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re: Lakers may choose Dwight over Kobe this offseason
Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:53 pm to tiggerthetooth
Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:53 pm to tiggerthetooth
What other pro franchise is there to compete with for attention in Orlando?
How about Houston?
How about Houston?
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:56 pm to molsusports
Kobe didn't handcuff the Lakers with his salary.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:58 pm to TotesMcGotes
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Kobe didn't handcuff the Lakers with his salary.
You don't think his salary is an issue? Especially with the penalty for going over the cap?
I don't understand your point of view
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:00 pm to molsusports
Clearly LA is fine with paying the extra money. And it didn't stop them from paying Gasol, Nash, World Peace, and Howard.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:10 pm to TotesMcGotes
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Clearly LA is fine with paying the extra money.
The real penalties start hitting next year if they are over - and at that point is makes zero sense to keep a guy on the roster who makes 30 millionish at the tail end of his career.
And money has been an issue even this year - the final straw for Phil not coming back was supposedly him asking for too much money. I understand that part will be contested by people.. the Buss sons don't like Phil because he treats them like amateurs
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:10 pm to molsusports
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You don't think his salary is an issue? Especially with the penalty for going over the cap?
I don't understand your point of view
That extension was signed almost 3 years ago, before the current collective bargaining agreement was negotiated. The current cap penalty rules are new
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:12 pm to SPEEDY
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That extension was signed almost 3 years ago, before the current collective bargaining agreement was negotiated. The current cap penalty rules are new
Right, meaning you agree the Lakers would have preferred not to have signed that deal (with the benefit of hindsight)?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:14 pm to molsusports
Other rumors were that he would only coach half the games. I wouldn't have paid him more than D'Antoni for half the games, either.
And again, Kobe isn't handcuffing the Lakers. The Lakers handcuffed themselves.
And again, Kobe isn't handcuffing the Lakers. The Lakers handcuffed themselves.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 4:29 pm to molsusports
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You don't think his salary is an issue? Especially with the penalty for going over the cap?
I don't understand your point of view
Every current Laker except Nash is off the books after next season. So the penalties won't be that bad for them.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:04 pm to NorthGAVol
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Lakers may choose Dwight over Kobe this offseason
Please let this happen 
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:05 pm to NorthGAVol
lol if lakers think dwight really gives a frick about the lakers
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:20 pm to ZTiger87
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Every current Laker except Nash is off the books after next season.
After being the key word there - the Lakers are going to take an absolute bath to field next year what isn't even a playoff team this year (and all the key players except arguably DH will be declining even more with age). Kobe is getting somewhere in the ballpark of 30 million when the salary cap is only around 58 million. That wouldn't be easy to manage even if the Lakers weren't also in an awful position with all of their other "marquee" players
Gasol is through the end of next year (3 year deal 57 million).
DH is a guy they presumably don't want to let walk without getting something real in return... but keeping him means a huge contract they can't afford because of Kobe's salary (and to a lesser extent Gasol, Nash, Artest)
Steve Nash I thought was getting 9.3 million next year and 9.7 million the year after. Is this wrong?
Ron Artest is getting 7.7 million next year
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:22 pm to NorthGAVol
That seems logical given that Kobe is nearing the end of his career.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:24 pm to molsusports
All of the Lakers contracts come off of the books at the end of the 2014 season
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:26 pm to lsuguy84
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All of the Lakers contracts come off of the books at the end of the 2014 season
which is two seasons away
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:28 pm to NorthGAVol
welcome home mamba...welcome home
This post was edited on 2/20/13 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:34 pm to St Augustine
you either need to superimpose a Pelican hat or a Bobcats hat.
This post was edited on 2/20/13 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 2/20/13 at 6:56 pm to tiggerthetooth
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McGrady got similar attention...
TMac never got half the love Dwight got here.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:43 pm to Towelie
This is all from the Cowherd interview with Kupcheck (sp?) today.
He said they have a two year window with Kobe and that is it. Next year is the last year on Kobe's deal and Kupcheck even said Kobe may retire.
He said Howard is the Lakers future and they would not consider a trade. He said the Lakers have two more year of Kobe, this year and next year to get it done and then the window will close. Said Howard is the best center in the NBA and is the future of the Lakers, period.
He said they have a two year window with Kobe and that is it. Next year is the last year on Kobe's deal and Kupcheck even said Kobe may retire.
He said Howard is the Lakers future and they would not consider a trade. He said the Lakers have two more year of Kobe, this year and next year to get it done and then the window will close. Said Howard is the best center in the NBA and is the future of the Lakers, period.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:51 pm to NorthGAVol
Kobe is an average player at this point
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