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Old 07-03-2024, 07:36 AM
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Lakers and LeBron James reportedly agree to new 2-year $104 maximum deal, includes no trade clause. Crazy!
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Old 07-03-2024, 12:32 PM
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Lakers and LeBron James reportedly agree to new 2-year $104 maximum deal, includes no trade clause. Crazy!
Not a good look.

Guy is 39 and forces a max. contract on them and for his son too?

But I guess we shouldn't have expected anything else from him.
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It's clear he would not have gotten drafted if he wasn't LeBron's kid, but I don't see the big deal. The Bucks employ Giannis's brother to keep him happy, and he's not in the GOAT discussion. The Lakers got their championship out of LeBron already and are only concerned about money, which a father-son duo like this will bring in.
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I don't really see the big deal either. The Mariners signed Ken Griffey Sr. after he was released by the Reds so he could play 51 games with the biggest prospect on earth at the time. Nobody really had any strong opinions about it.

The Orioles traded for Tim Raines Sr. so he could play 4 games with his son in 2001 too. Again, I don't remember any strong feelings about it.

A lot of players drafted in the second round never make a team either. I don't see the wasted draft pick angle considering he was picked almost last.
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I don't really see the big deal either. The Mariners signed Ken Griffey Sr. after he was released by the Reds so he could play 51 games with the biggest prospect on earth at the time. Nobody really had any strong opinions about it.

The Orioles traded for Tim Raines Sr. so he could play 4 games with his son in 2001 too. Again, I don't remember any strong feelings about it.

A lot of players drafted in the second round never make a team either. I don't see the wasted draft pick angle considering he was picked almost last.
Feels different trading for an aging star (or in the case of Raines, HOFer) player, than drafting a kid who scored 4 points a game in a half year of college and pretty obviously had no business being drafted at all.
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Feels different trading for an aging star (or in the case of Raines, HOFer) player, than drafting a kid who scored 4 points a game in a half year of college and pretty obviously had no business being drafted at all.
They drafted him for an aging star. I think it's just as hard for people to truly explain their beef as it is for me to understand it. Why does anyone have a beef with the Lakers appeasing Lebron? He won them a championship and is the greatest player of his generation. Who else do you make these kinds of considerations for if not Lebron? The Lakers had 6 guys spend time on the roster last season who played under 100 minutes on the season, five of which made less than 10 total shots. I don't see Bronny taking up space anymore than those players did.
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They drafted him for an aging star. I think it's just as hard for people to truly explain their beef as it is for me to understand it. Why does anyone have a beef with the Lakers appeasing Lebron? He won them a championship and is the greatest player of his generation. Who else do you make these kinds of considerations for if not Lebron? The Lakers had 6 guys spend time on the roster last season who played under 100 minutes on the season, five of which made less than 10 total shots. I don't see Bronny taking up space anymore than those players did.
Did any of those 6 guys have a fully guaranteed 4-year/$7.9 million contract? Since players drafted in the second round don't usually have a significant impact on a team, it's one thing to use a pick to make LeBron happy since he will probably contribute about the same as anyone else they would have selected instead. Giving that much money to him is what I find moe appalling.
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I don't really see the big deal either. The Mariners signed Ken Griffey Sr. after he was released by the Reds so he could play 51 games with the biggest prospect on earth at the time. Nobody really had any strong opinions about it.

The Orioles traded for Tim Raines Sr. so he could play 4 games with his son in 2001 too. Again, I don't remember any strong feelings about it.

A lot of players drafted in the second round never make a team either. I don't see the wasted draft pick angle considering he was picked almost last.
I think there's a difference between MLB nostalgia moves like this and what is clearly a manipulated move to appease Lebron, but to his credit he has been honest about his intention. It smacks of intense Narcissism to me compared to your examples.
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Pelinka should be ashamed of the disingenuous nonsense he is spouting. LeBron would seem to have him and Jeannie Buss enthralled -- or intimidated.
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The new NBA logo (to replace Jerry West) looks more like a lymphoma in LeBron’s neck than a beard.

No wait, I think that’s Bronny hiding behind his daddy.
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Apparently he signed for 2 years and $101.35 million so a little below the max deal he could have received. Apparently this somehow helps the Lakers avoid a luxury tax threshold. I don't understand enough about the NBA salary cap and all the ways around it to really know how much it helps.
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