We actually have 5 19 yrs olds with Barlow included. I love that pick and the potential of a mobile big who can shoot, and likes to work hard and prove himself. Realistically 21-22 yrs old before these kids get that NBA body? At least for Sochan and Primo who we expect to be contributing and competing soon. 2-3 years folks!
That doesn’t hold water bc the Nets don’t want Kyrie. KD wants Kyrie still and the reason why he asked out is bc the Nets didn’t max out Kyrie.
Nah the Fakers. Burn!!!
The Lakers are so dumb. if you want to get out of Westy's contract, you're gonna have to pay. or you can just sit tight and waste another season until he is gone. This idea that they're going to offload him for free, get Kyrie back, while keeping their picks, is so asinine and just reeks of laker en lement
Kyrie is done after this season too, so not sure why they think BKN is so desperate to dump him for an even worse contract. if its between Kyrie sitting at home and collecting 35 mil vs Russ embarrassing your team on the court for 47 mil, the choice is pretty clear tbh
i don't see the offer that can satisfy the Nets and the Spurs. If someone have an idea ?
I do tend to dislike the Lakers, but if they're willing to pony up enough then I'd take Westbrook into cap space (and cut him immediately). 2027/2029 firsts and 2026/2028 unprotected swaps could be golden in a few years.
which is why la is being es
What I'm struggling to think of is why SA would get 1sts instead of Brooklyn. i get we are taking WB into our cap so we get paid for our trouble, but I mean if BKN is trading the best player, shouldn't they get the best asset in return? it's not like they want any of the Lakers trash anyway and their only theoretical valuable commodity is their unprotected picks 5 years from now. not sure what a 3 team trade involving SA would even look like
so would everyone else. The problem is the Lakers also want an asset in return and that is all they have to offer.
Nope. $47M requires 2 FRPs to eat. That leaves them with nothing for a Kyrie trade.
just like the lakers looking for easy way out because of who they are
Look back at OKCs history. $47M is a ton of cap room to ask for, and they’ll need to pony up 2FRPs for the privilege.
The reality is that the Lakers don’t have the assets to do both deals. They need multiple FRPs for both, and only have 2 available out to the end of the trade window in 2029.
More teenagers than guys over 26.
Plus you need to give Nets some players and at least a pick. Really unlikely that the Spurs could facilitate this.
Man, if the Spurs bail out the Laker's stupidity I don't know what to say.
Let them burn!
At this point all we should care about is our teams future. If the Lakers are willing to cough those picks up you take them period.
and in the end, you probably wind up screwing them over, perhaps even at a time that the spurs would be on the upswing.
The Spurs don't need to get involved at all. Woj is just bored and/or ESPN is making TV.
ALL the Lakers have to trade is those two late FRPs (27, 29). They don't want to use them because that's all they have. And they may be trying to strongarm Marks because they can try.
Nets have to include more salary to match, so either Joe Harris or Seth Curry. Both have value, Curry has more.
So the Lakers think they can pry Kyrie Irving away and maybe even get Seth Curry for like one draft pick and Westbrook.
In no scenario above is the Spurs a requirement. They only get involved to 'absorb salary' but there's no salary to absorb unless somehow they take Westbrook, which makes no sense. Plus they would need sweeteners and who would give them? Brooklyn?
Nah.
1) Brooklyn is more likely to sit on Kyrie and -- yes -- sit on Durant and just tell them to play some goddamn basketball, the team is fine.
2) The Spurs aren't involved in this player's trade at all.
A little bit of googling --
The youngest team in NBA history seems to have been the 2005-06 Atlanta Hawks (22.7 years average), with Marvin Williams, Josh Smith, Zaza Pachulia, Joe Johnson, oldest player was Tyronn Lue at 28 years old.
The current Spurs roster has an average age of 21.56 years old. I'm too lazy to calculate per start of the season, but just adding 0.5 to the number to make up for six months... the Spurs seem to have the youngest roster in NBA history.
Agree. Pretty much LAL has two FRPs and a 2028 swap to offer up but that would have to be divided up between Nets and Spurs. Perhaps some of the LAL SRPs have value but I’m not too excited if it’s the main course.
Could Nets like Richardson or THT enough to prefer one/both over a pick? I don’t think so.
It really depends on how much the Nets value the TE they'd be getting ($36M)... if they have something lined up to use it they might not require picks from LA.
totally agree
the only thing i disagree is that the Nets could send only Irving and no other player, for example Westbrook to SA, Poetl Mc Dermott and Horton Tucker to Nets and Irving to LA is ok.
In that kind of scenario, LA will need to give a lot of picks, they don't have much and it's really unlikely that it could be interesting for the Nets and the Spurs. If there's a deal, i see a two team deal between LA and BK.
edit : when you talk about Brooklyn adding some players Mr.Body, you probably talk about a two team deal so you're right in that case.
How many firsts can the Lakers offer? If they're stupid enough can they give out 2027/2029/2031/2033/2035/2037? Plus swaps in the even years?
I don't know if there's a rule that stops teams from trading picks past a certain point in the future.
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