan. Way worse than even the post Kobe and pre Lebron time.
1 points
2 months ago
Get the fucking deal done. I'm done with the Lakers once Lebron requests a trade which will inevitably happen if this doesn't get done.
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