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For the Lakers, What is Next After Kobe?

11:02 AM - April 18, 2016 by RaychelSnr

The Kobe Bryant era in Los Angeles is over.

After a ton of pomp and circumstance to send the Mamba out, the Lakers are still where they always were -- but now they have an insane amount of cap room and one of the league's worst records to improve upon writes ESPN.

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	"Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott sat before rows of reporters and banks of cameras Friday, dissecting the worst season in franchise history. Among those tuning into the broadcast: Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, who watched on a flat-screen television mounted in his second-floor office overlooking the practice court where Scott conducted his verbal autopsy. Kupchak studied what questions Scott faced, what answers Scott returned, prepping himself before facing the same media scrum. But then Kupchak's gaze wandered below the TV to a whiteboard where for years the roster has been written in marker. Every year, there's change as names come and go, but one has remained in ink, almost defiantly so, for two decades: Kobe Bryant's."

When it comes to NBA 2K16 (or 2K17) the Lakers are going to present themselves as a fantastic challenge in MyGM to rebuild from the ground up. There are some decent pieces present, with both DeAngelo Russell at the point and Julius Randle at Power-Forward.

But the team itself is coming off of a historically, woefully bad season. Last in the league in scoring, a 17-65 record, a defense that wasn't the worst in the league but might as well have been -- there's a lot of just flat out building to do with the Lakers.

What would you do with the cap space? Would you make a run at high profile free agents like Kevin Durant? Build through the draft? Sound off in the comments below!

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# 21 jyod21 @ 04/19/16 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by franzis


	That's what I actually did in 2k16 MyLeague with LAL after simming the 1st season: - no trades during the season - no 1st round pick (even if I finished with the 2nd worst record as IRL) because 2k doesn't have protected picks - Zhou Qi selected with the 32nd pick overall - fired Byron Scott and replaced him with the best CPU generated HC available - re-signed only Jordan Clarkson - signed as FA: Lebron James, Shaun Livingston, Festus Ezeli, Lance Stephenson, Darrell Arthur, Ronnie Price and Ronny Turiaf - traded Nick Young for a couple of picks Current Depth chart: PG: Russell/Livingston/Price SG: Clarkson/Williams SF: James/Stephenson/Brown PF: Randle/Arthur/Turiaf C: Ezeli/Nance jr/ Qi Current record: 26-6 (2nd overall in WC) I would have preferred having Batum/Barnes instead of LBJ (more realistic) but I cannot complain

So all LA has to do is sign LeBron James. Simple enough..

# 22 jyod21 @ 04/19/16 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by tril


	If LA lands a top 3 pick. say the get BEn Simmons or that kid from Duke, Ingram. IF OKC doesnt get to the finals Durant will wind up In LA. LA will bring in Horford,- then ship him, Julius Randal, and either Russell or Clarkson to Sacramento for Cousins. now you potentially have a big 3 though they'd be a few years from contending. -Durant -Simmons or Ingram -Cousins -and either Clarkson or Russell and of course theyll attract a few more mid level type free agents. then the following year you could potentially get Westbrook in LA, and that free agent crop has a lot of marquee type players also. -

You can't sign and trade free agents like that, and why would Horford sign with LA if they are just going to ship him off?

Real life doesn't work like that. You're asking for the stars to align, multiple times over.

# 23 cool318 @ 04/19/16 02:06 PM

Rebuilding the Lakers is easy in MYGM

-Trade for the Suns pick/Lakers pick/and Wizards pick (3 total)

-Trade away anyone not named Russell, Clarkson, Randle, or Nance to create a terrible roster

-Sim through , Lakers should be at the bottom along with the Suns and sometimes Wizards

-Avoid trading rookies and valuable picks.

-fire Scott around the first week of April. There's usually a really good coach available to hire. I hired Dave J from Memphis. Avoid trying to sign a coach in off season because it's damn near impossible to get a good one

-Now in off season, hopefully the lottery balls fall your way. I got 1 2 and 5 I think.

-trade those three picks for Cousins.

-Try to obtain one more decent player during the draft. I got Harrison Barnes.

-Sign Demar in free agency if he's available, him or Lebron

My current roster after doing all that

Russell
Clarkson
Demar
Randle
Cousins

Jennings
Richardson
Barnes
Nance Jr
Capella

Mickey
Rozier
Felicio
Caboclo

# 24 Black Bruce Wayne @ 04/19/16 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cool318


	Rebuilding the Lakers is easy in MYGM -Trade for the Suns pick/Lakers pick/and Wizards pick (3 total) -Trade away anyone not named Russell, Clarkson, Randle, or Nance to create a terrible roster -Sim through , Lakers should be at the bottom along with the Suns and sometimes Wizards -Avoid trading rookies and valuable picks. -fire Scott around the first week of April. There's usually a really good coach available to hire. I hired Dave J from Memphis. Avoid trying to sign a coach in off season because it's damn near impossible to get a good one -Now in off season, hopefully the lottery balls fall your way. I got 1 2 and 5 I think. -trade those three picks for Cousins. -Try to obtain one more decent player during the draft. I got Harrison Barnes. -Sign Demar in free agency if he's available, him or Lebron My current roster after doing all that Russell Clarkson Demar Randle Cousins Jennings Richardson Barnes Nance Jr Capella Mickey Rozier Felicio Caboclo

This is partly what should have happened last year, concerning Cousins. They definitely should have traded for Cousins and got LaMarcas/ drafted Okafor. They should have at least have gotten two of those guys last year. Its time for Jeanie Buss to take charge because her brother has no idea what he is doing

# 25 E The Rhymer @ 04/19/16 10:02 PM

The first game of the 16-17 season after doing the impossible and singing Lebron on the first day of free agency keeping most of the main core brining Kobe back on a low deal since he won't retire and drafted Ingram and Brown at 2 and 3 after having the worst record in nba history the year before

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# 26 Teleo @ 04/19/16 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by E The Rhymer


	The first game of the 16-17 season after doing the impossible and singing Lebron on the first day of free agency keeping most of the main core brining Kobe back on a low deal since he won't retire and drafted Ingram and Brown at 2 and 3 after having the worst record in nba history the year before Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How did you get Russell to an 85? I'm running with the Lakers and after year 1, he only climbed to an 80.

# 27 E The Rhymer @ 04/20/16 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Teleo


	How did you get Russell to an 85? I'm running with the Lakers and after year 1, he only climbed to an 80.

No idea I started him all year and and had the offense basically set to give Kobe the ball every possession so he was averaging like 12 sat per game that season and won ROTY idk if that matters and then in response to his winning I said I want more which increases potential.

# 28 E The Rhymer @ 04/20/16 11:02 AM

Russel and clarkson are not stop arguing over minuets so I honk I might send them both out ask run Lebron at PG so I can start Ingram or Brown

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# 29 Azareal @ 04/20/16 10:51 PM

I think I would rebuild through the draft, however with the pick going to the sixers with because there are not protected picks, I would trade Jordan Clarkson for a pick (as he is an unrestricted fa this offseason) and then try and get a big free agent, and then I would be set for the future lakers, with a core of randle, russell and a 2016 pick.

# 30 franzis @ 04/21/16 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by E The Rhymer


	Russel and clarkson are not stop arguing over minuets so I honk I might send them both out ask run Lebron at PG so I can start Ingram or Brown Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How did you draft Ingram?
2k doesn't have pick protection

# 31 E The Rhymer @ 04/21/16 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by franzis


	How did you draft Ingram? 2k doesn't have pick protection

Traded everyone one on the team not named Russell, Bryant, Clarkson, Randle, or Nance for my pick back and the Wizards pick

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