So Melo is officially up for sale in New York (See link above ). With the Lakers misfortunes in free agency: Paying too much for role players, not signing similar role players of the past to smaller deals, not getting meetings with stars, etc.....
Is it time to finally take a few pieces of the young group and turn them into a star player with some power to get other stars to LA (Looking at CP3's upcoming FA)?
Or do we stick with what we got and ride this wave of inconsistency?
My opinion: Melo is most likely a buy low candidate since Phil has played his hand and put himself in a corner. This instantly takes DAR/Ingram/Zu/Randle off the table for me. This leaves Nance, who I think will be injury prone his entire career, but in games he does play will be an elite glue guy. Clarkson who has shown to be a great 6th man, but his passing and defense leaves a lot to be desired. Both still great young prospects that...
NBA legend Jerry West was hospitalized Tuesday after a medical scare at an exclusive L.A. country club, TMZ Sports has learned ... but we're told he's doing much better now and has been released.
Multiple sources tell us 78-year-old West was at a private country club when something went wrong. One source says he collapsed. Another says he fell. Either way, paramedics were called to the scene and he was transported to a nearby hospital via ambulance.
The good news ... we're told he's back home and on the mend.
West is currently an executive board member for the Golden State Warriors but spends a lot of time in Los Angeles.
TMZ