So Lakers Don't Have a Big Market Appeal?

[Mr. Jabbar]

big di.ck franchise waits for big di.ck free agents. not the FA trash last couple o years.

we stay we winning, hold these W's fellow Lakers fans

[West-Side]

I'm actually happy about where we're heading; as long as we don't do something stupid like trading for Ty Lawson.

Clarkson, Randle & Russell is a solid start.
Signing a good scorer to play 6th man is a good start.
Getting Hibbert on a 1 year contract is smart; if he regains his 2012 form, we have a good defensive center, if not; we don't re-sign him.

Most importantly, we have the cap room to sign a superstar. That's the last piece to the puzzle. The ceiling is very high for this team but we could just as easily fail and have to rebuild again, only time will tell.

[pastis]

never understood why this is a bad thing


lots of colluders/ring chasers/beta riggers avoid kobe... so in return. kobe avoided them and the asterisks that come with them


kobe goes down as alpha. tough as nails. oldschool. and still manages 5 titles and a top 5 all time career


couldnt be better IMO

the signification of "alpha" is open to interpretation. kobe is alpha in your own interpretation. but alpha can also be doing everything that your "beloved" team will be competitive in the twilight years of the superstar and also after his retirement. its sort of an synallgmatic contract between the star player and his longtime franchise.
so in your opinion Dirk and Duncan arent alphas because both take paycuts? istn it alpha to accept getting older and older and that with the age you cant carry your team like you could in the past?and because of that trying to make your team better and more competitive?

[wang4three]

Not that I don't think LA doesn't have big market appeal, but he's the 2nd overall pick and he's a wing player... I think Nike always offers deals to them.

[Lakers Legend#32]

Kevin Durant thinks the Lakers have big market appeal.
And he can't wait to get out of bumblef#uck OKC.

[L8krH8tr]

Lakers are a fake hollywood franchise. Will suck long after Kobe is gone. No more fake bought championships. Fake Hollywood wannabe will still be on their cell phones with their heads down at the Staples Center during the games though, that wont change.

[Mr. Jabbar]

never understood why this is a bad thing


lots of colluders/ring chasers/beta riggers avoid kobe... so in return. kobe avoided them and the asterisks that come with them


kobe goes down as alpha. tough as nails. oldschool. and still manages 5 titles and a top 5 all time career


couldnt be better IMO

good post.

[GreggPopazit]

no one has ever said this. nice strawman

You haven't heard fans here claim that big markets don't give players advantages? It was just during free agency I saw somebody talking about how the internet got rid of the appeal because you can now be marketed more easily in the small cities.

[GreggPopazit]

big di.ck franchise waits for big di.ck free agents. not the FA trash last couple o years.

we stay we winning, hold these W's fellow Lakers fans

Right, so the Lakers missed out on LaMarcus, Dwight, and LeBron the last few years because they are waiting for the non-trash FAs. No, they missed out because the roster is trash and FAs are waiting on the franchise to pull itself up by the shoestrings a bit before they sign on. Once the Lakers are hovering around the playoffs, then they will draw big names.