Wow. I’m on vacation with limited internet access, so this afternoon saw both the LeBron and Boogie news. Still not sure what to think about the Lakers. Happy to see it’s not a James/George/Leonard thing. That’s just no fun. It really looks like LeBron saw he had no chance to join a club that would be a championship contender this season so he took the deal that would put his home life in the best situation, trusting the Lakers can build something in the next two or three years when the Warriors start breaking up because of contracts and salary cap. But if this starts to look like a team being run by James (coaching and GM decisions all seeming to go through him), it’s going to be hard for me to root for them.

Re Boogie, yeah it seems excessive but I don’t know if it really is. He’s going to be out until first part of 2019, he’ll still be affected by the injury, he’ll be a short minute guy likely challenged by the offensive and defensive sets. And then there’s the locker room... The upside is potentially great but it seems there’s a decent amount of risk in this signing.