^ a little obvious imo but good explanation by him. Which is why Klay's extension to me was not that big of a deal to begin with (if it ends up overpay then it's only by a few million). Having a player 24-29 is the best thing in the NBA. You get them at their best time. Contract length and stuff like this might change soon so it was/is a good time for teams to act on this.
Which brings me to WHY I waaaanted the Lakers to sign I. Thomas and L. Stephenson this offseason!! They were bargain contracts for players in their prime. Stephenson even has a 2nd year team-option ffs. Thomas even wanted to play for the Lakers...ugh.

off-topic: Looking up from my comp. to TV and seeing that Randle had gone down was probably my lowest moment as a Lakers fan. The only player/thing this season that really had some still-unfounded, possibly game-changing upside. The main representation of hope on the team. And went down on the first game...

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

November 03 2014 19:58 GMT

#283

The Lakers are better than any other team at randomly becoming contenders again. Not this year IMO, but I can imagine them with a top 3 pick this year, Randle, and pick up a max free agent in the summer (Rondo perhaps), then they'll trot out Kobe + Top3 pick + Randle + Max player + Good bench (Lin, Young, Ed Davis, etc) .. that's a playoff team probably, then they get another max the following summer + further developed Randle/Top3 pick + older Kobe ... that's a championship contender.

Not outside the realm of impossibility

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 03 2014 20:02 GMT

#284

+ Show Spoiler +

RowdierBob

Australia13007 Posts

November 03 2014 22:30 GMT

#285

:D

Can't say Lakers fans aren't eternal optimists.

bolahola

Croatia28 Posts

November 03 2014 22:30 GMT

#286

dun know what drugs you're on but i want some xeris

Daozzt

United States1263 Posts

November 03 2014 22:44 GMT

#287

A lot can change in two years. I mean if anything the Lakers won't get any worse than they are now so they can only improve.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 03 2014 22:48 GMT

#288

the next time they trade some corpses for anthony davis, yea, lakers will 'unexpectedly' rise again. there's nothing magical about the lakers in itself. you are kind of relying on unlikely good trades to happen.

all this without claiming anything inappropriate to competition went down.

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

November 03 2014 22:51 GMT

#289

aliens will land on earth and become a 19 year old which the lakers will draft in the 2nd round and then he will dominate the NBA by averaging 80 ppg, 100 rpg and 45 apg.

bolahola

Croatia28 Posts

November 03 2014 22:56 GMT

#290

I dont think davis will sign with the lakers,if he wants to go to a bigger market I could see new york or chicago happening
the best and most hilarious turn of events would be him ending up with the spurs,not gonna happen tho sadly.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

November 03 2014 23:28 GMT

#291

I mean xeris might have a point if
a) Lakers were in eastern conference
b) actually have relevant young talent to build around for things to change in such a short timeline.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

November 03 2014 23:51 GMT

#292

i'd be optimistic if lakers signed IT2 but they didnt (whyyyy). dont care that much about lance. itll be more than a few more years before lakers can even get a 2nd round playoff team

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

November 04 2014 00:30 GMT

#293

feels good to have real 3 point shooters. damn

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

November 04 2014 01:12 GMT

#294

http://online.wsj.com/articles/study-shorter-nba-refs-call-more-fouls-1415046039

LOLLL

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

November 04 2014 01:15 GMT

#295

The Clippers floor projector thing is dope.

icystorage

Jollibee19349 Posts

November 04 2014 01:22 GMT

#296

holy shit that was cool

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

November 04 2014 02:32 GMT

#297

On November 04 2014 07:56 bolahola wrote:
I dont think davis will sign with the lakers,if he wants to go to a bigger market I could see new york or chicago happening
the best and most hilarious turn of events would be him ending up with the spurs,not gonna happen tho sadly.

PLEASE
EVERYONE FROM CHICAGO JUST COME BACK TO CHICAGO
WE'LL TAKE DAVIS AND JABARI

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

November 04 2014 03:13 GMT

#298

i'm actually a wizards fan more than a lakers fan. anyway, just wait and see... I'm sure LA will be a top team in the next 2 years.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

November 04 2014 03:58 GMT

#299

On November 04 2014 12:13 Xeris wrote:
i'm actually a wizards fan more than a lakers fan. anyway, just wait and see... I'm sure LA will be a top team in the next 2 years.

I don't consider that a good bench and we don't know what Randle will become. He's a young and raw, this is a pretty terrible setback.

What you're hoping for is basically a Rube Goldberg machine.