Comments on: Getting Paid

By: activeverb

activeverb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:34:25 +0000

I think it’s a pretty pointless conversation right now. More likely than not, the Lakers will let Jordan play out this year and then exercise their option for next year. Then, two years from now, they’ll decide what to do — which may simply be offering the minimum amount to exercise their matching rights.. Jordan hasn’t shown anything up to this point for the Lakers to jump the gun on a contract exrtension for him.

By: Gatinho

Gatinho — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:52:14 +0000

New post up…

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:41:45 +0000

If Luke plays like last year, his contract is a burden. If he is healthy and can contribute off the bench like he did two seasons ago, it’s still a little high but not a dead weight. He needs a bounceback year.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:30:15 +0000

36-I agree with you Tim. Farmar is a nice prospect, but he has not yet shown he can defend at the level of a starting point guard, much less a star pg. He must increase his lateral quickness to improve his defense, and Im sure he’s working on it.

Re Vlad’s deal: I think that in and of itself it is not that bad. Coupled with Walton’s deal, and the acquisition of Ariza, it does seem a little high, but inflation is real. I know it hurts some people’s feelings because he has so endeared himself to the fans, but the real contract culprit is Luke, and we are stuck with him (whereas Vlad may be moveable) so I just hope he is healthy and that he has learned to shoot the real basketball (as opposed to the synthetic one he thrived with).

By: magiclover

magiclover — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:02:35 +0000

Farmar… 6′ 2″ with a 42 ” leap.Talent AND intelligence. A star of the future,hopefully with the Lakers.Only thing he needs is to play better defense and that will come with experience.Love the guy.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:50:47 +0000

By the way, for those of you unhappy with the VladRad contract, here is some fuel: A detailed post about how the MLE is often misused.

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=412

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:37:28 +0000

Farmar has to show he can effectively distribute the ball as a point guard and play some defense before he gets the big money. It’s his third year and time for him to make significant improvement in both of these areas.

By: namotuman

namotuman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:37 +0000

chalmers and arthur = not very smart……chick would call it “not phi beta kappa”

how can you knowingly violate 2 rules of the rookie orientation camp and on top of it, get caught?….what an awesome start to their nba careers………

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:44:17 +0000

I never really thought about Farmar;s contract until you mentioned it. I guess I was just thinking that he has only been in the league two years. I do think this year we will see what he is made of though.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:56:49 +0000

26. A shirt is in the works, but it’s going to be a little bit before they go on sale. Closer to when camp opens. Just have a lot of balls in the air right now outside of the blog.

30. I can’t get into details, it’s not my story to tell, but I can say with certainty that Farmar has his eyes on a big payday with his next contract.

31. Sun Yue did play a year in the ABA, and after a slow start came on and eventually made the season-ending all ABA team. That said, have you ever seen an ABA game? I have. I went the season he played, I went to games last year. It is an independent minor league, the talent is way below the NBA level. The jump from ABA to the NBA is like the jump from A baseball minor leagues to the major leagues. Guys go to the ABA hoping to get noticed and picked up by teams in the D-League or overseas. I finally watched Sun in the Olympics, and I agree with the comments here — there were moments but he is a project, several years away from helping.