RoidingOldMan

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA plans to enact anti-tanking rules next season, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

The Lakers don’t get players gifted to them

I named 4 people. Luka Doncic, Pau Gasol, Magic Johnson, Anthony Davis. They were also gifted Chris Paul at one point, and the commissioner voided the trade because it was so lopsided. No team in sports history has EVER been gifted the type of stuff the Lakers have been gifted.

You name a number of reasons why players like to sign there as FAs. That’s clearly a thing also. That’s how they got Shaq. To some extent, it’s also how they ended up with Kobe (told New Jersey not to draft him). And many many more. I’m specifically talking about TRADES where the Lakers were gifted stars.

The Pau Gasol trade is a perfect example of this. He did not get traded for nothing. He got traded for his brother, Marc.

Can you find ONE source from the time that trade happened, calling it anything other than one of the most lopsided trades in history? There was universal condemnation of that trade at the time. Marc was a 2nd round pick who had never played an NBA game. Unproven 2nd rounder for a win-now All-Star? They immediately won 3 championships because of that trade! And you’re trying to pretend like it was fair value because Marc turned out to be good. You’re using hindsight to create revisionist history.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA plans to enact anti-tanking rules next season, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
How about fixing the open corruption? It’s year after year of teams giving things away to the Lakers.

2012 Pelicans were for sale, rewarded with the 1st overall pick which allowed the team to find a buyer. 2019 the Pelicans give away Anthony Davis to the Lakers, get immediately rewarded with a 1st overall pick. 2024/25 the Mavericks give away Luka Donicic to the Lakers, immediately get rewarded with a 1st overall pick.

And it keeps going back. The worst trade in NBA history, the one that makes it illegal to trade draft picks in consecutive years. That’s how the Lakers got Magic Johnson and became the best team of that era.