Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[Dove]

Classic...

 

[nelsonmuntz]

you think it's only about money. okay.

This is a lot of money, for coaching basketball, and probably be less work than being a college coach. Hurley can take $100MM guaranteed, get fired in 3 years when LA fails in its post-Lebron rebuild, and coach anywhere he wants. He could coach high school ball if he wanted after this contract.

 

[UofCT]

The significant new ones they would add is 25-26 when 75% of salaries are off the books.

Unless Lebron is off the books completely you’re not getting another max salary to go along with the $60,000,000+ you owe AD. If Lebron isn’t on the team then you’re not contending. Lakers don’t have draft capital to rebuild. AD isn’t good enough to lead a team on his own. Lakers are in no mans land. It’s worse than being bad.

 

[uconnfan68]

you think it's only about money. okay.

Do you think we can afford it? I’m with Nelson. We can’t.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Unless Lebron is off the books completely you’re not getting another max salary to go along with the $60,000,000+ you owe AD. If Lebron isn’t on the team then you’re not contending. Lakers don’t have draft capital to rebuild. AD isn’t good enough to lead a team on his own. Lakers are in no mans land. It’s worse than being bad.

All the Lakers have is the hope that players will just want to play in LA because...reasons. It worked with Lebron. We will see.

 

[Husky Alien]

This is the least amount of fun I've had on the internet, ever.

Ok, break time from all this:
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[aburks41]

You don’t need to worry about Alex. He’s a smart guy who makes fully informed decisions.

Can you just spill the beans on what’s really happening

 

[Ant3411]

Do you think we can afford it? I’m with Nelson. We can’t.

Depends on who is paying for it. All the funds don’t have to come from the state.

 

[How Sway?!]

Unless Lebron is off the books completely you’re not getting another max salary to go along with the $60,000,000+ you owe AD. If Lebron isn’t on the team then you’re not contending. Lakers don’t have draft capital to rebuild. AD isn’t good enough to lead a team on his own. Lakers are in no mans land. It’s worse than being bad.

With the new TV deal, ADs cap hit is going to be like 20 percent of the overall cap.

 

[AntG168]

Can you just spill the beans on what’s really happening

Diddo

 

[How Sway?!]

Depends on who is paying for it. All the funds don’t have to come from the state.

I also think the extra money will need to come from donors. Think the school has maxed out with what they can offer without a faculty revolt, remember there might still be staff reductions due to budget cuts.

 

[Woodson]

This board needs to make up their mind. It's not about the money or he's using the Lakers as leverage and we need to up our offer. I do not think it's about leverage. I do think we need to up our offer however. It's not all about the money, but it's always kinda about the money. They don't have to match but they have to do better and dig deep. He needs to be in Self range and at least jump over Calipari. He has earned it. So have the assistants.

Hey go easy on us… all we’ve gotten so far is a Woj bomb, and some Fanta tweets which may or may not be made up BS. Oh and we got Geno adding his $0.02 as always

 

[UofCT]

 

[Huskyforlife]

I just wonder how much leverage Hurley has after the Kentucky saga? How much more can he reasonably ask for?

 

[EnochRoot]

A bit OT but can we a pinned post on how to embedd Twitter? Lots of duplicate posts due to Twitter links just showing as x.com (Thanks Elon) and people not realizing stuff has already been shared. Also would prefer not having to open a separate tab to read the info

All you do is swap out the 'x.com' with 'twitter.com' when you paste the shareable URL.

 

[Kemba15]

I just wonder how much leverage Hurley has after the Kentucky saga? How much more can he reasonably ask for?

What if it’s not about leverage? The reality is likely that he really is interested in what the Lakers have to say because the NBA is a dream of his. But he also loves it at UConn. So it’s a tough decision.

 

[Ant3411]

When DH announces he’s staying, one of these bottles is going right to my face. Probably the one on the far right, def not the one signed by Clingan.

 

[bendm]

I just wonder how much leverage Hurley has after the Kentucky saga? How much more can he reasonably ask for?

That’s what I asked but apparently he wasn’t offered a new contract until yesterday. Catastrophic F up by the school

 

[How Sway?!]

That’s what I asked but apparently he wasn’t offered a new contract until yesterday. Catastrophic F up by the school

He definitely had an offer before yesterday.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

That’s what I asked but apparently he wasn’t offered a new contract until yesterday. Catastrophic F up by the school

Not sure where this comes from.

 

[UCFan1513]

@bjc42 Surely you’ve programmed a bot to like every post on this board, right? If so, why? If not, how?

 

[Matrim55]

All the Lakers have is the hope that players will just want to play in LA because...reasons. It worked with Lebron. We will see.

It’s worked with the biggest superstars in every decade since the ‘60s.

• Wilt
• Kareem
• Shaq
• Kobe
• LeBron

Those are 5 of the ~12 greatest ever. Lower level guys like AD, Westbrook, Gasol, Mychael Thompson and probably a half dozen more I’m forgetting all pushed their way to LA, too. So did Chris Paul before Stern killed it.

The city’s a draw — even the Clippers can take advantage of it now, and the Lakers have infinitely more history and success (and fans) than the Clips.

They might be crappy for 2-3 years once LeBron is done. But it won’t be longer than that.

 

[bendm]

He definitely had an offer before yesterday.

Not sure where this comes from.

Then it’s not about leverage and that was the best case scenario

 

[JMick]

Classic...

If he comes back and that isn't his announcement I'll be disappointed. The reaction would be incredible

 

[snowkot]

If he does stay, if it's even possible, his cachet goes up immeasurably, approaching coach K status. It's a lot extremely fast, for a guy who's only been here 6 years.

To wit Krzyzewski famously turned down the Lakers in 2004, 24 years after he first joined Duke. Turned the Celtics down 10 years after joining. 6 times total, so clearly, coach Hurley will have no shortage of options should he decide to stay, and remain successful.