Kobe signs a 2 year $48.5 million extension. Awesome. So if, IF, Steve Nash decides to voluntarily forego an easy $9 million, the Lakers will be able to afford one max player maybe this offseason.
Nah they got a 20M max as said by ramona Shelbourne and Stephen A Smith. They still playing on going for Melo this summer and retaining their guys this year mostly. Then books come off in KDs free agency as they don't think they can sign Bron.
Shelbourne also said the Lakers outright offered that and pitched laker for life at him speaking about life post basketball. Not hard to believe as they gave magic a 20 years deal and gave him minority ownership which they can't do now. Said la has already started planning the only 20 year tenure in league history marketing.
It's branding, not sure how I feel about it all. I want kobe back, I like most this team, I like Melo as I've always said, but I don't get how they can plan for KD in advance by about 3 years. I also get the branding thing they are trying to do, but hey it's my team so I'll cheer for what they put out. I guess they value some of this youth a lot more than people thought