Danger Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, showtime said: Agreed. I think the biggest key with the Lakers is that they would have to sign Paul George and then somehow do a trade(s) to get another high impact vet. Also, it's really difficult to say what the value of Lonzo Ball is. He was just the #2 overall pick a year ago and is still very young. That would be like someone saying that Markelle Fultz doesn't have much value. Both players have more value to their respective teams than they would in trade. It's like buying a car, it's worth less as soon it's driven off the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Not a hot take or anything, but I bet he doesn't leave the Eastern Conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BStanRamFan Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Going to the Lakers is my bet. I think Lonzo/Ingram are on the move for another vet. I'd love to see them grab Demar Derozan from Toronto. Great small ball line up below. Josh Hart as 6th man. Lebron usually brings 1 or 2 vets with him when he moves (Korver) Lebron Demar PG3 Kuzma Randle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie man Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Broussard said a possible route to La would be Lakers sign CP3 and James as free agents then do a sign and trade for PG13 I could definitely see that happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, BStanRamFan said: Going to the Lakers is my bet. I think Lonzo/Ingram are on the move for another vet. I'd love to see them grab Demar Derozan from Toronto. Great small ball line up below. Josh Hart as 6th man. Lebron usually brings 1 or 2 vets with him when he moves (Korver) Lebron Demar PG3 Kuzma Randle cant sign Lebron and PG while keeping Randle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The lakers are the only team that can realistically get PG and Lebron together, but they would have some work to do to have 66 million in free cap space. As it sits today, they have about 40 million in cap next year, and 100 million in holds. So they have to release cap holds to start with Lopez - 34 KCP - 21 Frye - 14 IT - 12 that gets them from 140 million to just 59 million without much trouble. To get where they need to be, they have to be 66 million under the cap plus 800k per empty roster spot. So realistically they have to also release the cap holds of Randle - 12 million wear - 1.7 million Andre Ingram - 1.6 million So none of those guys can come back, but the Lakers are left with a roster looking like this: Deng - 18 Ball - 7.4 Ingram - 5.7 Kuzma - 1.7 Ennis - 1.6 Hart - 1.6 Zubac - 1.5 Bryant - 1.4 thats roughly 39 million salary can cap holds of 3 million for open roster spots or 42 million. Still not at the 66 million in free space. So they can do one of 3 things. 1. Pay someone to take Deng 2. Stretch Cut Deng 3. Release Ennis, Zubac and Bryant who have non guaranteed deals. Lets just say they Stretch Cut Deng to keep him from costing them something of value, like an Ingram to trade. Thats 7.2 million per season for 5 seasons he will cost them. That gets them down to 26.5 in salary and about 3.5 million in cap holds, so free us roughly 71 million in space. They would then be able to sign Lebron, Sign PG, and have about 5 million to add another player....or they could take Ball, Ingram and trade them for a guy making no more than 23 million per season. They would then be maxed out with Lebron/PG/3rd guy with Kuzma/Ennis/Hart/Zubac/Bryant and they would only have the below the cap MLE, which i think is 4 million and vet minimum deals to use. sure I would do all of that, and if they can flip Deng and a pick to someone without taking on salary, they will be in really good shape. But it would really gut the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I heard on Cowherd's show that Dwyane Wade said that LeBron's biggest motivation is lifestyle over basketball. Obviously that's just Wade's opinion, but Wade is clearly very close with LeBron. That thinking basically debunks what everyone here is saying - LeBron's #1 priority is winning. With Wade's logic, the Lakers make a lot more sense. Obviously the Lakers can bring some guys in to help and lifestyle would be best in Los Angeles. The interesting thing is, Chris Broussard said that the Lakers can sign LeBron and Chris Paul in free agency and then try and trade for Paul George. Now that's extremely interesting. I've never heard that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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seminoles1 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 If that's true, it's hard to see LeBron being mostly away from his family for 6 months out of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 He's going to the Lakers then. First year in Miami he kept his family back in Akron and he couldn't handle that. And like Payton said, LeBron will want to watch his kid play in HS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 2 hours ago, brownie man said: Broussard said a possible route to La would be Lakers sign CP3 and James as free agents then do a sign and trade for PG13 I could definitely see that happening Eww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 56 minutes ago, DirtyDez said: I was just coming in here to post this. This along with what Dwyane Wade said points to the Lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, showtime said: I heard on Cowherd's show that Dwyane Wade said that LeBron's biggest motivation is lifestyle over basketball. Obviously that's just Wade's opinion, but Wade is clearly very close with LeBron. That thinking basically debunks what everyone here is saying - LeBron's #1 priority is winning. With Wade's logic, the Lakers make a lot more sense. Obviously the Lakers can bring some guys in to help and lifestyle would be best in Los Angeles. The interesting thing is, Chris Broussard said that the Lakers can sign LeBron and Chris Paul in free agency and then try and trade for Paul George. Now that's extremely interesting. I've never heard that one before. unless he wants the lifestyle of a champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 3 hours ago, brownie man said: Broussard said a possible route to La would be Lakers sign CP3 and James as free agents then do a sign and trade for PG13 I could definitely see that happening There is no way they can get all 3 guys. its nearly impossible for them to get CP3 and Lebron together. PG helps out because his max is 5 million less than the other two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, Pastor Dillon said: There is no way they can get all 3 guys. its nearly impossible for them to get CP3 and Lebron together. PG helps out because his max is 5 million less than the other two. To come together they would all understand they would need to take a pretty decent pay cut. Not likely, but it could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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