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Anybody else hoping for a Lakers roster dump

Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:35 pm
Posted by yellowhammer2098
New Orleans, LA
Member since Mar 2013
3863 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:35 pm
During Summer 2014? After next season the only player under their current contract will be Steve Nash.

Under contract next season:
Kobe Bryant
Pau Gasol
Steve Nash
Metta World Peace
Steve Blake
Chris Duhon
Jordan HIll
Jodie Meeks

Contract Expires this off season:
Dwight Howard
Antawn Jamison
Earl Clark
Devin Ebanks
Darius Morris
Robert Sacre
Darius Johnson-Odom
Posted by TigerMan327
Elsewhere
Member since Feb 2011
6042 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:37 pm to
Once Kobe retires after next year they are going to be a COMPELTELY different team in a couple years.

Trade Pau
Dwight signs somewhere else after this season
Drop Metta
Steve Nash Retires
all those other no bodies will get rearranged as well
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
86560 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:37 pm to
I expect some huge changes. The luxury tax is going to kill them as it is.

They have a mess on their hands
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
128780 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:37 pm to
Chris Paul and Lebron to Lakers to rebuild
This post was edited on 4/9/13 at 3:38 pm
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:38 pm to
Kobe retires and they somehow draft trade for Wiggins.

He becomes the new LA superstar.

Or they get Kyrie Irving.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127743 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:49 pm to
quote:

They have a mess on their hands



I wish that mess would last about 2 decades.

But it won't. Some piece of shite idiot team will trade them 3 superstars for a pack of juicy fruit.
Posted by treyk89
Member since Oct 2003
2264 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:51 pm to
doesn't matter. The Lakers will be done for a while.

the not so fast Chris Paul deal will haunt them for a few years. He could've been their centerpiece after Kobe.
Posted by The Easter Bunny
Santa Barbara
Member since Jan 2005
45651 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:54 pm to
I don't care how big of a pussy he's been this year, I want Atlanta to sign Dwight

Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
37744 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 3:59 pm to
The Lakers are a textbook example of how NOT to build a team. Horrible contracts, horrible/non-existent drafting, NO bench. They dug their own grave here.
Posted by yellowhammer2098
New Orleans, LA
Member since Mar 2013
3863 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:04 pm to
As much as I dislike LeBron, I'd love it if he came to the Lakers. I definitely agree that they haven't drafted anyone good in as long as I can remember, that just isn't how they build their team. I wouldn't say their contracts are that horrible since most of the "bad" contracts (Pau and MWP) were on the team when they won a championship.
Posted by yellowhammer2098
New Orleans, LA
Member since Mar 2013
3863 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:05 pm to
Also, saw a stat yesterday that the Lakers have only missed the playoffs 5 times in their existence. That is insane.
Posted by LSU-MNCBABY
Knightsgate
Member since Jan 2004
25121 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:06 pm to
Yeah for those trashing the lakers for not knowing how to build a team, they seem to always win
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
45977 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

I don't care how big of a pussy he's been this year, I want Atlanta to sign Dwight



Dwight wants the LA limelight per Josh. he ain't coming home.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
37744 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:10 pm to
quote:

Yeah for those trashing the lakers for not knowing how to build a team, they seem to always win


This current incarnation is a disaster, and they are not exactly poised to succeed in the near future due to a lack of developing younger players and drafting.
Posted by AllBamaDoesIsWin
Member since Dec 2011
26725 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:13 pm to
Do they currently have a first round draft pick for 2013?
Posted by yellowhammer2098
New Orleans, LA
Member since Mar 2013
3863 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:13 pm to
They've always built through trades and free agency. They will have a ton of available cap space if they are smart about who they resign, how long they resign them, and for how much money, between now and Kobe retiring. I could see them keeping Dwight and getting some huge name in free agency like Lebron, but thats just me being hopeful.
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
34684 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:15 pm to
If they don't re-sign Dwight, the post-Kobe Lakers will look a lot like the post-Magic Lakers before they got Shaq.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
37744 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

Do they currently have a first round draft pick for 2013?


I dont think so
Posted by AllBamaDoesIsWin
Member since Dec 2011
26725 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:16 pm to
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huge name in free agency like Lebron, but thats just me being hopeful.


I doubt LeBron has plans to leave what is about to become a Dynasty, but are any decent PGs set for FA other than Paul that they could potentially get and let grow behind Nash? Because I don't think Blake is their future.
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
86560 posts
Posted on 4/9/13 at 4:17 pm to
quote:

they are not exactly poised to succeed in the near future due to a lack of developing younger players and drafting.



Kind of hard to depend on the draft when you are drafting at the end of the 1st round every year.

The last time the Lakers had a Top 10 draft pick, they drafted Andrew Bynum.



In fact, in the last 30 years, the Lakers have had a grand total of THREE Top 10 picks.

They drafted Bynum, Eddie Jones, and James Worthy with those 3 picks. Not a bad track record
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