Dr. Phreeze
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Kobe isn't the reason why he didn't sign. It's arrogance of Jim Buss and his presentation. I'm giving Mitch a pass.
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Kobe isn't the reason why he didn't sign. It's arrogance of Jim Buss and his presentation. I'm giving Mitch a pass.
JaguarNation99
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Kobe probably didn't help matters, but the Lakers could have given a perfect presentation and still been unlikely to sign Aldridge. Players want to get paid, but they also want to win. Case in point, Greg Monroe, who's not even a star, turned down max offers from the Lakers and Knicks to sign with Milwaukee. Let that sink in.
Bane
The Vilian
But why does Kobe azz keep showing up. He did the same thing last year when they pursued Camelo.
All of the players are actually underpaid.
Really? So, I guess he showed up on his own without management asking him to be present right? SMH
That's what the star players do now. Duncan, Dirk, Harden, etc., meet with free agents along with management.
Bane
The Vilian
But most stars are very likeable. Everybody knows Kobe is an azz and a lot of people just don't care for him.
number1
Well-Known Member
Yeah in reference to the NBA and the owners, but to us folks with regular salaries, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone that says a player making $16 million a year to be a role player is underpaid.
Bane
The Vilian
Kobe is at the end of his career and there's no need to get his input on any decisions. I'm shocked they are not telling his azz to stay the muck away.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Well, when there is a restriction on salaries how else are you supposed to described it?
The Lakers being a 20-win team with an uncertain future played a bigger role than Kobe being there.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
We know that the stunt pull by the former commissioner was fout as hell and unprecedented, and that Jim Buss is clueless. But this time around this is all on Mitch if he doesn't get a star big to play down low.
He himself said that all the decisions made this go around will be his with Buss blessings. i.e. taking D'Angelo Russell instead of Jahlil Okafor.
At this stage of the game, it would be better to just tank another season and wait until next year if he can't get a legitimate big out of this FA period.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Not so, the lakers didn't offer him max
Report: Lakers and Knicks didn’t offer Greg Monroe maximum contracts
Dan Feldman
Jul 2, 2015, 12:29 PM EDT
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Are the Lakers and Knicks striking out in free agency?
Or are they just being patient?
Score one for patience with Greg Monroe, who agreed to a three-year max contract with the Bucks.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports:
Monroe plans to join a young core of talent with the Bucks, who made a strong commitment to Monroe after the Los Angeles Lakers and Knicks didn’t offer full maximum contracts, league sources said.
I think Monroe is worth a max contract to the Bucks and most teams with cap space this summer and a need for a center.
But the Lakers and Knicks, who have cap space and need centers, are different.
Part of the appeal of signing Monroe now is not having to compete for free agents with the huge number of teams that will have max cap space next summer. The Lakers and Knicks don’t have to worry as much about that, though. They can secure meetings with most, if not every, major free agent due to their prominent markets.
Bane
The Vilian
Anybody offering Greg Monroe a max deal need to be executed.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
This must be happening in your dream or some where huh?
Because as I know of to this day, this is probably the first time that Kobe went on an interview in the Jim Buss era. That's what everybody was getting on Jim Buss ass about when he first took over the team. ( not consulting your star player )
JaguarNation99
That's Dr. JN99 to you...
Not so, the lakers didn't offer him max
Report: Lakers and Knicks didn’t offer Greg Monroe maximum contracts
Dan Feldman
Jul 2, 2015, 12:29 PM EDT
2 Comments
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Are the Lakers and Knicks striking out in free agency?
Or are they just being patient?
Score one for patience with Greg Monroe, who agreed to a three-year max contract with the Bucks.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports:
Monroe plans to join a young core of talent with the Bucks, who made a strong commitment to Monroe after the Los Angeles Lakers and Knicks didn’t offer full maximum contracts, league sources said.
I think Monroe is worth a max contract to the Bucks and most teams with cap space this summer and a need for a center.
But the Lakers and Knicks, who have cap space and need centers, are different.
Part of the appeal of signing Monroe now is not having to compete for free agents with the huge number of teams that will have max cap space next summer. The Lakers and Knicks don’t have to worry as much about that, though. They can secure meetings with most, if not every, major free agent due to their prominent markets.
I saw reports saying differently, but even if they weren't max offers, the difference in salary was likely negligible. In either case, my bigger point remains that a player both teams wanted went to a much smaller market, citing that the Bucks were playoff ready.
JaguarNation99
That's Dr. JN99 to you...
Kobe did meet with Carmelo last summer, but I think it wasn't during the team's pitch. It was very widely reported that Kobe was part of the team's meeting with Dwight Howard.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
It was in the neighborhood of 30 million dollars difference.. In Greg Monroe case, they just weren't going to spend it on him.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Those guys are actual friends, well was in the case of Dwight Howard past tense. You're thinking about him meeting with Dwight when he opt out after playing with the lakers. That's when Kobe bascially told him that he needed to GTFU.
In the case of Carmelo, he never got to meet with him because he was stuck out of the country trying to get back from the Olympics or something that he had attended.
There was no Olympics last year.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Which part of or something did you not understand K.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Kobe misses Carmelo meeting; will meet with free agent Thursday evening
by Gordon Brunt Jul 3, 5:07 PM
Danny Moloshok / REUTERS
An altered meeting time has forced Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant to miss his team's meeting with coveted free agent Carmelo Anthony on Thursday, a source for ESPN has learned
Despite missing the meeting, ESPN reports Bryant intends to meet with Anthony later in the evening. Bryant is en route from his European vacation and hoped to arrive in Los Angeles in time, but the initial meeting time was changed, forcing Bryant to make alternate plans to try and help lure Anthony to the City of Angels.
Bryant's meeting with the star free agent will occur after the New York Knicks make their pitch to Anthony.
There's no indication yet on how the meeting between the two sides went, but it appears to have concluded just before 6 p.m. ET.
by Gordon Brunt Jul 3, 5:07 PM
Danny Moloshok / REUTERS
An altered meeting time has forced Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant to miss his team's meeting with coveted free agent Carmelo Anthony on Thursday, a source for ESPN has learned
Despite missing the meeting, ESPN reports Bryant intends to meet with Anthony later in the evening. Bryant is en route from his European vacation and hoped to arrive in Los Angeles in time, but the initial meeting time was changed, forcing Bryant to make alternate plans to try and help lure Anthony to the City of Angels.
Bryant's meeting with the star free agent will occur after the New York Knicks make their pitch to Anthony.
There's no indication yet on how the meeting between the two sides went, but it appears to have concluded just before 6 p.m. ET.
Kobe didn't meet with Melo last year with Lakers management. But it wasn't because of him attending the Olympics. He was in Greece.