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jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

Yeah... a lot riding on the ping pong balls on Tuesday.

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

I might have to watch the lottery show tomorrow. It should be lots of fun.

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 5008 Location: LI

This may mean something, maybe not, but Magic Johnson is representing the Lakers tomorrow night.

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Joel Embiid will represent the 76ers, so if they win the lottery we can watch him yell out, "Trust the Process".

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

I believe in Magic.

He has a helluva track record as a rookie.

Jagdip

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

Whoooooo!

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

Congrats

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

The LaVar Ball years are going to be wild.

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 5008 Location: LI

I thought with Magic there, they would've gotten the top pick. I was wrong there.

Good luck with Poppa Ball.

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

How fucking great is it having Magic around?

Anything now seems possible. Now have available to trade:

No. 2 pick
Ingram
Russell
Randle
Clarkson
Nance

PG, Butler, Boogie (again) and whoever else aren't getting moved without the Lakers being a central figure. No reason to rush anything. Lakers have the stronger hand in any card game now. Players will want to come here and they have an abundance of assets to make it happen.

I know, I know, Boston. Fuck them. Adam Jones hopefully ensures no one asks to go there.

Jagdip

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 17247

Glad to keep the pick, along with the one in 2019. Would have been a disaster to have lost them.

Mixed about us chasing Butler or George. We could easily fall into the "Melo In New York" zone with Magic and Kobe's Agent trying to make a splash but not understanding you need to surround a Star with another Star or Two along with Quality Role Players and a Bench... or you're going to end up like Indy and Chicago were this year. Which frankly isn't good enough to get into the playoffs in the West. It's a really narrow margin of error to thread that needle, and we have a pair of folks learning the ropes of their jobs in a game of sharks. Those guys know that the Lakers are desperate to stop sucking, and will have little shame in fleecing us.

I'd just as soon see our names not come up in Boogie trades.

Boston is Boston. Better team with better cap space with better contracts with better assets without the shitty contracts and with a better GM. It pisses me off that they're closer to #18 than we are to tying them at #17. But I'm not going to let my hate of the Celtics deny that they are in far better shape than we are.

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

Boston isn't that close without all of the real superstars all getting hurt at once. No closer than Indy was a couple years ago when they were jobbing to LeBron in the ECF.

Alas, fuck the Celtics.

I agree on being patient with the Lakers. Have all the assets, wait for the right move and FAs See reasons to come now. Trade the Rockets pick for a '18 pick and really refill the cupboard.

Lonzo!

Jagdip

guren · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 1205

I wish the Lakers would have won the #1 pick. In this scenario, they would have had to choose between the (likely) best player in Fultz and the home town stud. The potential LaVar Ball meltdown would have been epic. Well, I guess I will cling to the hope that Ainge goes with Lonzo, or Magic chooses Fox.

glenn

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 5008 Location: LI

http://thebiglead.com/2017/05/17/lavar-ball-kristine-leahy/

Wonder what Jeannie Buss thinks of this.

JAG · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 2298

Paul George doesn't make All-NBA so isn't eligible for super max. He's meeting with the Pacers next week to discuss the future.

:)

Jagdip