Houston gave up a first round pick as well tho. Lakers gave cash and rights to a player that probably wont even play in the NBA and they get an expiring contract. Pretty good for the Lakers since they don't care for a little money.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 11 2014 23:09 GMT

#803

On July 12 2014 08:03 AntiGrav1ty wrote:
K then.

he's not a bad player. he was playing out of position and crap role for him....

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

July 11 2014 23:11 GMT

#804

I'm with you Ace. WTF is up with Lakers not getting Thomas at that price and then doing this other kind of shit...I looked at him as a good Plan B at that price and it seemed he wanted to come here. They better not have thought that was too much.

Hopefully they go hard after Bledsoe and Stephenson.;

Ace

United States16096 Posts

July 11 2014 23:18 GMT

#805

yea the league has this weird bias against short players even when they put up insane productivity. Even worse when you can get him for CHEAP. Lakers and Miami both blew it. Sacramento is of course, dumb as always.

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

July 11 2014 23:22 GMT

#806

PHO is too smart, they now have like 6 guards on the roster.

AntiGrav1ty

Germany2310 Posts

July 11 2014 23:24 GMT

#807

Do the Lakers even want to commit to anyone at this point? Seems like Melo was their only pitch and if it doesn't work they rebuild, get picks and prepare capspace for the future.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

July 11 2014 23:28 GMT

#808

Yea Lakers are going to have clear space for 2016 FA. They are just treading water for now without trying to sign any big contracts. They haven't even been seriously courting anyone except "stars".

Vindicare605

United States16124 Posts

July 11 2014 23:28 GMT

#809

On July 12 2014 08:24 AntiGrav1ty wrote:
Do the Lakers even want to commit to anyone at this point? Seems like Melo was their only pitch and if it doesn't work they rebuild, get picks and prepare capspace for the future.

Makes sense to me.

Melo was the only FA star available in this off-season that we had any real chance of grabbing. The Kobe contract extension had a lot of us thinking that Mitch's game plan was for 2016 this whole time, the way the pieces are moving this year seems to confirm that.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 11 2014 23:29 GMT

#810

apparently we are exploring anderson trade. that would be good

TheMusiC

United States1054 Posts

July 11 2014 23:30 GMT

#811

lol bosh you dinosaur you

AntiGrav1ty

Germany2310 Posts

July 11 2014 23:38 GMT

#812

On July 12 2014 08:28 Ace wrote:
Yea Lakers are going to have clear space for 2016 FA. They are just treading water for now without trying to sign any big contracts. They haven't even been seriously courting anyone except "stars".

It's sad since it's kind of wasting Kobes last good years but it seems like the best course. I don't think Lance Stevenson or Isaiah Thomas would get the Lakers past the likes of OKC or Spurs.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

July 12 2014 00:00 GMT

#813

how good is next year's draft.

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

July 12 2014 00:01 GMT

#814

i wonder why bosh didnt go to houston

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 12 2014 00:02 GMT

#815

not too sure. i heard it's poor? but i'm not that in tune with college

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

July 12 2014 00:02 GMT

#816

Maybe Bosh doesn't care about championships anymore and just wants to get paid and live somewhere he likes?

Side note:

- I'd pay money to have seen Riley's face when he heard the news. He was so cocky and sure Lebron would come back.

- How is Blatt supposed to coach Lebron? First time coach with the best player in the world. I'm interested in how that dynamic will play out.

Edit: Also, apparently the Spurs have moved the the front of the list for Gasol, alongside Chicago. I'd love to see Gasol in a Spurs uniform

Ace

United States16096 Posts

July 12 2014 00:15 GMT

#817

hahahahaha

WARNING: CLUTCHFANS IS ONE OF THE MOST RABID FANSITES AROUND!

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=256351

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

July 12 2014 00:28 GMT

#818

Don't go in the Lin appreciation thread, it's actually people considering it a win so they don't have to deal with Lin fans on their forum.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

July 12 2014 00:32 GMT

#819

On July 12 2014 09:15 Ace wrote:
hahahahaha

WARNING: CLUTCHFANS IS ONE OF THE MOST RABID FANSITES AROUND!

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=256351

that linsanity guy is literally just trolling their entire board lol