LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

The budget seems unsustainable. I don't think they can afford to pay everyone.



If they just kept people but upped KD to about 30 mil, they are looking at 160 million in payroll.

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While the Warriors will not pay the repeater tax during the upcoming season, it can help quantify the burden involved. For 2017-2018, Golden State is expected to have a total team salary just over $135 million, which produces a luxury tax payment of $30.3 million and a total player cost of $165.7 million.

All of those elements would still be in play if the Warriors face the repeater tax along with an additional charge of $16.1 million, the amount they are over the luxury tax line. So that $165.7 million figure jumps to $181.8 million without adding anything to the team on the floor for that extra money.

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besides the big 4, if they stay healthy, they will have to have minimum level players for the most part to keep it going. That may work, but it's not a bulletproof model.

If you catch a team on the front end of this spectrum, you could have a VERY long run of success and keep all of your key people and not be in Salary Cap/Repeater tax hell. It's something his agent should definitely bring up. Pretty sure KD likes Walton too, but I'd have to dig for that.

 

No matter how you slice it, LeBron nor Kevin Durant won their first titles "by themselves" . They both made a career move, for their benefit, can't fault them anymore, titles are hard to come by. I don't know what's keeping me from fully liking the Warriors, but what I will give them props for is building that team organically. They weren't some super loaded team with superstars before they got to this point.

That's kind of how I wanted our team to be, so we could have longevity. But if adding LeBron or KD right now while they still have their powers means keeping a title away from C Bags, and us adding 17, 18, or even 19, I'm all for it.

 

The problem is that you’re overestimating our 09 squad a bit.

Take the superstar off that team. Do they still make the finals? Do they even make the playoffs? Even with Phil and a winning system? They’d be pretty much in the same boat with the Lebronless Cavs. The only real difference is that they would have Phil which would give them a chance, but to say they’d make it out the West is not very realistic. I mean you’re acting like our team never made mistakes or played bad.

The other big difference is that everyone on that 09 squad knew their role. Luke, Sasha, Mbenga, and Farmar knew their role. Odom, Bynum, Ariza, and Fisher knew their role. Kobe was the Superstar and Pau the All Star. When everyone on a team knows their role and what their called upon to do at all times and in the majority of situations then a team can and will succeed.

I don’t believe this is the case with the Cavs. Lebron is the superstar, everyone knows this, but no one else really knows their role. And it’s not for the role players to take over and carry the load in the crucial moments it is for the Superstar to carry the load and control the game; to close it out. This is why in the big moments this year, the Cavs have more often than not failed or come up short, because the role players were being called upon to do something that their role does not constitute.

Kevin Love should be treated like the All Star he is. Like an actual 2nd option. He is thrown in with the other role players and relegated to a jump shooter. The coaching staff should be running a “Lebron on the floor system” and a “Lebron off the floor” system so that when Lebron is off the floor the offense can still flow through Kevin Love and the other role players know what they’re supposed to do. This would help Lebron stay at around 32 minutes or so per game, but no, this coaching staff and the stubbornness of Lebron prevents this from happening.

Once again the majority of the Cavs woes has to be put on Lue and his coaching staff, then on Lebron, then on the players, but no one gets a pass in this.

 

As much I hate the idea, I'm convinced that the Kang will be a Laker next year. I would much rather steal Durant somehow and still get PG, that's the pipe dream that will never come true.

 

Also, it’s Chris Haynes of BSPN. Enough said!

I believe we are the top option and I feel very confident in Magic and Pelinka’s ability to close the deal.

 

See...when sirron tries, he does produce quality posts haha.

Lacob's bottom b**** is staying put from the sound of things...



And @tada, agree to disagree, cause the only biotch I see is Durantulame.



At least I'll give it to him for actually using his real account and not a burner to make such a bold statement.

 

Yep. Pay the luxury tax bill. Championships are hard to get...

 

im lil confused, is the writer saying la isnt as hot on james or james isnt as hot on la?

 

usually in the past the phrase "will get a meeting" would make me cringe because the dinosaurs mitch and jim buss would repeat the same old "look at all our titles" BS and scare every potential big name FA away

don't get that feeling anymore with rob and magic running the show because they know how to connect to this new generation of stars

I'll honestly be happy with just one of PG and lebron. I still think the lakers are lebron's #1 option, all the signs point to that. Philly is the only other destination that makes sense but it seems like the lakers present a more ideal situation for him

 

You gotta be cerebral???

What the f*** does the Kang know....Swaggee about to win a chip and its about to be a back2back for Javale Mc..Gee, I thot I thaw a puddy tat...nah bruh, you just caught a glance of dem cattails coming out the back of yo f***ing head.

Is this real life?

 

still trying to take credit for Kyrie's ability I see....

*sigh*

ABL

 

If there's a team to compare these Cavs to....it has to be that 2007 Cavs team that got swept by the Spurs!

It was literally Lebron and....Boobie Gibson, Big Z, Larry Hughes, and Drew Gooden!