Brandon Bass Signs With Lakers

[AirTupac]

Celtics free agent forward Brandon Bass to sign with the Lakers, a source told Yahoo Sports

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 4m4 minutes ago

[BallsOut]

Celtics free agent forward Brandon Bass to sign with the Lakers, a source told Yahoo Sports

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 4m4 minutes ago

What's the deal? I don't get this move since they have Randle and Black at PF already..Hopefully it's just for the vet minimum. Lakers been making lots of moves over the past two days

[AirTupac]

What's the deal? Lakers been making lots of moves over the past two days

Its nice to know they had back up plans this time around but no idea regarding the contract.

[K Xerxes]

Game changer

[AirTupac]

Game changer

Its a good move. We went from having Sacre as our starting center to acquiring Hibbert and Bass. Not bad at all.

[Shade8780]

Great signing. Very good locker room presence if anything.

The Lakers though? I didn't really want him back with Boston and taking some of Sully and Olynyk's minute, but going to LA of all places? I think you guys will like him.

[BallsOut]

Great signing. Very good locker room presence if anything.

The Lakers though? I didn't really want him back with Boston, but going to LA of all places? I think you guys will like him.

I hope Randle still starts at PF though. Bass signing could hinder his development and playing time..

[brownmamba00]

for the vet min hopefully

[Genaro]

So far
Russell - Clarkson
Kobe - Lou
Nick? - Brown
Randle - Bass - Nance
Hibbert - Black - Maybe Upshaw

We still need a starting SF. Lin sign and trade for Snell would be good.

[BlazerRed]

Not bad

[Shade8780]

I hope Randle still starts at PF though. Bass signing could hinder his development and playing time..

That's what I'd do if I were the Lakers. Bass is a good backup PF, but nothing more. He's good to have as a mentor for their younger guys, and has a wet mid-range shot along with some serious explosiveness in the paint, so he could provide some scoring off the bench.

I remember a couple years ago, he was trusted to lock down LeBron in the Playoffs, and he did pretty well. Good all-around player, but definitely shouldn't get in the way of Randle's development.

[ballup]

Bass should be on a contender, but his grit and his hustle should be both beneficial to the Lakers and to Randles development. Bass is ready to take a starter's position and that alone should be motivation.

[Twiens]

So far
Russell - Clarkson
Kobe - Lou
Nick? - Brown
Randle - Bass - Nance
Hibbert - Black - Maybe Upshaw

We still need a starting SF. Lin sign and trade for Snell would be good.

Find a way to get a 3&D SF and that's not a bad team.

[Ca$H]

So far
Russell - Clarkson
Kobe - Lou
Nick? - Brown
Randle - Bass - Nance
Hibbert - Black - Maybe Upshaw

We still need a starting SF. Lin sign and trade for Snell would be good.

If Kobe stays healthy that would be a playoff team in the East. Too bad they are in the West.

[Shade8780]

Bass should be on a contender, but his grit and his hustle should be both beneficial to the Lakers and to Randles development. Bass is ready to take a starter's position and that alone should be motivation.

Agreed. It's good for the Lakers, but Bass could be more beneficial to a contender. As long as they're not stupid enough to start him over Randle, it's a good signing on their part, but probably not the best for Bass.