How's my 2008-2009 Lakers roster?

C - Kwame Brown [$8 mil]
PF - Lamar Odom [$14 mil]
SF - Danny Granger [$2 mil]
SG - Kobe Bryant [$21 mil]
PG - Raymond Felton [$4 mil]

PF - Brian Cook [3 mil]
SF - Luke Walton [3 mil]
PG - Reynaldo Parton [computer, good passer (passing rate 90), 2nd year] [1 mil]
C - Andrew Bynum [2 mil]
SG - Michael Finley [I resigned him for $6/yr because I couldn't find any swingman] [6 mil, expiring]
PF - George Day [computer, rookie] [600k]
C - Alonzo Mourning [expiring] [5 mil, expiring]
PG - Tony Delk [veteran's minimum] [1.1 mil]
PF - Terry Steele [computer, average shooting, rookie] [600k]

it's around $24 mil over the cap, it suddenly rose since last season from around $5 mil over because of some resignings.

After this season, I get about $12 cap space, but have to resign Granger, Felton, Odom, and Bynum.

How's my team?

Last edited by jungbum on Wed May 31, 2006 7:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Looks pretty good. Great starting 5 and a solid bench. But why is Felton your starting PG if you have a 90 rated player as well?

i think he means is passing rating is 90.

Oh I misread that, my bad. No wonder then

Yea.. the passing rate is 90 as rookie.. I didn't check it this season, but I think it's improved..

Oh, btw I resigned Kwame [now 26 yrs old] to $64/6 yrs deal.. [its about $8 mil / year].. do you think that was a right move?

I resigned Finley for $6 one year, but I kind of regret, though he's expiring.

Don't you think it's hard to expect how much of money players will ask? I thought Finley would ask around $2.5 mil and Jimmy Jackson asked around $4 mil when offseason came and he was like 37 years old.

Kind of surprised, Kwame only asked for $8 mil/year [he was like getting around same before] He's putting 10 and 8 this season in 20 minutes game.

I don't know how much Odom will ask next offseason.. hopefully around $30 mil / 3 years since he will be 30 next years... he's getting $14 mil this year.

I'm really anticipating to see how much Kobe will ask once his contract ends in 3 seasons. He will be 33.

if kwames only putting up 10 and 8, hes not worth 64 million.

i think kobe will ask for something like 120 mil over 6 years.

I like your lineup. Good starting five and balanced bench

Kwame's putting 10 and 8 in 20 minutes game.. and he plays around 15 minutes [I put fatigue level to 50 in superstar model. Guys like Kobe could go full 5 minutes [per quarter] w/o being tired.

I usually score around 60-70 ish. Kobe is usually highest with 18-25 points with 5 assists.. is Kwame's contract still not worth 64 mil? Odom usually puts around 10-15 points. He's like 3rd option. Kwame will be getting $8.05 for 6 yrs.. [all same]


Kobe 120 mil / 6 yrs.. wow that's crazy..
He's already starting to decline. He lost his defensive ability thing. Has no 'hand' sign around him when I'm on defensive end.

I was thinking around $7-10 mil per year until he retires.

Maybe you should involve him in a trade for a younger star. I'm sure a couple of teams would go for this. But in sense of realism: Kobe was a laker and will retire as a laker.

Yup. I won't trade Kobe.. just saying that 120 mil/6yrs is kind of big money to offer to someone who will be 33 yrs old. As long as I could sign him for less than $10 mil, I could possibly pick up good swingman to back him up.

can you tell me Granger's rating?and how you got him

somehow get rid of kwame for a good shotblocking centre and I think your set (unless Kwame in 06 already has a good block rating). Or maybe start Zo and use Kwame as trade bait to get a decent backup C. Great lineup anyways .

can you tell me Granger's rating?and how you got him

When I got him it was 70. I had him for 1 1/2 seasons. He is now 74. He was very hard to get, even if I offered better rated [like 75] player for him. I guess Pacers didn't wanted to trade. I think I offered two mid 60 rated rookies for him. I got ripped off, but I wanted him badly.. so yea. It took me 2 seasons though to make that decisions.

Try offer a player playing the position that Indiana seeks the most and the player should be better than Granger.. IMO.

Parton, Walton has made really big improvements. When I drafted Parton 2 seasons ago, he was 66. Walton, I believe was around 64. Parton jumped 4 ratings this off seasons and 4 the previous. Guys like Kobe, Finley, and Mourning are beginning to decline.

Starting 5
Kwame 74
Odom 84
Granger 74
Kobe 95
Felton 78

Bench
Cook 69
Walton 71
Parton 74
Bynum 68
Finley 74
Day 70
Mourning 68

IR
Delk 60
Steele 66

Last edited by jungbum on Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.

somehow get rid of kwame for a good shotblocking centre and I think your set (unless Kwame in 06 already has a good block rating). Or maybe start Zo and use Kwame as trade bait to get a decent backup C. Great lineup anyways .

I think Kwame's pretty good. He has 1-2 blocks in 20 minutes game [I play him around 15 minutes]

I'm running 9 man rotations [up till Bynum] just to make the game bit interesting. I only go to Finley and ZO when I'm losing big times.

my line up last year used to be:

C-Bynum [he's pretty decent blocker with size.. he has grown inch this season]
PF-Kwame
SF-Odom
SG-Kobe
PG-Felton

but I'm bringing Bynum off the bench this season because he'll be F/A.. trying to get him cheap since he'll probably can play at least 15 more seasons. But even as starting, I didn't give him that many minutes. But he's consistenly increased his rating by 2 per seasons.

nice team