Lakers get Davis

[HuskyHawk]

Not just your post, and probably shouldn't have said this board because it's all over. But Celtics fans I know seem to think it's just a matter of time

Wishful thinking. I sure don’t believe that, although I don’t think it’s out of the question that he’d go there.

These next few weeks will be interesting. Lots of free agents out there. Durant, Kawhi, Kyrie, Kemba maybe Butler, maybe Klay, Gasol etc. A team like Toronto could be really good, or not very good. It’s hard to predict what will shake out. I think there will be some surprises.

 

[navery12]

Wishful thinking. I sure don’t believe that, although I don’t think it’s out of the question that he’d go there.

These next few weeks will be interesting. Lots of free agents out there. Durant, Kawhi, Kyrie, Kemba maybe Butler, maybe Klay, Gasol etc. A team like Toronto could be really good, or not very good. It’s hard to predict what will shake out. I think there will be some surprises.

Yeah at least half the league is at a point where in 2 weeks they could be contending or in full rebuild mode. It's gonna be a fun off-season

 

[nomar]

Al Horford's leaving. In the immortal words of Micheal Ray Richardson, the ship be sinking.

 

[the Q]

Let’s not forget Boston wasn’t on kyries list of teams when he asked out of Cleveland.

We see how that worked out.

 

[navery12]

Al Horford's leaving. In the immortal words of Micheal Ray Richardson, the ship be sinking.

New report? Everything I saw was he'd be back on a lower salary multi year deal

 

[the Q]

New report? Everything I saw was he'd be back on a lower salary multi year deal

Which is also a mistake. Run it back, but don’t waste valuable cap space on a guy who’s gonna be 35.

 

[nomar]

New report? Everything I saw was he'd be back on a lower salary multi year deal

Ainge's mouthpiece:

 

[Carnac]

Al Horford to the Lakers? ESPN reports that he’ll be declining his option for next year, and will be an unrestricted free agent.

 

[gtcam]

4 yrs for AH? yeah he'll be effective at 38 at $20 mill plus per

 

[A10 fan]

Atlanta tried to get the Knicks pick in exchange for 8 and 10. The Knicks declined.

 

[Woodson]

Would love to see Celtics get in play for Kemba....

 

[gampelcrazies]

Would love to see Celtics get in play for Kemba....

Same. He’s what they are looking for

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Waylon thinks the Lakers are only going to have 2 basketball players on their team. There are a lot of people who talk nonsense.

The reality is that the Lakers have lebron, ad, a decent but overrated kuzma, and then a bunch of trash. They have $23M to throw at people so they have to be very smart about how they spend that money, and you’d be forgiven for saying there’s at least as good a chance they ____ it up as they do it well.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The reality is that the Lakers have lebron, ad, a decent but overrated kuzma, and then a bunch of trash. They have $23M to throw at people so they have to be very smart about how they spend that money, and you’d be forgiven for saying there’s at least as good a chance they ____ it up as they do it well.

Do they also have any mid level exceptions? I tend to agree that the talk of them landing a third star means the rest of the roster will be very thin. Smarter to bring in 2-3 quality guys.

 

[the Q]

Do they also have any mid level exceptions? I tend to agree that the talk of them landing a third star means the rest of the roster will be very thin. Smarter to bring in 2-3 quality guys.

Iirc, They can sign guys up to the cap and then use the mle.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Sources: Lakers hustling to create max salary slot

The Lakers were engaging additional teams on Tuesday to take on the contracts of three players on the roster, trying to create a max salary slot, league sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Lakers are trying to free up another max cap spot. This is insane. The Lakers are rapidly becoming the stupidest franchise in sports.

Losing Horford hurts the Celtics, but they can't commit over $100 million to a player his age. Harrison Barnes turned down $25 million for next season to test free agency, which seems pretty crazy too. Barnes is decent, but a 14.3 ppg scorer from a non-playoff team does not deserve more than $25MM a year. I think a lot of these guys are missing just how many free agents there are on the market this summer.

 

[the Q]

Sources: Lakers hustling to create max salary slot

The Lakers were engaging additional teams on Tuesday to take on the contracts of three players on the roster, trying to create a max salary slot, league sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Lakers are trying to free up another max cap spot. This is insane. The Lakers are rapidly becoming the stupidest franchise in sports.

Losing Horford hurts the Celtics, but they can't commit over $100 million to a player his age. Harrison Barnes turned down $25 million for next season to test free agency, which seems pretty crazy too. Barnes is decent, but a 14.3 ppg scorer from a non-playoff team does not deserve more than $25MM a year. I think a lot of these guys are missing just how many free agents there are on the market this summer.

Barnes opting out if a bafflingly dumb decision. Dude was never worth the money he got. If the kings resign him the gm should be fired. Take the cap space and run.

Boston could not give Horford that. This is smart for all parties.

If kawhi, kemba and butler all resign, there will be a ton of unused cap space out there.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Kawhi, Kemba, Kyrie, and Butler are going to suck up a lot of cap space. Somewhere around the 10th or 15th best free agent, I think the supply/demand equation is going to flip in favor of the buyers.

This is going to be the off-season where we learn which GMs got game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Barnes opting out if a bafflingly dumb decision. Dude was never worth the money he got. If the kings resign him the gm should be fired. Take the cap space and run.

Boston could not give Horford that. This is smart for all parties.

If kawhi, kemba and butler all resign, there will be a ton of unused cap space out there.

Yeah, as I said in the other thread, if I'm Boston I want Al back at about three years $55M. Ballpark $18M per. Four years at $20+, I'd pass.

@nelsonmuntz is right that free agency is going to be wild. The longest contract is four years for any team but the existing, but some of these guys are going to be surprised that people don't want to give them even 4 years at inflated numbers. Too much dead cap space out there on too many teams.

 

[Walker11]

I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.

 

[the Q]

I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.

That’s the hard cap apron exception. They also could split that up between multiple players if they wanted to.

Teams who are taxpayers only have like 5m or something like that.

Another terrible rule by the nba.

 

[navery12]

I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.

Collison and someone to start at SG for 23M seems feasible. Get a good 6th man with the MLE, and fill out the bench with ring chasers. There's definitely a path to a competitive team

 

[Walker11]

That’s the hard cap apron exception. They also could split that up between multiple players if they wanted to.

Teams who are taxpayers only have like 5m or something like that.

Another terrible rule by the nba.

I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.

 

[the Q]

I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.

Because it’s unnecesarily complicated. Just like the nfl.

 

[8893]

I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.

Because it’s unnecesarily complicated. Just like the nfl.

Sounds like even the Lakers front office is genuinely confused about it, as they try to figure out how to create enough space for another max contract and still have enough players to field a team.