04 Aug 2017 02:05:19
LA Lakers banana boat pipe dream

-Sign Deron Williams 1yr 4m

•Lakers-Knicks-Mavs mid-season trade
LAKERS get Carmelo Anthony and a future 2nd (via Mavs)
KNICKS get Wesley Matthews and Devin Harris
Mavs get Julius Randle, Luol Deng, and 2020 Lakers 1st

2017/ 18 Lineup:
PG: Ball, Williams, Ennis
SG: KCP, Clarkson, Hart
SF: Anthony, Ingram, Brewer
PF: Nance, Kuzma
C: Lopez, Zubac, Bryant


2018 OFFSEASON

-Trade Jordan Clarkson for Dwyane Wade (2yr 19m) and Jerian Grant

-Draft a point guard in 2nd round

-Waive Tyler Ennis (non-guaranteed)

-Re-sign Carmelo Anthony 2yr 30m
-Sign LeBron James 2yr 61m
-Sign Chris Paul 2yr 41m
-Sign JaVale McGee 1yr room exception
-Re-sign Deron Williams 1yr minimum
-Sign Vince Carter 1yr minimum

2018/ 19 Lineup:
PG: Paul, Williams, Draft
SG: Ball, Wade, Hart
SF: James, Ingram, Carter
PF: Anthony, Nance, Kuzma
C: McGee, Zubac, Bryant.

1.) 04 Aug 2017
04 Aug 2017 16:29:04
1. We won't sign Deron Williams. He's garbage and our 2017-18 roster is set. We especially shouldn't sign him next year when he'll be even worse.

2. Melo will only waive his trade clause for Houston and debatably Cleveland. Not to mention giving up Randle and a 1st rounder is too much to get rid of Dengs contract when we can use the stretch provision on him next summer.

3. If we did trade for Melo he'd play the PF and Ingram would start at SF.

4. We already have options lined up to trade Clarkson and not take back salary. We don't need a D-wade sign and trade, because we could still sign him and get a minor asset in return for Clarkson.

5. In your situation, Melo would be opting out to resign for $18 mil less. That's not going to happen, especially when he has a reputation for caring more about money than championships.

6. LeBron has stated that he would take a significant pay cut to play with the entire "banana boat" club. $4 million is hardly a paycut for someone with a billion dollar shoe deal (Durant gave back more than that this summer) .

7. The banana boat idea is not a pipe dream. It's a concept that won't even get us into the finals, will drain our assets for temporary mild success, and prevents us from building a future contender when the Warriors reign ends. Why overpay for 4 veterans that are all older than 34 and near retirement so we won't be able to flip them for assets.