2019 Official NBA Free Agent thread

[PELICANSFAN]

Then puts Cousins in front of Favors.

The stuff that gets posted on this board is absolutely insane.

Not sure what you are saying about putting him in front of Favors. And what exactly is insane?

[6warddude]

Not sure what you are saying about putting him in front of Favors. And what exactly is insane?

he mean dapellfromhell is starting cousins over favors in his lineup....and also saying his comment was insane.......i could be wrong lol...

[Pelicanidae]

he mean dapellfromhell is starting cousins over favors in his lineup....and also saying his comment was insane.......i could be wrong lol...

Nah, you're right.

Even if we got Cousins (which obviously we won't cause he's a Laker now, so it's not even an option) he would NOT start over Favors.

[JunkHead]

Once guard Avery Bradley clears waivers today, he plans to sign a two-year, $9.7M deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent Bill Duffy of @BDA_Sports tells ESPN. Bradley will have a player option on the second season.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 8, 2019

[Lee2000]

Lakers took the role player signing suggestion to use their new cap money seriously. They took a chance at the a max guy, then immediately focused on signing role guys. All in all they are putting together a decent team (on paper).

[Pelicanidae]

Lakers took the role player signing suggestion to use their new cap money seriously. They took a chance at the a max guy, then immediately focused on signing role guys. All in all they are putting together a decent team (on paper).

Their third best player might be KCP.

They are not a good team.

[RaisingTheBar]

Lakers took the role player signing suggestion to use their new cap money seriously. They took a chance at the a max guy, then immediately focused on signing role guys. All in all they are putting together a decent team (on paper).

3-4 years ago they would have had a super team.

[SonOfNOLA]

The Lakers have two elite stars, a oft-injured former All Star Center, a young scoring forward who’s still growing, and a lot of depth full of experienced vets. I know we don’t like them for how they handled the AD trade, but Lakers are definitely a good team if their duo stays healthy most of the season.

[luckyman]

Not sure what you are saying about putting him in front of Favors. And what exactly is insane?

Pretty self explanatory really. Not hard to figure.

[13 - 3]

Side note; McGee and KCP both have player options in their second years, which triggers another clause in the CBA: neither can be traded this year.

Players who sign two year deals with player options essentially get a No Trade Clause in their first year.

That means LA can't even try to move them later if they see an avenue to improve.

Sounds like a Demps move

[Pelicanidae]

In Real Plus-Minus, out of 299 players that averaged at least 15 minutes per game (for 40+ games)

Offensive RPM:
Avery Bradley – 262nd
Rajon Rondo – 263rd

Defensive RPM:
Bradley – 228th
Rondo – 237th

Total RPM:
Bradley – 273rd
Rondo – 276th

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) July 8, 2019

[Taker597]

We all know Rondo is cooked outside of the playoffs or when he is motivated , but Bradley... Dude is trash..

[13 - 3]

Pretty self explanatory really. Not hard to figure.

Derrick Favors's untapped potential in a nutshell https://t.co/0uzktX7VVC

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) July 8, 2019

[PolishFan]

The Lakers have two elite stars, a oft-injured former All Star Center, a young scoring forward who’s still growing, and a lot of depth full of experienced vets. I know we don’t like them for how they handled the AD trade, but Lakers are definitely a good team if their duo stays healthy most of the season.

Good post and voice of reason. We all may dislike all of the Lakers players and yes it's possible that they could suck but unfortunately there is a very high probability they will be very good next year

[13 - 3]

Good post and voice of reason. We all may dislike all of the Lakers players and yes it's possible that they could suck but unfortunately there is a very high probability they will be very good next year

These look like the same players Dell Demps liked.

[Pelicanidae]

Good post and voice of reason. We all may dislike all of the Lakers players and yes it's possible that they could suck but unfortunately there is a very high probability they will be very good next year

You could easily rephrase it as;

The Lakers have two elite stars, one of whom has a history of sulking and is a continuous injury threat, and the other is 35. They have a former all-star centre whose legs have spent the last two years exploding and who was so disastrously bad that he found a way to sink Golden State's offense last season. He's always been a negative on D, and that has only gotten worse recently. They have a young scoring forward who is absolute garbage by all advanced metrics, and is a horrendous defender, and they have no quality depth: they only have maybe 2 people outside of Lebron who can create their own shot, and most of their depth is well over the age of 30 in the form of people like Rondo and Dudley.

It has nothing to do with whether we like them or not. Their roster is NOT GOOD. Could they have a super lucky year, where they have no injury issues, where Rondo and Boogie play like it was 2011 not 2019, where Lebron puts in effort on defense and where AD manages to stay in all of his games without walking out? Sure, they could. But is that really more likely than the players just y'know, being who they are?

[luckyman]

Derrick Favors's untapped potential in a nutshell https://t.co/0uzktX7VVC

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) July 8, 2019

I'm sure Shamit meant "insanely" excited. lol

[13 - 3]

Deadspin even called it out

https://deadspin.com/lakers-sign-dem...los-1836152884

[luckyman]

These look like the same players Dell Demps liked.

So what? Dell Demps wasn't a trash GM no matter how much hindsight and hyperbole people want to use now.

The Lakers might not be as good as people think but that roster also isn't terrible.

[13 - 3]

Good post and voice of reason. We all may dislike all of the Lakers players and yes it's possible that they could suck but unfortunately there is a very high probability they will be very good next year

Clippers did better.

[luckyman]

https://deadspin.com/lakers-sign-dem...los-1836152884

Is Gabe Fernandez some sort of NBA basketball savant I've never heard of? What is that article supposed to do?

[13 - 3]

So what? Dell Demps wasn't a trash GM no matter how much hindsight and hyperbole people want to use now.

The Lakers might not be as good as people think but that roster also isn't terrible.

I’m sure this is what AD and Lebron had in mind all along.

[13 - 3]

Is Gabe Fernandez some sort of NBA basketball savant I've never heard of? What is that article supposed to do?

Yes because this is what Davis wanted in LA

[Pelicanidae]

So what? Dell Demps wasn't a trash GM no matter how much hindsight and hyperbole people want to use now.

The Lakers might not be as good as people think but that roster also isn't terrible.

I agree! And it was also a better roster when Dell constructed it: you know, when Rondo was 2 years younger, and before Boogie's legs exploded.

[13 - 3]

Lakers even signed Quinn Cook. LOL championship.