Lakers meet with Rondo, Caldwell-Pope

[CelticsElite]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19966018/los-angeles-lakers-met-rajon-rondo-kentavious-caldwell-pope

Several teams who were previously hesitant to pursue Caldwell-Pope have gotten engaged with him after the Pistons removed the threat of matching, sources said. Other teams in talks with Caldwell-Pope that have some cap space have been looking to create more, sources said.

The Lakers currently have $17 million in cap space but can get to $18.3 million in space. They are interested in doing one-year deals to protect their cap space in 2018 when the free agent market will be loaded with stars.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

KCP seems to play consistently well only against Boston, so unless there's a team that plays Boston 40 times a year, I'm not too concerned with where he ends up.

Rondo, on the other hand, I think could help the Lakers a lot, so hopefully he stays away.

[CelticD]

Hm, I can't imagine Rondo wanting to sign a 1 year deal. Gets traded to Dallas, spends 1 year in Sactown, 1 year in Chicago, and then 1 year in L.A. but then again, if it's somewhere upwards of 10m I can see it. his next deal after that probably won't be that much anyway. might as well cash out for a year.

[CelticsElite]

Wonder how this affects our pick? Rondo never plays during the regular season

[Big333223]

KCP seems to play consistently well only against Boston, so unless there's a team that plays Boston 40 times a year, I'm not too concerned with where he ends up.

Rondo, on the other hand, I think could help the Lakers a lot, so hopefully he stays away.

I kind of feel the opposite. Unless Rondo is really engaged, he's not going to be helpful and I can't see him being very engaged on that Lakers team. But KCP would be their starting SG, play defense, and hit 3's. That could actually help them.

[Phantom255x]

And they got Caldwell-Pope...

[MattyIce]

Sources: Despite committing $18M for Caldwell-Pope, Lakers still trying to find a way to sign Rondo. Lakers have a $4.3M exception to use.

[SparzWizard]

KCP seems to play consistently well only against Boston, so unless there's a team that plays Boston 40 times a year, I'm not too concerned with where he ends up.

Rondo, on the other hand, I think could help the Lakers a lot, so hopefully he stays away.

So looks like Lakers get two gritty wins against Boston this year huh