Roster Improvement: Free Agents Now and Later?

Ariza3 wrote:I'm obviously extremely happy with the off season moves and our current team but entertain the idea:

After this coming season, CP3 will be a free agent. How insane would that be if we win the title this coming season, and somehow get CP3 to join the Lakers the following year. Imagine CP3 starting and Nash coming off the bench running the 2nd unit to perfection. CP3 would up the defense for the starters and set up Kobe,Pau, and Howard just as well as Nash. And then Nash would be able to set up Jaminson, Meeks, Ebanks, and Hill off the bench and prob be the 6MOY. It would be like our starting lineup is the Lakers and our bench unit is the Suns LOL.

Obviously not gunna happen, but it is crazy to think that it could happen...and winning the title this year could help CP3 decide. idk if Nash would come off the bench, and i obv wouldn't do that to him; im just thinking about the possibility of this happening bc it is actually possible if you think about our team, GM, and CP3 free agency. Our bench with Nash running it would be pretty tough to beat, let alone our starting lineup with the best PG in the league (no offense to the genius HOF that is Nash). CP3 will prob sign with the Clippers to a large contract but we have to think we could lose Dwight to the Clippers next year if CP3 recruits him and Dwight isn't happy with Kobe and the Lakers. I'm not thinking about who has how many years left on their contract, $, etc. but hypothetically, we keep the same roster but add CP3 to it, it could be even more impressive than now:

CP3/Nash
Kobe/Meeks
MWP/Ebanks
Pau/Jaminson
Howard/Hill

And if you're thinking about $...think about this. That would be a pretty expensive team but the Lakers will make prob around $150-$170 million this year if not more now that we have such an impressive starting lineup...and the way the new CBA has revenue sharing we might as well spend the money the Lakers make on ourselves as were gunna have to share it with the league anyways....selfish but its business.

IDK about CBA rules etc. so its obviously just a pipe dream, but it is a pretty cool thing to think about. CP3 and Howard carrying the Lakers once Kobe is gone.

Doc Brown wrote:^^^If I had to choose between Martin or Barbosa for the last spot on the team, give me Barbosa. Barbosa would kick Blake out of the lineup while Martin would be added for depth purposes. Waive Glock and don't sign either of the rooks to do it. It would give us 14 players with a legit 10 man rotation.

Azndude2190 wrote:Wouldn't trading Duhon+Glock bag us something pretty considerable?

Doc Brown wrote:

Azndude2190 wrote:Wouldn't trading Duhon+Glock bag us something pretty considerable?

Probably not. I'd take a TPE and be completely fine with it to be honest. Maybe a team that needs to meet the minimum salary requirement might take them.

therealdeal wrote:

Doc Brown wrote:

Azndude2190 wrote:Wouldn't trading Duhon+Glock bag us something pretty considerable?

Probably not. I'd take a TPE and be completely fine with it to be honest. Maybe a team that needs to meet the minimum salary requirement might take them.

I don't know that any team wants either one of those guys to be honest. Blake isn't that bad actually, just not worth 4 million dollars that's all. And of course Duhon isn't worth a bag of peanuts.

therealdeal wrote:That's asking for an awful lot of luck from the Lakers this season.

therealdeal wrote::man10:

There's a lot of luck of involved. In every situation thus far we've used assets to move/acquire pieces. First was draft picks, second was Andrew Bynum and filler, and third was the money we had available.

This time you want Mitch to trade crap for something somewhere? I don't know if even Mitch can do that. It took a first round pick to sell Fisher for goodness sake, and Blake is worse than that.

KB24 wrote:

therealdeal wrote::man10:

There's a lot of luck of involved. In every situation thus far we've used assets to move/acquire pieces. First was draft picks, second was Andrew Bynum and filler, and third was the money we had available.

This time you want Mitch to trade crap for something somewhere? I don't know if even Mitch can do that. It took a first round pick to sell Fisher for goodness sake, and Blake is worse than that.

if you can turn Luke's 2 year contract into Sessions expiring, you can do ANYTHING.

KB24 wrote:if you can turn Luke's 2 year contract into Sessions expiring, you can do ANYTHING.

khmrP wrote:a guy that we could target on the cheap that a poster mention I believe Rock, is Bill Walker. Looking at his career stats he could be considered a shooter. His 3pt % is better than Meeks, If we could dump Clark, Duhon or Blake, Walker could be decent insurance piece should Ebanks not live up to expectations.

Lakerjones wrote:

KB24 wrote:if you can turn Luke's 2 year contract into Sessions expiring, you can do ANYTHING.

^^ Agreed. Of all Mitch's magic wand feats, that was one of the tops. Luke freaking Walton.

therealdeal wrote:

Lakerjones wrote:

KB24 wrote:if you can turn Luke's 2 year contract into Sessions expiring, you can do ANYTHING.

^^ Agreed. Of all Mitch's magic wand feats, that was one of the tops. Luke freaking Walton.

Even with that we had to send a pick I think right? We had something of value attached to him. The most valuable thing we can attach to Blake is Duhon...