2019 Offseason Thread

[cima]

A supposedly credible insider who has proven to have been right before on multiple stories says Kawhi Leonard is "very likely" to join the Lakers this offseason.

https://old.reddit.com/r/lakers/comm..._join_the_los/

Sounds like LeBron is the one trying to salvage this mess and had met with Kawhi in Philly last week.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ojandpizza

Man I didn't act like anybody was flocking anywhere. I said players at least went to New York, and have expressed how much they like playing there. This goes back as far as Kareem and as recent as Zion and encompasses everything in between. When is the last time any high profile guy has said something along the lines of "I love going to play the Clippers" or "it would be awesome to play for the Clippers".. never, that's my point.

Who are these players that have said “Man, I would love to play for the Knicks”? Are we counting trade reports/rumors or only comments from the players themselves?

Players saying they like playing at the Garden and actually wanting to play for the team are two different things.

As for Zion:

Quote:

When asked if he knew that Knicks fans are dying for him to come to the Big Apple, Williamson told the New York Post's Steve Serby that he'd be happy to play there. "I mean, I don’t know if they need much saving, but...to the New York fans, I really appreciate the love and support," Williamson said. "If the Knicks did draft me, I would love to be there. Like I said, whatever team drafts me, that’s where I want to be."

But or course folks twisted that around as if he said it unprovoked.

[The 24th Letter]

Glad all the important issues in LA are sorted out so they can focus their efforts on protesting the city's professional basketball team

[OSUFan_88]

Quote: Originally Posted by cima

A supposedly credible insider who has proven to have been right before on multiple stories says Kawhi Leonard is "very likely" to join the Lakers this offseason. https://old.reddit.com/r/lakers/comm..._join_the_los/ Sounds like LeBron is the one trying to salvage this mess and had met with Kawhi in Philly last week.

I have no doubt that someone tied to the team would leak this story. I also believe LeBron is recruiting him.

I'll believe Kawhi and LeBron on the same team when it happens. Because if I'm Kawhi, I'm going to LA, but not the Lakers.

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Its been said by a couple people but ill leave that where it is and see what happens in free agency

Plenty of things have been said and the opposite done as well

How much involvement does Kurt Rambis and Phil Jackson have is pretty odd on top of it

Then there's the old.. Vogel put his house up for sale this morning out there.


BTW, this trash protest is supposedly happening at noon here with media members going as well.

Embarrassing.

[JazzMan]

Jazz are reworking their front office.

Woj: "ESPN Sources: The Utah Jazz are elevating general manager Dennis Lindsey to Executive VP of Basketball Operations and making Justin Zanik the franchise’s new GM. Zanik has been Utah's assistant GM for five years."

Zanik has had a ton of interest from teams in regards to open GM spots, nice to hang onto him.

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Lakers to interview J.B. Bickerstaff for coaching position https://t.co/vWJVcQfRGO




Man lololol

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[ojandpizza]

ehhh I'll believe Kawhi to the Lakers when it happens.. But from a winning perspective it's easily a better destination than the Clippers. Lakers might be an absolute **** show, but this team healthy with LeBron is a substantially better playoff team than hoping Lou Williams gets hot off the bench. I'm not sure the Clippers + Kawhi would even be better than his situation right now.