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Btw claiming THT is an asset would be like a blazer fan claiming Elleby as one lolz.
 
Time for the Lakers to face the facts. They are an old team, with a second option (Unidufus) that's made of glass. And a third(Westbrook) that is aloof half the time. The Blazers won't be bailing out the Smogtown Blues anytime soon. Tick, tick, tick.
 
Scalma said:
Lakers stink and have no young pieces or picks to get better anytime soon Lolol. If Pelinka had balls he would trade LeBron and start over, but we know who’s really running the show over there.
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I wish LeBron would demand trade to Portland. Would anyone here do a Dame for LeBron deal?

Simons/Powell/Nas/Simmons/LeBron
 
Yes the Lakers are a mess. No they will not win a Championship this year.
No i would not trade Dame for Westbrook and any filler.

One thing is for certain though. They are the Lakers. They will reboot and have a team again. Very soon.

Now as far as my Blazers are concerned? We might be in for a very long haul trying to figure out a way to win consistently. Portland just doesn't have the same draw as LA.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Portland just doesn't have the same draw as LA.
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Of course the two franchises are on the opposite ends of the NBA spectrum for attracting FA talent. Portland has to draft and trade for it's talent, LA can just clear the decks and reload. But in the meantime, the schadenfreude is delicious. I couldn't believe the mismatched team they were assembling this past offseason. Hopefully they've a stubborn GM like Neil & choose to run it back next year to prove everyone wrong!

STOMP
 
STOMP said:
Of course the two franchises are on the opposite ends of the NBA spectrum for attracting FA talent. Portland has to draft and trade for it's talent, LA can just clear the decks and reload. But in the meantime, the schadenfreude is delicious. I couldn't believe the mismatched team they were assembling this past offseason. Hopefully they've a stubborn GM like Neil & choose to run it back next year to prove everyone wrong!

STOMP
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Dennis Schroder: 16 points - 3 rebounds - 5 assists
Kyle Kuzma: 16 points - 9 rebounds - 3 assists
KCP: 12 points - 4 rebounds - 2 assists
Andre Drummond: 6 points - 9 rebounds - 2 assists
Montrazel Harrell: 15 points - 7 rebounds - 2 assists
Alex Caruso: 8 points - 4 rebounds - 4 assists
Markieff Morris: 8 points - 3 rebounds - 1 assists
Wesley Matthews: 7 points - 2 rebounds - 1 assist

LA dumped 8 guys from last season's squad that are averaging 88 points, 41 rebounds, and 20 assists this season. They are averaging those numbers on decent to good efficiency. And several of them were key in the Lakers posting the best defense in the NBA

Lakers gave all that up for Westbrook, Melo, Avery Bradley, and Kent Bazemore. It was GM malpractice
 
I REFUSE to believe Lebron didn't approve and want the trade for Westbrook. He will throw the managment under the bus if pressed I bet, though I think some of the blame lies on him. His playing is GOAT but wanting Russ is a headscratcher for sure.
 
Is anyone still on the l*akers team after Lebron got there? Seems like he got rid of them all just to get his buddies some rings
 
Cugel said:
I REFUSE to believe Lebron didn't approve and want the trade for Westbrook. He will throw the managment under the bus if pressed I bet, though I think some of the blame lies on him. His playing is GOAT but wanting Russ is a headscratcher for sure.
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I'm with you, but would also like to add: Fuck Lebron, Fuck Westbrick, and Fuck the L*kers.
 
At least when the Blazers lose, they lose with a bunch of scrubs but Lakers with Lebron is embarrassing
 
Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook benched late in loss; coach Frank Vogel had green light, sources say

"The coaching staff had been debating whether to pull Westbrook from late-game situations for weeks, sources said, but always refrained because of worries about the lasting impact on Westbrook's psyche.

Indeed, even LeBron James danced around the subject of Westbrook's benching, perhaps not wanting to draw further attention to the indignity for the one-time league MVP.

"Would you think that would bother Russ not being in a late game?" he said, answering a reporter's question with a question, rather than giving a straight answer.

James was left to speak on Westbrook because the 14-year veteran -- who exited the court with 8.4 seconds remaining on the clock -- departed from the arena without speaking to reporters.

Westbrook also had already vacated the locker room by the time his teammates were finished showering, sources said, forgoing any postgame discussion with the team."

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royo said:
Can LeBron be traded at this point? For CJ?
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he doesn’t have a no trade clause but obviously lakers wouldn’t just trade him to some random team. If he wants another ring he’s gonna have to ask for a trade, idk see many avenues for the lakers to get significantly better anytime soon. And if he asks for a trade Portland makes sense cuz of Dame. But I’m not sure LeBron actually cares enough about winning another ring to leave the LA lifestyle.
 
Scalma said:
he doesn’t have a no trade clause but obviously lakers wouldn’t just trade him to some random team. If he wants another ring he’s gonna have to ask for a trade, idk see many avenues for the lakers to get significantly better anytime soon. And if he asks for a trade Portland makes sense cuz of Dame. But I’m not sure LeBron actually cares enough about winning another ring to leave the LA lifestyle.
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LeBron has the most effective no trade clause in NBA history.

“I’m going to retire.”
 
Scalma said:
And walk away from more than 40 million dollars? Possible but not likely.
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Isn’t LeBron almost a billionaire?
I don’t think he cares much about the 40 million dollars, which is actually a fraction of that after tax, especially if it means uprooting his life / family… a fourth time.
 
Also, it’s not really walking away from 40 mill.
“Trade for me and I’ll retire” will just prevent that team from offering anything of value, forcing the lakers to bite the bullet.
 
Predator said:
Isn’t LeBron almost a billionaire?
I don’t think he cares much about the 40 million dollars, which is actually a fraction of that after tax, especially if it means uprooting his life / family… a fourth time.
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I don’t think he’s a billionaire but I also don’t think there’s a person on earth that wouldn’t care about losing 40 million dollars. He could just fake an injury instead and still collect.
 
Scalma said:
I don’t think he’s a billionaire but I also don’t think there’s a person on earth that wouldn’t care about losing 40 million dollars. He could just fake an injury instead and still collect.
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There are a ton of people who are OK with “losing” that kind of money if they have many, many, many multiples of that.

Superyachts.
Houses they’ve never been to.
Art work.
Sell their business to someone that offered them less because they like that person more.

when people don’t need money, you can’t motivate them with money to do things they don’t want to do.


Look at Ben Simmons, for example.
 
Predator said:
I don’t think he cares much about the 40 million dollars, which is actually a fraction of that after tax,
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The fraction is like 4/5 so yeah he cares about $32 million. He ain't stupid. Alright so maybe it's 7/10 so it's $28 million. Still he cares about that money.
If i have $100 i care about getting $28-32 more.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
The fraction is like 4/5 so yeah he cares about $32 million. He ain't stupid. Alright so maybe it's 7/10 so it's $28 million. Still he cares about that money.
If i have $100 i care about getting $28-32 more.
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Very good argument to increase taxes on the wealthy and decrease taxes on the poor and Middle class.
 
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