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Had to add a sweetenerthat case of Henny is the most exciting thing in the entire trade proposal
that case of Henny is the most exciting thing in the entire trade proposalLakers incoming: Doug McBuckets, Josh Richardson, and Jakob Potty.
Spurs Incoming: Russ and Kendrick Nunn (NBA record $52M in expiring contracts), 2 First Rounders a solar powered tractor, and a case of Henny for RC.
Take it or leave it sons
Had to add a sweetenerthat case of Henny is the most exciting thing in the entire trade proposal
dont think a trade is happening, pablito. lakers only offering 2ndsHad to add a sweetener
Can't think of anything better then the entire league to tell Smell-A to gf themselves as regards WestChuck.
If by the trade deadline a tanking team can fleece them, well great. Otherwise all other teams have the leverage.
Que Jeannie to perform bjs and offer tons of under the table money.
dont think a trade is happening, pablito. lakers only offering 2nds
I still think trading Poeltl, McDermott and Richardson to different teams is the way to go. I can imagine heat wanting to lower the tax bill.
I also think it happens, but it may take waiting until the trade deadline. Hopefully that doesn't end up costing us a franchise altering opportunity.
Lakers wising up, they realize they're doomed regardless, so they're in penny pinching mode. Too little too late.
Last edited by Ariel; 11-11-2022 at 12:43 PM.
Yeah, I just don't see them making a move at this point. Even if they are able to flip their two FRPs for Hield and Turner (or a similar package)...that still ain't gonna be enough to save that team.
MAYBE it gets them into a late playoff spot or the play-in tournament, but roster is too far gone to be considered a contender especially if LeBron is already laboring.
Makes more sense for them to just punt on this season, let Westbrook walk, and see if you can work a trade for Davis to get some assets for the future. They got one championship with this formula, but the experiment is over.
They don’t have a FRP in the next 4 drafts. Is LeBron really going out like that? Why are they not bargain hunting for guys like Robey and Bassey? Those two would be top half of the roster talent for LA.
This isn't really the case - they have a pickswap this season and then owe one more unprotected in either 24 or 25 , so they basically will have a first round pick in 6 of the next 7 years.
False. By virtue of the Anthony Davis trade they'll have one pick in 2023 (worse of own and Pels), and they also owe one more pick in '24 or '25 to them (Pels choice). Other than that, they have all their picks, they just can't trade them until '27 (via Stepien rule).
EDIT: BG beat me to the punch
I can totally see LeBron putting the pressure on the Lakers FO to make win now moves. He doesn't care if the Lakers are after he leaves.
We should soon see who wields the actual power there.
Dumb question...can they trade their pickswap with NO? How does that work? Seems weird that a team would agree to a pickswap as part of a trade, just for the trading team to dump it off on someone else...seems like all three parties would have to agree. At the very least, that FRP has limited value because of the swap.
Not before using it, because they also owe the '24 pick and you can't trade picks in consecutive years because of the Stepien rule.
Don't think he has that power anymore. We're not talking about a second tier team that could contend with a couple trades for roles players, with a ballin' Lebron and AD...
Lakers are terrible and Lebron' mileage is really starting to show, specially if you consider he can shoot the 3 to make for it... I really think Lakers are already in post-Lebron mode.
Yeah, they’ve already punted. They made that decision to some degree last year at the trade deadline. It’s sweet because its the Lakers failing AND Lebron having to work with the players he hand picked. Hopefully this works as a repudiation of superstar demands, but I doubt that.
Makes me wonder, who is a worse GM, Lebron or KD?
KD, hands down tbh.
Agreed...LeBron has had plenty of success pulling strings and calling in favors whether it was in Miami, Cleveland, or even LA where he at least managed one ring.
KD tried his best with OKC, got some easy rings in Golden State but then got butthurt because "mah legacy". Brooklyn is really the first time he's been able to play GM, and man what a dumpster fire that's been.
Why should we make a trade with the Lakers to help them out of the Westbrook trap? They can just waive him and eat some of that big salary. Lakers will never have a problem with retooling because they are the most attractive team for superstars in the league. So let them do it again without any help from us. If we have some players who are valuable to another team and need to be traded away from the Spurs, the FO (with a little help from our Spurs Talk gurus) can come up with some better ideas.
Sure, but they don't have anything of value. Some sports site was floating Lakers' interest in Bradley Beale. It is to laugh -- how the are they supposed to get him?
Lakers will not trade their first round picks as unprotected unless it is for a star. Too risky and it may prolong a rebuild. The Lakers are great at poaching talent, but they usually have to trade for it and usually that takes a few young players. With no first rounds for a while, those are too valuable to let go for Spur players, no matter how good they have played. They are better off holding their noses and playing Westbrook than trading for players that will not ensure they will make it to the finals again.
If that's the case then they have two options 1) Trade AD or 2) Give Nola a pick near the top of this draft.
Edited to add: Status quo doesn't make it any better for them in the offseason either.
The Lakers can offer one or more of: unprotected 2027 first, unprotected 2028 swap, unprotected 2029 first.
They are understandably reluctant to part with any of those. My speculation was that LeBron would get frustrated with losing enough to demand the Lakers burn those assets (along with dumping Westbrook) to make the team better for this season. The Lakers really shouldn't make that kind of move, but teams do stupid things sometimes and the Lakers FO might cave to LeBron.
Again, just speculation on my part.
Yeah, they do have those to trade for baskets of role players, but not Bradley Beale.
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