This was a pathetic free agency from Lakers FO. Massive failure

Lebron won his 20 million dollar bet with rob 😂😭😭

Fire Pelinka he messed up bad this time

Lakers drafting Bronny was a red flag to all free agents they know Lebron runs the show they want no part of it

Im glad Bron did what he did by taking the max. He just showed everyone that its the front office and their inability to get anything done! Understand LBJ isn't hurting for money. He just put Rob on blast for every non Laker fan to see.

If we ain’t competing for a title, I hope we at least keep DLo. Watching a DLo heater in the regular season was a lot of fun, one of the few bright spots last season

Lakers have needed a center since 2021 and still don't got one... Pretty terrible management

🔥 FIRE ROB 🔥

My only priority is on a true big who can REBOUND when AD sits. Giving up second Chance points has lost us more games in the past 2 seasons than anything

Bron: Give Jonas the MLE and I’ll take a 20m pay cut Rob: Nah we got J Hayes

Trevor’s tone of voice is equivalent to ALL of our pain 😂😂😂

We're fucked.

Lebron has to do better as the laker GM and Owner

All the turmoil makes me think this season will be great Keep faith

Man we running it back, hopefully they getting better this offseason working on their game ! Let’s go lakers

This is unacceptable. Colossal failure off season

We still don’t have anyone to help AD guard Joker ?? Hayes nd wood are like toothpicks bruh 😂😂😂😂

Knew Lebron was getting his $$$. PR move pay cut narrative.

Bronny James signing a 4 year contract even though he haven’t played a game yet is unbelievable.

The Lakers are so focused on stars like Klay, they ignore other opportunities. They didn’t even try to get Jonas because of their lack of vision. This is an embarrassing joke.

LeBron has been a blessing for the Lakers. Lakers were a mess before he came and still are.

With Lebron, everything is calculated. You know that Trevor.

Rob at it again 😂😂😂

No need to panic. We all know the real key is LeBron and AD staying healthy are the key.

This was all part of the plan to bring in Bob Myers! Team JJ with Bob! 😂

Go get Dwight Howard for vet min. He stays ready and been ready to run it back again with the lakers.

Atleast we got great news on the two assistants that they’ve hired under JJ’s staff Scott brooks and Nate McMillan 2 helluva coaches

This Free Agency was mid. There is no standout player the Lakers should have taken. I'd rather they be patient and wait until better players become available at the next trade deadline.

we just need a center

This roster is actually worse than last year because they’re older.

It's always good to see you on the podcast Sky. Given your knowledge and cool, deliberate delivery, you represent the best of us fans who are not paid to follow the purple and gold. I hope you hop on the show as much as you can.

I don't see the problem with the roster. We were not bad till some ppl got injured.

I’m slowly but surely accepting the fact that the Lakers won’t be a real contender again in this decade. It is what it is.

Couldn't even add Valanciunis? And instead of coming to LA even for just 1 season for a title run he goes to that black hole in Washington?!?! What a f***ing joke.

Sigh. Rob Fails.... again.... Ok, time to get my emotions in check, and just try and hope we can still enjoy this season, and beyond all expectations everything will click right, noone will get injured, no three point Lakers tax, and the Lakers don't end up fighting for a play in spot again.... dang... not what I expected, but what ya gonna do eh.

The DLO hate wouldn't be half if we didn't constantly give up a ton of second chance points. I swear to God too many of you just look at ppg and refuse to see where the game is actually lost

People are pointing the finger at just Rob, but I completely called it and knew this was going to happen. Expecting Harden, Klay, or DeRozan to take the MLE was an impossible task. You can’t blame Klay for choosing Dallas over the Lakers when they were just in the Finals, plus the tax benefits will come out to about the same in salary, if not more, after. It was LeBron who called Klay and likely encouraged the front office to focus on him, the bigger name, versus improving the team with quality role players, which was always Rob’s plan. So what did that do? It caused the Lakers to be left holding the bag, as expected, while guys that could have improved the roster ended up getting traded or signing with other teams. The Lakers had the opportunity to make the Caruso for Reaves trade. The Lakers had the picks to make the Murray trade. The Lakers would have then had the MLE to sign either Jonas or even Jalen Smith as a backup big. This would have been the simple, and somewhat creative approach that would have improved the team greatly. This is not Monday morning quarterbacking. I have been saying this since the last trade deadline and end of the season. The issue with the Lakers is there are too many chefs in the kitchen, they are not creative enough to make quality trades, and now Rob will be left to clean up the mess. Examples of Rob being “encouraged” to peruse the bigger names and the messes he’s had to clean up: trying to sign Kawhi, trading for Westbrick that caused them DeRozan and Hield, Hield and Turner trade being vetoed by Jeanie Buss, and now trying to sign Klay, Harden, and DeRozan to the MLE. 🤦‍♂️

Pretty decent 10 man rotation let’s be honest. AD, LBJ, AR, Rui, DLo, Gabe, Vando, CWood, MaxC, Dalton. Let’s be honest, everyone healthy 10 good players

Sean was MASSIVELY underselling the coaching hires. Lol. Both are successful head coaches.

I would argue its not last years roster, a healthy Vanderbilt and healthy Vincent could make a difference, and JJ hopefully will make a huge difference. I agree just get a big. Continuity has value.

I would much prefer Dinwiddie to Bronny on the 15-man roster.

There’s nothing more stressful in this world than being a lakers fan 😭

It’s cool we’ll be aaight. We still gotta’ good roster. Let’s not act like the ceiling caving in

I need a clarification here. I was under the impression all this time we were talking about a pay cut or not for this next year and that was it. Why would the lakers give a new max contract with another player option to a 40 year old player who is literally asking for that much money because he thinks the team has no chance of being good? The guy is getting a lot of money this season, you drafted his worthless son to make him happy, but he is still not happy with the team... so you give him a new contract with another player option??? and a no trade clause??? Lakers would be in a better position if they just pay him for next season, not draft Bronny and wait to see if he is willing to leave at 41?? LBJ knows best thing LA can do is trade his expiring contract but he gets another option and makes sure he has a NTC.... HE owns the teams

LeBron is the KZfaqr that hands a homeless person a empty box of pizza well holding the camera

Center market is trash…which is exactly why we should have drafted one 🤦🏾‍♂️

I think the more we try the deeper hole, we dig and further sets us back for the future. Just ride it out until we can recoup some assets and take what the market provides don't force it

Two excellent assistant coaching choices by JJ. Thing will be better than critics think.A few positives 1) JJ won't take 50 games starting Prince over Rui 2)Vando Wood and Gabe will be healthy 3)Denver got weaker letting KCP go

It’s funny how Trevor talks so much about the need to sign a center to play with AD. Trevor and really all of the Laker Nation crew were leading the charge and narrative just a few seasons ago that AD was best at Center. Now they have distanced themselves from that whole statement. AD told everyone he needed to be power forward and he was criticized for it repeatedly even called soft. Funny how things change yet people don’t admit they were wrong.

Am I the only one not panicking as much?? The free agency wasn’t great and we can still work out a dlo trade. Missing out on klay hurts it’s not the end of the word, it’s not like we didn’t try

This conversation holds no water with keeping second round picks because Bronnie was no really an NBA prospect at all. A wasted pick that will play in the G League mostly the next couple of years. He's drafted because Daddy wanted him drafted!

Once those other F/A’s saw Bronny get drafted they realizes that LeBron has to much power and it wouldn’t be good for their careers.

Smh.. It's gonna be a long season..

I think its unfair to say "all you had to do do" Klays team said taxes, James harden got 30 million. If we traded too much for Derozan we would be pissed then too.

Nah I have my issues with LeBron but just the fact that he offered this lifted him way up in my eyes

LBJ got his son drafted with a promise he knew Rob P could never cash in on. Rob looks like a clown, LBJ looks like a saint with a new max contract. Mission achieved

Bron just played & crippled the Lakers. Then he going to bounce and leave the Lakers high & dry...What a joke...SMH

They never intended to sign anyone...it was a half baked PR move to show that LeBron was willing to take a paycut for the team. He actually wasn't, which is why he just paid himself the max.

We have to work with what we have. Hopefully we have a healthy season. Also hoping young players develop more under the new coach and staff.

It’s time to sell the team. Move the stadium to Inglewood. Downtown LA is a complete dump. That may be why nobody wants to come. The politics in California don’t help. TIME TO RELOCATE

I can't wait for LeBron to retire. I'm so tired of the team having to make him happy. I'm looking forward to the days of just trying to put together a good thing. Everyone thinking that this is all Rob Pelinkas fault needs to keep in mind that LeBron taking less money is conditional. We don't know who we could have had that LeBron wouldn't sign off on. LeBron only offered to take a pay cut for Harden, and Klay. LeBron gets to look like the hero and Pelinka takes all of the blame. It's going to be interesting to hear if potential deals couldn't happen because LeBron wouldn't take the pay cut. There's no way Valuncunias ever chose Washington over the Lakers.

Gotta hope that somehow JJR actually knows how to coach offense and understand rotations, and they can finish ahead of the Play-In. Adding Scott Brooks and Nate McMillan is solid coaching.

I really don't see what's wrong with the team we have. Get them all healthy, execute a solid rotation, and let's see what happens. Who can we legitimately get that will make a significant difference?

Wow I’m speechless. I don’t even know what to say anymore. Lakers organization is a joke. They kneeled to lebron and gave him a father-son duo plus the max just to set up the perfect “retirement” which screws the lakers and their fans. Disappointing man. I’m done. LETS GOOOO MAVS 💙 🩶

I say go and Grab Javale & Dwight and run it back 😅

Since Gabe and Vando missed most of the year it’s gonna be like we signed them this off season I guess😅

What, Rob couldn't convince anyone to come take less to play with his highness and a first time coach and be a scapegoat. The only way is through in season trades. No pay cut was going to magically make free agents appear when they weren't there to begin with and the ones that were there we didn't even want with the exception of maybe Valanciunas.

As a Lakers fan, it isn’t about Bron taking a pay cut. It’s about do players really wanna play with him when the season is going to be about him and his son and player/coach with no experience. Players wanna win now and not play second fiddle behind a bunch of distractions. Bron and clutch fleeced the lakers into drafting bronny.

A full max would've been 3 years $162 LeBron took 2 years $104M more moves to be made!

this goes way beyond the front office. The lakers have LeBron James & Anthony Davis, two top 10 players at their best and NO ONE WANTS TO JOIN THEM. Guys should be lining up to sign with them and they never have. That is something people need to talk about also. Something is definately not right on ALL FRONTS WITH THE LAKERS ORGRANIZATION.

The amount of Disgust, Anger, And most of all Disappointment i feel as a diehard Lakers fan is truly insane. They do NOTHING at the deadline and Harp about the fact we will have 3 tradeable first round picks to use in trades come summer and yet here we are. FA began 6pm sunday and it's 3pm Wednesday and they've done absolutely NOTHING. The warriors and clippers lost top talent. Clippers losing best player in PG , Warriors losing 2nd best guy in Klay and yet Both have bounced back making a ton of moves since those things happened. We have seen the ceiling of this team. Look it's a good team when everyone's healthy and playing there best. But it's not a great team and not a team that's gonna go far in playoffs. We've seen TWO straight years in a row vs Denver that we weren't good enough. We weren't big enough. What's the biggest position we've needed for the past two years?! A competent/ playable back up big that can play 10-15 mins a night and play alongside AD in matchups such as Denver. They've KNOWN THIS. Yet they have done NOTHING to adress this. I like Hayes/ Wood but at BEST there a third/ 4th string option they aren't good enough to be our second big. It's absolutely baffling to me. Your the Lakers one of the most historic and successful franchises in not just the NBA but of all sports in the world. Act like it. Because rn this is a dark dark sign to think 5 years from now when there is no Lebron and is no AD what this team will look like and if they will be a team allstar players don't want to play for. There trying to thread the needle between competing and building for the future. Im sorry but you can't do both pick a direction. Bc being a mid team with 2 top 10 players is a disrespect to the players, fans , etc.

Man these Lebron simps. No blame on Lebron. He could’ve take. Less before. He hasn’t helped teams but gutted them. Happened to us now. Be fair

You cant say that lebron has nothing to do with this mess, the leGM has redic as the coach and bronny drafted, he has the team hostage. Tsk tsk tsk what a mess 😢

I never cared about getting anything extra this summer outside of a center who can rebound Same goes for last summer And even the summer before

Pack Lakers ownership and management. There’s a new arena about to open. Lifetime Lakers fans absolutely welcome to watch and follow that other team.

nobody waits to play with lebron just like Kobe. we do not need them go Lakers

Kudos to Rob for not submitting to the win-now hysteria. I think he realizes like many Laker fans that LBJ's window has closed and mortgaging the future for bad contracts or old players is not smart. This isn't the same team. Vincent, Christie, Vando, and Knecht weren't playing last year.

WOOHOOO! Just got to the HIRING Asst Coaches bit! Meat's back on the menu boys! haha. Rondo & Handy confirmed next please? PP

LeBron said we need Length. A 6'1 Guard took our 15th roster spot. If he didn't we could have gotten Jonas Valanciunas for less than the MLE

If Lebron and AD are that dude, why do they need so much help.

They didn’t get anything done! LB threw em a bone … shows their ineptness!!!

How?

Remember rob decided to do nothing at the trade deadline using the excuse we can wait and we will have 3 picks to trade now he’s hesitant to trade them picks

We should stop complaining, we got a good enough team to take it all the way if everyone stays healthy.

Bron deserve that deal. Dont care if we buy anyone as long as the boys are ready to rumble next season we can still make it. Especially having Gabe and Cam back from injuries will be a huge boost for the team

Way to go, Rob!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Explain how they couldn’t get Jonas … he literally signed for the MLE .

At least this gives JJ a team with continuity who know how to play each other and he has plenty of film from last year to know what works and what doesn’t. Maybe this also lights a fire under the team to play well to avoid getting traded

I have no words.

So we didn’t bring back Taurean Prince who was our only scorer off the bench ?? Wtff is wrong with this F.O ??

Trevor will defend Rob on this 😂

As a life time laker fan I just can’t believe the front office smh

Rob got like three photos of Kobe on the desk right now...

I also feel we are one of the 1st teams dealing with the negative aspect of the new CBA. Other franchises will be feeling this in the coming years!

None of the good players taking the mle,LeBron knew that

They didn’t try to sign Valančiūnas. They are always star hunting. They waited in Klay and lost everything. You know exactly why they didn’t go after Jonas. We all do. First call should have been to Valančiūnas, who was a great need, that is still unfulfilled. No, let’s focus on stars instead.

Trev I can poke all kinds of holes in your 800 race comparison but I won't. Because I still understand your point

No player upgrades, capped out, fans upset. FO and ownership letting the fans and the league down. Labron playing chess, Pelinka playing marco polo.

We all said if ham would’ve have started rui in the first place we would be in a better position and he wouldnt start experimenting with the starting line up at the beginning of the season who knows what of happened maybe jj would start the right guys this time

Can’t believe we have the same roster that’s crazy