Dodgers, Angels, Rams, Lakers, and Clippers Discussion IV
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Sheesh what are they going to ask him that they haven't already. Mo goodness this organization has gone Clipper status.
not bad, will be dirt cheap. Boozer is good just not 19 million good or whatever god awful contract NYK signed him to.
Randle has been playing a lot of point-forward int he summer league, could see him getting minutes as a 3 guard so I don't think this signing is a big hit to his minutes and he needs to earn them anyway so it will be good to not just have a starting spot given to him.
It's ridiculous I agree, they should have hired him three weeks ago.
What the **** are they waiting for?
Herby
How could Blake have known?
Ran_y Jones has some competition now for worst defensive player to ever play at Staples Center.
RE: the coaching hire taking so long...
One thing to keep in mind is that the Lakers already know what style they want to play, they are picking up players to fit that preconceived style but are not finished with the roster. They need a roster to then be able to do final interviews with the final candidates to discern how that coach plans to use their players. Can't complete that process when you don't have all your players yet.
Just throwing that out. They seem to have it down to 2 or 3 choices who don't seem to be linked to any other team's coaching search (if there are even any more teams without a coach? can't think of one now actually). So with that being said they have no reason to hurry since it seams their final candidates have no where else to go.
One thing to keep in mind is that the Lakers already know what style they want to play, they are picking up players to fit that preconceived style but are not finished with the roster. They need a roster to then be able to do final interviews with the final candidates to discern how that coach plans to use their players. Can't complete that process when you don't have all your players yet.
Just throwing that out. They seem to have it down to 2 or 3 choices who don't seem to be linked to any other team's coaching search (if there are even any more teams without a coach? can't think of one now actually). So with that being said they have no reason to hurry since it seams their final candidates have no where else to go.
kingsfan28
Its A Kingspiracy !
That looks more like 90 pct to 10 if strictly going by the colors.
Reclamation Project
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Ziggy Stardust
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Reading things like this just adds to my disdain for certain sports and athletes:
https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/489936016661151746
Imagine if the NHL had collusion like that where players try to poach other players to come join them, while they are still under contract to another team.
Hey, maybe Doughty should give Weber a call and tell him he wants him in LA.
https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/489936016661151746
Imagine if the NHL had collusion like that where players try to poach other players to come join them, while they are still under contract to another team.
Hey, maybe Doughty should give Weber a call and tell him he wants him in LA.
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Ziggy Stardust
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Actually, it is pretty damn close to tampering. All matters how you read the CBA (see link below).
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q109
ADifferentTim
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http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11229606/carlos-boozer-join-los-angeles-lakers
Lakers claimed Carlos Boozer; there goes Boozer a Miami.
Lakers claimed Carlos Boozer; there goes Boozer a Miami.
Herby
How could Blake have known?
Tiger fans are awful.
Any time anyone writes an article that praises Mike Trout you can count on the comments section being filled with angry Tigers fans who feel Miggy is being snubbed.
ADifferentTim
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No, if a player is a free agent, it is not considered tampering, because the player is not under contract to another team.
What it is considered is this: brilliant tactics by those players involved to get around the intent of the owners under the CBA. LeBron, Dwayne, and Boshtritch found a loophole and exploited it big-time four years ago.
ADifferentTim
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However, Micky Arison and his ownership group are not involved in that union by Wade, Bosh, and "Third Man" LeBron. If anything, the current NBA CBA's stance on tampering is direct involvement by an organization's front office, which we previously saw with Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher, while Fisher was an expiring contract with the Thunder. Looks like expiring contracts are part of that tampering clause, huh?
Also, as per ESPN ticker, Lakers waived Kendall Marshall.
HYORI 1963
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There has to be a logical reason for this, correct? The guy averaged almost 9 assists a game.
Technically, it involves players too. But the league never goes after players, they just issue warnings.
ADifferentTim
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Nash would take over his spot as a assist guy, apparently.
Superstar league.
The Lakers have to clear cap space to sign Nick Young. Waiving Marshall gives them a few hundred thousand more in cap room.
He could come back still if not claimed. The Lakers renounced their rights to Xavier Henry and Wes Johnson, yet are still going to re-sign them.
The NBA's CBA is very complicated. While they need cap space to sign Young, they don't need cap space to sign players to minimum contacts (like Henry and Johnson). After Young they will sign Hill to his $9 million deal as they have his "Bird" rights and thus can re-sign him even though they'll have no cap space. So they have to sign the deals in a certain order to make it work. If they signed Hill first, they couldn't sign Young to anything but a minimum contact since they don't have Young's "Bird" rights.
As for Marshall, he's having a bad summer league, can't shoot and isn't good defensively. His assist total may also have been inflated a bit in D'Antoni's high tempo, no defense, lose 130-110 system. Lin and Clarkson kind of make him expendable.
Man, it's a slow off season. I'm actually paying attention to the Lakers.
Good post. Your last line cracks me up. Think of it being worse as you are actually paying attention to the Lakers' summer league games!
Busted. 
