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pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.
Magic: Hey Larry I'll give you a 1st and a 2nd for Paul George.

Larry: Make that three firsts and a 2nd, Lou Williams, and Ingram.

Magic: You got it buddy!!! *whispers* Sucker...

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Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

euphronius posted:

As mentioned it has to be cousins fall out.

IMHO.

Only thing that makes sense.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
Its hilarious that Jim and Mitch made deals to try to desperately get Kobe a last title and sell out their future to do it, and then everyone complains that they suck and aren't selling out their future enough to get Kobe help



And then they get fired for not creating Kings South

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

pubic works project posted:

Magic: Hey Larry I'll give you a 1st and a 2nd for Paul George.

Larry: Make that three firsts and a 2nd, Lou Williams, and Ingram.

Magic: You got it buddy!!! *whispers* Sucker...

Considering how far away the next the pick the Lakers can trade away is, yeah, thats a good deal for the Lakers

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

so are half the front offices stupid or what

pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

The Glumslinger posted:

Considering how far away the next the pick the Lakers can trade away is, yeah, thats a good deal for the Lakers

Lmao oh poo poo I forgot about that

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

The Glumslinger posted:

I can't find any articles about this

I might be misremembering, I could swear he did. Maybe it was just a rumor.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834112478950744064

Just loving murder me

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
Teams bottoming out and rebuilding in the past few years have shown that even though it is the clear best path forward for the franchise, you will be rewarded by either being fired or dying of cancer. Adam Silver has put us all on notice.

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

pubic works project posted:

Magic: Hey Larry I'll give you a 1st and a 2nd for Paul George.

Larry: Make that three firsts and a 2nd, Lou Williams, and Ingram.

Magic: You got it buddy!!! *whispers* Sucker...

So what you're saying Magic is a good GM? That would be a hilariously bad trade for the Pacers.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
It's like every owner in the association is trying to one up each other. And it's amaaaaazing.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

It's a good thing the Clippers are solid going forward otherwise La is in danger of being a wasteland for basketball.

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Finally someone who will take up Bull's offer on doug mcderrmott

Athanatos
Jun 7, 2006

Est. 2000
Magic knows what it takes to win a ring:

https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/441790369895022592

He's gonna kill it.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
RIP Lakers franchise. Gonna be funny when they fire Luke to hire one of Magic's buddies because GMs never like being tied to a coach they didn't hire.

----

David Aldridge wrote some words about the Kings and what led to them trading Cousins at this point: http://www.nba.com/article/2017/02/20/demarcus-cousins-trade-quick-thoughts-sacramento-kings-new-orleans-pelicans

It's definitely worth reading.

pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

Paul Zuvella posted:

So what you're saying Magic is a good GM? That would be a hilariously bad trade for the Pacers.

Well I'm not saying that Larry is the best GM either

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

The Glumslinger posted:

Cleveland winning a title just completely destroyed reality, didn't it?

Like, we're actually all dead and this is hell and Kibner is Satan

:lol:

I'm too nice to be Satan. I wouldn't have done this to WhyteRyce and the Kings.



I would have considered taking Porzingis from NYK or Jokic from Denver, though... Sorry Evan and Dejan and my other Knicks friends. I wish I could remember the name of any Nuggets fans, but RIP.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

https://twitter.com/magicjohnson/status/608780540536344578

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
OK, gently caress this

https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/834105453982396417

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Although, the Falcons did just have the most embarrassing Super Bowl loss, so maybe some part of my inner id did cause all this stuff to happen...

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

The Glumslinger posted:

:lol: I was seeing the reaction on reddit and found this gem

Unfortunately, that's an oft-recycled reddit meme. :(

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


:pray:

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
I can't wait til we find out Magic's twitter is nothing more than an ironic performance piece. Designed around obfuscating his talent at scouting and analysing the game.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Kibner posted:

Unfortunately, that's an oft-recycled reddit meme. :(

:(

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Larry Bird is good at drafting and literally bad at everything else

It's not like the Lakers need free agents right

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN US BRANDON INGRAM
https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/834114989933748224

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
Oh, and Magic was the guy who was insistent that Lakers hire Byron and kept beating the drum about it

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

The Glumslinger posted:

Oh, and Magic was the guy who was insistent that Lakers hire Byron and kept beating the drum about it

Look, Brandon Ingrahm could become anything! He could even be as good as Demarcus Cousins!

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Does magic still hate 3 pointers

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Paul Zuvella posted:

Look, Brandon Ingrahm could become anything! He could even be as good as Demarcus Cousins!

Considering the package the Kings seem to have been asking for was Clarkson, Randle, and Ingram I don't really think I can blame them that much for not making that deal

Like Cousins is much better than any of them will be, but he is gonna be a free agent after next season, and they would probably win less games than the Kings were winning with what they had left. I can't blame them for being shy about the prospect of him bolting

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

I'm glad that the Lakers will be trash for as long as Magic is the GM

aBagorn
Aug 26, 2004

He's available, friend :getin:

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Maybe if he was a good GM he would've had the confidence that once they got cousins he could've talked with him to convince him about their future plans and make him stay. But he's not and now magic is taking over

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

The Glumslinger posted:

Considering the package the Kings seem to have been asking for was Clarkson, Randle, and Ingram I don't really think I can blame them that much for not making that deal

Did you see the package the Kings got? Ingram and some filler might have been enough.

Then again Ingram is not Buddy Hield....

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

WhyteRyce posted:

Did you see the package the Kings got? Ingram and some filler might have been enough.

Then again Ingram is not Buddy Hield....

I'm just going off of the rumors I've heard

The Lakers also have no picks to throw into the pile, so they would have been expected to include more young players

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

The Glumslinger posted:

I can't find any articles about this

He had 4.5% and sold it in 2010.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/18/sports/la-sp-1019-lakers-magic-johnson-20101019

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

The Lakers firing Kupchak who is incredible because Vivek is irrationally obsessed with Buddy Hield is my favorite NBA personnel wrinkle ever

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

That was when he sold his share of the Lakers


Incidentally, one of his many grievances against Mitch and Jim was that after he sold his shares, they no longer treated him like a team owner

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Magic might be dumb enough to trade for Melo, somehow

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Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/834095624844742657

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