Hassan Whiteside is coming to LAL

[buddha]

3'Angelo-he will redeem himself
Clarkson-best SG in his class
Durant-he wants out of OKC
Randle-beastmode
Whiteside-the missing link


6th man-Ben Simmons-the spark plug

Durant isn't going to LA unless him and LeBron decide to team up and need a team with cap space and tradeable pieces so they can form a big a 3.

[Mean Joe Bean]

...the problem with this plan is Whiteside while physically dominant...is a pretty low IQ basketball player...he gets lost on the PNR every time even with sound defensive players like Bosh, Deng, and Winslow telling him what to do...how do you think that is going to go with three players that are some of the worst defensive players in the league? Whiteside has to play with other high IQ basketball players to give you those defensive expectations. As I just said...Hibbert was considered a good defensive center before he went to LA...now he's on the worst defensive team in the league. You can't build around Russell, Clarkson and Randle if you want to actually win...they are hopeless defensively.

With bad defenders as teammates, Whiteside likely gets even more blocks... but also likely more fouls.. foul triuble could be an issue.

[aquaadverse]

Coach Blatt is going to be the coach next year. That and the chance to try to become the next great Lakers bigman is too much for Whiteside to pass up, not to mention the tutelage of Karim Abdul Jabbar, Bill Walton and Shaq that he will receive if he becomes a Laker.

Miami is currently a much better and stable organization. Blatt isn't going there. And he is progressing quite nicely with Miami's coaching staff. Plus we can offer him more money due to early Bird Rights and no State income tax. All LAL has is history. Phil Jackson, Jerry West and Mr. Buss aren't there anymore.

[Crimsonrain777]

no relevant star free agents want to play for the Lakers anymore


just keep praying that you guys get lucky in the lottery. you're gonna be there for a while

[COnDEMnED]

Miami is currently a much better and stable organization. Blatt isn't going there. And he is progressing quite nicely with Miami's coaching staff. Plus we can offer him more money due to early Bird Rights and no State income tax. All LAL has is history. Phil Jackson, Jerry West and Mr. Buss aren't there anymore.

I was lead to believe this to be false. You don't have his bird rights and you don't have the cap space to max him out without dumping or severely cutting Wade's paycheck. Is this information faulty?

[HylianNightmare]

What about hibbert?

[kurple]

I give it two years before he fall as hard as Hibbert did

[kurple]

With bad defenders as teammates, Whiteside likely gets even more blocks...

How does this make any sense?

[Im Still Ballin]

I give it two years before he fall as hard as Hibbert did

Kind of hard to fathom

If Hassan did fall off, he'd still be better than Roy

Roy "11/7 with 2 blocks prime" Hibbert

[TYCRO]

You heard it here first folks. Hassan Whiteside is coming to the Los Angeles Lakers

And they will still suck.

[AirTupac]

D'Angelo
Clarkson
Ingram
Randle
Whiteside


Finals in 2019

[Jasper]

mods ban Nick Youngster

[PJR]

I'm sure Whiteside is dying to sign with the organization that signed Wayne Ellginton over him, based on a private workout.

[TYCRO]

mods ban Nick Youngster

Won't happen. If they won't ban 9er, then how can they justify banning anybody else?

[aquaadverse]

I was lead to believe this to be false. You don't have his bird rights and you don't have the cap space to max him out without dumping or severely cutting Wade's paycheck. Is this information faulty?

They hold his early bird rights. That means they must use cap space to sign him, but can offer him 7.5% raises per season versus the 4.5% any other team can offer.

The Heat will have $40M in cap space. So yeah, it'll require Wade to take a smaller salary and some other roster moves, but it's certainly doable.