Article Link: http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers-2014-20130724,0,243653.story?page=1
Lakers are
back again for a chance to win another championship in the season 2014-2015. Many
of the great players are going to be a free agent this coming year or the year
after. Indeed, if Lakers are able to negotiate about their player’s salaries
and spend the least amount of franchise total salary-cap, then Lakers will have
an enough room for three big-named players. However, this all depends on the
agreement with the franchise and players. If Kobe Bryant doesn't accept the minimum
amount of salaries, then the changes of getting a big-name player decreases. Therefore
it is significant for the Lakers to manage their money.
As mentioned
in the article, I want Lakers to have the opportunity to win another championship,
because Kobe Bryant might retire after 3 more years. Therefore, I encourage Lakers’
players to be unselfish and accept the agreement that the franchise offer, for
their prosperous future.
As far
as the article goes, although it gave nice explanation of what might happen if
Lakers decide to negotiate and have available spaces for the high-name players
for the future season or what will happen if players on Lakers do not agree
with the franchise. Furthermore, I noticed that the author was poor with the
diction and choice of words. For example, “ …the sum would submarine the team's salary-cap
space,” “Wink-wink-nudge-nudge time (Mike Bresnahan and Eric Pincus).” Although it may have
entertained for some readers, I felt that the authors could have been more
professional and really consider to be the article that everyone will appreciate.
I do agree that the author's words were not very professional in writing this article. However, I think it gave the article a sense of uniqueness from other articles. It is the author's style of wrting, so I think we should respect it and not condemn it. Overall, I think the author did a very nice job of explaining things because people like me who aren't really interested in professional basketball understood the topic.
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