LeBron James to the Lakers
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Does feel like the 80s.. they signing cats like there ain't no 3 point line
If you can't be effective in Orlando and Phoenix, can you be effective for a good team
I guess they're not going to be playing Jrue off the ball a lot now
Damn...
What is Rondo gonna do on Lebrons Lakers? Rondo has a bad attitude and he can’t shoot, on that team he’s the point guard in name only, Lebron is going to be the point guard. So now you got Lonzo and Rondo, both supposedly point guards but neither one can shoot...smh, then they let Julius Randle go, for what?
I said in another post, he left because of security concerns; white terrorism. Playing ball somewhere and a socialist coming out of nowhere start shooting at him. I like basketball, but not a big fan of professional sports because it is too corporate.
People in Ohio do not know how to act, they chased him around everywhere, he had no privacy. In Los Angeles, the environment will be less focused on him and his family.
Lakers are bringing in defensive minded players. I do agree they need shooters. They were the worst 3 point team last year.
You just named the Celtics, Warriors and Knicks, three teams that have been around since the NBA was called the BAA, those teams have 70 years of history, loads of hall of famers and championships and are in large markets and will always been in the title picture.
If you look at Atlanta and New Orleans, two black cities, football hungry cities, can you sell them on basketball when it's common knowledge that those teams will only go so far? The Jacksonville Jaguars were 4 points away from the Super Bowl, the Jaguars could become the next dynasty in the NFL, in fact all 32 teams have an equal chance of being a dynasty with chances like that, football wins.
You can't say that about the NBA, It's only a few teams with a real chance the rest of these teams are the Washington Generals. Fans know this and they talk with their money. Walk around New Orleans or Atlanta and ask people if they want to follow these bummy ass teams? New Orleans is already a "seasonal" city to begin with, nobody wants to follow bummy as team that has a season the length of a school year and similar to New Orleans, Atlanta has plenty of other shit to do.
If Odell Beckham becomes a free agent, LA might be a nice destination but all 32 teams would have change, LeBron signed with the Lakers the next day after Free Agency started even tho it was said that his reps would meet with the Sixers.
Lebron is looking to play more off ball. Kobe said that was one the main reasons he wanted Chris Paul so bad at the end of his career.
And these signings are geared toward guarding the warriors offense.
Now Rondo.
Also, all these are 1 year deals for space next year to have the "opportunity" to sign Kawhi, and other free "top shelf"agents. Couldnt do it this year because of Dengs bitch ass or couldve had Cousins/Kawhi
The team will look nothing like this next year.
I believe theyre not beating the Warriors this year no matter what they do anyway.
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Collin Sexton is the face of the Cavs. If he ends up becoming like a Kyrie Irving type of player LeBron is gonna wish he didn't leave the Cavs.
Not enough to beat the Warriors.
Randle would be a good fit with Phoenix.
I think him and Devin Booker would feed off each other.
Oh, that's not even a bad critique in my opinion. He gives more chances than he should and is loyal to a fault. Because at the end of the day, if that organization was worth a fuck, LeBron could sit back and let a real GM/coach/Owner make those decisions, like Pat Riley or the like. As far as Kyrie, I have seen several reports that LeBron asked them to not go through with the Kyrie trade..just get him to camp and they will hash it out, but they gave Kyrie what he wanted.
Rondo ain’t worth no 9 million either
We need a consistent 3-pt shooter. Can't do diddly in the west without one. No sense in building a new-look Cavs in L.A.
Who else is available/tradeable? that can play with Lebron.
Hell my cousin and I was joking that Kobe is coming out of retirement. He was like "Koke shooting jumpers now and wouldn't have to play the whole year". I was like damn that, Kobe can be a Kendrick Perkins, playoff signee. I said it would serve two purposes...1) Kobe could catch Jordan in rings. 2) LeBron would never catch Kobe in rings. 
Playmakers and ballhandlers...
LeBron turns 34 this year...
They have to take the load off of him the Cavs ran him into the ground...
Rondo will be a great on court mentor for Ball... A veteran PG to show him the details....
All that is true but ain't nobody trying to come to Cleveland...
Dam Gilbert made more decision than people think, it's just nice to blame Lebron.
Getting money for Smith, kinda was on him but Philly was bout to give it to him, also TT was gonna get that money for Toronto so that money thing ain't that big of a deal.....
If he just gets the Lakers competetive ( which he will) he will clear $300-400 mill in the next 3 or 4 years with all of the front runners sitting on piles in LA. This is the ultimate retirement parade. Not 1, not 2 , not 3 , but 400 million
Hell of a business move!
James could be the first billionaire athlete still active.
It's said for him to get there in three years....
Jamal Crawford
Nemanja Bjelica
Shabazz Napier
Dwyane Wade
Kyle O'Quinn
Kevon Looney
Dante Exum (Restricted)
Brook Lopez
Montrezl Harrell (Restricted)
Rodney Hood (Restricted)
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Wayne Ellington
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Dwight Howard
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Avery Bradley
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