Handlogten's Heros
Well-Known Member
2019 Award Winner
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
2025 Award Winner
2025 Prediction Contest Winner
Its kind of exactly how billionaires become billionaires in the tech world. throw a **** ton of cash and hope for an amazing unicorn exit... pay 47M and get an unprotected pick that could hit.I would've too but I also have serious doubts whether the Lakers even offered a FRP to the Jazz. They are acting like WB and his expiring contract is an actual asset. LOL. Maybe it will be by the trade deadline after the Lakers have paid most of his salary.. who knows.
In all honesty it might've been a tough sell to get a new owner like Smith to buy out WB for $47 mil even if the Lakers did pay an unprotected FRP. These guys don't get to be billionaires by throwing away that kind of cash.
We made a bad deal... if there were Lakers picks to get we should have done it for sure... if not whatevs I guess.
This is all just.... weird.