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I come here for laughs…lol. Zach better than anyone on our team not named Victor! This place is a clown show….
Zach for DV or Keldon plus Zollins, Branham, 2025 Chi FRP.
Let’s fking go
I come here for laughs…lol. Zach better than anyone on our team not named Victor! This place is a clown show….
Lavine put a clinic on for Devin tonight on how to be a high level oft-injured, no defense chucker. That's how a regrettable max contract is earned, Yung Dev
Sir, you don’t know basketball but you’re not the only one on this boardit’s comical how you can’t just complement the man and admit you got it wrong….
Lavine would be a good complement for wemby if:
1) his contract is closed to $35M a year
2) he plays better defence (I think he’s too broken at this point, it that he’s not trying)
3) we have another creator on the team and
4) lavine is willing to be a 3rd option.
Alas I don’t think any of the above is/will be true so no thanks.
Lavine always seems to go off against the Spurs tbh. Then he returns back to his overrated, chucking self when he plays other bottom-feeder rosters.
Some truth to this cept Devin’s absolute ceiling is a poor man’s Bradley Beal, CJ McCollum, D-Lo or Lavine.
Maybe a testament to just how bad we have been these last 5 years. Contract aside, when healthy he has been incredibly efficient AND consistent for quite some time.
Keep in mind he makes what Keldon, Zollins and Branham make.
he's averaging 23 with 52/44/82 shooting for the season
he's been good all year tbh
man, i was hoping he'd become closer to middleton, smh
Yeah, he's always been a reliable scorer, just not reliable health-wise and certainly not a good defender. But as I believe it was Dejounte who pointed out - you can live with a poor defender if they're an elite scorer, and Lavine is that (been pretty much around 90th percentile in O-LEBRON for the majority of his career). If Devin could consistently perform on offense to Lavine's level, he might be more tolerable.
I’m only pounding the table on Lavine because he is a plug and play AS caliber scorer who would be an instant complement to Wemby. Also because Wemby was ready to make a solid playoff push yesterday.
Lavine’s injury history is bad but also par for the course for many prolific scorers in this day/age and already reflected in the price he likely could be had for. His D is sub par but as such astute posters like Dejounte and scott have pointed out he is an ELITE scorer. Also, his ability to rehab after knee surgery and foot surgery is a testament to his work ethic. I truly believe in the correct system he could be an average to positive perimeter defender while still being a solid # 2 or 3 option. That stroke will age well even as the athleticism fades.
Coach Pop raved about Lavines willingness to defer offensively and simply play a role on that 2020 USA gold winning team. The same willingness that likely kept guys like Tatum and Brown from getting the show in 2024. I don’t understand some of the reservations is he really could be had for our scraps and an FRP.
Replace two of Vassel, Keldon and Zollins with Lavine and we are now firmly in the playoff picture and one piece away from a deep playoff run.
Shut up bum! lol
People complaining about DV being a dumbass but then wanting ZL
Lavine 5 straight 30+ games
https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1877975849049227635
2 skills that magnify Wemby is unselfish passing and perimeter defense. Not really things associated with Zach Lavine.
Zach Lavine is like a Russell Westbrook who never won anything remotely important. Both went to UCLA too, right?
Very different games. Zach Lavine is an efficient scorer with a reliable 3 ball. Exactly what we need. You sound like the type of person who is still waiting for the head chealeader to you when you couldn’t close the fattest girl in baking school.
Lavine is overpaid admittedly but could serve a purpose. You know who else is overpaid? Keldon, Vassell and especially Zollins. OBJECTIVELY.
I’d much rather have Levine than Beal, Zion, Ingram, and some of the other names I see getting thrown around here. Lavine + a real backup big mean Wemby is an actually playing with a compe ive team.
Sir, stop it! No long explanation why you need to either
If LaVine were younger and fit Wemby's timeline better then I'm sure PATFO would be much more willing to give up capital for him. He's about to be on the wrong side of 30 in a couple months and is owed $95 Million over the next couple years. Have a feeling they'd rather wait and see what happens this Summer with Fox and some of the other potential trade targets then go from there.
Age isn’t a huge issue for me tbh, wemby is 21 and if health permits he will cycle through multiple number 2s in his career.
Duncan went from robinson (much older) to manu to Tony (often as a pair but I felt they had different peaks) and kawhi to a degree.
I’d prefer Lavine for 2 years and experimenting with that versus locking someone up long term. Compared to the commitment it would require for other current targets the risk would be lower overall and you could simply reset in 2 years but at least it’s an attempt to take advantage of Wemby’s growth in year 3.
Spurs are clearly want to have cap space for 2026 off season. They could pivot for the 2025 offseason. For 2026, it's their last chance to utilise their cap until Wemby is on the rookie supermax. Lavine eats that cap space because he'll be on the books until 2027 off season. Spurs are not targeting Lavine at all.
Here is the list of Free Agents that summer: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-age...contract_value
tbh, gotta make sure we have the Cap Space to give Zach Collins his next bag
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