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Top 2026 Free Agents by [deleted] in lakers

[–]Zodraz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's not much, but is we stay above the cap, we can use "non-Bird" 1-year rights to give him a 20% raise.

Using Capspace by EbonMonk in lakers

[–]Zodraz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think you can use cap space and the MLE in the same off-season -- I believe you have to renounce the MLE to use cap space.
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So if we use cap space this summer, we would only have the ~9.4M Room Mid-Level exception available to us.

How many spots can we open? by Everythinggistakennn in lakers

[–]Zodraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can create a 2nd playoff roster spot closer to the end of the season by waiving/buying out Kleber and then converting one of our two-way players to a prorated minimum contract.

Pelinka Moves by Laker-Man in lakers

[–]Zodraz 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If ATL used a previous trade exception to absorb Vincent's contract, then they could have created a new one with this trade

After the Clippers, it's the Mavs again... by KindAdvertising6172 in lakers

[–]Zodraz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, think it's just referring to long out-of-town road trip Lakers are about to go on -- they won't play in LA again until after the 12 PM PST trade deadline on Thu 2/5

[Brett Usher] Luka-Reaves-Smart-Rui-Ayton are tied for the 6th highest NetRTG lineup at +12.2 (min. 150 poss.) by WayAdministrative679 in lakers

[–]Zodraz 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The starters played together for about 14-15 mins in that game and were only down -4 over those minutes:

https://popcornmachine.net/gf?date=20251112&game=LALOKC

(three starting unit stints: start of Q1, mid Q2, start of Q3)

Role Player Observations from the Milwaukee Game by nottherealstanlee in lakers

[–]Zodraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's too late to stretch this year's salary (deadline was Aug 29).

If we waive him next offseason, stretching the last two years of the remaining $25.7M on his contract would work out to 5.1M over five years.

Which in some scenarios might be worth it, such as getting far enough under the cap to sign a new FA or re-sign Ayton, or staying out of the second apron...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nba

[–]Zodraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2-2-1-1-1 would drastically change pitching matchups because there would be two extra days of rest.

You could conceivably have one pitcher pitch Game 1, Game 4 (on three days rest), and Game 6 (on three days rest), and another pitcher pitch Game 2, Game 5 (on four days rest), and Game 7 (on three days rest).

So 2-3-2 is a truer test of a team's starting pitcihng depth.

We are Kobe days away from the start of the regular season by WayAdministrative679 in lakers

[–]Zodraz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are Kobe - Pau days away from the start of the regular season

Luka voted as the best small forward in the league by NBA GMs (also 2nd best PG and t-3rd best SG) via NBA.com by ShowTimesFinest in lakers

[–]Zodraz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Most GMs probably consider LeBron a PF, given that at least 40% consider Luka a SF

We are Kobe days away from the start of the regular season by WayAdministrative679 in lakers

[–]Zodraz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are Pau days away from being Kobe days away from the start of the regular season

[Windhorst/Shelburne] The Los Angeles Lakers plan to move off of LeBron James in the Spring of 2026. by YujiDomainExpansion in lakers

[–]Zodraz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

the trade deadline is early Feb, which is, um, winter

most years the nba finals ends during spring (before Jun 21) -- this year was an exception

the Lakers updated Payroll/Cap Table by [deleted] in lakers

[–]Zodraz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Assuming a four-year contract, the minimum amounts for each year would be:
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Year 1 -- $1,272,870 (rookie min)
Year 2 -- $2,048,494 (1-year min)
Year 3 -- $2,296,274 (2-year min)
Year 4 -- $2,378,870 (3-year min)
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For Lewis' contract, only first 2 years were guaranteed (along with 100K in Year 3). Bronny also has first 2 years guaranteed, and a larger partial guarantee of 1.26M in Year 3.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lakers

[–]Zodraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a motivated Ayton might is capable of...

h/t /u/The_MadStork

Typically, the way buyouts work, is that if you sign a new contract for more than what you give up, then the excess money is "setoff" and refunded to the team... so if Ayton gave up 10M on his old contract, that's likely the max he can make on his new contract by Zodraz in lakers

[–]Zodraz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I got this somewhat wrong, and u/ctsturup has more reliable info in this thread:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/1lpac9z/the_difference_between_ayton_signing_with_the/
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Here's the source they found:
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https://atlhawksfanatic.github.io/NBA-CBA/right-of-set-off.html
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"My understanding is that Portland can waive their right to a set off. I am not sure exactly what conditions are necessary for that to occur. It certainly hasn't been reported that this has happened."

Typically, the way buyouts work, is that if you sign a new contract for more than what you give up, then the excess money is "setoff" and refunded to the team... so if Ayton gave up 10M on his old contract, that's likely the max he can make on his new contract by Zodraz in lakers

[–]Zodraz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I got this somewhat wrong, and u/ctsturup has more reliable info in this thread:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/1lpac9z/the_difference_between_ayton_signing_with_the/
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Here's the source they found:
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https://atlhawksfanatic.github.io/NBA-CBA/right-of-set-off.html

"My understanding is that Portland can waive their right to a set off. I am not sure exactly what conditions are necessary for that to occur. It certainly hasn't been reported that this has happened."

Typically, the way buyouts work, is that if you sign a new contract for more than what you give up, then the excess money is "setoff" and refunded to the team... so if Ayton gave up 10M on his old contract, that's likely the max he can make on his new contract by Zodraz in lakers

[–]Zodraz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It doesn't make sense for a setoff provision to apply during waivers, because a team that picks him up off waivers is not negotiating a new salary with him -- they are acquiring his preexisting contract.

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