Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[SleepingHero]

He was getting the same salary as the others. He was NOT opting to be the 3rd banana when it comes to salary. 

Unlike in MIA, they can't get that close to the max for each of the 3. 

In essence you could have about 140M to split 3 ways, but that means Luka takes a 5M pay cut, Lebron signs for about 75% of his max, and so does an outside free agent. It's not close to everyone getting what they would consider full pay. I just don't buy it.

I just want to make it clear that I am in total agreement that the Lakers cannot get a 3rd star IF Lebron is dead set on getting paid his money. The math just does not work. 

But I am finding a hard time believing that Lebron wouldn’t be open to getting yet another star to take the load off for him. But there are way more other factors here that make it unlikely for the Lakers to go star hunting.

For the Lakers aspect, do they really want to give LeBron that type of money too? They have a new shiny toy they want to build around after all…

Finally, and why I think it’s even less likely the Lakers go for a 3rd star is the depth issue. They are a top heavy team as it is. They need more depth, not more star power. Lebron is basically a souped up Kyrie for Luka with added size. They really just need a good starting center and a couple of more bench pieces to be a top 3 team in the league.