Lakers owner Jerry Buss says he's prepared to spend as much as he needs in order to contend in the...

Lakers owner Jerry Buss says he's prepared to spend as much as he needs in order to contend in the future.

This season, the Lakers have a $91.3 million payroll. In addition to that, Buss will have to pay $21.4 million in luxury tax for going over the NBA's threshold.

Buss told NBA.com that he is willing to give Kobe Bryant a three-year, $91 million extension and that he wants coach Phil Jackson to return next season

I wish the Bulls could have a owner like this

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Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream until yer dreams come true….

by C Smoove on Nov 28, 2009 12:24 PM CST reply actions

:::pukes

What happened to the Da Bulls?

by Belize on Nov 28, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions

Can we make a owner trade? Jerry R. for Jerry B.?

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who the f*** do you think you're talkin' to?"

Taxi Driver 1976

by Beeman18 on Nov 28, 2009 5:26 PM CST reply actions

the money doesnt match sorry try again.

by sin on Nov 28, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions

The Bulls just want to be the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Get a bunch of cheap, cheap, cheap good players on their rookie deals and luck into a superduperstar (Sorry Derrick!). And then still be profitable. Problem is, they aren’t willing to pay the price of absolutely sucking for a few years to actually do that.

Thunder might be my new favorite team. They are loaded with young talent. At least they are upfront about being cheap bastards so that I don’t have to expect that all of Jeff Green, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will all be extended. Of course, if they are, it would be a wonderfully pleasant surprise.

Seriously, though, if they keep everyone, a future lineup of:
Westbrook – Sherron Collins
Harden – Sefolosha
Durant – Sefolosha
Green – Serge Ibaka
Kristic – Dexter Pittman

might be pretty damn good.

Mer.

I hate myself.

People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. --Bruce Bartlett

by tyger1147 on Nov 28, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply actions

I thought you were going to be on the Kings bandwagon

by Illini15 on Nov 28, 2009 6:44 PM CST up reply actions

heh.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 29, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions

It's hard picking a new team.

Can’t fuck up.

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by tyger1147 on Nov 30, 2009 8:39 AM CST up reply actions

meh, I assume once you ditch one team

it’s easier each successive time.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 30, 2009 12:56 PM CST up reply actions

"they aren’t willing to pay the price of absolutely sucking for a few years to actually do that."

that’s a big issue. The Bulls profit model involves them being average enough to sell out every game. They were able to be terrible once on a post-Jordan high of ‘99-’03, but I don’t think it could work again.

So I never considered that an option, and I don’t think that’s a good way to go anyway. The Thunder just did it because they wanted to create fan apathy and leave Seattle. One of their owners is liquidating (literally?) his prized wine collections for cash, I don’t consider them a model franchise.

But the Bulls need to be absolutely luck-struck this offseason, and it’s a very slim chance. That’s their ‘plan’, which isn’t a plan at all.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 29, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

Instead of being lucky, they could also be better at evaluating talent and managing their cap.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Nov 29, 2009 4:04 PM CST up reply actions

I don't think it's a good plan, either.

The best is to win and be aggressive in your moves. However, if you’re not going to take risky moves to be a really good team, then losing is the best way to get a chance to get excellent talent on the cheap. It’s certainly not guaranteed. It hasn’t worked for the Clippers. And I agree that I don’t think that was Seattle/OKC’s plan all along. They screwed it up a few times, taking random 7-footers, what, 10 years in a row. Then they got lucky when they were really bad, getting Durant. But they also had two good players they got value out of through trades instead of just letting them walk.

They were smart in getting Seflosha and smart in getting Kristic. Both are good, cheap players that will be good complementary pieces to the guys they already have.

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by tyger1147 on Nov 30, 2009 8:50 AM CST up reply actions