[TMZ] Walker Kessler’s interview yesterday after landing in LAX before his scheduled meeting with the Lakers: “TMZ: Luka and Austin ain’t bad. Kessler: They’re great players as well. TMZ: Any message to LA fans? Kessler: I’m here, man.”
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GoT: We have Whitewalkers
Rob Pelinka: And I have the Whitelakers!
WhiteWa-lakers!
i’m laughing and crying now. thank you!
Bro only bought a one way ticket
I don’t think he paid for the ticket
This man knew he had the lakers by the balls and was gonna get generational money for playing 3 games
The contract aint bad tbf, its the assets but youd take Kessler for 2 firsts anyways
Yeah the contract is a slight overpay but not horrible by any means. I think the Jazz probably would have matched it if the Lakers weren’t willing to trade the picks.
Trading 2 unprotected picks, 2 swaps, on top of a slight overpay is kind of rough.
Those swaps are there for Danny’s ego. If they turn into something for y’all, god bless. Pick swaps often don’t mean much.
He’s restricted. Had to be an overpay to get y’all to agree. So be it. As a lakers fan, I’m fine with it.
The swaps make it an overpay
If it was over pay or nothing do you think we should have not done the deal? We knew the Jazz was going to fleece us on this
Id do this every single time
The swaps might not be worth anything though
Its more so that they dont have those to throw at other deals, they only have 1 pick to swap now
At that point you sign Mitchell Robinson for nothing and actually save your assets
Who is taking Walker Kessler for 2 first rounders????
Indiana offered 2 firsts and got declined
Contract is horrible. Kessler hasn’t shown anything that makes him worth 32 million a year. It’s all potential and what ifs rn. They lost Smart and will probably lose Rui because of it
Hard disagree, he’s a better and younger hartenstein who just made 29 million dollars
He’s not a better Hartenstein
But let’s just say he’s as good as IHart…who is giving up 4 picks for Isaiah Hartenstein either😂
If hart was 24 he is 100% getting 2 firsts
So you want them to pay 41m for Duren?
Actually the extra picks given out, ended up saving Lakers 10 million a year on overpay (thought Lakers may have to get to high 40s for Jazz not to match). Now they have extra room under the cap + can bring back guys like Rui if they choose still who they have bird rights for
Considering they were on the verge of Kessler or Duren for 40m S&T just so they didn’t get juked, I’m ok with 32m.
But yeah losing those 2 guys and then signing Sexton for basically the same money is hilarious
One pop on his shoulder and we will always get back to this night where he signed that contract
You can say that for every player lol. Lakers biggest need was/is defensive minded center. Now they got him. Is it overpriced sure. Sadly not every team can make moneyball trades/signs. He become better or become trash/bad fit etc. we will see.
Embrace the hate. Virtually no way r/nba will ever say anything positive about LAL haha.
As a 1.5 year Lakers fan im starting to understand dont worry. Pelinka def not a good gm simply how he wasted AD-Lebron duo and biggest reason why Lakers in this position (lots of bad assets, bad draft picks) is him but Lakers clearly need an actual center who plays hard/defense next to Luka-Reaves duo and he got him. Lakers never gonna create team like OKC/Spurs (spoilers other than few teams nobody can)
From asset, cap and free agents wise i like moves he made so far. Lakers was looking so slow with basically zero bench entire season. Mamu-Grimes-Sexton-Kessler all good/decent players and they are young lol. Hopefully he bring 1-2 wingsg/forwards
Lakers just ruined sign and trade market
Good, fuck everybody
Just a terrible, terrible use of assets.
fuck them picks
Sure but use them for something else
Like what?
Literally anything else but Walker Kessler bruh. Coulda called about D. White or some shit man.
🙄 what do you need when you have a Reaves Luka backcourt? Just say you don’t really know about Kessler. That’s fine. But to act like this is so gross mismanagement of resources is ridiculous.
Derrick White had a horrendous year last year. Celtics fan would tell you themselves. And even then you start them 1,2,3 with Ayton back there? It’s not enough defense.
One more FRP than the Mark Williams trade
We got our guy, fuck them picks
What center should Rob have gotten then O wise one?
We essentially just traded Nic Claxton for nothing. Moved could have been made.
Kessler is way more in demand than Claxton, dude.
Obviously but Kessler is way over valued for 2 picks and 30+ million over 4 years
I like Kessler more than Claxton. Younger higher upside. I don’t think this is a controversial take. Regardless Claxton is gone so who was available right now?
Ideally one that doesn’t cost all of your draft capital when you still have several other holes to fill.
Mf like who?
They can’t answer. I swear half the LAL flair on this sub are just trolls. It doesn’t matter who we get, expect loads of shade.
It’s all the LeBron fans waiting to change their flairs
Just a bunch of idiots
If the market sucks for center then go small.
Ayton can play the five and you could have added some real athletes.
Pretending this was the only possible path forward is just lazy and stupid. Trey Murphy/rj barret/zion/tobias harris all would be more exciting than this crop of trash the lakers brought in
Go small. In the west. Vs OKC SAN and DEN?! This the type of dumb ass shit this sub is about huh? Leave it to a damn kings fan to say some stupid shit like this
If the lakers arent good and nobody expects them to be good you are losing luka and have no control over draft picks for 7 fucking years . Do you not understand how dumb that shit is. The roster is weak. No shooting and no athletes.
You think going big matters vs the spurs. Its their slashing athletes that is killing people not some lumbering big to guard wemby as he launches threes.
Maybe pay attention to the nba more
We can literally trade our first next season. You have no clue how any of this works. Just yapping
would you prefer that we didn’t use the picks and started ayton as our center again?
lol
Getting a fat contract after playing for 5 games last season is a generational bag
You know they were shamelessly tanking, right? That Utah was on the Sixers program of wasting dude’s careers to tank. That’s not on him.
He tore his labrum and had season ending surgery. He wasn’t being rested for a sore elbow or some shit. Jazz tanking had nothing to do with it
People downvoting you just shows how many people actually don’t watch basketball on this sub
Walker Kessler is the Michael Jordan of Chandler Parsons
That means he’s coming into the season healthy and well rested Ready to anchor the defense
As always, TMZ had it first. We just weren’t paying attention.
It would suck a little to be famous in LA. Once you walk off the plane there’s a dude there with a camera just waiting to film and try to interview you.
Just keep going next time Walker. Pretend like you don’t even see or hear them.
Nah they like LA because there’s hundreds of people here more famous than them.
Pelinka will get crucified if he gets hurt again
LA’s savior is here
Brought his golf clubs lol
Lakers paying homage to the 50’s
#LakersSoWhite
HE’S HERE, MAN
Magic Johnson fine incoming
Mark my words, he is going to be the best laker center since Shaq
bro is named after two whiskies
Scripted
I am curious which teams can build a full white starting team…Lakers trying too.
Wonder what it’s like to have to duck under to get through doors…
Is it a flex or is it a burden/inconvenience
Lakers bout to sign Texas Ranger for 4⁄51
Imagine if he started playing like Timofey Mozgov for the LAK
Laker fans gonna love him playing 40 games a season