The Lakers blatant tanking is pretty insulting to fans

[navy]

Next year is gonna be very very interesting if we keep the top 5 pick. That pick, let's say hypothetically the lottery pans out for us and we get the third pick; him, Randle, and hopefully a top free agent like Marc Gasol (long shot, but I'm saying that caliber), we should be a pretty solid team in the west. Isn't the new cap starting this summer? Kobe's 24m might not even be THAT bad next season, who knows.

Why do people act like rookies are useful? 19-20 years olds suck.

[T_L_P]

True.

[AirFederer]

24$ million that includes next season is pretty steep. No doubt. But I could see a team in win-now mode wanting a highly skilled, experienced, and ultimate asset. Kobe could help multiple contenders out there right now.

Yeah they would pay him to play for other contenders. Kobe is a massive negative.

[COnDEMnED]

Why do people act like rookies are useful? 19-20 years olds suck.

It's not about winning a championship right away next year, you know that. It's about getting 2, possibly 3 cornerstones to build around on rookie contracts, then going after big fish in 2016 and 2017 with cap space. That pick, Randle, and Clarkson is more appealing than Randle and Clarkson. Every little bit helps.

[Asiantastic]

Him sitting on B2Bs is one thing (still BS IMO) but being unable to play after resting since Thursday is a slap in the face to anyone who bought tickets to that game. It's pretty shameful and Adam Silver has to step in here.

Before anyone brings up the Spurs precedent, no one cares if Duncan doesn't play cos no one goes to games just to watch him...

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[dunksby]

To see Kobe. The 2005 and 2006 seasons were terrible but Kobe made every game interesting. This is why this stinks so much. It's one thing to watch a bad team but fans didn't sign up for a bad team that's also boring...

05 and 06? Kobe was spectacular then and it didn't matter where the Lakers were in the standings or who was playing with him . You can't be serious comparing that Kobe to this one.

[IMObjective]

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Oh damn, I thought it was going to be similar, not word for word, lol. It's gotta be the same person, hopefully.

[Sakkreth]

If they were tanking they would play Kobe.