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Keep truthin' that process Dion.

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Does anyone realize if the Lakers hadn't signed two awful long-term contracts last summer they could trade for Paul George this summer (while not shipping out a single bad contract, thus making the deal more appealing to Indiana) AND offer two max deals to go along with him? Say, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin? And how would Paul and Griffin say no to that (other than money, obviously)? Stay at home. Play with a much, much better 3rd star.......

They could have traded something like DeAngelo Russel and Brandon Ingram for Paul George. Straight up. No need to add filler or find a 3rd team to take a bad contract. Just give Indiana nothing but good, cheap contracts and then, even after absorbing a large chunk of George's salary w/o offsetting it by shipping out equal salary of their own, turned right around and offered those two max deals to come and play with George.

Man, the Lakers would have been in prime position to go from being awful to immediately contending.
 
Does anyone realize if the Lakers hadn't signed two awful long-term contracts last summer they could trade for Paul George this summer (while not shipping out a single bad contract, thus making the deal more appealing to Indiana) AND offer two max deals to go along with him? Say, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin? And how would Paul and Griffin say no to that (other than money, obviously)? Stay at home. Play with a much, much better 3rd star.......

They could have traded something like DeAngelo Russel and Brandon Ingram for Paul George. Straight up. No need to add filler or find a 3rd team to take a bad contract. Just give Indiana nothing but good, cheap contracts and then, even after absorbing a large chunk of George's salary w/o offsetting it by shipping out equal salary of their own, turned right around and offered those two max deals to come and play with George.

Man, the Lakers would have been in prime position to go from being awful to immediately contending.

Not getting your math here. wouldn't Paul and griffin be 30 million dollar players?
Mozgov and Deng are a combined 32 million. for 2017.

Griffin will be looking at 34 million dollars and Paul 30 million.

That would mean the Lakers would have to have only 46 million salary after a Paul George acquisition. to sign those two using cap space.

Lakers would have a bit over 50 million.

Lakers can acquire PG without involving bad contracts as it is. Even moreso if they get the top 3 pick.

I really doubt the Clipers lose both Chris Paul and Blake griffin this offseason.
 
Not getting your math here. wouldn't Paul and griffin be 30 million dollar players?
Mozgov and Deng are a combined 32 million. for 2017.

Griffin will be looking at 34 million dollars and Paul 30 million.

That would mean the Lakers would have to have only 46 million salary after a Paul George acquisition. to sign those two using cap space.

Lakers would have a bit over 50 million.

Lakers can acquire PG without involving bad contracts as it is. Even moreso if they get the top 3 pick.

I really doubt the Clipers lose both Chris Paul and Blake griffin this offseason.

Don't have time check numbers exactly but from what I can tell you aren't factoring in the salary the Lakers would send back to Indiana. Russell/Randle/Ingram are all owed between 4 and 6 million. So if they send out two of those players, there's your 10 million extra to go from over 50 to under 46.
 
Don't have time check numbers exactly but from what I can tell you aren't factoring in the salary the Lakers would send back to Indiana. Russell/Randle/Ingram are all owed between 4 and 6 million. So if they send out two of those players, there's your 10 million extra to go from over 50 to under 46.
umm no. Ransdle and ingram are 10 million . I didn't add them at all
PG 19 million.
Jordan Clarkson 12.5 Million
Cory Brewer 7.5 million.
already at 39 million

Nick Young 5.6 million( Player ETO)
Julius Randle 4 Million.
Larry nance 1.2 million
Zubac 1 million

50 million.
 
umm no. Ransdle and ingram are 10 million . I didn't add them at all
PG 19 million.
Jordan Clarkson 12.5 Million
Cory Brewer 7.5 million.
already at 39 million

Nick Young 5.6 million( Player ETO)
Julius Randle 4 Million.
Larry nance 1.2 million
Zubac 1 million

50 million.

Neat.

So you dump nick youngs expiring or brewers. Not hard.
 
Yeah I would think at minimum he'll be getting Shump money. But then look at the Allen Crabbe, Evan Turner, Tyler Johnson deals last year and if a team is desperate he could get a lot more.
 
LaVar Ball is just the worst.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-armour-adidas-not-interested-deal-lonzo-ball

An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball.

Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were not interested in completing a deal with his son. Sources with the three companies told ESPN.com that they indeed were moving on.

Never in the history of modern-day shoe endorsements have the big companies all stepped away from a potential top pick nearly two months before the NBA draft. But LaVar, who has been representing Lonzo in the deal, has offered something that has no precedent.

In his meetings with all three companies, LaVar insisted that they license his upstart Big Baller Brand from him, according to the companies. He also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be Lonzo's first shoe.

"We've said from the beginning, we aren't looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar told ESPN. "We're looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they're not ready for that because they're not used to that model. But hey, the taxi industry wasn't ready for Uber, either."

Last week, Nike consultant George Raveling, at SportsBusiness Journal's World Congress of Sports, called LaVar "the worst thing to happen to basketball in the last hundred years."

The way LaVar sees it, Raveling's comment is indicative of what longtime businesspeople say when the way of doing things changes.

"Just imagine how rich Tiger [Woods], Kobe [Bryant], Serena [Williams], [Michael] Jordan and LeBron [James] would have been if they dared to do their own thing," LaVar said. "No one owned their own brand before they turned pro. We do, and I have three sons, so it's that much more valuable."

Lonzo declared for the draft after one season at UCLA. LaVar's other sons have also committed to UCLA, including LiAngelo, who arrives on campus this year, and LaMelo, who just finished his sophomore season in high school.

Ball would not disclose how big the Big Baller Brand has become -- the company sells hats and T-shirts ranging from $38 to $100 on its website -- but he said current sales numbers shouldn't have been on the mind of the shoe companies.

"When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, those guys weren't profitable," LaVar said.

Now that the traditional shoe companies are out, Ball said he will reach out to the Chinese brands, which include Peak, Li-Ning and Anta, and he's not counting out taking on an entrepreneurial partner outside the business.

"That includes Facebook," he said.

Ball said he did indeed have a prototype for Lonzo's first shoe.

"We're not going to sign with a company and then wait around for five or six years for a shoe like Paul George had to wait for with Nike," Ball said.

When asked how long he has been working on the design of Lonzo's shoe, Ball said, "I've been working on that shoe ever since my boys were born."
 
LaVar Ball is just the worst.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-armour-adidas-not-interested-deal-lonzo-ball

An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball.

Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were not interested in completing a deal with his son. Sources with the three companies told ESPN.com that they indeed were moving on.

Never in the history of modern-day shoe endorsements have the big companies all stepped away from a potential top pick nearly two months before the NBA draft. But LaVar, who has been representing Lonzo in the deal, has offered something that has no precedent.

In his meetings with all three companies, LaVar insisted that they license his upstart Big Baller Brand from him, according to the companies. He also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be Lonzo's first shoe.

"We've said from the beginning, we aren't looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar told ESPN. "We're looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they're not ready for that because they're not used to that model. But hey, the taxi industry wasn't ready for Uber, either."

Last week, Nike consultant George Raveling, at SportsBusiness Journal's World Congress of Sports, called LaVar "the worst thing to happen to basketball in the last hundred years."

The way LaVar sees it, Raveling's comment is indicative of what longtime businesspeople say when the way of doing things changes.

"Just imagine how rich Tiger [Woods], Kobe [Bryant], Serena [Williams], [Michael] Jordan and LeBron [James] would have been if they dared to do their own thing," LaVar said. "No one owned their own brand before they turned pro. We do, and I have three sons, so it's that much more valuable."

Lonzo declared for the draft after one season at UCLA. LaVar's other sons have also committed to UCLA, including LiAngelo, who arrives on campus this year, and LaMelo, who just finished his sophomore season in high school.

Ball would not disclose how big the Big Baller Brand has become -- the company sells hats and T-shirts ranging from $38 to $100 on its website -- but he said current sales numbers shouldn't have been on the mind of the shoe companies.

"When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, those guys weren't profitable," LaVar said.

Now that the traditional shoe companies are out, Ball said he will reach out to the Chinese brands, which include Peak, Li-Ning and Anta, and he's not counting out taking on an entrepreneurial partner outside the business.

"That includes Facebook," he said.

Ball said he did indeed have a prototype for Lonzo's first shoe.

"We're not going to sign with a company and then wait around for five or six years for a shoe like Paul George had to wait for with Nike," Ball said.

When asked how long he has been working on the design of Lonzo's shoe, Ball said, "I've been working on that shoe ever since my boys were born."

It weird to root against an entire families success but I can't help myself. He is a complete arse
 
LaVar Ball is just the worst.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-armour-adidas-not-interested-deal-lonzo-ball

An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball.

Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were not interested in completing a deal with his son. Sources with the three companies told ESPN.com that they indeed were moving on.

Never in the history of modern-day shoe endorsements have the big companies all stepped away from a potential top pick nearly two months before the NBA draft. But LaVar, who has been representing Lonzo in the deal, has offered something that has no precedent.

In his meetings with all three companies, LaVar insisted that they license his upstart Big Baller Brand from him, according to the companies. He also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be Lonzo's first shoe.

"We've said from the beginning, we aren't looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar told ESPN. "We're looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they're not ready for that because they're not used to that model. But hey, the taxi industry wasn't ready for Uber, either."

Last week, Nike consultant George Raveling, at SportsBusiness Journal's World Congress of Sports, called LaVar "the worst thing to happen to basketball in the last hundred years."

The way LaVar sees it, Raveling's comment is indicative of what longtime businesspeople say when the way of doing things changes.

"Just imagine how rich Tiger [Woods], Kobe [Bryant], Serena [Williams], [Michael] Jordan and LeBron [James] would have been if they dared to do their own thing," LaVar said. "No one owned their own brand before they turned pro. We do, and I have three sons, so it's that much more valuable."

Lonzo declared for the draft after one season at UCLA. LaVar's other sons have also committed to UCLA, including LiAngelo, who arrives on campus this year, and LaMelo, who just finished his sophomore season in high school.

Ball would not disclose how big the Big Baller Brand has become -- the company sells hats and T-shirts ranging from $38 to $100 on its website -- but he said current sales numbers shouldn't have been on the mind of the shoe companies.

"When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, those guys weren't profitable," LaVar said.

Now that the traditional shoe companies are out, Ball said he will reach out to the Chinese brands, which include Peak, Li-Ning and Anta, and he's not counting out taking on an entrepreneurial partner outside the business.

"That includes Facebook," he said.

Ball said he did indeed have a prototype for Lonzo's first shoe.

"We're not going to sign with a company and then wait around for five or six years for a shoe like Paul George had to wait for with Nike," Ball said.

When asked how long he has been working on the design of Lonzo's shoe, Ball said, "I've been working on that shoe ever since my boys were born."
View: https://twitter.com/BrodyLogan/status/857976072297734144
 
Henry Abbott out at ESPN. Kind of crazy to think about since he's basically responsible for basketball twitter and almost every NBA writer out there today.
 
Henry Abbott out at ESPN. Kind of crazy to think about since he's basically responsible for basketball twitter and almost every NBA writer out there today.

wow! that one really surprises me. they fired ethan strauss and he writes for the most popular team in the nba. they might as well just fire every nba writer, what's the point in keeping any now?

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truehoop family tree - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZqMhlA_U2LzYLKORY75gFyqriiyHcOK1OsFgnrN3H5s/edit#gid=0

just hope they fire that clown amin elhassan. clueless and arrogant.
 
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