Why havent you been able to build a bench in years?

[deadman8586]

Do you guys think a Blake + Ebanks for Tayshaun Prince would be possible?


Blake is 8M these 2 yrs, Ebanks expiring. That could give Detroit some cap relief as Tayshaun is roughly around 21-22M over 3 yrs. And if Prince pans out, Metta might become expendable as an amnesty candidate this summer before the 2013-2014 repeater tax hits.

I say no because Detroit will say no, and also Ebanks will use his no trade clause to block the trade. Also salaries won't match anyways so the Lakers have to add a little more.

[Vinylman]

Well you're being a crybaby as usual. I mean if you not going to listen then I don't want to talk to you anymore. Also I am just being realistic here ok, and if you don't like it then you can just move along.

Per usual, an incoherent response.

Thanks!

[deadman8586]

Per usual, an incoherent response.

Thanks!

Well you made fun of me so I made fun of you.

[KobeBeatJesus]

Well you made fun of me so I made fun of you.

You might as well wear a huge sign that says "I'm a child"

[lakerboy]

No bench because team had 1 lotto draft pick this whole decade, and player development is not as good as the Spurs'

[leftymo]

The Lakers are now dumping 1st round picks like they were candy. They are dumping their player development in favor of getting top heavy.


There aren't many teams that have 4 players making 10+ million and they have the highest paid player in basketball. When you spend money on premium talent you don't have much left for mediocre or prospect talent.

Their last decent 1st rounder was Sasha and he was a good contributor to the bench during their championship seasons.

Their second round picks have all been awful (as expected).

That's why they haven't built a bench. B/c in championship seasons, the Laker first round picks were bench players (Farmar, Sasha, D George). Now their bench players are journeymen...