Recent content by jamiche

You've got it wrong. They are only trying to sign LeBron to get Evans prepared for games.

I haven't seen either game. I've read a lot of praise of his defense.

He has to be a contributor if they are going to do anything in the WC this year. Finch will play him because he has no choice. Last year he looked like a force in the summer league. In the real league he looked like a newborn fawn because Finch didn't give him any meaningful minutes...

LeBron is LeBron. He's not going to accept being the third option on any team. As this drags on, I also don't think he's going to accept a vet minimum (nor should he). I think it's going to take the MLE, which eliminates the wolves.

I have no idea where he's going. I have a hard time seeing him wanting to play with Harden.

I'm more interested in what people do than what they say, Jarrett. LeBron could have stayed with the Lakers for close to nothing and freed up a lot of money. Instead they are paying some guy who averaged 11pts/game mid teens to play pf. I don't care if LeBron's agent said nice things about...

If you are going to use a metaphor, the correct one would be raising the hoop, Jarrett. I haven't changed my position on anything. I think the Lakers have publicly said all of the right things, as they should. I think privately they didn't want him back. I think if he joined the wolves w/his...

There's always the private story behind the public story. The Lakers said all the right things, as they should. Think about what wasn't said. I haven't seen any comments from management to the effect of "Damn! We tried like hell to keep him for one more title run." The Lakers would have been...

Why did the Lakers sign a guy at the PF position who averaged 11 pts/game to a four year $52M contract instead of LeBron at the minimum?

The franchise that knows him best didn't want him back, presumably at the vet minimum he's offering everybody else. That's all you need to know.

Remember when Malone and Payton went title hunting with the Lakers at the end of their careers? How'd that work out? Beal has a statistically better chance of getting into the HoF than 42 year old LBJ has of bringing the wolves a title.

Sorry. Don't want LBJ. If they sign him, it becomes a collection of personalities instead of a team. LA was super polite and respectful about it, but they didn't want him either. The NBA is a pecking order league and whose team would it be? Ant's? Melo's? LeBron's? It would be a traveling...

I like the trade. There's an obvious upside which is it puts the wolves in the championship conversation. The secondary upside is Rudy, LaMelo and, yes, even Ant represent multiple first round picks and good but not great players coming back in trade value. If this experiment fails, one or...

I guess that post didn't age well.

I'm pretty sure that the $33M was rolled into the Ball trade. The wolves have the $6M bi-annual trade exception and about $14M for five roster spots before they hit the second apron. They aren't going to get a decent PF unless they trade somebody else. That's why I suggested Rocco. You are...