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The Lakers will hopefully be fun to watch grow etc over the next 3 seasons. They have this years Number 2 (Lonzo) last years (Ingram), Julius Randle (7th overall pick in 14'), Jordan Clarkson, and Brooke Lopez who I think had his highest amount of three pointers made in a season for himself this year. What they lack is depth which is a bummer but with a team this young at least they can play extra minutes. I hope Lonzo can defend. :/
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Lonzo certainly did not defend in college but maybe the league will get him there. I do not think Randle will be in the long term plans and I am not sold on him but you never know. That core will look really nice with PG and Lebron next year though.
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Zach Lowe said today if the Lakers are making room for 2 max players, he can't see any way they can afford to keep Randle.
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Beloved Chrissy officially opts out!
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if this trade goes thru and Wade/Melo get bought out there is a chance the Cavs go into next years playoffs with a lineup of:

Kyrie
Wade/JR Smith
Paul George/Melo
Lebron
Tristan Thompson/Faried
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Warriors odds to win go from 9/5 to 2-1
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Good to see Riccio get in on all the fun rumor talk!!!
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DRiccio21 wrote:if this trade goes thru and Wade/Melo get bought out there is a chance the Cavs go into next years playoffs with a lineup of:

Kyrie
Wade/JR Smith
Paul George/Melo
Lebron
Tristan Thompson/Faried

Wait. What?

I'm running an event all this week and last and haven't seen shit. What's the possible talk?
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the rumor is George and Faried to Cavs, Love to Nuggets and then not sure what Pacers get.

then ultimately for my situation to unfold the Knicks buyout Melo and Bulls buyout Wade mid season and they end up signing with the Cavs
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Adding Anthony and Wade really doesn't do anything for me. Obviously they are positive additions, but at this point in their careers (really any point in Melo's) I don't think they are the answer to GS.

They definitely need to land Paul George and I think moving Love to do it is the right move (they can throw in JR too). Having George @ 3, James @ 4 and Thompson @ 5 is how they need to line up to compete with GS. Optimally, they'd get a reliable #2 that can shoot closer to 40% from 3pt, to stretch the floor. JR has done that through most of his career, but this last year was horrible and his streak shooting and James Harden-like defense drives me insane.

As for Faried, I've always liked him and would love to see him on the team. I don't think he's fit to be a starter in the league and he's going to struggle at times throughout the regular season because of his size and the fact that he relies so much on his athleticism to compensate. With that said, I think he matches up great against GS and a few other teams that are building their lineups like them.

They really need some financial wizardry to put together my perfect lineup:
C. Paul
K. Irving
P. George
L. James
T. Thompson
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DRiccio21 wrote:the rumor is George and Faried to Cavs, Love to Nuggets and then not sure what Pacers get.

then ultimately for my situation to unfold the Knicks buyout Melo and Bulls buyout Wade mid season and they end up signing with the Cavs
Ahhhh ok I gotcha. That makes more sense. Was trying to figure out how Melo and Wade made it
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ReignOnU wrote: They really need some financial wizardry to put together my perfect lineup:
C. Paul
K. Irving
P. George
L. James
T. Thompson
Oh sweet jesus. :shock:

Fresh buyout wade joining them in late February for bench support? Yikes.
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LaVar Ball, I haven't told you yet today, but I love you!!
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Brogdon wins ROY, 1st 2nd round pick to win it in 51 years.

That's amazing.
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Celtics draft history for like the last 6 years up until this year. Ainge gets a free pass for ripping off the Nets. He's made basically 1 great move (Marcus Thornton, the vet not the dude they drafted and a 1st for IT). If you gave Hinkie this stockpile of assets he might have had an Olympic team constructed.

2016 1 3 Jaylen Brown University of California, Berkeley
2016 1 16 Guerschon Yabusele Rouen Métropole Basket (France)
2016 1 23 Ante Žižić Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
2016 2 31 Deyonta Davis Michigan State University
2016 2 35 Rade Zagorac Mega Basket Serbia
2016 2 45 Demetrius Jackson University of Notre Dame
2016 2 51 Ben Bentil Providence College
2016 2 58 Abdel Nader Iowa State University
2015 1 16 Terry Rozier University of Louisville
2015 1 28 R. J. Hunter Georgia State University
2015 2 33 Jordan Mickey Louisiana State University
2015 2 45 Marcus Thornton College of William & Mary
2014 1 6 Marcus Smart Oklahoma State
2014 1 17 James Young University of Kentucky
2013 1 16 Lucas Nogueira CB Estudiantes (Spain)
2012 1 21 Jared Sullinger Ohio State University
2012 1 22 Fab Melo Syracuse University
2012 2 51 Kris Joseph Syracuse University
2011 1 25 MarShon Brooks Providence College
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Ouch, that's gross.

I was reading this article that had a complete breakdown and look back at that Ainge deal with the Nets. At the time of the trade, most thought those were great moves for the Nets. I didn't remember it like that.

I'm sure most have seen, they do a GM poll before every season with all kinds of questions, and one of the questions before the next season was "Best offseason moves" and the Nets, out of all 30 teams, were ranked #1 in that category.

Then it all went downhill from there.
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Typical Knicks fashion they waited much too long but finally they came to the conclusion that was obvious and Phil has to go. Adios triangle
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Hold on, going buy my CP3 Rockets jersey!!!

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