Comments on: Sasha: 1 year/2.6 mil. offer from Lakers, hires Pelinka as agent

By: Nocturnal Dream

Nocturnal Dream — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:56:54 +0000

1 year gives him early bird rights.

By: lakerfan

lakerfan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:57:18 +0000

Sasha will not be missed. Shooters that camp out on the outside are dime a dozen. And anyone who thinks he plays defense is on drugs.

He never fights through picks and lets not forget his classic “d” against Ray Allen. Yelling “help” doesn’t mean your a good defender.

No offers are coming because nobody wants him.

Now Turiaf is a guy we need to keep. Stop messing around and match the Warrior offer.

By: Rpoc

Rpoc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:24:16 +0000

Delaying an extension one more year for Sasha would only present problems because then we have to deal with Bynum’s extension (assuming nothing gets worked out this year), Odom’s extension, and Ariza’s extension at the same time. (assuming no roster changes)

I hope no one fraking overpays him and we get to sign a reasonable contract with us.

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:16:09 +0000

i hope sasha agrees to this deal and if he can improve upon how well he was this past season, he can probably get an extention from the lakers.

the MACHINE is awesome!

By: schnide

schnide — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:48:06 +0000

I think some people are bothered by Mitch seemingly never wanting to say anything, but personally, I like that he never shows his hand like so many other GMs do. He just gives the same vague, boring responses every time, and next thing you know he pulls a 7′0 spanish star out of thin air.

By: lakerferlife7

lakerferlife7 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:52:43 +0000

SIGN SASHA……SIGN SASHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: LakersFirst

LakersFirst — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:39:08 +0000

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You guys do realize that the Lakers are over the luxuy cap right? Signing players for multiple years could potentially keep the Lakers over the luxury cap for multiple years, thus, limiting the Lakers ability to go after other players whether it be via free agency of via trades.

Also, the 1 year offer is part of the qualifying offer, which means the Lakers do not need to offer Sasha anything more, that is unless Sasha signs an offer sheet from another team. But because the Lakers extended the qualifying offer, the Lakers have reserved the right to match any offers from other teams.

By: Rpoc

Rpoc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:36:30 +0000

People, use those damn brains of yours. The Lakers unlike last year when they overpaid Luke when the free agency started have decided to offer qualifying offers to BOTH Turiaf and Sasha (1 year).

They did this to see what the market would give them and they’ll match the offers from other teams if they want to.

ONLY Turiaf has received an offer.

Sasha has not and now he’s switching to a more reputable agent (Kobe’s agent) because of THIS reason. That’s the real news here!

By: Kobe8>24

Kobe8>24 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:19:42 +0000

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agree 100%

By: Michael_23

Michael_23 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:51:09 +0000

Just one year? What? Ca mon mitch. 1 year people are for veterans over 34 yrs olds. Sign this guy to at least 2 or 3 years with an option after 2 years or something.