Signing Fisher precluded signing Udoka, not re-signing Walton

A series of post in this thread on LakersGround.net on 8/30/07.

I replied to a post with:

Aussiesuede wrote:
The biggest move I'm po'd at was not going after Udoka hard earlier this summer before resigning Luke. I would have much preferred they sign Udoka and let Luke test the market and match whatever offer Luke got.

Luke's signing had nothing to do with signing/not signing Udoka. The Lakers signed Fisher with most of the MLE, leaving them without adequate MLE money to sign Udoka.

IMHO, given that Luke was a starter all of last season, signing him to 75% of the MLE ($4M compared to $5.356M) was a good deal. If Luke tested the market, the Lakers could have easily wound up paying more or losing him altogether.

Aussiesuede replied with:

Udoka signed for $2mil. if care for his daughter was concern #1, then I'm pretty comfortable that Fisher would have accepted the remaining $3.5mil from the MLE. If he would have rather signed with the Clippers for the full MLE instead, then so be it.....

I countered:

Udoka signed for $2mil. if care for his daughter was concern #1, then I'm pretty comfortable that Fisher would have accepted the remaining $3.5mil from the MLE. If he would have rather signed with the Clippers for the full MLE instead, then so be it.....