Kwahi Leonard to LA
Hmm. Wonder what the Lakers do now.
further implode?
As a kid from NY/NJ, I started out as a Knicks fan. Then I fell in love with the Showtime Lakers. Nowadays, I am rooting for the Clippers and the Nets.
Surprised you aren’t posting this on a Clemson board.
Shouldn't this be marked OT?
Damn, wish I'd said that.
By implode you mean be just fine and compete for a Championship? The Lakers signed LeBron James and Anthony Davis in back to back years. Kept their best young rising star, and unloaded a bunch of injury prone young guns that didn’t show much the last few seasons. They just signed Danny Green, and are going to get Iggy. I would take LeBron and Davis over Leonard and George (Leoanard is probably the best of the 4 today, but George is the worst). Championship is going to run through the City of LA.
nah lakers will be garbage
You keep telling yourself that.
They were garbage and then they got Shaq and Kobe, they were garbage then Kobe got Pau Gasol, they were garbage and now they have LeBron and Anthony Davis. We had a shit year with laughable front office drama, but the Lakers will be just fine.
You keep tellin yerself that
You would take Lebron over George going forward? George has the injury history but that also means less miles. Lebron is at the point where he’s going to have a hard time playing full seasons.
I don’t see Lebron playing at the level PG did last year anymore in his career.
Leonard is the best player in the league. They both are elite defenders. Fuck lebron the producer
They didn't sign Davis. They traded away everything but Kuzma (who wasn't their best young star) to get him with one year left on his deal.
Only way to get Iggy is if Memphis buys him out. For now Memphis is hoping to trade him for something of value which rules out the Lakers. Clippers should have the significant edge over the Lakers for now with their current depth and bench. And unlike PG and Kawhi, Lebron only has a couple of seasons as one of the top 5-10 players in the league before Father Time does his thing. So its win now or bust for them.
The Lakers didn't sign Anthony Davis. They traded for him and Ant has one year left in his contract
LeBron had Kyrie and Love and a bunch of meh players to fill the roster and they still needed 7 games and a Draymond ejection to beat the Durantless Warriors.
Now its a much older LeBron and AD and what else? A rising star?
I guess the Lakers will compete for a title the same way they will compete for the 3rd or 4th spot in the west.
LOL...16 championships and counting.
"Hmm. Wonder what the Lakers do now."
They get used to losing to the Clippers.
You mean “kawhi Hanko is cliserps”
He's not minke violatik?
This whole thing is totally cofefe.
I dont know anyone named Kwahi Leonard.
I’ll take click bait for a hundred Alex.
Giggle
Hope the click bait wasn't intentional. Surprised by this move. Sure thought Lakers would be able to reel him in. West will be wide open.
I'm having a bowl of Kashi for breakfast.
You mean Kauai Leonard.
It’s a brave new world when players find the Nets more attractive than the Knicks and the Clippers more attractive than the Lakers. All these moves and all this newfound optimism for all these teams. Some fans are going to be really disappointed this season when it turns out their teams’ moves didn’t pay off.
Kawhi news hits first. Is it time for formal announcement of franz to Michigan??
As a Clippers fan, I have no idea what you’re talking about.
The Lakers are irrelevant and have been since Kobe retired. The Clippers did make the playoffs this season, unlike LA’s other team.
I just saw that the Clippers are the favorites to win the next NBA championship. Just because Laker fans are delusional and living off of past glories doesn’t mean I am wrong.
Injuries can change anything for anyone. But I believe the Lakers win the 2020 title. James is better than Kawhi, and Davis better than George. For this coming season at least.
James is done bra. Clip city
LeBron and Kawhi PER is almost identical. They’re both in the top 10. Anthony Davis is top 3. Pail George isn’t even top 20. LeBron and Kawhi is pretty evenly matched. But Davis and George? Davis is so far and away a better player that it is laughable to compare them. Anthony Davis is better than all 4 of them. There is a reason the Lakers traded so much for him. He’s a building block that will continue on after LeBron. Kawhi may be surpassing LeBron over the next few years but Davis and LeBron for the next 2 to 3 years is way better than Kawhi and George. Again, LeBron may decline a little as Kawhi rises some, but even if LeBron declines he’ll still be better than George.
“Kawhi is headed to LA. Is he teaming up with Lebron? You wouldn’t believe fans reactions as they’re left with their jaws dropped...”
The NBA is such a fascinating league. I probably watch 10 games a year (I think I tuned into roughly 4 playoff games), but consume a lot of the podcasts and articles written specifically because of things like this. I honestly believe team building in the NBA is more interesting than the product on the court.
And with the Clippers acquisition of Paul George... After a brief moment of thinking he might make it back to the top, I honestly don't think Lebron James wins another NBA title. The Lakers roster is the hottest of garbage after the top 2. Meanwhile, the Clippers top 2 is primed to stop Lebron and still have a lot of depth in guys like Beverly, Zubac, Williams, Harrell, etc. Not to mention, Lebron is much older than the other 3 superstars in LA.
Wild summer.
It's true. It's the only league where the offseason is a more interesting follow than the season itself.
Intentional clickbait title is so hilarious. Great work.
Other NBA thoughts:
What OKC does next will be fascinating. They could probably swap Westbrook to a desperate team for assets and have a million first round picks over the next 6-7 years...OR they could rebuild around him.
How many picks would it take to grab Kevin Love and Bradley Beal?
I don't imagine it would take much to get Love. He's mostly a shooter who gets injured a lot.
I don't really care for the NBA, but I gotta say it's pretty fascinating how teams can go from nothing to buying an entire superteam overnight. There's so much movement of big names
I wouldn’t say the Clippers are nothing at this point. They took the Warriors to 6 games this year, they have a strong young nucleus, in LA and it ha they have the richest owner in the NBA. $40 Billion Strong, trust me the Clippers are gonna be around and relevant now for as long as Balmer is there and he lets West and crew donthere thing.
In other NBA news, looks like Duncan Robinson is one week away from earning a guaranteed $1 million this year.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/fl-sp-miami-heat-china-20190705-k45pqyzflffbffixkhvk7tvevq-story.html
No one is interested in playing with LeBron.
Kawhi about to shit all over Lebron's legacy.
I absolutely love it
He’s going to win 3 titles and 3 Finals MVP awards just like Lebron. Unlike Lebron though, he’s going to do it for 3 different teams
Lakers will Settle for Trey Burke