So, Which Free Agent is Available Anyway?

How Jim Buss, Mitch Kupchak, and the whole Laker organization are handling free agency so far.

I'm enjoying my sweet little vacation, yet I'm ready to post any offseason activity the Lakers have done. And so far, what are the Lakers doing? Absolutely nothing.

I could just stand by and let the process pass like I could, but as a passionate fan of the Lakers, this is destroying me inside! It's not about failing to land a star player, but whiffing on other quality players that could help the rebuilding process of a new Laker era after Kobe Bryant. The Laker organization prefers to sit out there and mope that no star player is going to come play for them rather than seek out services of quality role players that can make solid contributions and bridge the gap for the development of future stars like D'Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson and the departure of Kobe Bryant.

If you guys recall from my Season in Review post for the 2014-15, I said what the Lakers needed to do was not to try and wait it out, hoping a star player will come to them, they gotta focus on signing quality role players first while chasing after a star free agent. Guess what? They are doing it again and us Laker fans are getting to a boiling point of getting extremely pissed off at the lack of activity that the Laker organization is engaging for the past three free agency periods already! How many times are they going to use this strategy? It hasn't worked! Lakers try to lure Marc Gasol in, didn't work, he's staying in Memphis. DeAndre Jordan, didn't work, he agreed to sign with the Mavs. Kevin Love stayed with the Cavs. LaMarcus Aldridge may not potentially come to don the purple and gold. That was Plan A. What was Plan B? The Lakers did not address that. They failed to keep Ed Davis, who was solid as a bench player, he signed with the Blazers. They could've made it a priority to resign Ed Davis first to strengthen the 2nd unit. They did nothing. They could've gone after some top-tier quality and serviceable free agents. They are screwing themselves out of that again. And once the Lakers start making moves, they tend to sign washed up players or 1st round busts, fresh off the free agent dumpster!

I don't know who's calling the shots anymore and who's to blame for this mess that has been going on for three offseasons already. Is it Jim Buss's doing? Is it Jeanie Buss's doing? Is it Mitch Kupchak's doing? Is it Kobe Bryant's doing? Is there a "win now" plan? Is there a future contingency plan? Which direction are the Lakers heading? And who has the ultimate power within that organization? And if that ultimate power is driving off some big free agents or holding back the rest of the organization to go after quality players, somebody own up to it, put their ego aside, put their pride aside, and get these players who could help contribute to this Laker team on this roster! This is a MechG rant. I'll see you guys later.