2019-20 WORLD CHAMPION Los Angeles Lakers Thread | Page 15

Jun 27, 2019 at 6:56 PM

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The Lakers signed Jones to a contract with about two weeks left last season, with a non-guaranteed salary for 2019-20. It's entirely possible that Pelinka did that for this exact reason - because they might need to include a little more salary in a trade to make it legal. https://t.co/xzjGDxR1de
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Hmm...still think Pelinka doesn't know what he's doing, huh? If Lakers didn't have Jones contract - they would have had a much harder time to create a max slot while trading for AD.

[ Edited by 4ML on Jun 27, 2019 at 6:56 PM ]

Jun 27, 2019 at 9:37 PM

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Good info, 4ml, sounds like i was wrong.

[ Edited by TheGore49er on Jun 27, 2019 at 9:37 PM ]

Jun 28, 2019 at 2:51 AM

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Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Good info, 4ml, sounds like i was wrong.

Media created that narrative relentlessly these past couple weeks. Pelinka still needs to do a lot to prove he's capable of putting the right team around AD and Bron. Lakers blunders this past season makes it easy to believe media's narrative.

Another thing I liked about trade with Washington- nothing was leaked till the deal was agreed upon. Then we got the news of Kawhi meeting with lakers, AD waiving his trade kicker and Lebron giving 23 to AD. No leaks. It's done and now it's being reported. Love that.

Jun 28, 2019 at 2:56 AM

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Lakers are sitting pretty with AD in toe and $32M in cap space.

Jun 28, 2019 at 3:01 AM

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Originally posted by mayo49:
Lakers are sitting pretty with AD in toe and $32M in cap space.

Yea lot of options. If they don't get a max player...that's totally ok. They just have to spend money smartly.

Jun 28, 2019 at 3:25 AM

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Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by mayo49:
Lakers are sitting pretty with AD in toe and $32M in cap space.

Yea lot of options. If they don't get a max player...that's totally ok. They just have to spend money smartly.

Kyrie reuniting with LBJ would look good on that team.

Jun 28, 2019 at 4:37 AM

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Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by 4ML:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Lakers are sitting pretty with AD in toe and $32M in cap space.

Yea lot of options. If they don't get a max player...that's totally ok. They just have to spend money smartly.

Kyrie reuniting with LBJ would look good on that team.

3rd Best player is Kyrie

! That would be a heck of a team.

Jun 28, 2019 at 5:30 AM

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Originally posted by mayo49:
Kyrie reuniting with LBJ would look good on that team.

I wouldn't hold my breathe on that happening....dude is going to Brooklyn.

Jun 28, 2019 at 5:44 AM

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by mayo49:
Kyrie reuniting with LBJ would look good on that team.

I wouldn't hold my breathe on that happening....dude is going to Brooklyn.

We'll know soon enough.

Jun 28, 2019 at 6:02 AM

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Originally posted by 4ML:
^^^

So, what the Lakers will do - agree deals in advance with a max player or 2-3 players who will make around 32M. So, only on July 6th - they sign the players first with their 32M cap room. Then they execute the AD trade later that day.

Now, to execute a trade as a team without cap space - they have to send matching salaries. It doesn't have to match dollar to dollar. Lakers can take on 125% plus $100k of the outgoing salaries.

So, that means - to take AD's salary of 27M...Lakers need to send out about 21M in trade. Add up the salaries of Lonzo, BI, Wagner, Hart, Bonga, and Jones and it's over 21M.

Big bada boom...Lakers get AD and possibly Kawhi or another max player or 32M to spend on FAs. Apparently, Pelinka is not an idiot. He was a high profile player agent - you don't become that if you aren't well prepared.

Now, I don't know if he's good at putting a team together...we will see how he does this summer. But, this narrative that he doesn't know what he is doing as far as salary cap is concerned - I find that hilarious.

Good stuff 4ml

Jun 28, 2019 at 6:29 AM

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Originally posted by DynastyChile:

Originally posted by 4ML:
^^^

So, what the Lakers will do - agree deals in advance with a max player or 2-3 players who will make around 32M. So, only on July 6th - they sign the players first with their 32M cap room. Then they execute the AD trade later that day.

Now, to execute a trade as a team without cap space - they have to send matching salaries. It doesn't have to match dollar to dollar. Lakers can take on 125% plus $100k of the outgoing salaries.

So, that means - to take AD's salary of 27M...Lakers need to send out about 21M in trade. Add up the salaries of Lonzo, BI, Wagner, Hart, Bonga, and Jones and it's over 21M.

Big bada boom...Lakers get AD and possibly Kawhi or another max player or 32M to spend on FAs. Apparently, Pelinka is not an idiot. He was a high profile player agent - you don't become that if you aren't well prepared.

Now, I don't know if he's good at putting a team together...we will see how he does this summer. But, this narrative that he doesn't know what he is doing as far as salary cap is concerned - I find that hilarious.

Good stuff 4ml

He is just copy and pasting and claiming it to be his own. Dont fool yourself and pretend he came up with all that by himself

Jun 28, 2019 at 6:44 AM

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Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by DynastyChile:

Originally posted by 4ML:
^^^

So, what the Lakers will do - agree deals in advance with a max player or 2-3 players who will make around 32M. So, only on July 6th - they sign the players first with their 32M cap room. Then they execute the AD trade later that day.

Now, to execute a trade as a team without cap space - they have to send matching salaries. It doesn't have to match dollar to dollar. Lakers can take on 125% plus $100k of the outgoing salaries.

So, that means - to take AD's salary of 27M...Lakers need to send out about 21M in trade. Add up the salaries of Lonzo, BI, Wagner, Hart, Bonga, and Jones and it's over 21M.

Big bada boom...Lakers get AD and possibly Kawhi or another max player or 32M to spend on FAs. Apparently, Pelinka is not an idiot. He was a high profile player agent - you don't become that if you aren't well prepared.

Now, I don't know if he's good at putting a team together...we will see how he does this summer. But, this narrative that he doesn't know what he is doing as far as salary cap is concerned - I find that hilarious.

Good stuff 4ml

He is just copy and pasting and claiming it to be his own. Dont fool yourself and pretend he came up with all that by himself