Posted by all3 on 7/5/2015 5:12:00 PM (view original):
Posted by stinenavy on 7/5/2015 1:16:00 PM (view original):
LaMarcus Aldridge goes to Spurs. The rich get richer.
No one wants to be a Laker. All the fan boys on this site and elsewhere were sure that worthwhile free agents would flock to the Lakers because of their history and tradition and blah blah blah. Their biggest get is Roy Hibbert in a salary dump by the Pacers.
Bash the Lakers all you want. Better do it now, while you can though, because you know after Kobe's gone, LA WILL be attracting FAs. Add a couple guys to Russell, Clarkson and Randle, and that's not a bad team. Add-in possibly the biggest bargain of this FA class so far, in Lou Williams, and that's a decent team. I'd say it makes more sense to bash teams who are greatly overpaying players (see entire above list) than it does to bash the Lakers.
We know after Kobe is gone that the Lakers will attract players. How exactly do we know that? The Lakers have basically signed one major free agent in their entire history and have consistently struck out especially recently. And you can blame Kobe all you want, but it isn't Kobe, it is because the Lakers front office is a mess and the team doesn't have enough real talent.
The new age of the NBA free agent is all about winning. The teams that are signing the stars are the ones that are most set up to win. I mean Greg Monroe choose Milwaukee over both the Lakers and Knicks for that exact reason.
And Clarkson, come on, he is a role player. Randle is coming off a broken leg in his first game and Russell has yet to play in the league. They both may be stars, the both could flame out, or anywhere in between. Lou Williams is a bench player/spot starter type player (which reflects his salary). Hibbert is slow as crap and a terrible offensive player. I do like the rumored Bass signing. That is a quality underrated player who is actually a good fit next to Hibbert. The Lakers aren't going to make the playoffs this year and they owe their pick to the Sixers so next years draft won't help them either. They won't be terrible like they were last year, but they are a very long way away from title contender.