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Warriors would've swept, 5 games at most healthy.

When you getting your goon Freddy shirt /nba/?

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Who is the Brendan schaub of /nba/?

SOON.

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shannon sharpe

youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi8zDC7-CU

Can anyone stop us?

Good Lord the amount of shit they talked in 2015 alone should completely erase any notion of any fucking asterisk

lmfao

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guess the team

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Charlotte

it's like everyone forgets how much shit they talked on and off the court. My level of hate for them was soo high when they were on that 73 win streak like you have no idea. fuck them

no the hornets have zero division titles

Los Angeles "Bottom Bitch of LA Sports" Clippers, Steve Ballmer should just buy the LA Chargers too and move both of them back to San Diego where they belong

correct answer & opinion

>instagram photo logo
maybe if fred releases one himself

Imagine being so obsessed that anyone who (rightfully points out that the rapties title is an asterisk title you screech about M-M-MUH CLIPPERS!!!!!!!

>walks into an empty, dark arena a few days after the game
>"AYO! Anybody in here? Y'all got my ring? I still get it, right? Hellooooo!"

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Canada has gotta stop putting drake on tv

When does the free agency stuff begin?

>tfw have only the Kings and Rivercats
>Roseville is bulldozing it's way into the foothills
>fire season is on, house burned down two years ago and pg&e still won't turn off power as a safety measure
>a cougar is now roaming my property and killing all the deer
>rivers too cold and too fast to swim in, have to wait until July
>trimmigrants are flooding in
>there are now 40+ black people in my hill town
NorCal is an abstract kind of hell

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warriors will most likely miss the playoffs next year. the rockets are most likely disbanding. the meme chuck is over

OMG LELKERS WTF

it was literally the international feed that showed drake. i saw him maybe once in game 5

Who are the Lakers gonna get for PG and SG?

On my first glance I've thought it is Gortat

Only the US feeds show that much Drake, he is rarely on screen for TSN/SN feeds

Depending on what happens with free agency and such, GSW might be in the mid to bottom seeds and the Rockets will probably give the core another go before considering blowing it up / fire Mike Dan Tony

??

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why is this something I could see him actually doing

They should have had 65 wins at best. Great team, but MAN, 2015-16 had the refs all fucking in with them for the regular season. Moving screens, offensive fouls uncalled ... man. I tuned in when they were on 40ish wins because I thought I was watching a legendary team for real, and got massively disgusted watching about 5 of their games and wonder how the fuck they got away with the shit they did.

reno here im sorry

Allowing moving screens has been one of the worst things to happen to basketball. It's not fucking hard to set your fucking feet and make contact if the ball handler is any good.

>lelkers

Embarrassing

Woj bomb apparently just dropped

LAL receives: Anthony Davis
NOP receives: Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, and 3 firsts (including the 4th overall pick for 2019)

twitter.com/wojespn/status/1140023139142971392

AD trade details?????

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OH NO NO NO NO NO NO

>3 (THREE) first round picks

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such a fucking good deal for New orleans

this will literally be the herschel walker trade of the NFL

Why does AD look like a babylonian temple prostitute?

The Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks – including the No. 4 overall in 2019 Draft, league sources tell ESPN

The Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks – including the No. 4 overall in 2019 Draft, league sources tell ESPN.

>The Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks – including the No. 4 overall in 2019 Draft, league sources tell ESPN.

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ad to lakers

jimmy buckets coming up next

if bron wins another ring in a 3rd team he is the goat over mj

Beat me by 21 seconds. Good job Agent user.

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>3 1st round picks, Ball, Ingram, and Hart
Christ. Pelicans did well desu. And they’re getting Zion.

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literally robbed. AD is overrated

my lakeshits :)

LAKERS ARE BACK
LAKERS ARE BACK
LAKERS ARE BACK
LAKERS ARE BACK

>tfw the offseason is already more interesting than the finals
Lakies, we outchea

WE DID ITTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I TOLD OYU FAGGOTS!!!!!!

NO ONE BLEIUEVED MEEE!!!
A
AHAHAQHQHAHAHAHAHASHSAHJKJAHJAHAFHJAFHAFHJAFHJVAHAFHJFAJLADGHLJKALJKAGL;AD

SEE YOU IN THEP RESEAONSSSSSSSSS

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>All of that for AD
Oh man.. I'm going to laugh if Zion gets to the playoffs and faces LA.

AD HAS ARRIVED

HOLY SHIT

And you beat my phone by a good minute. Fucking hell user-SAN.

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>3 (THREE) 1ST ROUND PICKS
OH NO NO NO NO

>Im a starter for the lakers

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HAHAHAHA LAKERS WITH THE BILLY KING TRADE

i suggest you retards bet your life savings on the next nba champs my lakies

So is lavar ball over?

zion is gonna be a bust. well maybe not a bust but he's gonna be deandre ayton tier

screenshot this

...

>GIMME ALL YOU GOT !

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See you in the finals Lakerbros.

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Lakeshits are better than the Warriors right now lel

a-at least we still have kuzma

It's HAPPENING
It's HAPPENING
It's HAPPENING
It's HAPPENING
It's HAPPENING

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>kuzma
u dumb leaf

/NBA/ IS SOO FUCKING MAD RIGHT NOW AHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH

KAWHII!!!!

COME HOME BUDDY!!!! LETS GO TO THE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH

WE

ARE

THE

TEAM

TO BEAT

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JUST FUCK MY BRAND UP

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CRASHING THIS LEAGUE

WITH NO SURVIVORS

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But will LeBron's groin survive the season?

The thing with AD is that he's always injured. I don't think the Lakers will be a great team 2bh.

pels won the trade tbqhwy

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>Kemba Walker will be a top target in free agency for the Lakers after they reached an agreement in principle to trade for Anthony Davis, according to league sources

I can only get so erect

WE RUN THIS SHIT

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My Timberpups are better than the Memeiors right now.

Do we even have cap space for Kyrie and Jimmy?

jimmy has to take a pay cut

>trashing the rebuild

Looks like Lakers are going for it RIGHT NOW , their best option desu with the warriors ded for next season

Does LA have the cap space for two max FAs? Seems like they can only get 1.

>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round
>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round
>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round
>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round
>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round
>mfw lakers sweep warriors in the first round

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wait what if dlo comes back now that magic is gone and kyrie is going to the nets? that'd be hilarious

so which big free agent are they getting? theres no way they would trade away their entire young core and future for just AD. they must have someone lined up

>pelitards actually bought the ingram/lonzo meme

AHAHAHA THEY WILL NEVER EVER WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP HOLY SHIT JUST MOVE THEM TO SEATTLE

digits and lebron tears ACL, AD dies in a plane crash :)

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need more details on the ad trade

They should've trust the rebuild desu
there's a power vacuum but i could the cockshits filling it

Just pointing out that the Pelicans' decision not to make the deal during the season directly resulted in them getting the 4th pick in the draft that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise

kemba or jimmy probably

Nothing impressive about #1 seed sweeping the #8

HE

NEEDS

MORE

HELP

They will take pay cuts to play for The King

> Golden State dies
> Basketball suddenly becomes interesting again
> Lakers add Anthony Davis and potentially 2 more max free agents
> Basketball is pointless again

When are these fucking retards going to fix the salary cap? It's retarded that something like this can happen.

its still fun

The Lakers roster for next year right now is LeBron, Anthony Davis, Kyle Kuzma, Mo Wagner, and Isaac Bonga

that's it, that's everyone

time for the lakers to take over. /nba/. was always a lakers general

>tfw cougar owner refuses to trade her boytoy Kuzma

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Why is the media in Charlotte seemingly so eager to push Kemba out the door and assume he's a goner? If I were a Hornets fan I would do ANYTHING to keep Kemba but the local media seems to think he should totally go to the Knicks or the Lakers or somewhere else where he won't win and won't be loved.

Lakers just got robbed blind ahahahahahahahaa

pelinka just got back from africe. he found another embiid walking around

LMAO. I know Isaac Bonga's agent btw. I'm friends with him.

t. Lithuanian immigrant

everybody involved is gross

Charlotte is fucked either way.

KEMBA

KAWHII

LEBRON

KUZMA

AD

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

YOU UGYS SAID I WAS BEING DLEUSIONAL AND "IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SEASON FOR LAKER PHOTOSHOPS"

SUCK MY FAT DICK /NBA/

LAKERS UP

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If Kemba leaves the Hornets to go play with a super team I'll quit watching, reading, posting, everything. I'll burn my XXL Hornets and Bobcats shirts.I'll piss on my Cody Zeller rookie card. I'll burn down my hornets nest

they keep kuzma? amazing trade the pelicans are full retards

Are you a fucking retard? LeBron is a fucking old man and is now injury prone.

you're still delusional

last two digits will be the number of wins the Lakers get next season

>Chris Paul's contract

OH NO NO NO

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The Lakers had agreed to send Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Ivica Zuba and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to the Pelicans along with two first round picks (plus taking on Soloman Hill's contract) at the deadline last season but New Orleans turned down that offer.

goddamn pelicans are retarded

>kawhi
it was never happening

>The city of me

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We're Hornets fans, dude. Nothing good ever happens to us. Plus, in the modern NBA it would be crazy for Kemba to stay and not join the superteam.

kemba would suck next to a ball dominant Lebron. he'd also have to pass up a supermax. don't see it happening.

THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS

This series shows what happens when you go all out for a big name player and trade your whole bench
Depth is important and now the Lakers have none

i thought hornets want him gone. the supermax kills these small market teams

>yfw Alex Caruso is now the starting PG for the Lakers next season

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Why would the Pelicans want Kuzma? He's a 24 year old who plays the same position as Zion Williamson and doesn't defend. There's literally no reason for them to have him on their roster.

ITS HAPPENING BROS

imagine how butthurt magic must be. ROFL a literal gmless team was able to make the trade he couldnt AHAHAHAHA

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You can't win with Kemba as your top dog m8 (well, I mean with MJ making basketball decisions). They have made it to the playoffs only twice since drafting Kemba, and they've never made it to second round (and we're talking about the eastern fucking conference).

>lakers

>inb4 boogie rinchases to LA again

i would bet on NO placing higher in the standings next post season

How are they retarded? Because they waited, they got the 4th pick that they wouldn't have got otherwise

>the absolute state of lose angeles

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Peclicans got robbed

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OH NONONONO LOOK AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD

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Now we just need Kawhi.

100% this. All that for Anthony Davis. Unbeatable.

But what's their plan if they let Kemba go?

lol zion. that bust. kuzma will average more than zion next season 2 cases of dew

>3 shit players
>3 draft picks of which only 1 is worth anything

Pelinktard just got fucking swindled

Kawhi is staying in Toronto.

I meant to say undebatable.

its a good deal for both parties, maybe a bit biaesd towards pelicans

nigger they just got the 4th pick + two future unprotected first round picks, the fuck are you talking about? IMHO Lakers got the superstar they needed but for a really hefty price (considering he wanted to sign with them anyway, but I guess they learned the lesson with PG13 and Kawhi).

do zoomers even recognize or respect this guy? the game has changed so much, russell would probably not be a starter in the modern nba

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KEMBA, KAWHII, COME HOME LOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL

OUR ENTIRE ROSTER IS ON A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, WE GOT THE CAPSPACE LOOOL!!!!

TORONTO! COMPLETE THE BLOOD PACT!!!
GIVE US KAWHII AND YOUR END OF THE DEAL IS DONE!!!!

FINALS HERE WE COME!!!1

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>Kawhi is staying in Toronto.

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Klutch sports, AD, and Lebron collude to win the 2020 NBA Championship! WOW, now this is a sport!

Best possible scenario with this

> Lakers sign Jimmy Butler too
> AD ends up being ineffective because Lebron is a ball hog
> Jimmy ends up having a public beef with Lebron, and demands a trade again
> Lonzo, Ingram, and Hart develop and turn into decent players
> Big Baller Brand releases their own gumbo
> Lebron dies

2021 Draft is loaded with talent. Go check it out.

Pelicans got: Lonzo, Ingram, Hart, Zion, 4th pick, and more 1st round picks

LAKERS GOT FUCKING FLEECED

AD IS A RENTAL

You’ll be maxing Middleton and exiting in the second round

it's really not good for the lakers. the only reason it's good is because it could possibly be chemo for the locker room cancer

Who? Fuck off, grandpa, we're discussing the Lakers here :)

Wilt syndrome

>82-0 and then 16-0

Oh shit.

C - Okafor
F - Randle
F- Williamson
G - Ingram/Ball
G - Holiday

R8 the Pellies starting 5

Not sure how I feel about AD coming to LA. But we'll see what happens. I will miss Ingram, though.

We will sign and trade him for LeBron and the Lakers would be foolish to reject this offer

Yeah, they'll find a player of AD's level with a bottom 10 pick, right?

They didn’t know were getting Zion before

lakers are going for kyrie. who the fuck wants to play in brooklyn it's all smoke and mirrors

>people now pretending like they rated ingram and ball

Pelishits are going to throw their careers down the gutter. Same with seykou or whatever nigga they end up drafting

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three first rounders. jesus. that's kg/pierce to nets level stupid. AD has no durability either, and Lebron is 35

>no players on the team
>no team cancer
Brilliant

Would cousins take another minimum to get on the Lakers ?

The cancer was Lebron, dude. All the young guys hated him because he came in acting like he was their friend then stuck a knife in their back and tried to trade them.

Kyrie Irving
Kyle Kuzma
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
DeMarcus Cousins

your 2020 NBA champions

>lebron and AD both miss 30+ games and the playoffs

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WE BACK IN BUSINESS BABY

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You never know how the Lakers could develop. LeBron could get injured again.

bro those kids are like 15 years old ROFL calm down

Let's be clear here, Anthony Davis is really good. He is probably going to be the best player on the Lakers next year

They need to make smart moves for the right guys around them, and it's going to be hard to figure out what their lineups look like. Dunno how often they're going to want to play AD at the 5 but that's clearly going to be their best lineup. If they sign guys like Lance and Rondo again, it's going to be hard. But Anthony Davis and Lebron is a pretty good base to build on.

Kawhi is staying.

Who the fuck do you have other than Lebron/AD/Kuzma? lmao

yeah that's what i was trying to say, i guess lebron is hopefully satisfied now.

waaaaaaaaah AD has no durability
waaaaaaaaah LeBron is old
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOUR 2020 NBA CHAMPS THE LA LAKERS

This isn't football, dude. Three first rounders aren't really worth all that much.

IDK because MJ is literally retarded and the worst decision maker in the NBA by far. They should just tank and clean their books of so many stupid contracts. Check them by yourself:

>Batum: 25.5 million
>Biyombo: 17 million
>Marvin fucking Williams: 15 million
>Cody muthafukka Zeller: 15 million
>MKG aka the eternal prospect: 13 million

(spotrac.com/nba/charlotte-hornets/cap/)

Not a single useful player.

If they give Kemba the max (40 million per year) they'd go nowhere. It's time to rebuild.

>pelicans ejaculating over 2 high 20s picks and the 4th in a 3 man draft

Oh no no no

Randle should / probably will leave. Zion is a 4.

Also they'll probably take DeAndre Hunter or Jarrett Culver at 4 so try to fit that in there.

sup guys lakies are back i hear?

Kawhi is 26 lol Lebron is 35 and washed up

I feel so good about that Lonzo Ball is going to be fully confirmed bust in the Pelicans.

>Randle taking the player option when he can get more playing time and money elsewhere
>NO paying him more than 10mil a year and starting him him infront of Zion

Look, I know all you faggots need to cosplay as Pels fans and act like this was a great trade for them to try and cope about the eventual Lakers superteam; but atleast put some effort into it.

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SOMEONE GET MELO ON THE PHONE

HEARD JEREMY LIN WAS TALKING SHIT.

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"He needs more help"
"What if all the top free agents go to the Lakers"

Bandwagon NBA fans make me sick

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LeBron run teams have a long history of retarded 1 year rentals and awful contracts

>Lebron is 35
That's exactly why it happened.

He's coming to the end of his career so they need to make the jump now. 3 picks may seem like a lot but if it brings a chip I'm sure nobody would give a fuck about the next couple of drafts

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The idea of keeping Kemba is that at least you're a playoff team most of the time

and a bunch of those contracts are going to expire in the next couple years so you can try to start building around Kemba then, once your guys like Monk and Bridges are a little more developed as well

idk it's not the worst plan

reminder that the Lakers superteam will be coached by Jason Kidd

>MJ and LeBron are the 2 worst GMs in league history

What, really? No way. This is the first I've heard of this.

Why didn't the Pels hold out for Kuzma? Fucking retards. Not that he's a great player just bleed them dry.

>Lebron and ad vs embiid and Simmons in finals

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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anybody knows how serious is ingram's blood clots thing? what if he's not able to play again LMAO

here we go again lmao

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I hear you, bro. I can't believe people get so excited for this super team bullshit. I don't have anything against the Lakers, I just hate this trend that Lebron has started.

and just like that

everyone forgot about the craptors championship*

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So, who the fuck is left on the Lakers?

Is it the old age retirement home now?

It's actually pretty serious. The Lakers were rumored to be convincing Ingram to retire.

They were never going to get him, Lakers had no real competition for a trade and NO was always going to have to settle on Hart instead. They are probably real happy they got an extra 2 1sts out of it.

WE ALREADY WON BROS

JUST GIVE US THE TITLE

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>Frank Vogel
>Jason Kidd

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Also (allegedly) no first-tier players wanted to sign with them in FA

They don't want Kuzma. They have no reason to trade for him. also Clippers deciding to keep SGA + the amount of actively shitting on Boston carried out by Rich Paul really limited their trade partners.

ad isnt even good lmao. wonder if they make playoffs this year

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Melo vet minny
D rose vet minny
Tobias Harris on the cheap
Random 3 and D niggas

CHAMPIONSHIP

Ingram is actually good and Lonzo, while a terrible offensive player, is a top 5 defensive guard in the league already

>WE GON GET KEMBA
>WE GON GET JIMMY
>WE GON GET KYRIE
>WE GON GET KD
>actually only get (and max) carmelo anthony or d'angelo russell

They got Mo Wagner and Isaac Bonga. Not bad players, but pretty horrible compared to other top young players in the league like Jamal Murray or Siakam.

Lonzo throwing alley-oops to Zion let’s goooooooooooo!!!! Lob City 2.0

Kuzma plays the same position as Zion Williamson and is older and worse

They gutted their team for Butler and he's leaving. They are easy sweeps for the Bucks and the Raptors, even if Kawhi leaves Toronto.

Name a GM who's won more rings than LeGM since he entered the league

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>Sixers reaching the finals

Oh shit I forgot about that whole thing, make much more sense on the Lakers side now

tobias harris will not be on the cheap. you have to compete with philly's max offer to get him.

Lakers got fucking fleeced

Literally every single asset my fucking God

AD is one fucking injury away from making this Dwight all over again

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LeBron is COLD

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>we gon make it out of the second round with caruso as our starting PG

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those arent lobs, those are 3 pt bricks AHAHAHAHA

Fuck Kyrie, he is the nu-melo let him sit on a dead team for the rest of his career

Imagine being at mad at the lakers

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2020 is our year lads. We finally gonna win one.

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OH NONONONO
>AD to the Lakers
>Kyrie is definitely leaving
>the nets might actually get a superstar
>celcucks fleeced the nets for nothing but a couple of ECF appearances
>the absolute STATE of Celcuck nation
PFFFFFFFFFTHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

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WE

RUN

SHIT

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look at all this cope to grapple with the fact that LA is building a super team and the draft hasn't even hit yet.

>Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, and 3 firsts (including the 4th overall pick for 2019)

WEW FUCKING LAD

It's all speculation now, but they play way different styles. I bet Kuzma could easily have just played the 2 while Zion was on, or Zion could be the PF. It would have worked with how the entire NBA is all smallball memery.

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Philly will max Butler
Tobi is not a max player and he knows it

Did you see what happened to the Warriors without depth?

> They get Jimmy Buckets, Kemba, or Kyrie too.
> a bunch of older ring chasers join the team to fill out the roster
> They go on an imperial death march to the finals crushing everyone and everything in their path
> They lose to the Kawhi Leonard led Boston Celtics in the NBA finals

i know. i like how he and Rich Paul play good cop bad cop.

>Lakers gave all their young talent away, and picks, for a 1 year rental

you dumb Cali motherfuckers

is lonzo ball a bust?

not getting jimmy

AD will definitely stay in LA

otoh this is probably Lebron's last year as a top 15 player

Imagine thinking the Lakers got the good end of the deal lol.

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So this pretty much guarantees that Lonzo is going to be a hall of fame point guard

With that trade offer the Pelicans will still have to find suitors for any excess players they don't want since a team cannot have more than 15 players in the roster

At least this isn't a multi-team trade where a player end up not even play a single game for the new team (Bynum for the 76ers, which also started The Process)

But some other desperate team might give Harris the bag only to regret it after the second year

yes

Dwyane Wade

AD is guaranteed to get injured.

It's not even a controversial thing at this point, it's a yearly thing and he's still massively overrated.

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So the pelicans basically have the lakers roster from 2yrs ago?

But keep in mind Kemba is going to be 30 next year and as I said he hasn't been able to lead his team to playoffs since 2016 in a weak ass conference. 40 million/5 years would be absolutely retarded. I'd unironically offer Bob Myers/Masai Ujiri some monstrous (12 million per year) contract to lure them to Charlotte.

laffing at these players desperate for rings lmao just win nigga like play the game and score more lmao

gonna get a RBL shirt desu

>the absolute state of big baller brand
Nooooooooooo

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Yeah, but now according to Yea Forums that team was actually really really good.

Kemba Walker
KCP
LeBron James
Kyle Kuzma
Anthony Davis

um yes, 1 championship please

You're a buffoon if you think the lelkers will have a better team than the Pels. Pels are better than Cloppers too.

Plus good players like Jrue and Zion

Also a way better coach and a better front office.

great trade laker nation.
lonzo is injury prone and has a busted shot
inclot
hart sucks
Some shitty ass picks that will never be half of what AD is

HEY HATERS
WHERE YOU AT NOW
WHERE TF YOU AT
WE ARE BACK. WE ARE FUCKING BACK.
LAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKERS
BITCH IT'S OUR FUCKING TIME
GREATNESS RETURNS TO IT'S RIGHTFUL PLACE

lmao wait till the cancer spreads

he's gone

Cringe

>Simmons
zero.

First the Bulls, then the Lakers, and now us :)

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S A SHITTY CENTER

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LOB CITY LOB LOB CITY IS BACK IN LA

CLIPPERS ARE CRYING AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

CANADA, YOU HAD YOUR MOMENT, FINISH THE PACT

LET KAWHII COME HOME

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHVVV

WE DID IT

WE

ACTUALLY

DID

IT

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Desperate to join a lottery team lmao.

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Pelicans get

>Lonzo, Ingram, Hart, THREE first round picks, 4th pick overall 1st round

FUCKING ROBBED BLIND.

>They still get Zion

Robbed.

Plus Jrue Holliday and Zion Williamson

also per Woj apparently there's a possibility that the Pels deal the #4 pick? so that's an interesting wrinkle

Cope
We kept Kuzma, we knew Ingram and Lonzo were gone if we were getting AD. Keeping one of Kuzma/Ball/Ingram was best case scenario, and we did. Stay fucking MAD.

Danny Ainge refused to trade JAYLEN BROWN for Kawhi

Ainge held onto 38% shooter Terry Rozier like he’s prime Magic Johnson

Ainge has drafted ONE player who became an All-Star in BOS

Ainge gonna lose Kyrie

Ainge planned for YEARS to trade for AD and lost to the LAKERS

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He needs a good coach, and hopefully, his off-season training actually means he won't blowup his ankle going to the basket. Eh, he's been underwhelming, but he'll get there.

>people in this thread pretending to be pelican fans

>Trading away Ingram and a #4 pick

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only AD plays defense lmao

Unironically every raptors fan would rather see Kawhi on the Lakers than the Clippers

Warriors are done next year. Lakers are the clear favorites in the West. I mean who else is there? Fucking Denver and Portland? Harden? Lmfao.

nobody is a pels fan but lakers out here being ridiculous

Kuz doesn't work well without Zo, and he doesn't match well with Bron. He can't carry.

this makes it more likely that Kawhi goes to the Clippers surely

Danny kinda got fucked over by Rich Paul

live by the sword die by the sword though

Not even remotely true, I hate the Lakers more than any other team in the league

When is the rockets blowup starting? Didn't they say EVERYONE was available after they got knocked out the playoffs

>Fakers coping and seething uncontrollably
Best part of the trade

Ladies and gentlemen your 2018-19 preseason nba champs

>you kept the guy that cant defend at all

lol

Ainge is the worst GM in basketball.

>Making fun of the Lakers for overpaying for AD.
>Priceless

>Lonzo
Injury prone, cant shoot, literally 4 v 5 on offense when hes on the floor
>ingram
Going out the way Gay Lizard Man Bosh went
>Hart
Literally worthless
>three 1st rounders
Who cares?
>4th pick overall
Who cares?
>

He needs to be able to beat people off the dribble in the halfcourt, or make a 3pointer

why? what the fuck is wrong with you?

we have no idea what the Lakers roster will even look like next year

>ingclot and and 4th pick in a 3 man draft
it was a good trade

LeBron, AD, and Butler is enough to compete. If they are going for Butler it means they gave up on Kawhi. I doubt the Pelicans resign Ball or Ingram after their rookie deals expire.

>Lakers fans desperately deluding themselves into thinking they didn’t just get swindled

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The other problem is that will he be able to make his free throws? His FT percentage is Shaq-tier at this point and can he imrpove on that (I don't expect 50/40/90 but not being able to shoot FT at around 80% seems rather bad for a guard)?

masai ujiri did what yall thought danny ainge was doing

see you in the wcf,legod

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Ingram is bosh 2.0 blood clots will put him out of the league soon

AD is probably the best 2 way player in the league, only Giannis and Embiid are close.
So they have him, this eras GOAT and whatever shooters they can surround them with?

Yup I think it's time to bring Kang James his 4th ring, peasants

>Kuz doesn't work well without Zo
Wrong

Lakers still aren't making the playoffs, so don't even talk about winning a chip

Ingram, Ball, and Zion finna become the next big 3

Nobody wants Chris Paul's contract and Harden isn't really available. The rest of their roster is hot garbage.

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Pelicans are stacked with young talent, and get Zion

You got AD (injury prone) and 35 year old Lebron LOL

Today we take a moment to remember what Danny Ainge was supposed to use that treasure trove of "assets" for:

...

Remember yesterday when everyone was saying Ball and Ingram were huge busts? What happened since then?

On the other hand, consider what 'shooters' the Lakers surrounded Lebron with last year, and consider that the same people are making their decisions this year

JUST

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the offseason is already more interesting than the finals. sad

t. Celcuck vpn

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Oh shit lads

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Why are you acting like Kuzma is good?

Look at his season fucking stats for once

KD is coming back, Kyrie is going to Brooklyn, and now this

>Jimmy Butler has agreed to sign with the LA Lakers when Free Agency begins on June 30th at 6:00 p.m EST. First reported

>Jimmy Butler has agreed to sign with the LA Lakers when Free Agency begins on June 30th at 6:00 p.m EST. First reported

>Jimmy Butler has agreed to sign with the LA Lakers when Free Agency begins on June 30th at 6:00 p.m EST. First reported

>Jimmy Butler has agreed to sign with the LA Lakers when Free Agency begins on June 30th at 6:00 p.m EST. First reported

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>AD is probably the best 2 way player in the league
Please use a VPN bro, I don't want them to think we are all retarded

AHAHHAHAHAAH
>Knocks

Im sure theyll enjoy being 13th seed when zion blows his Achilles

the fleet would booty blast all these teams

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>Trade 4th pick to the Wizards
>Get Beal

Pels won this trade no doubt. They got a shitload of assets now.

danny ainge just had a heart attack

Man the Lakers are able to be the Western Sixers

Overrated and injury prone.

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On June 16, 1975, the Lakers traded for all-star center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

On June 15 2019, the Lakers traded for all-star center Anthony Davis

They got ASSests

Pelicans are legit scary and super young now

laker haters tying themselves up in knots with all these mental gymnastics
let's be frank. ad + lebron is the best duo in the league. add a 3rd guy, plus with kuzma....that team is better than anybody you can throw out there. denver, houston, clippers, portland, thunder, injured warriors.

screen capping all the >pels won the trade
when the LA lakers got the parade rolling downtown

Based canadabro
Fuck the celcucks

>not a report from woj or shams
discarded

Yeah, but the Pels actually have shooting coaches, unlike the Lakers. And since he's actually having an off-season this year, he can practice his moves.

Who better.
AD is a perennial DPOY candidate. Don't let hate cloud your judgement fassy
PelinGOAT finally got rid of that aids ridden mushbrain and has got the league on strings now.

>say things are looking up for a team
>"you must be a fan of them"

Cute girl

TORONTO

WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS SHIT FOR YEARS

ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN LADS

ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

LAKERS UP /NBA, LAKERS UP

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"add a 3rd guy"

like, who, though? remember last offseason their big FA targets were Lance Stephenson and Javale McGee

Literal trash and picks that will be worth nothing lmao

Hopefully he dies this time lmao

Clippers are the incels peeking through the hole in the door. Lakers are the Chads who can't comprehend the door and walk through it.

>rapties win the chip
>lakies get AD less than 48 hours later
/RBL/ just can't stop winning baby

This was literally the Nets trade all over again.

Why can't anyone fucking see this? AD is KG but there's no Pierce to make clutch shots in the playoffs. Your future for a two year window using old or injury prone players and no bench

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Who's the Lakers' coach again?

F

>people actually think the pelicans won this deal
AD is staying long term in LA. Ingram has underachieved and Lonzo can't shoot worth dick. Hart is bench tier. Zion is young and can't just bullyball his way to the hoop like in college. Lakers are set up for a title and signing another max guy.

LeBron

I remember.

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>trade Holiday for a [rim protector]
>trade as much useless players you can
>keep Randle
>have Okafor come of the bench with Hart
>draft the best [3nD] you can with the 4th pick
>Ball/Ingram/[3nD]/Randle/Zion
>Payton/Hart/Johnson/Okafor/[rim protector]
>+ picks

>ad + lebron is the best duo

lmao

an old man and an injury prone man

>Pelicans are legit scary and super young now

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The Nets trade would have been extremely good for the Nets if they got 25 year old KG instead of 35 year old KG

You’re right, Caruso and Stephenson are much better

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FAKE
NEWS

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ahahahha based

didn't this year prove you can't win without a bench? wtf are they thinking?

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>old man lebron and broken ankles AD will win in the west

lol

>@TheSteinLine . 41m
>The Boston Celtics refused to make Jayson Tatum available in trade talks with New Orleans, league sources say, putting the Lakers in prime position to strike the deal that teams Anthony Davis with LeBron James

>@TheSteinLine . 41m
>The Boston Celtics refused to make Jayson Tatum available in trade talks with New Orleans, league sources say, putting the Lakers in prime position to strike the deal that teams Anthony Davis with LeBron James

>@TheSteinLine . 41m
>The Boston Celtics refused to make Jayson Tatum available in trade talks with New Orleans, league sources say, putting the Lakers in prime position to strike the deal that teams Anthony Davis with LeBron James

THESE NIGGERS TALKING ABOUT COACHES

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAA HOW THAT ASS LAKER HATERS?

Enjoy your first round exits, Los Angeles

Pelicans are obviously rebuilding. But starting a rebuild with Zion, another high pick from this draft, multiple future firsts, and the chance that Lonzo figures out his jump shot or Ingram develops into a reliable two-way player is a pretty good starting point.

Obviously the Lakers got a superstar on their side tho

All of a sudden /nba/ thinks highly of lonzo and Ingram.

Lakers are gonna go after Kemba, apparently.

BAHAHHAHAHAH

>dominates the western conference

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This user gets it.

KG wasn't injury prone or had the body of a 35 year old at 26

Damn the Lakeshits might be coming for the 6th seed bros

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That's what the playoffs, in general, prove. It was just glaring this year because the Warriors were completely decimated and the Raptors have one of the best rotations in memory.

Kemba / Lance / Kuzma / LeGOD / AD

literally who can stop my lakies?

They already have a good 2 in Jrue Holiday, why do they need other 2 in Beal?

But Jrue and Zo is a scary combo in the backcourt.

Not even close retards. AD is in his prime, KG and Pierce were at the end of their careers. Lakers didn't even give up all their assets, they still have Kuzma who's a great scorer.

Laker haters are embarrassing. Just stop trying to kid yourselves. It's inevitable, Lakers are back.

JB or Kawhi are coming next year also.

to be fair, why would he trade Tatum when Rich Paul was doing what Rich Paul did

the Lakers are literally coached by a guy who was unable to get out of the first round in the East with Giannis...

OH NO NO NO NO

>line up AD for a century
>don't pull the trigger to keep Carmelo 2.0

LOOOOOOOOOOL

Didn't Lavar say he doesn't want Lonzo in NO? Can they ship him somewhere else at this point?

Fug

They got TWO RANDLES

TWO OF THEM

ABAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT BY THE CELSHITS

FIRST KAWHI NOW AD

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Off-topic, but why the fuck is it so rare for a one-and-done player to have a reliable, high-percentage jumper go-to? The only one I can actually think about since Durant was drafted is ... Durant. All this hype over prospects and they don't even have a mid-range game.

10x better than the Lakers

You're right. For some reason, I thought that his contract was running out.

>Lance

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>Zion is a bust
>Pels got fleeced

LeGM playing 4D chess

Zion is hella overrated, he's got the world hyped from youtube videos of him dunking on 16 years olds he's two times bigger than

that team is actually favs in the west
way better than denver

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FUCK YOU BOSTONIA!!!!

AHAHAHHA

Unironically gonna keep a stray eye on these Pelicans.

There's no guarantee they'll sign him, Charlotte can offer more money

And it's not just about getting Kemba, it's about putting a good 5th man, 6th man, 7th man on the court with them as well. Who are those guys going to be? we have no idea.

Jrue is a combo guard, they could definitely play him and Beal together and I think it would work really well

they should probably just keep calm and rebuild but Jrue and Beal could absolutely play together

Lebron is old and injury prone as a result, and so is AD

Lakers have zero bench

Raptors will rape them with Kawhi.

After LeBron and AD get injured? Anybody. Before that? Eh, maybe bucks and 76ers (maybe, depends if Simmons gets left on read or not)

At least we can all agree the Celtics are taking the most L's now.

Lonzo is lucky to get a starting role in the NBA. Better count his blessings.

bench is overrated when you got a superteam. you can just sign ring chasing vets on paycuts at that point.

>Jrue holiday is the only above average shooter
Zion will have no space to operate in the paint and look like a bust, Jrue will force his way out by December. Screencap this.

Defensively... yeah. Offensively, not so much

They are going to get Zion, so kuzma isn’t needed.

These fuck boys would’ve never survived the 90’s.

>the pelicans are gonna be a fun team to watch now
ahahahahahahahaaha

>Lebron is old and injury prone
Stop using a vpn you fucking cuck

Yeah, say what you will about the lelkers, but nobody likes the Celtics.

>he doesn't rate playoff Lance

That's true, and Kemba has been pretty adamant about staying a hornet for life.

pelicans will win 35 games max, they're not ready for the playoffs yet. they'll be like the kings this year, except with more hype because laker haters are trying to convince themselves that LA got fleeced

LA really got lob city back

If anyone else in the league wanted Lonzo, he wouldn't be on the Pelicans, right? that's what took so long with the trade, they were trying to find a third team to take Lonzo and they couldn't

It is weird. It seems like for most guys, they either have a good jumper *or* they're a good all-around player who knows how to play the game. I guess once AAU guys figure out a midrange game, they just stop trying to do anything else

there are some exceptions though. IIRC De'Aaron Fox was actually pretty good in the midrange in college

Zion has the world hyped by being the best college player since AD.

not trolling here but I don't see this being a bad trade for the lakers

two main reasons is NBA draft players are some of the most random to access properly , it is rare players outside the top 5 to be great out the door even rarer outside the top 15
second the players they gave up were absolutely trash , Lonzo was a bust , Hart was good for garbage time stats and ingram should literally and unironically quit basketball before he dies from that blood clot that doctors from both the team and league told him to watch out for.

>inb4 AD is a rental
you don't believe that

Lance Stephenson was the Shaqtin a Fool MVP this season.

He's the starting PG for the Lakers

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Pelicans were in love with Zo and Ingram, Hart is basically a freebie, but he has heart.

FUCK I want the season to start I miss watching the Lakies

it's not, lakers just have more haters than anybody because success breeds jealousy. anytime the lakers do something good people always talk shit and want to spin it. the truth is adding AD just ensured the lakers have 2 top 5 players on their team, with room for a 3rd max guy, and that's scary no matter what.

For those of you saying the pelicans could be good, they have the Lakers young core basically matched with some vets, it's the same thing we did over here.

It's good for them, but s you can see it it didn't work for us, they are good players, but maybe lets see if pelicans coaching staff can do something we couldn't. who knows, maybe with a veteran PG they could develop lonzo, and since al lthe young guys have played toether before, they already have chemistry. no need to gel.

>Raptors will rape them with Kawhi.
>rape them with Kawhi.
>with Kawhi.
He's coming to LA too maybe not the lakers but the clippers are wide open, they took the warriors to game 6 with a ghost team of literally whos being lead by lou williams, they could've easily won the west with Kawhi now the warriors are dead there's a huge power vacuum that's ripe for the taking

Hey how the fuck did New Orleans not shakedown the lakers for everything and their first borns?

He's 34, man, he's getting up there.

It's actually really hard to sign ring-chasing vets on paycuts who are also useful basketball players

If it was easy the Warriors would have another ring

Hart can shoot well enough to space the floor. E'Twaun Moore is streaky but he can space the floor. It's not going to be that bad.

They're still going to be a super bad team overall, don't get me wrong, but they should have a good setup to help Zion develop.

Updated Lakers Roster:

PG - Isaac Bonga

SG - N/A

SF - Lebron James

PF - Kyle Kuzma, Mo Wagner

C - Anthony Davis

Cap Space (without Cap Holds): 32.5M

Cap Holds:

KCP (15M)

Rondo (10M)

Muscala (9m)

Lance (5M)

Reggie Bullock (4.5M)

Tyson Chandler (1.6M)

Javale (1.6M)

Caruso (1.4M)

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You aren't beating the Raptors even with AD lol

Le35yearold aint getting younger, guys like Siakam will run circles around him.

>Hart can shoot well enough to space the floor.
maybe basketball is not for you user

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Pelicans have an actual coaching staff, unlike the Lakers.

you don't see how the Lakers trading for a player who played 56 games last season is a bad trade.

every game matters in the west, lebron couldn't elevate the team into the playoffs, do you really think the addition of someone who can't finish a full season is enough to win another ring?

they mortgaged their future on this, and it will absolutely be remembered as one of the worst trades of all time

Kemba or Jimmy Butler at the guard spot. Boom, best 5 in the league.
MLE and ring chasers for the bench.
Warriors would have won if KD and Klay didn't get hurt, it wasn't the bench's fault.

>Pelicans have an actual coaching staff
>had healthy boogie and AD
>didn't do anything in the west
lmao ok

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LeBron has a full summer to get back 100%. Prepare for an MVP year

Javale McGee is a 2-time NBA champion, SAFMVP is a reverse curse

WE fucking won just give us the title. Have fun with the Clippers getting dick fucked in the west Kawhi you better resign or else...

It was a necessary trade for them to make. At the same time, the reason it was so necessary for them is because of how bad their front office has been.

Lakers have more haters because the Lakers have the worst fanbase in the history of the NBA.

Lebron was not a top 5 player last season and will probably not be a top 5 player next season either. Still a scary team though.

They'll be good in 3 or 4 years

they pretty much did

>a ghost team of literally whos being lead by lou williams
Wow how could the best player in the league say no to that lmao

Lakers should spend on their bench instead of a third star.

I’m old enough to remember supposedly credible folks wondering if the Lakers should TRADE LEBRON.

Now they’re gonna win a couple ‘chips AND have Anthony Davis for the next decade.

already making preparations for the title parade next year

>Anthony Davis, who could sign extension with the Lakers this offseason, will play out the 2019-20 season and enter free agency next year, league sources tell Yahoo Sports

>Anthony Davis, who could sign extension with the Lakers this offseason, will play out the 2019-20 season and enter free agency next year, league sources tell Yahoo Sports

>Anthony Davis, who could sign extension with the Lakers this offseason, will play out the 2019-20 season and enter free agency next year, league sources tell Yahoo Sports

NOT SO FAST LAKESHIT
IF YOUR FRONT OFFICE FUCKS UP AGAIN AND ANOTHER FAILED SEASON HE'S GONE

>mfw everyone forgets the raptors literally overnight
glorious how LeGM controls the NBA

Agreed they should get 2-3 solid players rather than overpay for Butler.

Lakers cant beat the Raptors with Kawhi

it's that simple

and he has no reason to go west now.

My Lakeshits :)

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>Zion has the world hyped by being the best college player since AD.
You're crazy dude he looked like ass in college, dude's a bust waiting to happen he's going to get crush by exceptions, meander around in the league for a few years then work his way up to an above average player that needs a secondary star to help him thrive screen cap this post then look at in 2023 when you realize I was right

kawhi's leaving 100%, raptors had a nice run but it's irrelevant to the future. the building of the lakers dynasty is the big story

Yeah, and that coaching staff is still better than the shit show in LA. Minor upgrade, but still an upgrade.

People are just talking about AD news. Raptors are still the kings.

>gave away Lonzo "no jump shot" Ball
>gave away Ingram, a person with a blood clot problem that may or may not come back and fuck up his career
>gave away Hart who is injury prone, but cant do nearly the amount of shit AD can do
>B-BUT MUH PICKS

All we need now is either Kemba or Butler (preferably Kemba unless you want the 2019 Shaqtin a fool MVP your starting PG) and the Lakeshits are back on top for good.

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My lakeshits :(

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Hello everyone

My Raptor

That's all, have a nice night

>Wow how could the best player in the league say no to that lmao
That same reason why he didn't say to joining a ghost team of literally whos being lead by kyle lowery lmao

LOOK AT DIS DOOD

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tfw LeFraud turns AD into a spot up shooter and he ends up being a worse version of Bosh and Love

Once an WC player gets a taste of the EC, it's hard to go back.

>this raptor cope

You had your 15 minutes. Move aside moosefuckers.

>couldn’t elevate team to the playoffs
4th place in the west before missing 17 games
>guy that played 50 games
Ya and Masai told Spurs they’ll trade for a dude that played 9 games and may or may not be problematic to deal with.

On top of that, GSW is gone. The west is open dude. They can make it.

These picks are worthless lmao. They're going to be low tier and the 4th pick is in a 2 player draft. Pelicans are in good position to rebuild but they're not a playoff team right now or for at least 2-3 years. The Lakers on the other hand just went to contender status.

My Clipshits :-)

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36% from 3 is fine for a team that's not actually trying to win

>Warriors would have won if KD and Klay didn't get hurt, it wasn't the bench's fault.

Oh, I agree with that, even if just Klay and Looney were healthy all the way through, it might have been enough. But also, the Warriors front office did not do a good job of getting free agent veterans who could come in and meaningfully help them out. For example Jerebko was totally useless.

So it's probably not a good plan to rely on having "ring-chasing vets" who can actually help you win things.

They did not have a full season of healthy Boogie and AD at any point. They've had completely terrible, awful, no good roster construction and front office decisions basically since AD got drafted. And also terrible injury luck.

Dell Demps was really, really bad at his job

>Teams are already expressing significant interest in the No. 4 overall pick belonging now to the Pelicans, league sources tell ESPN. Talks are expected to continue over the next few days. This deal could get even bigger for the Pelicans.

>Teams are already expressing significant interest in the No. 4 overall pick belonging now to the Pelicans, league sources tell ESPN. Talks are expected to continue over the next few days. This deal could get even bigger for the Pelicans.

>Teams are already expressing significant interest in the No. 4 overall pick belonging now to the Pelicans, league sources tell ESPN. Talks are expected to continue over the next few days. This deal could get even bigger for the Pelicans.

GRIFFIN IS BUILDING A DYNASTY IN ONLY ONE OFF SEASON

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>He thinks old man Lebron and AD can beat my Rapties

lol

reply to my post one year from right now please.

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Ya but the first trade literally had everyone aside from the addition of the 4th and no one knew about the blood clots either.

i wonder how big ad's penis is and how his pubes form haha

I don't get it. Why would a rebuilding team trade their top 5 pick? What could the Pels possibly get in return for that?

it's been exactly one year, son

how could you let kawhi go to the >cloppers?

AD injury incoming

Kemba has said he wants to stay in Charlotte, WILLING to take a pay cut to stay. He's staying unless Jordan gets a sweet deal for him.

badboy points can be cashed in for what?!?!

INGRAM TOO LMAOOOOOOOOOO

LAKESHITS ARE LITERALLY SO CANCEROUS THEY'D RATHER BE IN NEW ORLEANS

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this is a really weird thing to ask but 10 inches and curly

a team full of really good supporting role-players who just need an all-star to lead them, yeah

Zion had arguably the best statistical season by an NCAA player ever. He was a first team all american and won every single college player of the year award

I agree his NBA fit is awkward but come on don't say stupid stuff like that

Jarrett Culver and DeAndre Hunter are good

i agree they need a couple years to rebuild tho

Why would they trade for AD when Rich Paul already said that they're going to fuck up the Celtics if they've traded for him.

Remember when Dwight Howard was supposed to be the next great lakies big man? those were the days.

because they already have the #1 pick and this draft sucks, they can probably get a decent vet player for it

Bro are you fucking retarded?

What could a 4th overall pick bring?
Are you fucking bullshitting me right now?
Pretending to be retarded?

IT'S OKAY, WE ONLY NEED HIM FOR A SEASON, TO CONVINCE HIM TO STAY, AND IF NOT HE CAN PULL A KAWHII AND HELP US WIN THEN DIP

IT'S ALL GOOD

AS LONG AS WE GET A TITLE SO I CAN SHIT ON /NBA/ FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER

JUST GET YOUR TALL ASS OVER HERE!!!

You're right vomit is a preferable upgrade to shit

>boston celtics
hahahahahaha

What does this mean for kyrie???,

myes quite bold of my rapties to win the chip without him

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OHHHHH

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We have just secured our 24th combined championship.

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I'd rather eat vomit than shit, at least you know it's meant to be in your stomach

if kawhi cares about legacy more than dynasty his best chance to 3peat is with toronto right

The 4th is the most valuable part of the deal i m h o

badboy points make everyone in in Europe go to war with yo, it's really annoying

I don't think anyone thought the raps are going to repeat, it was fun watching kawhi and the boys dismantle the memeoris but it's time to get back to business

yeah they are happy now because there is 0 pressure so they can dick around and never make the playoffs or do anything relevant

Joke of a trade.

>chad
>misses the playoffs with the self proclaimed GOAT

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ATTENTION :

after a long meeting with the board of directors, forensics teams and the locked discord brain trust
RBL has be dissolved and is now RPL or RAPTORS PELICANS LAKERS

I repeat RBL has been broken up and there's now a mega merger broship unifying the RAPTORS PELICANS LAKERS named RPL

CAN YOU DIGGGG IT?

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LAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS

Trading three Fortnite players for AD

>all these irrelevant teams desperately trying to acquire enough talent to beat my raptor
Ahahaha how did that work out for filthadelphia?

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I think a lot of teams really want Jarrett Culver, so they'd be well advised to at least listen to offers

for ex, maybe the Hawks would be willing to trade all 3 of their firsts . i would do that as NO.

Kuzma has tiny hands.

Howard had issues and couldn't jell well with kobr

Kawhi staying 100% now to stomp the east.

Lakers utterly destroyed.

how do I join???

i hate the lakers but they easily won this trade
lonzo and ingram are busts and hart is an irrelevant bench player
AD is top 3 in this league, you cant fuck around with developing young guys when you have a 35 yo lebron still putting up the numbers he does

Can simeone remind me how many chips the celtics have gotten in the past thirty years?

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0 (zero)
Embiid will probably die again next year

how can other broships compete?

we fuckin' out here

One hollyjew trade and you guy already forgot /ourguy/ Bucket Bucket

IMAGINE
PONDER FOR A SECOND
JUST FOR A MOMENT DWELL IN YOUR OWN HEAD:
BEING MAD AT THE LAKERS

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Me right now watching you all lose your shit.

IT'S OVER

IT'S OUR SEASON

WE WIN

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LMAO LAKESPICS REALLY TRIED TO TALK UP THEIR YOUNG CORE AND NOW THEYRE ALL GONE

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA

Lakers morgage their entire future for AD. They better win a title and soon.

reporting in

i thought lonzo was lebrons son :(

Watch them shit talk them now they're gone and act like they didn't worship their asses

Same shit with Dlo and Randle

This era of superteams is shit. Hoped Toronto winning would stop it but alas. Lakers will now get a Kemba or another semi big start too.

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>AD top 3

stay off the weed

>KD

>Kawhi

>LeBeta

>Giannis

>Harden

stop

lebron is ice cold

>REALLY TRIED TO TALK UP

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>Kawhi leaving
Lebronto has returned, leaf.

They talked them up so they could become overrated and flipped for a top 3 player

Nigga this is a win now team. We don't have time to develop the future when we have Lebron.

Also, Lakers don't build in the draft. This ain't Memphis or some shit. This is LA, we're a free agency draw and build our team through signing superstars.

Spoiler Alert: They won't

at da end of da day its a business

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Kek, unironically this. Lakies fans playing 4D chess yet again.

WE TALKED THEM UP TO FLEECE NEW ORLEANS

AND GUESS WHAT...........

IT WORKEDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lakers are dead for 10 years

You traded ALL your young talent away. AND picks.

>KD
>TOP FIVE

OH NONONONONONONONONONONO

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>A top 3 player
>1 playoff series win

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youtube.com/watch?v=qig5zJzC-e0

AD isnt even a top 3 player in the house he lives in. That nig is trash

>talent
>ingram lonzo and hart
LMAO

what did the lakers gain or lose by doing the trade now over the last deadline? can some high BBIQ pls answer that?

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We kept the only one worth keeping for the price, kuzma. Dumping zubac earlier was a huge fucking mistake but we have always maintained Ingram is a bust and lonzo is trash. Hart is just whatever, he will forever be a literal who journeyman until he goes to the G league. Outside of Zion, this year's draft is super soft so 4th pick is essentially worthless.
We went from sub .500 team to a championship contender today with this trade. If you can't see that you're too young to post here.

I'm so happy my rapties won this year. Now I can sit back and root for the lakies next year and watch /nba/ seethe while we tank for the next 2-3 years.

Kemba

Beal

Kawhi

LeBron

AD

>Unstoppable

BBB status?

THEY ALREADY ARE
FUCKIN SAD

can the lakers get john wall on the cheap???

they would have had to throw in kuzma (the best player of the young core) at the deadline, the higher pick gave them more leverage

So when Lebron leaves soon, what do you do?

You got NO YOUNG TALENT and your first rounders are all gone.

>Anthony Davis is actually really bad!
>LeBron is now over the hill and completely worthless!
>30million in cap space isn't THAT much!
>Ball is now a a godtier "young talent" who never had real injury issues!
>Those #28-#30 overall picks are actually a really big deal!
>I totally knew who Josh Hart was before today!

I'll give you faggots Ingram, that one hurts to lose. But the amount of cope I'm seeing today is astounding.

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>everyone has to play 48 minutes per game because you literally have no bench

maybe they can finally get chris paul too lmao

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No, we just opened a 4 year Championship window if we sign another all-star since all the ones in FA are relatively young like Kyrie. The Warriors are finally dead and the best team in the league right now isn't nearly as unbeatable. After that, it's probably going to be rough.

They kept kuzma, zubac(at the time), and didn't have to take on Hills contract. Ingram, lonzo, and Hart were in the package. Pelicans got fleeced turning the trade down back then to only have them receive half what they would have had.

Make a new thread nibbas

they actually gave up more than they would have at the deadline last year (namely because they didn't have anything as valuable as the fourth pick in the draft)

Screencapping this for when they get bounced in the first round so you can suicide immediately after

>Pelicans got fleeced turning the trade down back then to only have them receive half what they would have had
>they actually gave up more than they would have at the deadline last year

WHICH ONE FUCKING IS IT??? WTF?

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NEW

Fuck how the lakers able to win so much?
They spent 2 years talking up a bunch of bench warmers as a being an "amazing young core" only to flip all those bums for a top 10 players, jesus fuck are other team even trying?

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Lightskins be like that

The East is tougher than the West right now with 3 top teams and I wildcard in Boston. West is only Rockets and a crocked Warriors next season. I can see lakers getting to the finals with 1 more piece.

Well, the question is, if you're New Orleans, would you rather have Zubac and Kuzma and get out of Hill's contract, or the fourth pick.

And the answer is, you'd objectively rather have the 4th pick. Anyone who disagrees is a moron and you shouldn't listen to anything they have to say about basketball.

Kemba's not coming to the lakers

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the forth pick is a meme nobody outside of zion is worth mentioning in this years draft, lakers made out like bandits dumping 3 mediocre players a guaranteed mediocre 4th pick and a bunch of hypotheticals with the other picks

Perfect fucking season + postseason roll lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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>you'd objectively rather have the 4th pick
Their counter-offer was keep the 4th pick but give us Kuzma

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>go 82-0 and whip out the broom on everyone

Beautiful

>that Lebron has started
>complaining about bandwagoners while outing yourself as a total newfag

LAKER NATION WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>trade ingram
>keep kuz
wtf bros muh mini kd

i think his last evaluation determined it was ras klot boomba

RBL DOIN DEM THANGS

BIG THANGS

BASED MOST POWERFUL RACE DOED IT AGAIN

JORDAN CLARKSON BLESS

>mini kd
he was darius miles tier bruh