Lakers appear to be getting stronger. Marc Gasol about to sign with them.
Lakers appear to be getting stronger. Marc Gasol about to sign with them.
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The one thing I don't get about this is that LA already got Montrezl Harrell, who is a center in the modern NBA. They let Howard walk and traded away Javale McGee, so they have minutes at center but having Harrell and Gasol must mean they plan to play AD at center very, very little this season.
Picking up Schroeder from OKC is another big move for the Lakers. He is much better than Rondo at this point. Unknown what will happen to KCP and Avery Bradley but supposedly the Lakers want both of them back.
It feels to me like the Lakers got better... and any time the defending champs get better, that is significant. Of course, the biggest question for LA is how much does father time catch up with Lebron this season... don't matter what free agent moves you make when the maybe-GOAT starts aging out of his outstanding play.
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IIRC, one of the sources of friction between AD and the Pelicans is that AD didn't want to play the 5 even though the team was clearly at its best when he did. Hence, DeMarcus Cousins. Looks like AD's anti-5 attitude persists with the Lakers.
Lakers re-signed KCP
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1330327554847195136
Avery Bradley signed with Miami
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...19614517780481
Coach K on Kyle Singler - "What position does he play? ... He plays winner."
"Duke is never the underdog" - Quinn Cook
Although the last 2 years of Austin's are not guaranteed. So it is really a 1 year deal
https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status...77052308152321
The final two years of Austin Rivers’ three-year deal with the Knicks are non-guaranteed, per SNY sources. He has a three-year, $10 million deal, ESPN reports.
Coach K on Kyle Singler - "What position does he play? ... He plays winner."
"Duke is never the underdog" - Quinn Cook
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2020/11/...camp-deal.html
The Hornets will bring undrafted Duke power forward Javin DeLaurier to training camp on a non-guaranteed deal, according to Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). Agent Gary Durrant tells Goodwill that DeLaurier will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with Charlotte.
Kyle gets BUCKETS!
https://youtu.be/NJWPASQZqLc
From the Daily News article, it really is pointless to analyze any free agent/draft activity, at this point in the NBA, without examining the related agency influence:
"Seven players the Knicks have added this offseason are either CAA clients (Rivers, Theo Pinson, Elfrid Payton, Obi Toppin, Myles Powell) or former Kentucky Wildcats (Nerlens Noel, Immanuel Quickley). Noel and Quickley join Kevin Knox and Julius Randle as former Kentucky players on the roster. New president Leon Rose and right-hand man William “World Wide Wes” Wesley were previously an agent and consultant at CAA, respectively, with close ties to John Calipari’s Kentucky program. Rose hired CAA client Tom Thibodeau as head coach and longtime Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne to join Thibodeau’s staff."
Is Thibs merely keeping the seat warm for Cal? Probably not, Cal will never have it as good as he has it in Lexington.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
Mostly the fans. His sister posted "Pretending to follow Philly was EXHAUSTING. The most miserable fans in the NBA".
Things escalated quickly from there with a lot of back and forth. She finally posted an audio saying a lot but finished with "some Philly fans are cool. The rest of you, can F^(K off. Team Horford all the way"
^ the whole Simmons - Embid things doesn't really seem to work, either...close but no cigar.