[Evan Sidery] LeBron is willing to take a $20 million pay cut in order for the Lakers to secure the full MLE, per @wojespn: There’s a sense LeBron will take it year-to-year now on new contracts instead of a multi-year deal. Klay & Valanciunas appear to be their most realistic targets with the MLE
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Valencianas would be a great addition. Only worry is pushing lebron back to SF with him needing more load management but to get through Denver or Minnesota the roster needs a talented and productive big
Is Valanciunas worth the full MLE? Klay sounds nice, but he does not fix any our weaknesses.
Can see Jonas waiting for the klay shoe to drop before he makes a decision, similarly to Danny in 2019.
If Klay HAS to be a s&t (because he wants more than mle), and costs us more than dlo, cam, Hayes – might be worth just rolling with Jonas & trading dlo elsewhere.
Same rehashed article
I could be wrong but I really think Miles Bridges is a sneaky target here not being named. Klutch client, there has been zero mention of where he could land, the Hornets just drafted Salaun at 6 and have Grant Williams at the 4 spot too.
You could theoretically sign Klay to the NT MLE and still send Rui and JHS to Charlotte via s&t to get Bridges on a ~$21M/year deal. Even more if you do Gabe and Vando.
That’s a fuckton of cash to leave on the table. Good on Bron! He really wants to win.
Evan can i get your job, i can copy and paste too
Am I the only one who thinks Jonas on full MLE is a bad signing? He is a decent player but on defense he isn’t good, the last game of last season we literally played him off the floor in the first quarter in a must-win game for the Pelicans. Doesn’t feel like he is what we need at the 5.
I hope Pelinka asks LeBron whether getting multiple high-impact role players for the total of the MLE is also acceptable with him. That’s also a viable option that should be explored
That’s good actually he will just an abruptly retire and his cap hold won’t be on the books.
2024 Klay is a traffic cone on defense and shoots slightly above league average 38.7% vs 37.1% (SG) from 3. Why do we want him besides name recognition?
Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/nba-league-average-3-point-percentage-by-position
He better take his full max because neither of those two are worth it especially not JV. I don’t know why JV keeps being mentioned imagine taking a pay cut to pay him when he’s a defensive liability and you need a C who protects the rim and preferably can switch to the perimeter too.
If they have this much space they ought to chase danthony melton too eith full mle or whatever . Perfect fit for our need . Sg/pg who can guard up, great defender , good passer rebounder good shooter. Not good inside the arc sciring but that’s not important for us .
Valanciunas a million times over Klay. I didn’t think it was possible to get him with an MLE.
Imagine taking a 20 million pay cut and just being like “thats pocket change” 💀💀💀
As the years go on I can see him taking less and less money to get a championship with his son
Glad he realized this was useless to do with someone like Ham at the helm. Man if lebron gets to 5 chips and wins a ring with his son that cements him as the goat imo
Wow
JONAS PLEASE DO IT
Made some moves to make Bron happy.
Why not make one to give AD some relief? Get Val
Rather have DeMar
So many “fans” about to have to eat crow when this happens
I think Jonas would be huge. I know people are skeptical but having an actual big bodied C to rebound to spell AD or to play huge lineups when we need it with Reaves LeBron Vando AD Jonas would be a wonderful option to have
Bron is a billionaire.. save the money for klay n Jonas. We will have a 3 pt threat all day and a very good underrated big.
Pelicans beat okc in g1 if they played Jonas last 2 mins.
Bron really taking a 20 million dollar pay cut to sign Valanciunas???
Omg please no more guards! Jeesh fill the needs of the team. AD needs help!!! Address that.