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Is Melo even going to play next year?
The Lakers are fucking stupid. Why trade Isaac and Mo Wagner? They are perfectly good players on rookie contracts. Goodness. LeBron is fucking stupid as a GM.
Who wins GM of the year award bros?
bros the new drake songs are alright but they aren't bangers like non stop or sicko mode... I think Drake peaked...
So we all agree that AD and Lebron will be sidelined most of next season with injuries, right? AD is a mixed bag who puts even Medical Joe to shame, but LeBron will almost certainly finish transitioning and split his pussy apart again.
How fucking based will it be when my Rapties 2peat by annihilating the Warriors again
I don't care for Bonga but would prefer if Wagner stayed.
Just like your team.
AD is one injury away from being Demarcus Cousins tier. pottery isnt it?
I know Bonga's agent, so I like him automatically.
>the absolute semen-slurping STATE of this general
At this rate we might have to rename it "the flyover containment thread"
You may only post in this thread if your team has won a championship since 2000
>@wojespn: According to @ESPN inside sources, the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets are seeking a 3rd team to get Chris Paul to Los Angeles.
>10 posts early
we gon get kawhi
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Stop trolling other user's generals. Go to /nfl/ or /hoc/. Old Yea Forums is dead. Don't bother bringing it back, faggot.
>Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas is declining the $17.6M player option on his 2019-20 contract, clearing the way to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources told ESPN.
hes coming home
Alright, Bulls. It's time for you to be based and help my Lakies out.
I'll do whatever the fuck I want. Maybe you should try posting better content instead of rolling with this lowest common denominator TMZ-tier slanderous fanfiction desu
Lowry
Middleton
Kawhi
Pascal
Gasol
2peat?
please god no
we gon get kawhi, kemba, brook, butler, reddick
literally yes
...shit don't ever stop...
Reminder that the Lakers Made the Anthony Davis trade not because they wanted to, but because they felt pressured to
can't wait for the next round of butthurt thinkpieces from Bleacher Report about how the Grizzlies or Hawks or some shit refused to accept the Lakers trash in exchange for gold as if it's the Lakers' birthright to raid all these lesser teams
stay the course
>@wojespn: Sources report that Danny Ainge has been spotted leaving New York airport terminal, reporters state that he said he was getting into a cab yelling "WHERE THE FUCK IS KYRIE"
Wait so are the warriors officially done? Half their team imploded to injuries
>REEEEEE WHY CAN'T IT BE ILLEGAL FOR THE LAKERS TO BE GOOD REEEEEEE
Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same.
>celshits
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Your move, /nba/.
My Lakies wouldn't be doing this if they didn't already know for sure we were getting Kawhi.
Yeah, I'm thinking Kawhi in purp and gold
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Source close to Lakers is telling me Lakers owner and President Buss is under investigation for allegedly engaging in inappropriate relationships with players. More to follow.
caption this
flyovers are SEETHING
C: Davis
PF: Kuzma
SF: James
SG: Butler
PG: Caruso
Bench: Two 2nd round pick players, /vc/, /linc/, a veteran they pick up half way through the year who got waived, some other old ring chaser.
Yeah, I'm thinking they're back
They trash vro
Bring us dat max space
It's not happening bud, get over it.
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Warriors Regained Hope Of Kevin Durant Re-Signing After Months Of Expecting Knicks
more like a season ending injury happened in the finals
>wanna be a lelker fan and folloe the team again
>don't wanna be a bandwagon and hate Lelbron
>also have family bandwagoning the warriors but hate them and the clippers
what do?
@wojespn: Sources: Pelinka beside himself. Driving around downtown LOS ANGELES begging (thru texts) Leonard’s family 4 address to Kawhi’s home"
hmmm should the Lakers get Isaac Obongo or Jimmy Butler
Realistically where can he end up?
lakers in 2020
>lebron
>ad
>kawhi
>kyrie
>klay
STAY. MAD.
reminder if Pelinka were competent he'd have told LeBitch to shut up and dribble while they wait out the ONE SINGLE YEAR it would have taken to grab AD in free agency
LeBron has cucked and gutted every franchise he's ever been a part of
Knicks when they strike out with everyone else.
Any Canada Bros here in from Toronto? Is it still LIT from the win?
Be a Laker fan. LeBron is no longer the villain.
How can they compete?
>Bobby Marks
>Bobby Marks Retweeted Adrian Wojnarowski
>Under this scenario, Davis would need to waive all of his $4M trade bonus to make the money work. If there is a taker(s), LAL could sign 1 or multiple players with $32.5M in room on 7/6 and still make the AD trade on the same day. As of now, Los Angels will have $23.8M in room.
WAVE THE 4 MILLIONS YOU TALL FUCK, DO YOU WANT TO WIN OR WHAT?
>wait a year
>durant and klay come back
>lebron a year older
Our guy getting paid
If you truly are a Laker fan, you should want them to succeed more than you want LeBron to lose. This is what I've been telling all the Kobr fans.
Which team exactly do you think offered Horford a 4 year deal?
>t-t-t-t-they're m-m-making f-fun of m-me!!
>T-THEY MUST BE SEETHING F-FLYOVERS, YEAH T-THAT'S IT
H O W L I N G
Brooklyn to team up with Kyrie.
Bill Simmons status??????
bros they shut down /r/nbastreams...
Rather have Beal. Middleton seems like a low-key weirdo.
>tfw not a fat, ugly, obsessed commie wagecuck
Feels good man
just pay AD an extra 4 mil for space jam 2 so it looks legal. he played college ball he knows how this shit works
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We can do some jew accounting tricks to get max space
See this plebbit post for details
Suicide watch with 24/7, then again that should've been their status after the Leltics blew that 28 point lead to the Clippers at home
Parade was fucking crazy when I was there until the shooting. Didn’t stay after that. But it was seriously so many people. Don’t know what it’s like now obviously.
I do want them to win the finals, taking down GSW and the Celtics or Heat in the process of getting but I seriously cannot stand Lebron, also waiting for coach Kobr or Kobr GM
He's not a hero in my eyes either
phase 1: get kyrie faggot ass off our team
phase 2: quit paying old ass horford
phase 3: build a superteam
hahaha you guys are fucking DONE
>See this plebbit post for details
Sorry I'm not a fucking redditor
I'll stick to actual cap experts on twitter like BirdRights and Bobby Marks
In retrospect, who won the Cavs/Celtics Kyrie trade?
Gonna have to find a good alternative before next season
The NBA is about seizing the moment and going all-in because holding out usually doesn't work. Look at Philly and Boston. Bron isn't getting any younger and a player signing in FA is never a certainty because the FA landscape can change drastically very quickly. Just two weeks ago we were talking about KD and Kyrie linking up in NY. Do you think any reputable sports network is still churning out those stories?
Warriors
Cavs would have beat them in 2018
San Antonio status?
I don't think anyone did. He probably wanted more money than Boston was offering and is going to test the market now to see if he can do better. He was going to get more total money than the 30 left either way.
enjoy losing all your 1st rounders until 2032 bro
Apparently KD/Klay injuries have created a market for big contract vet players for teams trying to contend now when they previously seemed untradeable. (Like the Raptors trading for Marc Gasol midseason)
Players being looked at, Capela, CP3, Steven Adams, Horford, Conley, and even DeRozan
Perennial first round exits
seething over FVV
That was my first thought, but the more I'm thinking about it, the more I'm starting to feel that it will depend on who else they sign on. If they force LeBron and AD to do everything, its a ticking time bomb.
Melo wept
Celtics lost it. Not because Kyrie isn't staying, fuck Kyrie.
It's because it put a negative stamp on the team, that even if you're the biggest fan favorite, you'll still get traded. It's the main reason Davis didn't consider the Celtics.
But I don't believe the Celtics are really like that, they REFUSED to offer Tatum in a deal for Anthony Davis. So I think the Celtics do have loyalty for players.
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>DeRozan
WHAT THE FUCK FRED VANVLEET SAID FUCK POP
WHAT A DISRESPECTFUL ASSHOLE!!!!
APOLOGIZE RIGHT FUCKING NOW
>and even DeRozan
why?
>until the shooting
Seriously, WTF has happend to Toronto??
It's not rare anymore or even uncommon. I'll go out on a limb and guess it was Jamaicans.
Dangerously close to creating an elite young squad. Drafting Bol Bol and some random yuro nigger with the 29th pick who both become elite. Walker and Murray panning out. Derrick White already elite. Derozan's contract kind of tradeable now. They could easily flip it around.
Some team out there is missing a SG and needs someone that can average at least 20ppg plus handle the ball a bit
>so you still have zaza?
Everything good dies eventually. I was surprised it didn't get axed mid-season. It was very convenient.
Some team wants to go from perennial contender to first round exit.
please don't lose out on a 3rd max player
please don't miss out on a deep bench.....
not after all the shitposting...please Pelinka..please...
>DeRozan's contract is kind of tradeable
Who'd legit want a wing that can't shoot 3s / space the floor that has bad reputations of being a playoff choker and a pylon on defense?
A team trying to get cap space for next season. Next year is a player option that he's sure to waive.
Lakers
Uh bro... Westbrook?
Why would the Thunder or Rockets do this?
westbrook should have been a PG, he probably would have won by now if he played the 2.
Uh but bro... the triple doubles!!!
Rapties bros WW@?
last night
my mom was being weak
had to beg my sister for some steel reserve
211....8.1
what you know about that
probably tons
it's not the worst trade in the world if the rockets are forced to dump paul, adams is a massive upgrade on capela and they gain cap flexibility
>Waiving a supermax year
>any year
Literally no feasible way to get paid more than that.
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fucking azns are retarded in rooting for a single race
adams and capela suck balls can't shoot for the life of them. you don't win with those players
positions dont exist
>seriously thinking AD won't waive his kicker and have Lebron slip him an envelope with 5 million under the table at dinner that night
>say he should be a PG
>then say he should play the 2
What the fuck is wrong with you? also he can't shoot consistently at a high level so being a PG is the best option what the fuck is wrong with you?
Do you know what the fuck a SG does? He'd also have to guard wings all the time which is harder than PGs
Reminder that if your team signs a single Morris Twin, they will be cursed with inefficient play and cancer. But if they sign both at once, they will be blessed with twin magic.
Also he's 6'3 which is the new norm for PGs while 6'5-6'8 has become the new norm for SG/SF
Based and Reservepilled.
nah lebron aint doing that shit. gonna be some new nikey ad or some company that wants some sweet advert rights
I just ignore retards like him they literally don't know shit about basketball and they're oblivious at how low IQ they are yet so loud mouthed
where does IT end up
my rockets
I almost forgot that this team even exists
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Remember this code. Decipher it and you will find your answers to the future.
Things are not always what they appear. Open your 3rd eye.
bagging groceries
How many times has your team reached the Finals since they did?
It's a monument to the NBA's strategy of targeting expansion markets with no other pro sports competition.
we were robbed prime shaq and penny. still mad about it
Right here babyyyyyyy
pg 13 or nothing
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2021 NBA Champions:
C: Cousins
PF: Porzingis
SF: Durant
SG: Matthews
PG: Wall
6th Man: Rudy Gay
shaq was never good and penny was made of tissue paper
Your GM application has been denied. We feel you're too under qualified for this position. Would you like to be the water boy?
Anyone watching the reairing of the mock draft on ESPN News?
Capela's contract is nice and reasonable. Why are people trying to trade him?
You now remember Markelle Fultz
He sucks. Overpaid, scrub with no heart or offensive game.
No center deserves 20 mil if he can't shoot 3s
He's not making 20 mil. He's making 14.
Not even 18 mil
My sources tell me that Boston fan's are gay lmao.
>1996, NBA season has just ended
Shaw: I'm an amazing young player and this is a terrible market, please offer me a big contract
Magic: No
Shaw: I'll leave if you don't offer me at least a 9 figure deal like Alonzo Morning or Juann Howard just got
Magic: Hmmm........you know Shaq you're actually kind of shit at rebounding and defense (they unironically said this), so no
Shaw: *leaves team*
Magic: OH NO, HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING TO ME?
Look again retard. He's making near 20 mil average the rest of his contract scaling upwards
Please dont take the last remaining good thing about the wizards away from us.
Everyone in the city is wearing raptors gear, raptors and we the north flags are everywhere, and all the basketball courts are packed as fuark
the rockets weren't that happy with how performed against gstate but but really he's the easiest contract to move compared to cp3. he's only one year older than kuzma and has had a bigger impact on the court. he still has upside. if the rockets want to get that third star capela will likely be the guy that can get him
he's getting 18M a year and is unplayable
Not even 15
I don't think a single P&R only center even deserves 13.
Most devalued position in the NBA
>2019-20 - $14,896,552
>2020-21 - $16,000,000
?????
So is all of this just Kyrie finally admitting to himself that he'll never be anything more than a sidekick?
>basketball courts packed
Where I live I go shoot alone for hours and no one shows up. I dont even care if I get clowned on, I just wanna play the beautiful game
Capela has a $1M bonus if they make the Western Conference Finals and he still played like absolute shit in the playoffs
He gets a $500k bonus for making 65% on free throws which literally anyone with any work ethic whatsoever can do and he also failed at that
Kek
I also remember the time they almost signed Tim Duncan but the deal fell through because they wouldn't let his family use their team plane or something
Paul for Griffin straight up. Who the FUCK says no?
It was Somalis. Guy shot his ex.
cmon Pelinka. GIVE ME THE POWER TO SHITPOST ALL SUMMER.
My Rapties 2peat.
Screencap this.
i'm sick of lakers news
just fail at getting a free agent already, it wont happen
>but if AD gives up money, pelicans let us change the trade, and we involve a third team, we could get a max slot!!!!!
so, out of the goodness of their hearts, Pels willingly allow a real dynasty, AD gives up 4 million, and they manage to convince a max free agent to come to LA?
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League source: Celtics believe Horford may already have a good idea of where he's headed, after such a dramatic step back from negotiations.
so where is he going?
my rapshits :)
yo raptors were so lucky
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Knicks
Cope
We ditch Bonga and the scrub Wagner for picks
Can't forget the majority (sample size be damned) that responded to the newspaper poll said that Shaq wasn't worth that contract
The Wizards is basically fucked thanks to that John Wall Supermax, whoever becomes the new GM for the Wizards will legit have to make some hard decisions despite your owner is too stubborn to tank and rebuild (?)
Isn't that just the guaranteed amount and the rest are incentives?
>couldn't even make the playoffs
>Love injured
>no Kyrie
Nah Kawhi wouldn't done LeBron worse than 2014
LOS ANGELES
AL.A. HORFORD
Why is Boston so racist?
Incentives aren't against the cap, so who cares
>lakers roster before getting a third max player
what are you doing pelinka.
GIVE ME A SIGN
Sixers are gonna run it back, but with Horford instead of Harris. Looks like Lakeshits are in trouble.
>66
The devil is doing to shit down your throat
The Harris and Butler trades set the process back 5 years.
Hinkjinks is spinning in his grave
What went wrong?
Fuck Silver and Fuck the Colangelos
***Hourly Lakers Roster Update***
Cp3
Harden
Butler
PJ tucker
Horford
Who can stop us?
>No center deserves 20 mil if he can't shoot 3s
I oughta slap the shit outta you for saying that dumb shit
but how? the sixers were a couple of bounces away from going to the ECF
you may only post in this thread if my raptor has won since 2019
It's a new era boomer
No room for stiffs anymore
>n-n-n-no how dare the Lakers try and get Kawaii when they can have Bonga and Wagner instead?
>that wagner
Which would you rather have:
TJ Warren + a first round pick
OR
RJ Barrett
>Grandmama
>Mourning
>Kobe
reminder that this lineup would have succeeded the MJ Bulls as the premier NBA Dynasty
shame greed and (((Pat Riley))) had to ruin things
It is genuinely hilarious than Brad Stevens playing Gordon Hayward too much brought down the Boston Celtics dynasty before it started
Horford at PF and Embiid at C? Like, as your crunch time lineup? I don't know, man
seriously though, why don't teams want based wagner? surely Dallas or Atlanta wants him.
Damn, time to retire this pic and put it in the Lakeyposting HoF.
>J-jaylen, please stop overdribbling
>Jayson, m-maybe you can try to drive more i-instead of taking contested midranges
>M-Marcus? My wife called. You left your gym bag at her place. Y-yeah, I can pick it up for you.
Pray for Hayward next season.
getting kawhi would be like summoning exodia complete bullshit
chill, he's only been on the market like a day.
He's 21, was not a good player in his rookie year, and center is the easiest position to find replacement-level players
No, just have Mike Scott start as the wing and Horford is our backup C
man, shut your ass, Horford isn't coming off the bench
Why don't they want LA to be a super team?
>he doesn't remember how Zo and Grandmamma couldn't get along to the point they caused several Heat-Knicks brawls in the 90s
>now add Kobr to that mix
76ers about to lose Butler, Harris, AND Reddick.
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>Constant communication is a necessity for every point guard. If you are comfortable with talking, often shouting or even screaming at teammates during the game, you could fit into this position. If you have a laid back appearance on the floor, are not ready to talk every time when needed, you’ll probably find more luck in another position.
Can a quiet autist play the point well?
Kangs
>Implying there was ever a Late 2010s Celtics dynasty to begin with
That ECF run last year pretty much got into the young players' heads and they thought they were better than they actually are until this year pretty much bitchslapped them and the team back to reality
I mean the 76ers can just run Simmons/Reddick/Butler/Horford/Embiid as the "fuck you we got size" lineup and bully almost every other team with size
they didn't get along because Zo sold out
you right about Kobe though
that would kick ass
Too slow to keep up with their pace. Has the right skills though.
So maybe Kings will slow it down, but that's mainly how they competed this year. Out running every other team and gassing them.
What team wins the Rudy Gay sweepstakes?
Spurs resigning him unfortunately.
nba trade machine updated. based.
>what is the salary cap
Reminder your team isn't winning shit without an elite SF.
Please stop posting hypothetical starting SGs for the raptors, it's too nice to think about, I come here to feel bad and to make others feel bad
>I come here to feel bad and to make others feel bad
this, fuck boston
Also need your 2nd best player to be a PG
DeRozan for Ibaka WILL happen
1) actual positions are trash
2) a lot of plays are called with hand signs and coordinated words
autists might love playing point, they are the ones who call the plays in reaction to how the defense is playing
So which teams are confirmed finito?
>Implying the Raptors would want DeRozan and his salary (or lack of defense) back
Put your proxy back on Decope DePoster
Lowry
DeRozan
Kawhi
Vanvleet
Siakam
who the fuck can stop us?
My Celties are now a comfy 35 win team :)
wrong wrong
>shaq was never good
t. Yao
DeRozan
Sign them and send the papers over canadia
What's comfy about major disappointment majority of the season?
I want to see my team win 43 games and lose in the first round at least
Only if DeKobe DeBryant gets traded again before the playoffs start
DeRozan and any good big lineup
I'm surprised you still haven't killed yourself yet Gowiz
Asterisk title.
I don't have to waste potentially another month or two watching the playoffs
there is no reason at all for anyone in the world to take on john walls contract
it doubles next season
What is it actually going to take for the wizshits to dump wall? 3 first round picks bundled with him?
A skilled PF is the final piece.
>Kyrie-Lebron-Love
>Curry-Durant-Green
>Lowry-Kawhi-Siakam
If your team isn't built like this, it is likely a pretender for the next 5 years until the league changes once again in response to this teambuild. 2019-2020 might be the only exception due to Durant being ded , Lebron getting injured, and Kawhi potentially going to some shit team causing a huge power vacuum.
>Pacers Interested In Ricky Rubio
can you allegedly buy thc online, allegedly?
My lakies
Just make friends bro lol
Wizshits are going to be terrible for at least 7 more years and will take a full decade to become a contender if they draft perfectly.
>4 years of Wall's contract killing the cap
>4 years after that for draft picks to get to the age where they can be stars
look at the lakers, look at the pelicans. They're pulling triggers, look at how long it took sacramento to trade boogie cousins and they're still not even in a good position. meh tier young talent. Wizards should be doing everything to unload beal, wall and howard to get picks. This draft and next seasons are going to be STACKED. must suck to be a wizard fan.
Shut up bitch
We got next, you're just hating
>trading beal, wall and howard to get picks
They can MAYBE trade Beal for a pick if they completely fleece another team. They will have to give up picks of their own to get rid of Wall's franchise destroying contract. Dwight's a 5 mil contract not really worth anything but it would be a good idea to get him out of the locker room.
DeMar DeRozan status?
millionaire
Living in tax free Texas
Tears are filling up the craters on his face as Pop gives him "motivation"
The spurs may out of nowhere win it all like they do every 4-5yrs
Kawhi will win more championships than LeBron
How can they win it all when they aren't making the playoffs?
Look at all the Lakeshit salt in this comment section
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Woj reported facts and they all get defensive
has to be Masai or Tim Connelly
They're all so low IQ it hurts.
Masai or Horst you mean.
DeRozen is an evil hex that we managed to trick Pop into taking when his dementia flared up. Until they rid themselves of him, they're fucked
>Masai
>GM
Wow, both of you guys misspelled "Magic Johnson"
Getting rid of DeRozan even as just a straight salary dump would have been a victory. Trading DeRozan for a championship? Legendary trade.
I literally don't understand what changed though. They've been trying to find a 3rd team for the trade since last week when all the reports about the trade came up.
this nigga light yagami is insane. am i supposed to be rooting for him? because fuck that nigga
>expecting /nba/ to actually know anything about the NBA
"GM of the Year" isn't the award. It is "Executive of the Year".
Nothing changed. Woj just knows his audience so he uses loaded words like "scrambling" because it gets the permaseething flyovers wet desu
Woj hates LeBron.
Many of us do know our shit. We're just not as loud and irritating about it desu
media suddenly went cold lads. What do you think they're talking about in the Lakers war room right now?
Better off just tanking the next 2-3 years while John Wall misses next season and rehabs for 2 years before taking his fucking $47 million player option in 2022-23. Just don't fucking rush it.
Can someone explain to me why ANYONE would willingly be a hornets fan?
they are trying to figure out how to get out of the AD trade so they they can go back to tanking again
That was before the trade took place. They couln't find a 3rd team and made a a trade with the Pelicans by offering extra picks
Now the Lakers fucked up and didn't know about the July 30th restriction, want to redo the deal to allow them to create extra cap space
Pelicans want to do this deal as is because they're flipping the #4 pick and will have more versatility.
AD would also have to waive his trade kicker
They're now trying to get a long shot amendment made to the original trade that the Pelicans have no reason to oblige unless the Lakers find some 3rd team that wants their shitty players and no other picks involved (Lakers can't trade anymore 1st round picks)
who else do we root for in north carolina?
jordan
You're the low IQ retards in the comment section posting the exact same fanfiction head canon garbage
Woj doesn't hate any team you dumb dick sucking faglet
nc locals like to support them
Thus they're scrambling (working furiously due to time restriction (Draft is Thursday))
Which is completely appropriate and this word has triggered the low IQ brainlet Lakeshit fans who're making up retarded posts like this
I have a friend who is an unironical Hornets fan
because our lightskin j cole is bettter than your drake
Josh Hart making fun of the Lakers for fucking up the trade
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
why are they getting so butthurt over the word scramble?
Grizzlies, with a better contract. Grizz have to keep Lithuanian Marc Gasol.
I think we can all agree jokic is going to average a triple double on his way to the mvp and championship next year
>mfw Lakers don't get the cap for a max and don't get meme'd into Kyrie or Butler because Kawhi and Kemba would never happen anyway
They're better off with roleplayers and building a solid roster anyway.
Remember when Lakeshits acted like not trading Kuzma was the world's greatest achievement and suddenly Pelinka isn't a low IQ retard and now a God-King GM?
Now they'll have to trade Kuzma if they want that 3rd max slot because no one fucking wants Bongo and Mozart LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
more like average his way to a triple bypass
Literally Lakers plan is Big 3 + second rounders to fill up the roster
How many games do they win?
gggggggggGOT'EM
SLAPPED
ON
THE
NECK
CUZ
enjoy new orleans fag
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last two digits
After they do it, they'll throw Kuzma under the bus and act like they never cared about him
Do you think Tatum has read all the comments on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram bitching at him for his long contested 2s?
>muh IQ
>y-y-y-you're stupid if you have a different opinion REEEE WHY CAN'T IT BE ILLEGAL
No wonder Gay Areans tend to be ugly, socially inept, basic, uncreative, commie, and wagecuck-y desu
>Raptors didn't get the 5 6 get
I'm sure popovich has drilled into his head already that "it's just basketball"
Kawhi said it even after winning the chip.
no he's low iq like kobe
but mozart is one of the greatest musicians of all time. who wouldn't want him?
>implying
Kobe isn't stupid, Kobe is an evil genius who deliberately sabotaged Tatum because he's a true-blooded Laker and he fucking hates the Celtics.
I hate when the NBA teases us with trades and signings. So cruel.
Also, Gay Area doesn't get to represent Cali, as you libtard faggots are utterly devoid of the requisite eloquence, charisma, winning mentality, and cool factor, among many other things.
All you bums seem to be capable of is flyover-tier shilling, gossip, slandering, and groupthink. Sucks to suck
>pot meet kettle
Assuming they keep Kuzma with this big 3 and fill their remaining starting spot with some decent vet minimum boomer looking for a ring, they'll dominate.
what was the evil genius behind his own shitty play?
You have to fight fire with fire sometimes
this, anons don't understand that we just need to get this 3rd max guy. Then the decent vets will WANT to sign small contracts.
I just hope we get patrick beverly, but literally any vet that can run the floor will do.
Don't you anons get it? The Lakers already have a Big 3. LeBron + AD + Agent 0.
They should sign Patrick Beverly and a couple other role players and they're champs
Mavs
>agent 0
You know Kuzma isn't a killer like that.
Sadly the Celtics. It gave people this stigma about it, even though ANY FUCKING GM IN THE LEAGUE WOULD'VE TRADED IT FOR KYRIE. Also, these same people forget that they refuse to trade Tatum for anyone, showing loyalty.
Another part is the injuries that plagued them. There best chance was last year and Hayward got injured his 1st game, while Kyrie only played 60. The fact that they still got to the ECF and took the Cavs to 7 was incredible, considering they only did it with rookies, sophmores, Horford and the bench.
The final is... Ainge keeps hoarding picks. At the end of the day, he has to seize an opportunity. Celtics are always in trade talks over assets but Ainge never wants to make the trades. For a team that has "loyalty" issues, the GM barely makes any moves that would really set them off. They've been "one pick away" for way too long.
There’s something deeply pleasing to see Boston and New York eating all of the shit.
Kuzma is only going to be in his 3rd year next year. Yes I'd like to see more consistency out of him but he seems too confident to not succeed in the long run
dont you compare boston to our suffering at least they won ine in modern times. i literally have never seen the knicks win one title in my lifetime
I don't understand why people blame the Celtics for signing Hayward. Who could have predicted he'd suffer such an awful injury? It was just bad luck. If Hayward never gets hurt then that contract is completely justified.
how are these john wick movies so popular?
this shit boring af
>only his 3rd year
After 3 college years as well. At the age of 24.
We know what kind of player Kuzma is. And that's a one dimensional floor spacer 4 who can't play a lick of defense to save his life and can't really handle a scoring load. He's not going to change if he's been the same player for 3 college years and 3 nba years.
LeBron is doodoo
you lost Kristaps and will sign KD to a bigass contract who's next even going to play next season, then the cancer will begin and he'll have to sit out games the season after, then he'll play, show some flashes, then he'll demand a trade and it'll be a big shit show and everyone will shit on you. Then Michael rappaport will shit on KD and bandwagon another team.
cap it
Off to retire a Hawk because they desperately need a scoring center and the cancer that ran him off was promptly run out of town themselves
Apparently he wants more than the 30 Million but whose able to give him that?
based lakies will get kyrie
>Knicks literally in 0 FA talks because nobody wants to join that mess of a franchise.
>Lakers pulling a, "i-it's a prank bro," because they stupidly gave away their whole team without realizing how much money their left with.
Remember guys, "b-but muh big market."
There's a ton of teams with cap space and he's one of the best 3 and D centers in the NBA despite his age
I'm guessing half the team with capspace can make him that offer day one
Knicks
I legit feel bad for some teams out here bros.
>tfw you just want to watch Uncle Gil clown on Swaggy P all day everyday
youtube.com
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I can't wait for Klutch to be banished from the fucking league.
bro you must have missed the reddit post
>reddit
Fuck off
Are people that scared of Dolan? I thought there was a lot of respect for Fizdale and the rest of that new management crew
>traffic court tomorrow
what happens if i dont show up?
fines.
Big Government dicking you down
Nobody cares about NY market anymore. You're going to be judged for absolutely everything. Also, the NBA is full of betas with low self-esteem. Most of those players are going to hate that shit.
I wouldn't say it;s Dolan, it's just that Screamin' A., ESPN, NY Post, all these fucking people are part of the Knicks package, and nobody wants to handle all of that pressure. Granted, if you win, you're going to be a god. But, the bad outweighs the good.
just because they have respect for those guys doesn't mean they can trsut dolan. sure he can say he won't interfere but he can change his mind in an instant and clear that front office and coaching staff if he feels like they aren't getting anything done. Just look at the jets. people were paising that front office for landing darnald and saying ownership finally got out of the way to let things work. then the next year the owner clears them out to put in a new staff because he didn't like the le'veon bell signing. dolan can do the the same thing if someone ticks him off
So people shouldn't even try and improve themselves just because they've hit a certain arbitrary age? wew
price of your ticket goes up
ahem...
FUCK LAKERS
see and seethe
holy freakin BASED
Commies will throw you in their gulag
>reddit
Fuck
Off
im confused, do the lakers even have 12 people on the roster? are the coaches suiting up to play or something?
Holy fuck the Lakers roster is absolutely barren. At this point I dont see why theyd even want a max player, they need a fucking bench. Theres no one there. How the fuck can Lebron, with his dilated neovagina splitting apart constantly and AD with his glass knees and glass everything shoulder the load of the entire season with no one backing them up? This thing is going to be an absolute disaster holy shit.
>tfw can't stop listing to soundcloud rap
just get one run in to avoid the shut out
>$0.02 has been deposited into your account
tons of free agents on the market, TONS. We just need that third max to lure in the good ones to play for peanuts on the promise to win a title year one.
Because they don't need to win 60 games, they need to win 16.
Look at the warriors past their starting unit, garbage yet they've been to 5 straight finals.
best to cut it out now bro
imagine being this seething at MY lakies
>frogposter
>"There's not a team in the league right now that is willing to trade for Chris Paul. Even teams that they've called as just a dump, like 'We'll give you Chris Paul for free,' those teams are like 'No, we're good.'"
He's easily good enough to be the #3 option on a championship team
he made his choice. he got his money now he has to deal with it
And yet lelker fans will still talk like they were robbed instead the veto being yet another case of Stern bailing out his favorite team
alright you guys need to relax with the jokes
If we're talking #4 picks, I mean, history tells us a lot.
i need to leave the weed alone.
i shit you not it was just 8pm 30mins ago and now its out of nowhere 1am
Imagine taking a year contract with a veteran minimum when you could have made literally tens of millions of dollars only to never win said ring and also injure yourself worse and ensure you’ll never get an offer as good as you could have got last year
>He's easily good enough to be the #3 option on a championship team
>because a prime 25 year old CP3 is totally comparable to the 15 year veteran CP3
How do you even breathe being this full of shit?
You now remember that Klay Thompson ran out and shot 2 free throws and got back on defense on a torn acl.
After Westbrook there's a huge drought, before that Conley, CP3 Bosh Odom, list goes on
Yeah but KD wasnt 36, Steph wasnt prone to injury every five minutes while having only left the first round once, and Klay is better than literally any guy the Lakers can currently get their hands on. I agree that the Warriors have a shit bench has been shit but their core is better in many ways than the core the Lakers are desperately trying to build. Lebron and AD will get injured. With even one of them going down, its over.
Remember when LeBron needed to be carried out by his whole team because the AC broke in the Finals while everyone else played just fine?
Football players have played with worse. It's actually a really stupid thing to show how tough you are in a sport, you have your whole life ahead of you.
Even the Warriors needed a 6-7 man rotation at the bare minimum. When they got below that, you saw what happened. And it's really hard to actually get players in FA on vet mins who can be useful contributors in the finals. The Warriors certainly didn't find a ton of them outside of David West and Boogie.
The reality is that the Lakers need to get 3 to 5 more passable rotation-quality NBA players, and they have like 25 million dollars to do it with. That's really hard.
LeBron
AD
Kuz
Melo
CP3
You saw it here first
aaron gordon is a bonafide star
>show how tough you are
How are they supposed to know it was a torn acl? They can't just not act tough, the fuck?? What kind of pussy shit are you spouting?
When is the Lebron is never gonna decline meme gonna end? He's 35 during the next season lmaoooo his career is almost done. This is the Nash-Howard-Kobe-Gasol Lakers all over again lmao
In terms of difficulty actually continuing to play, cramps > migraine >achilles > flu
Yeah cramps is a temporary little wussy thing but you're pretty much uselessly immobile during them
peak of his prime still desu. lakers in 2
You can walk on a torn ACL. A friend of mine tore his and found out a month later.
Teams that should definitely be willing to take Chris Paul for free if he was actually available:
- Denver
- Utah
- Miami
- Orlando
- Chicago
>cramps > migraine >achilles
there is no one out there as woke as Kyrie
>you now remember the (((Memeiors))) fucked up KD's career rushing him back from injury
Who here would actually take KD in his current state over LeBron(even in his 17th NBA season)? I wouldn't
is Knickstape back bros? we got Frank Nitikilinna
he literally just had his worst season since he was like... 20
And kristaps raped a woman hours after tearing his
What does the work government need to a star NBA player?
Have you niggas ever even gotten a charlie horse? They have you layin on the floor in pain you cant play on cramps
fucking cracker
>implying it's somehow LeBron's fault the ghetto Spurs arena's AC stopped working
Nice blame deflection. Typical libtard tactics desu
I am actually legitimately impressed at how committed the Pelicans are to fucking over the Lakers. Like, this isn't even a historical rivalry, but they've dicked with them as much as they possibly can.
Based
KD chose to play, nigger.
He could've said no.
Yet he was the only player affected by the AC. Really makes you think, huh
Bosh already explained how they knew it was intentional and they knew Lebron would cramp at some point because of how his body is. It just happened at the worst time
Did LeBron get David Griffin fired on the Cavs
That is fucking absurd
cramps we talkin' about cramps? nigga kd has an achilles injury he done
It's because he shit himself
Lmao pulled a fucking Paul Pierce
>L-L-LeBron shouldn't be allowed to be this good for this long!
>I-i-i-it's not fair he's so good! I-i-i-t should be illegal!
I mean, everyone gave him the go INCLUDING his agent and camp. Hard to really blame anyone, but their medical staff is definitely under heavy scrutiny.
Yes, he forced him to give JR Shit and baby fucker Thompson bloated contracts
How can the Celtics unload Hayward?
If the Celtics are nuking their roster he might as well go and let Brown and Tatum chuck their way to All-star status.
Lebron isn't good though, he couldn't even make the playoffs last year. Inexcusable. Any other top player would have taken that roster to the playoffs. Lebron isn't the best player in the world anymore, and he's barely even a top 4 sf.
No. Lebrong was his biggest fan in the organization. He told Gilbert to give him an extension. Gilbert not signing him to save money was probably the biggest reason why Lebron left.
>i enjoy kendrick lamars music
>MFW I JUST REALIZED THE CELTICS ARE STUCK WITH GORDON HAYWARD'S SHITTY CONTRACT TO PRODUCE 10PPG OFF THE BENCH
>MFW THEY LOST AL HORTFORD AND KYRIE
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The hysterical thing is that he literally ruined his career because he's such a beta who's so easily influenced by social media. Everyone was getting on his ass on Twitter and Instagram and in the press, and that's exactly what made him come back too soon. Are we going to see this more often? Sensitive faggots in the NBA getting career-altering injuries because they didn't want people on Twitter to say mean things about them?
Didn't Dwight re-sign with the Magic because of Twitter at one point
>A 30 year old grown ass man names himself easymoneysniper
The fucking state of him
he would be useless on denver
2-1 > 3-6
>traded their best player for a bust, a bootleg KD who will probably have his career shortened due to the blood clot problem, a literal who, and muh picks
Lakers are fine. They got the one player they need to have a shot at the finals, and even if the Pels tell them to fuck off and they dont end up signing a max player, they can still fill the bench. Pels, although getting a lot, won't be competitive for a long time and will have to deal with Lavar for the rest of their lives.
The celtics aren't nuking the roster. Player are jumping off a shit sinking ship lmao.
?
KD is 0-1
Imagine being a 30 year old multimillionaire and you're known as "easy money sniper".
Peak incelcore.
he was raised by a single mom. there was no uncle dennis to steer him on the right path
>woj
>woj
>woj
why do you faggots insist on making fake woj tweets? Everyone knows they are fake. Imagine have nothing better to do with your shit empty lives. Kys
You think he couldn't play with Jokic?
Remember when LeBron triggered the entirety of the Knicks fanbase with this post?
No. LeBron loved Griffin cause Griffin traded all of Cleveland's first rounders for his boys. Gilbert fired Griffin for shopping Kevin Love. Which is odd because Paul George was available at the time.
The Pelicans will definitely be ass next year, but that was inevitable as soon as the trade request happened
the Lakers got the player they need but they now have basically no margin for error
>making the finals is somehow worse than not fucking making the finals
>2>3
I thought chinks were supposed to be good at math.
I'll give you another chance. Remind me how many finals MVPs Stephanie has won again?
(((Silver))) needs to do something about my Lakies, us being shit for this long is bad for the franchise
Maybe help us become great again by manipulating and lying about the salaries of our team of all-stars that we end up harvesting
DESE BITCHES LOVE SOSA
RARRIES AND ROVERS
GOD YALL SOME BROKE BOYS
Yeah, I'm thinking you're mad.
I miss real rap like prime Chief Keef desu
Damn, Lavar was banging some hotties back in the day.
its a baste name ya simps.
ya seethe?
>be given a dozen pretty cool nicknames
>scream NO I HATE THEM and don't let any take off
>"call me The Servant, and hit me up at easymoneysniper"
Was there ever such a more obvious rig than new Orleans getting Zion (compensation for ad leaving) and the Lakers getting 4 (as a piece in the ad trade) ?
use as a reward :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT THAT FUCKING LOSER
HOLY SHIT
ITS FUCKING DAME TIME HAHAHAHAHAHA
DAME
TIME
AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
FUCKING LAME TIME HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GET SWEPT LIKE A DUST BUNNY TIME HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Funny how Uncle Dennis was confused for Chaotic Evil when he's really been Chaotic Good all this time
shut up you stupid nerd
i read a tweet the other day that said kings would not go after vucevic. maybe horfy is their guy.
horseshit these guys are pros
this is the new JUST
Don't worry. They aren't gonna get the money for an extra max slot and will have no choice but to fill the bench. And even if they do, if they got Butler or Kyrie then they will essentially be comparable to the 2015 Warriors or Year 1 Heatles.
/nba/ make ya seethe?
>mfw despite all this shitposting the finals is Blazers vs Raptors
I remember Jalen Rose calling him Slim Reaper on a podcast with Jacoby on Grantland years ago and that shits on anything KD could come up with.
Grow up
>"hey, you follow the NBA, right?"
>"have you seen dame dolla, he's pretty clutch, isn't he?"
uncle dennis would have had him setup in a penthouse in new york and force him to change his instagram tag name to something ad friendly
Please send help
What does PER mean?
hey /nba/, if you had my love and i gave you all my trust would you comfort me and if somehow you know that your love wont be untrue would you lie to me?
where did boban go
I JUST HIT A STAIN FANETO (FINESSE)
poop emitting rate
I'm beginning to realize the competition against the Lakers next season...
Nuggets, Bucks, Raptors/Clippers (depends on which one has Kawhi), Sixers
Four teams. There are only FOUR teams that can stand up to Lebrow. And if Kawhi stays in Toronto, then three of those teams are in the East, meaning the Lakers have a enormous chance of at least getting to the Finals.
Dwane Casey as the head coach HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
I seem to remember LeBitch, after recovering from his neovagina surgery, coming back and getting his new pussy fucked by the Grizzlies, Suns, Knicks and many others.
Drummond isn't worth even 18 a year
This traditional center meme has been thoroughly exposed this playoffs and the year before.
>@wojespn: Sources tell me that user 93567738 is MAD AS SHIT LOL, oh and lakers are getting everyone
We don't even know who their starting five are and their coach is (going to be) Jason Kidd and you're penciling them into the WCF
>spurs knew lebum was a bitch and he would cramp up with a bit of heat
seems legit
>Drummond
>>>>>>> million
Jesus fucking christ what dumbfuck nigger thought that was a good idea and how do they have a job?
The last thing Denver wants is another guard, let alone an old manlet one.
Um sweetie that's 2018 Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey.
>this angers, scares, and confuses the (((Memeiors))) "fan"
but not one of their guards is a starting-caliber point guard
Yo Lakerbros who what dank ass balla ass free agents is we getting this time?
Kris Middleton? James G Buckets? Patrick Beverley??????
ALL OF THEM?
>@wojespn: Sources tell me that eternal and infinite amounts of assblastedness are going on inside of the city of Oakland
I feel like Wagner off the bench would work well. Fresh legs for Davis and Kuz and relatively cheap.
does ab soul still make music?
ur dumb, with jokic and murray you dont need a traditional point guard
hot take: jimmy butler to the seventy sixers
>@wojespn: Sources tell me this is only the beginning of /nba/'s salt in the ass butt hurt-ness lmao, Chris Broussard reports (per his sources) that the lakers are getting everyone lmao and there's nothing the nerds over there at 5clam can do about it lmaooo.
I'm a fucking GENIUS
Gripping my fucking PENIS
He's active on twitter and released something in 2016
Hot take, OKC will trade Steven Adams on draft night for someone like Buddy Hield or some shit
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Not a single soul:
Kawhi Leonard:
Hot take: Bulls will give Dlo the max and trade Dunn to the Suns or some shit
Hot take: Knicks won't sign any top 10 free agents and punt another season to tank
Would be pretty happy if that happened 2bh. Would hate to watch another season of westshit
drtrake
Hot take: some random team will go all in on a championship run and fail miserably
(I'm talking about the Lakers)
That nobody meme is dumb as fuck and makes no sense
I've seen everything now!
i hope so. i like steven adams, would like to see him be on a successful team
remember when people thought excremento was nuts for trading cousins for hield lmao
He shoots sub .700 on FTs and gets paid 25 mil to not close out playoff games because he's too slow to play motion teams with 3pt shooters
Once again, traditional centers are a meme and not close to being worth even 15 mil a year
Meme ball is here to stay
Yo, nigga
at least u were creative with it
Name one traditional center that's gone deep in the playoffs the last 3 years
They all eventually get run off the court and a small ball center closes out the game.
I Mean
Where
The Fuck
Do I
ReallyEvenStart
He's happy to take a smaller contract. He's also had shit coaches his entire career. Not his fault Sam presti is a retard and overpaid
its literally being used to trigger 4channelers. its like post ironic memeing but theres layers to this shit
His game isn't worth it at his age, especially if you already have Murray and hopefully a healthier, better Gary Harris. They desperately need a good 3&D wing. Potentially an upgrade on Millsap so he can lead the bench with Plumlee.
Or a 3pt shooting center like Gasol, Horford, Embiid, Lopez
Thompson and Draymond in the Finals last 3/4 years
relax
i said i like him, i didn't say i thought he was good you dirty nigger
Warriors fucked up closing out with Cousins instead of Draymond or Looney
>He's happy to take a smaller contract
BRING HIM ON DOWN TO LA LOL
I would've even allowed Jerebko
Remember there was the trade to get PG, with Kevin Love going to Denver and I guess Gary Harris and the then 13 overall pick (which Denver used on Donovan Mitchell and sent to Utah for Trey Lyles and shit) to Indiana. Indiana backed out and sent PG to OKC. All of this of course after Kyrie demanded to be traded. Then Gilbert decided to say fuck it and not extend Griffin over some dumb shit.
I for one am glad 7 footers are being forced to a higher standard of play instead of being allowed to coast through life living completely off their size
I don’t really care if you cry
Cousins was like the only functioning Warrior by the end of game 6
>curry shitting the bed
>draymond on the verge of chimping and getting his final tech + suspension
>klay ded
>cook choking
>durant ded
...
Is this the same delusion like last year's
Lakers
>PG
>LeBron
>Kawhi
????
nobody should want superteams, made the league damn near unwatchable last 3 years
t. lakes fan
uh no that guy does shittalk teams/players that don't give him shit, and writes puff pieces for guys that do
no surprise it was stephen A and broussard breaking the lebron to miami thing while woj sat seething
Arrest warrant then an ass raping in an overcrowded cell but atleast you get free college and better healthcare than most Americans which you’ll need for your expanded asshole
Harden choking