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Article- The Lakers had zero levergage
Posted on 6/24/19 at 5:12 am
Posted on 6/24/19 at 5:12 am
SIAP
From Silverscreenandroll
From Silverscreenandroll
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When people ask, “what other offers were the Lakers negotiating against,” that kind of misses the point. This was never about the Lakers vying for position as the team with the best trade package. No, the Lakers were screwed from the get-go.
David Griffin, an experienced executive himself, knew that the Lakers had to make a trade and were far more desperate than he was. Griffin was always going to get something for Davis, it was just a matter of what and from whom.
Pelinka, conversely, couldn’t push away from negotiations and, as a result, was always working from a position of weakness — at least based on what we know about the trade as things stand right now.
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Posted on 6/24/19 at 6:33 am to Are Kelly
Best part is they gave up so much just to get AD a year there earlier for Lebron, but they may not have enough cap to sign a max player until next year. So they’d be much better off signing AD next year with another max player and keeping all their assets.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 6:45 am to Are Kelly
The comments are hilarious. Those people are in full denial. They all believe that we wanted Kuzma.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 6:49 am to Are Kelly
You know. There is no karma on this board to farm.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 7:42 am to GOP_Tiger
8m sure we wanted Kumar as well. I’m not sure not including him that is still a win for them
Posted on 6/24/19 at 7:44 am to MsState of mind
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the Lakers we wanted Kuzma
Posted on 6/24/19 at 8:23 am to Are Kelly
That’s not what I heard from Twitter accounts with less than 20 followers...
Posted on 6/24/19 at 8:34 am to Pelefraan 1
Posted on 6/24/19 at 8:45 am to BoxingEagle
I learned that trick early in my career when my VP spent 3 hours negotiating with our government customers around a worthless provision in a contract renewal. I was an analyst that covered that provision and when we took a break, I told him that it wasn't really that important and we could give in. I remember he looked me right in the eyes and said "They have given us the farm while protecting their position." He gave in "reluctantly" a few hours later on a position point that no one in our company gave a shite about.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:11 am to GOP_Tiger
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The comments are hilarious.
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And people comparing this trade to Leonard’s LOL, AD didn’t sit out for a year and didn’t embarass NO like Kawhi did to SAS.
Lol wut
Maybe not literally, but yeah, he did quit on his team and torpedo the season.
Lakers fans are completely delusional.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:12 am to Philippines4LSU
Can’t wait until AD starts getting booboos that keep him out of the lineup, meaning 48 minutes of LeBron and Kuzma.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:13 am to Philippines4LSU
AD was the hero we needed
We're not a dynasty in waiting without that trade request
We're not a dynasty in waiting without that trade request
This post was edited on 6/24/19 at 10:14 am
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:16 am to Pelefraan 1
Still doesn’t mean we have to like him.
I ended up getting my life on track after getting harshly rejected by a chick in HS but I wouldn’t thank her for it.
I ended up getting my life on track after getting harshly rejected by a chick in HS but I wouldn’t thank her for it.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:18 am to Philippines4LSU
Kawhi made it worse by doing things like playing 2 on 2's with ex Spurs players on one side of the court while the team was practicing on the other side.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:19 am to teke184
Not at all
He's gonna sign a short term contract with LA and probably leave after 3 years lol
He's gonna sign a short term contract with LA and probably leave after 3 years lol
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:30 am to Philippines4LSU
AD and that whole cabal absolutely did embarass the Pels
Did he completely forget what happened?
Did he completely forget what happened?
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:31 am to LosLobos111
Lakers fans. They probably don’t even remember that the failed trade attempt in February sunk their own damn team.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:32 am to LosLobos111
That embarrassment has resulted in untold good.
Rebuke is better than praise 95% of the time
Rebuke is better than praise 95% of the time
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:37 am to Pelefraan 1
AD is going to sign a one and one with the Lakers, regardless of what happens this year. He needs to get to year 10 before he signs his next big contract, since he can't sign supermax with Lakers.
IMO, if things go sideways, that would be the time LeBron is bailing or retiring. I could see AD leaving after that, which would be awesome for our picks.
IMO, if things go sideways, that would be the time LeBron is bailing or retiring. I could see AD leaving after that, which would be awesome for our picks.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:40 am to Are Kelly
While I didn’t really want to trade AD to L.A., Durant’s injury and Kyrie signing with ROC really sunk the market. Considering L.A.’s two biggest competitors for AD were out of the picture, we took L.A. to the cleaners.
Lucking into Zion helps as well.
Lucking into Zion helps as well.
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