Pelinka screwed up on the margins? By god, who could’ve predicted that??
PhillyPizzasteak
Enjoy your max deal Lebron.
ragner11
Another bad move by Pelinka. Amateur
billsfan13
I think Pelinka is a bad GM, but I don’t think this is entirely fair. Who’s to say they sign last year without the player option? Also, even if we could aggregate them, no one is trading for them. Which like, yeah don’t sign players like that, but I don’t think this is the different maker this is being made out to be.
Idakari
Rob, can you give me a player option too?
quwin123
These rules are so obviously built to make it so all 30 teams can compete in some form.
Ultimately, a good thing for the sport. But frustrating as hell to adjust to strategically.
outsidehere
Yep. Giving C Wood a player option? Good. He has the ability to be productive. Jaxson? Not mad at it but wouldn’t have done it. Cam Reddish? No. Even if he averaged 10 points last season
junahn
Alright we can get rid of one of them tho right?
foodstamps99
So many 2K GM’s in here finger popping each others asshoes.
nottherealstanlee
Last year- “Lakers did a great job and secured some really good second draft type guys with talent they can try to rehab in smaller roles. What a good summer theyve had keeping a WCF team together and improving on the margin.”Â
This year- “wow those guys are bums. Stupid Pelinka lolz”
Only one that was a bad offer was really Reddish and that was a favor to a staff that isn’t here. Hayes was a decent min bet with his draft stock and athleticism. Wood wouldn’t have signed without the extra option and played pretty well early when he was healthy and had a role.Â
Also, you can just trade them separately lol it’s not like we’re permanently stuck with them. This is just Monday morning qbing and piling on while we wait to see what is going on.Â
This is almost as bad coverage as when Kawhi jerked us around. Hopefully we have another plan but options seem slim at the moment lol
chaoticneutral1997
Trade one. One is a trade piece, one gets minutes, one is injury insurance.
Brokenbullet14
Apparently in December is when multiple vet minimum contracts can be used in the same tradeÂ
noplaceinmind
Reddish isn’t tradeable, and more likely to simply be waved if he doesn’t pan out. No one else wants him, that was always the deal.Â
 That leaves the two centers, and they’re got to keep one. Â
 So much ado about nothing.
wut_eva_bish
Look, Nobody signs a player thinking they’re going to NOT play well.
Undoubtedly the team signed Reddish, Hayes, and Wood because they believe in them. Not to trade them.
Still, they can all be moved in trades, just not all in the same trade. So this is much less of an “issue” than Buha is making it out to be.
lionking25
i am fine with Hayes and Woods tbh, Reddish is the one that I don’t want.
ValuableAssociate8
Boston organization is up for sell. Lakers need to do the same thing
ronnie760
I genuinely feel like Hayes can be a legit #2 big. He needs some proper development and strength training to gain weight, but besides that the dude is crazy athletic, energetic and is 7 damn feet tall. I watched every game last season and Jackson can definitely be something.
scifier2
WRONG.
Those signings were done specifically for this year and the new CBA. Lakers saved money and also got CONTINUITY. Changing out 8 or 9 players every year is not good for team continuity.
And it is easy to play arm chair keyboard GM when all you have to do is criticize. You dont know squat.
downgoesbatman
Not hating the woods/hates deal. It would be interesting to see what happens to reddish and Prince now JJ the twitch coach is here.
jsun_
This is the actual rule. Some misconceptions on it as media just aggregating.
> If a team is aggregating three (or more) player salaries in a trade for matching purposes in order to take back fewer players than that, no more than one of the aggregated players can be earning the minimum salary. This rule doesn’t apply between December 15 and the trade deadline, but is in effect the rest of the year.
They can be included in the same trade. The total number of players you’re getting back just can not be less than the total number you’re sending out. For example, if Lakers trade Dlo/Wood/Reddish, they’d have to take back at least 3 players since 2 of those are vet mins.
needmoresleeep
Now we’re complaining about minimum salary players? Lakers fans can be insufferable sometimes. Hayes improved toward the end of the year and was a decent backup center. Wood had moments where he looked great next to AD but he got injured. Both Hayes and Wood are solid pieces at the minimum salary slot.
Reddish is the only one who doesn’t look like he has a role to play. But if it’s a mistake at the minimum salary, it’s just a minimum salary people.
paradauxs
would much rather have Lonnie than Cam
evanvivevanviveiros
Who signed off on this cba! GM mode is going to suck next year
Pats_Lakers1224
If I remember correctly, this sub loved these moves
LebronsPinkyToe
You can just dump them separately lol
brizzenden
Aren’t player options an incentive to lure players, but like particularly good players? Like you’d give one to Lebron or AD to lure guys of their quality. Even DLo I can kind of see. But Wood, Hayes, and Reddish? Maybe I’m wrong, and please correct me if so, but I know it boosts a player’s interest in 2k if you offer a player option. lol
StacksHoodini
Cam should’ve been a team option. Makes no sense that a player with no market was given a multi year deal.
Hour_Insurance_7795
I was told by this very sub last summer that players like Wood “came cheap” and therefore there was “no risk” involved in signing him to minimum contracts.
SnooRecipes6776
Buha doesn’t know shit
Latarjet3
I get theyre not great contracts but does anyone else feel like the new CBA is fucking stupid in so many ways?
qkilla1522
Someone was asking “what do you expect Pelinka to do if you want him fired.” This is an example of the more egregious things. Also not being smart about cap and getting under apron at right time etc.
LukaDoncicfuturegoat
I don’t rate Pelinka but this is a misleading report and all of you guys are doing some hindsight 20/20 level takes
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Rob pelinka, everybody
Pelinka screwed up on the margins? By god, who could’ve predicted that??
Enjoy your max deal Lebron.
Another bad move by Pelinka. Amateur
I think Pelinka is a bad GM, but I don’t think this is entirely fair. Who’s to say they sign last year without the player option? Also, even if we could aggregate them, no one is trading for them. Which like, yeah don’t sign players like that, but I don’t think this is the different maker this is being made out to be.
Rob, can you give me a player option too?
These rules are so obviously built to make it so all 30 teams can compete in some form.
Ultimately, a good thing for the sport. But frustrating as hell to adjust to strategically.
Yep. Giving C Wood a player option? Good. He has the ability to be productive. Jaxson? Not mad at it but wouldn’t have done it. Cam Reddish? No. Even if he averaged 10 points last season
Alright we can get rid of one of them tho right?
So many 2K GM’s in here finger popping each others asshoes.
Last year- “Lakers did a great job and secured some really good second draft type guys with talent they can try to rehab in smaller roles. What a good summer theyve had keeping a WCF team together and improving on the margin.”Â
This year- “wow those guys are bums. Stupid Pelinka lolz”
Only one that was a bad offer was really Reddish and that was a favor to a staff that isn’t here. Hayes was a decent min bet with his draft stock and athleticism. Wood wouldn’t have signed without the extra option and played pretty well early when he was healthy and had a role.Â
Also, you can just trade them separately lol it’s not like we’re permanently stuck with them. This is just Monday morning qbing and piling on while we wait to see what is going on.Â
This is almost as bad coverage as when Kawhi jerked us around. Hopefully we have another plan but options seem slim at the moment lol
Trade one. One is a trade piece, one gets minutes, one is injury insurance.
Apparently in December is when multiple vet minimum contracts can be used in the same tradeÂ
Reddish isn’t tradeable, and more likely to simply be waved if he doesn’t pan out. No one else wants him, that was always the deal.Â
 That leaves the two centers, and they’re got to keep one. Â
 So much ado about nothing.
Look, Nobody signs a player thinking they’re going to NOT play well.
Undoubtedly the team signed Reddish, Hayes, and Wood because they believe in them. Not to trade them.
Still, they can all be moved in trades, just not all in the same trade. So this is much less of an “issue” than Buha is making it out to be.
i am fine with Hayes and Woods tbh, Reddish is the one that I don’t want.
Boston organization is up for sell. Lakers need to do the same thing
I genuinely feel like Hayes can be a legit #2 big. He needs some proper development and strength training to gain weight, but besides that the dude is crazy athletic, energetic and is 7 damn feet tall. I watched every game last season and Jackson can definitely be something.
WRONG.
Those signings were done specifically for this year and the new CBA. Lakers saved money and also got CONTINUITY. Changing out 8 or 9 players every year is not good for team continuity.
And it is easy to play arm chair keyboard GM when all you have to do is criticize. You dont know squat.
Not hating the woods/hates deal. It would be interesting to see what happens to reddish and Prince now JJ the twitch coach is here.
This is the actual rule. Some misconceptions on it as media just aggregating.
> If a team is aggregating three (or more) player salaries in a trade for matching purposes in order to take back fewer players than that, no more than one of the aggregated players can be earning the minimum salary. This rule doesn’t apply between December 15 and the trade deadline, but is in effect the rest of the year.
They can be included in the same trade. The total number of players you’re getting back just can not be less than the total number you’re sending out. For example, if Lakers trade Dlo/Wood/Reddish, they’d have to take back at least 3 players since 2 of those are vet mins.
Now we’re complaining about minimum salary players? Lakers fans can be insufferable sometimes. Hayes improved toward the end of the year and was a decent backup center. Wood had moments where he looked great next to AD but he got injured. Both Hayes and Wood are solid pieces at the minimum salary slot.
Reddish is the only one who doesn’t look like he has a role to play. But if it’s a mistake at the minimum salary, it’s just a minimum salary people.
would much rather have Lonnie than Cam
Who signed off on this cba! GM mode is going to suck next year
If I remember correctly, this sub loved these moves
You can just dump them separately lol
Aren’t player options an incentive to lure players, but like particularly good players? Like you’d give one to Lebron or AD to lure guys of their quality. Even DLo I can kind of see. But Wood, Hayes, and Reddish? Maybe I’m wrong, and please correct me if so, but I know it boosts a player’s interest in 2k if you offer a player option. lol
Cam should’ve been a team option. Makes no sense that a player with no market was given a multi year deal.
I was told by this very sub last summer that players like Wood “came cheap” and therefore there was “no risk” involved in signing him to minimum contracts.
Buha doesn’t know shit
I get theyre not great contracts but does anyone else feel like the new CBA is fucking stupid in so many ways?
Someone was asking “what do you expect Pelinka to do if you want him fired.” This is an example of the more egregious things. Also not being smart about cap and getting under apron at right time etc.
I don’t rate Pelinka but this is a misleading report and all of you guys are doing some hindsight 20/20 level takes