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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
You guys need to stop looking at the $$ of these contracts, as it was always going to be inflated. These moves can only be judged based on whether or not the team gets better. The money means nothing right now.
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Well the Lakers suck so even Mozgov makes them better.
That ain't saying much.
My problem with Mozgov isn't the $$, it's the term. He's 30 years old with a 'failed' knee surgery on his resume. He's going to get real bad, real fast. And there will be a new crop of FAs every year. That $16 million won't matter this year because there was nobody that was willing to take the Lakers money right now.
But next year? The year after? As Russell, Ingram, Randolph and Clarkson gel behind Walton (and I think all of them will show significant improvement over the next 2 years), the Lakers could become a nice place to look again.
But alas, we'll have $16 million tied up in this slug through 2020. That sucks any way you look at it.
I'd have rather brought Hibbert back on a 1-year deal and Hibbert is an absolute piece of shit. At least Hibbert would be off the books again next year and we could go again enter FA with a nice cap situation.