But for the record, if you use an exception (mid-level, whatever) to become a tax payer you impose a one-season hard cap on yourself at $74 million.

Keep up the good work dude!

Could it be because he plays along side a friggin ball hawk, that NEVER comprehended the FUNDAMENTALS of the game…like pass it to the wide open 7 foot dude !

The lakers can make all the trades they want ! Until they change the philosophy and get the ball outta the Harlem Globetrotters hands….I will enjoy seeing them walk off the court with their tails between their legs…..ahahahahaha !

The league/ Stern should have sued the lakers for how they Purchased Pau, under the table.

Which would have removed that 5th ring the lakers PURCHASED !

I also agree….keep kobe as long as he can play. That just means your team will not be getting better, during that period ! Which works GREAT for 80% of all bball fans that dispise the Yankee approach they have historically employed, which is out spend everybody to BUY A CHIP !

Now that the playing field has been leveled and it will be harder to PURCHASE CHIPS…Ya’ll gonna get ran outta the gym, like you did last year agains the Mavs and the early exit this year….ahahahaha

But by all means and to the demise of the team and organization…keep the fake- Wanna-Be-Like-Mike Dude….ahahaha

I’m only allowed to give you 1 thumbs up. I’d give you more if I could….ahahahaha!!!

I’ve been telling the uninformed, disillusioned laker fans “the facts” for years now. They think with their emotion as opposed to verifiable logic.

There are between 50-70 of them that troll this site. So, we both will get thumbed down….they do that as if it really means the facts are not real…..ahahahaha

Great post

If going to 15 Finals the past 30 years means spoiled and delusional…HA! yeah, man…I’ll take it. BTW, how has your team fared the past 30 years?

the demographics of the league have now changed. The lakers were the Yankees of bball. They out spent everybody else. Well, now there is a stiff penalty for that. So, lets see if they can attract the talent they previously attracted, now that it is a more level playing field, implemented by the new CBA.

Please understand, players didn’t go to the lakers, as you would like to believe, because they simply LOVED the lakers. They went there because the lakers had the money to pay them more than other teams could ever offer.

Now let’s see how many premier players are willing to take less money to play along side the Ball Hawk/ Harlem Globetrotter/ And1 / Jack-Up artist.

I can GUARANTEE you, LBJ’s prediction of – Not 2, 3,4,5,6,7 will come true, with a skilled 7 footer in the post, like Gasol.

The fact that the Harlem Globe Trotter dude/ #24 / Fake M.J. wanna-be can’t play alongside the likes of Gasol, clearly define his lack of bball knowledge and define the reason why he has only won ONE MVP of the NBA !

They make comments like ” MY TEAM ” as if they have a financial investment, stock holdings or part ownership….what a farce !!!

kobe is past his prime ! As with all athletes, you are only as good as the last championship you won. There are ZERO additional championships in kobes future (unless he goes and plays with LBJ…..ahahahahahaha)
kobe is a declining asset. As with all investments, the Buss family will be STOOPID to keep a depreciating asset, that they are paying top dollar for, on their books.

If my estimates are correct, this should get about 50-70 tumbs down, from the disillusioned laker hopefuls, that troll this site. ……ahahaha

Trade Gasol to Boston for one of the Celts 2 1st round picks.

its all there in black and white with the new cba. If you choose to ignore FACTS, that’s your choice. You cannot go by history on this. The cba IS going to change the landscape of the league.

Sadly, you DO have your head in the sand. You’re blindly thinking its going to be just like it was in the past, when others, based in reality knows it nit to be so.
There will be no getting Magic or Worthy with a 1st rounder because someone made a dumb trade. There will be no Kareem or Gasol type trade, because Stern isnt allowing one sided trades anymore. There are huge taxes for going over the cap. I don’t care how much $ they have, paying 50 mil in luxury tax is not smart .or good business.
Again, face facts.
These idiotic trade scenarios for Gasol are laughable. 3 1st rounder for a 31 yr old making 19 mil? Gasol for J. Smith?
Not happening. You Laker fans are spoiled for one, delusional for sure.

Yeah…still waiting on getting my head out of the sand…and the “Rapture” is happening this year because the televangelist said so (as he says every year)… my point…every year, i always hear someone say, “ah…things are different now (for whatever reason)! and the lakers are going down the tubes and into the land of sub-.500 seasons!” 30 years is a very long time…and they were good for a long time before that. History proves my point dude. not sure what else is to say about that. of course i expect bad seasons to happen every so often…but you see…i’m lucky, man. being a Laker fan is knowing my franchise competes every year…and the numbers show it.

Just like players want to play for the Yankees, Ohio State, Patriots, Manchester United, etc….a lot of NBA stars will always covet playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.