**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[whoaitsgee]

In all honesty when did the Lakers ever landed a big-name star via trade other than Pau Gasol?

It was all through making a splash in Free Agency. #Shaqpot #LABron

Dwight, Nash.

 

[drewsone]

CP3 but it got nixed lol

that was a super major trade

 

[sohi 23]

Too bad we don’t have PG right now.

We could leverage that we’re cool with Lebron/PG/young assets going forward and don’t need to pair Lebron/PG with unibrow.

Plus PG would’ve carried us while Lebron went down

Oh well.

 

[Lizakers]

The PG debacle was a huge misstep by Magic smh

 

[tonelow]

Too bad we don’t have PG right now.

We could leverage that we’re cool with Lebron/PG/young assets going forward and don’t need to pair Lebron/PG with unibrow.

Plus PG would’ve carried us while Lebron went down

Oh well.

I think that was Bron's plan from jump.

 

[drewsone]

PG wasn't ready for them LAbron lights lol

 

[DLF]

Rest of nba is so scRed of this trade happening

Bron/AD plus whoever else they sign in summer will be great for 3 years. Then LeBron retires, we go get another star to pair with AD and it’s 10 years total of dominance.

I see Ben Simmons taking QO and becoming unrestricted when his time comes and heading to LA

 

[had pants]

 

[MVP]

The PG debacle was a huge misstep by Magic smh

Again you have to have a willing participant on the other side. PG and his agent manipulated us though. If a guy tells you don't trade for me because I'm coming as a free agent what the hell are you supposed to do? And then IND like NO now was not going to trade with us. They filed tampering charges against us.

PG was told by Bron before hand he was coming and still said no thanks.

 

[titang545]

I see Ben Simmons taking QO and becoming unrestricted when his time comes and heading to LA

As long as he brings a jump shot with him.

 

[D StaXX]

Again you have to have a willing participant on the other side. PG and his agent manipulated us though. If a guy tells you don't trade for me because I'm coming as a free agent what the hell are you supposed to do? And then IND like NO now was not going to trade with us. They filed tampering charges against us.

PG was told by Bron before hand he was coming and still said no thanks.

Agreed. PG super played Magic with that bull****. That's some shiesty ****.

 

[Lizakers]

Again you have to have a willing participant on the other side. PG and his agent manipulated us though. If a guy tells you don't trade for me because I'm coming as a free agent what the hell are you supposed to do? And then IND like NO now was not going to trade with us. They filed tampering charges against us.

PG was told by Bron before hand he was coming and still said no thanks.

I thought a big part of that trade not going down was that we didn’t want to include Ingram and we figured we’ll just sign him outright without giving up assets. Was that not the case?

 

[Lizakers]

I see Ben Simmons taking QO and becoming unrestricted when his time comes and heading to LA

The way y’all go nuts over 9/5/5 I can’t imagine how you’ll be if we had Simmons 17/10/8

 

[drewsone]

Simmons and AD would be kinda cool.

Simmons need to start getting some resemblance of a jumper tho

 

[tonelow]

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

Woj just tweeted that AD will treat any trade as a rental, and wants to sign with us. If that’s the case then. WELP.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

We cool on Simmons.

 

[titang545]

Sigh so we going to loose more games just for NO to say thanks but no thanks. Only pushing us further behind in the playoff race. Those evil dirty MOFO's.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Whats the difference between out and doubtful. Just say he ain't playing.

 

[sohi 23]

Lakers were a 4 seed (and climbing) with just Lebron and the young core.

We gon be aite

 

[sohi 23]

Whats the difference between out and doubtful. Just say he ain't playing.

Lebron is angry at all the league denying him Unibrow and he wants to let it out

But nah there’s a chance he could play tonight. Just depends on how he feels pregame.

 

[MVP]

I thought a big part of that trade not going down was that we didn’t want to include Ingram and we figured we’ll just sign him outright without giving up assets. Was that not the case?

What was rumored at the time was the Pacers wanted BI & the #2 pick at minimum to get discussions started given how they believed the Lakers were pulling strings behind the scenes. I believe at that point was when supposedly Mintz/ PG made it known that the Lakers shouldn't trade away their talent because he was planning on coming as a free agent.

This was pre Lebron to the Lakers noise started.

Then PG fell in love w/ Russ + Mintz wasn't going to have him come after what happened with Ratsull and Juju. For him not to even take a meeting was petty.

 

[D StaXX]

 

[Maximus Meridius]

That deal for PG was too much. Who knows what our roster would look like if we gave all that up.

 

[tonelow]