07-19-2025, 06:51 PM
(07-19-2025, 06:17 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Doesn't it feel like the Lakers are in almost exactly the same position the Mavs were in towards the end of Carlisle's time, as Kidd was taking over? We were saying the same things...gotta find talent without using assets. I imagine that's frustrating for Luka (and for you, I'd think).
Also, I think the Lakers situation this season is much different than Mavs situation in first Luka years. Remember first offseason? They had Luka and traded for KP at TDL. They had max cap space. Their target was Kemba, who decided to sign for someone else (I don't remember who, was it Boston?): Mavs finished the season without doing anything with that cap space, but rather operate over the cap and signed Delon Wright as "next best player". Than we had another season with max cap space and Mavs result was giving a huge deal to THJ after failing to get Lowry. Somewhere in there was also that Danny Green fiasco.
I don't think this Lakers offseason is anywhere comparable to those. I think they are getting the best out of a season where they didn't have any cap space and very few tradeable assets. They are basically executing their plan A or B, not their plan Z. I think expectations that they would make some earth shattering moves with what they had were unrealistic. Of course, they can still utilize that FRP and pick swaps, if something right materializes. It is very obvious, it has not so far.