Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

If true, ain't that a bitch......

 

Good luck moving that contract...

Only way I see that happening is something like Hayward for Paul.

 

Funny thing is he wants out Houston and I bet Houston wants him out too.

 

Indeed. They were stupid enough to give him that fat ass contract to begin with. Now let me tag @GhostOfPGA because I forgot to reply to his post, but I remember there was a graphic showing the teams that were interested in him. How true is it remains to be seen, but the teams mentioned were intriguing.

 

If Kyrie links with KD and Kemba stays in Charlotte, Butler goes to the Clippers... Paul to LA isn’t exactly crazy. Houston won’t like the return though.

 

Of those four teams, to me, the ones that make the most sense are the Suns and Heat. Both teams that could use a strong veteran influence. Both teams that don't have a guy already on the team who needs to dominate the ball to be effective ... which is why CP3 struggled to find his fit with the Rockets. He'd have the same problems in LA, and I believe Kemba is serious about staying in Charlotte, and CP3 and Kemba are redundant.

Only thing with the Heat is Winslow played so well for them at point. I don't know if he's a longterm point guard, but he and the team performed well enough there that I'm not sure I mess with it if I'm them.

 

If Lakers are looking for a point guard, best fit for them, IMO, is someone like George Hill.

 

I think his real struggle is old and broken down... He still will show glimpses of what he was but he's pretty small, and that quickness has gone and he's always getting hurt worse.

 

Or Beverley

 

I'd agree with that. But he has value to young teams like Miami and Phoenix. He needs to realize he isn't the player he used to be, though, and I am not sure he's that.

If I was the Lakers' GM, the more I think about it, the more I think I am not using all that cap room for another max FA. I am getting a solid 3-and-D point guard who doesn't need to dominate the ball. I am signing the best shooting wing I can. And I am signing a rebounding machine. That's how you construct a starting five that includes LeBron and AD.

That said, the glitz factor might demand they go for Chris Paul. And I think that leads to problems. He needs the ball in his hands constantly to be effective. So does LeBron. And AD needs guys willing to give him the ball.

CP3 would be to the Lakers' salary cap what empty calories are to my diet.

 

Chris Paul might still be good but i am not sure he can be the 1st or 2nd option anymore considering he is injury prone so as much as i hate to say it - -lakers might be the best fit for him

 

I'd like him to go to LA so that he and Lebron could be old together, if I'm LAL I wouldn't even think about it with that contract...

 

They could be the sequel to "Uncle Drew."

 

Get Melo too pls..

 

How would the Lakers even be able to make that work? I agree that would be best from a Portland perspective but I don't think it's even possible.

I just ran the numbers. It is impossible for the Lakers to trade for Paul this off season. They don't have enough contracts to make the trade work legally so they'd have to acquire Paul using mostly cap space.

LeBron, Davis, and Paul make a combined $103,036,358. This goes back to what I said about the Knicks and how stupid it was to stretch Noah. Instead of having a $15 million contract of Deng to include in trades to make this possible they stretched him and have a $5,000,000 hit against their cap that they can't remove. That makes their salary $108,036,358. The cap is projected to be $109 million.

Basically, any media member that says the Lakers are going after Paul is a moron.

 

I wasn't claiming it was possible, I was responding to the picture that had LAL as a team who wanted him. I have no idea if it is possible or not (looks like it's not). I was just saying if it happened I wouldn't mind it lol.

 

I know man! I wasn't saying YOU were a moron, I was responding to that tweet and your post talking about the Lakers' interest.

 

CBA stuff, I am a moron. lol.