**the official la lakers thread**

[extracurRICular]

that would put us over the cap and we would have to give up some of the kids...love Dame but i might have to pass

too early to give up on the kids IMHO

[Dr.Cool]

The Lakers just ruined their team for the next decade. In four years time, the Warriors will have won six in a row and seven out of eight titles, and the Lakers will have no talented young players, scrubs with max contracts, no Lebron, no Kawhi, and no cap space.

All you Laker fans, do realize that by signing a 33 year old, who needs the ball in his hands every position, they gave up on every other all star.

No one wants to play with Lebron. He has been calling players to try and get them to team up with him. Instead Paul resigned with the Rockets, and George resigned with OKC. And Kawhi changed from wanting to play for the Lakers to wanting to play for the Clippers. Kyrie even went so far as demanding a trade just to get away from James. It appears other superstars, don't want to just stand outside while James stands there with the ball every position.

Good job, Lakers, you got Lebron. If the goal was to get Lebron, they definitely did that. If the goal is to win titles, the Lakers just took a big step backwards.

[Dr.Cool]

Boogie turned down a 2 year $40M extension with the Pels and signs with the Warriors for $5M and now he's acting like a genius?

Only time will tell, if Boogie made a good decision. He turned down $20 mill a year for two years, to get a max deal. Which is something like $150 mill for four years.

If he comes back and plays like he did pre-injury, then he will get his max deal. If not, he might have gave away over $30 million.

[Dr.Cool]

too early to give up on the kids IMHO

You done gave up on Zo. The minute they signed Lebron, they gave up on Ball and gave up on Kawhi. If Kuzma and Hart aren't each all-stars, then signing Lebron will have been a big mistake.

[[ DUBBZZ ]]

The other key to this new vision for James and the Lakers is a recognition that his game will need to change as he ages over the next four years.

James, who will turn 34 in December, had studied the careers of all-time greats such as Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan and noted how they moved from the wing to the post as they approached their mid-30s. Bryant, for example, averaged 5.5 post-ups a game in his age-36 season in 2014-15 (most among guards) and 2.9 post-ups a game in his age-37 season (still fifth-most among guards).

James' play in the post has ebbed and flowed over the past decade. He has developed his skills playing there, but has always been pulled to operating from the perimeter, where he's more comfortable and where his teams often need him.

If there was one person who could understand and relate, it was Johnson, a 6-foot-9 point guard who once started an NBA Finals game at center.

Playing more like Bryant and Jordan will take time and patience, and James told Johnson that some habits will be hard to break, sources said. But James knows playing more inside and yielding some control of the ball is important as he ages and his athleticism starts to fade. At 6-foot-8, 260 pounds with great vision and passing skills, he may be better equipped for success than the smaller Jordan and Bryant. - Windhorst

This is supposedly the plan Magic and Lebron came up with. Play more off-ball and post up play.

[THE REED]

that would put us over the cap and we would have to give up some of the kids...love Dame but i might have to pass

Depends on which kids. Need an elite shooter. Kuzma still in the incubator.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Depends on which kids. Need an elite shooter. Kuzma still in the incubator.

Kuz is untouchable according to the front office and Ingram is a stud...and then there's Zo...Portland will want 2 or all of them including picks

this also eliminates the Kawhi angle next year...

[BoxingTech718]

Lebron made a non basketball decision to go to the Lakers.

Unless something drastic happens he doesn’t have a chance of even making the WCF with this roster.

All the playoff teams in the West are better than the Lakers right now.

If he wanted to play in a big market he would have been better of going to NYC

At least they have a Porzingis for Lebron to play with. Lonzo is trash. Kuzma is actually pretty good. But they got rid of Randle who was just starting to look decent.

I really don’t see the Lakers doing anything but getting bounced in the first round.

[extracurRICular]

You done gave up on Zo. The minute they signed Lebron, they gave up on Ball and gave up on Kawhi. If Kuzma and Hart aren't each all-stars, then signing Lebron will have been a big mistake.

calm down sugar t1ts.....................calm down...........

[RomanReigns]

calm down sugar t1ts.....................calm down...........

That Midget don't know ***** about basketball.