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What if he left his wallet there?!

Shorter commute for sure lol

damn that 405 must suck instead of up and moving to a new state lol

I hope he gets on the ten and it drops him off at Mullholland where he belongs!

Why do you know all this

I mean that’s usually the trajectory right? Once he’s fell off a bit the kings will be more than happy to sign him to a large contract.

LA Kings so he still doesn’t have to move

Does he even know how to skate though

Go on…

Bro is caked up beyond reason.

Oh god

This is now the 5th Wizards flair in the past week that I’ve seen our fans going full goon mode

We get one talented squad and can’t keep it in the pants. What’s going on lol

What are you saying Pelinka giving everyone a player option is bad for trades

See, the way you can tell that the new Bulls head office is better than the old one is because I think the best trade-friendly deal in the league is Norman Powell. Got a healthy All-Star player for relatively cheap for two years AND the second year is a team-option.

He can absolutely average 20 here. He hits his open 3s and has way more of an inside game than the lakers let him show off (for good reason, he’s a role player)

He outplayed his contract and his reward is to get paid less.

A lot of role players signed back to lower deals than I thought they would. Luke Kennard signed for less than he made last year as well, and Tari Eason signed for 5 years 50 million, off the top of my head. I think the CBA is gonna bring down salaries as whole as teams start to feel the squeeze. Before the 2nd apron, I feel like Duren would’ve been signed to a big deal no question, the Jazz wouldn’t have given up Kessler, and Jaylen Brown would’ve commanded a much better trade package. But big contracts are so risky now, it’s really changing player valuations across the board

Edit: I misread, Tari Eason signed for 5 years $81 million, so not bad actually

Any GM with half a brain cell is probably going to apply a Luka/LeBron tax to any player that played with them. He’s not going to be the same player he is when he’s paired with 2 of the best playmakers in NBA history, he might be worth 18-20 to the Lakers but to everyone else he’s MLE level

Rui has some holes in his game. Just being a good shooter isn’t enough to get paid the big bucks. 

This is what Kyle Kuzma wrote about.

It’s the Clippers, check with Ballmer what he’s getting paid in trees.

He really is just a pure shooter, 14 is only a bit of a steal its pretty fair value that we unfortunately cant even match

Not surprised. He’s not a very impactful player, which is insane given how efficient of a shooter he is.

Yeah. He’s just kinda a guy.

I think people just assumed his excellent three point shooting last season would raise his value more.

It’s a team option lol

Yeah this smells like he’s a walking trade exception for the Clippers on a deal he can renegotiate with his next team

Shooters much worse than him were making like 22Ms before the new CBA

Smart is the main one I hate losing besides Lebron (who o have mixed feelings on losing). I wanted Rui back but he wasn’t a must keep even though we could actually still use him given our glaring lack of a second PF.

Kennard, Rui both signed elsewhere for less money. Smart for basically the same. So shit.

I think that’s reasonable. Beating a shitty Rockets team without Luka doesn’t mean much to me.

I love Rui but his 3 ball is his only highlight.

They really just be praying on getting Lebron I think.

You payed Mamu for a similar role

I’d rather have Smart and Rui over Sexton and Mamu

Do LA fans agree or nah?

He does have a great midrange jumper which can be situationally useful. I love Rui, but the fact is we can’t afford to be paying any more guys who aren’t defensive players.

he can only really shoot open threes.

He passes up on those too to maintain %

He’d be way better if he shot 38% on more volume instead of 44% shooting fewer than 4 threes per game

Incorrect. The MLE is only available to teams over the salary cap. The cap space teams get the Room Exception (~$8M).

I have no idea of the Clippers have enough other space to offer Watson tho

Where you finish in the standings is irrelevant and shouldn’t cross the front office mind at all. The pick is gone it doesn’t matter if you have the worst record in the league or best record. All you’re doing is saving face.

If you’re winning to develop players to have a win in environment that’s fine. If you’re winning to not have a bad pick and you play short term players over development players, that’s embarrassing and stupid.

Relatively speaking I know ur correct, but fuck man I wish I was getting paid $14 million a year

I try not to think about them hahaha

Bro do you know how broke the Nuggets are lol? We cannot take back RJ in a S+T, I do like him though.

RJ is so underrated among Raptors fans imo

Have to remember vast majority of NBA fans only pay attention to offense.

Did you watch Grimes for us in the playoffs? He’s a victory cigar, makes his shots when you’re up 17, useless in a tight game.

Have you seen Grimes play anything? His postseason performance against the Knicks was embarrassing. He’s a lights too bright guy. Not surprising that Robbie P watched that series and thought he was a championship caliber starter though.

BECAUSE WERE GETTING LEBRON JAMES!

They have no money lol

If you think this current Lakers team is beating that Rockets team without Luka and AR, you know little to no ball. Sexton, Grimes, Jake from state farm, Mamu, Kessler? Lmaooooo.

Kessler is an upgrade over Dominayton and they downgraded everywhere else.