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nah man, kuz is an amazing value. he also fits lebron and ad's timeline. hope they keep him over # 4.
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Trade Kuz bi hart and 4th pick
Keep zo
Zo
LeBron
AD
Sign cousins. Boom
Keep zo
Zo
LeBron
AD
Sign cousins. Boom
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The Lakers need help in the backcourt with an AD addition. Not another forward with AD and Bron.
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BI
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Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Pelinka getting used...again
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Pelinka getting used...again
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Gotta keep Zo or #4 and draft Garland.
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What's Mario Chalmers up to these days?
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I wonder if there was a faction of Suns fans who didn’t want to give up Hornacek, Lang and Perry for Barkley 
Or Celtics fans who didn’t want to give up a young stud like Al Jefferson for an aging Garnett
This is AD y’all. At age 26
Or Celtics fans who didn’t want to give up a young stud like Al Jefferson for an aging Garnett
This is AD y’all. At age 26
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They are not keeping # 4, it's best to remember that.
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WojYahoo>>>WojESPN
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Thing that bothers me is Kyrie trade didn’t cost ****. Kawhi didn’t cost ****. Paul George didn’t cost ****. Porzingis didn’t cost ****. Etc. everyone was acquired at a fraction of the cost
Now if you want to say AD has more value than each of those that’s a discussion worth having. But he shouldn’t be commanding 3x as much as those players. Especially when we have ALL the leverage. One of BI/Zo and Kuz and the #4+future draft picks is more than fair. And it exceeds any package either of those players yielded.
It’s one of those things where do you give into this “Lakers tax” the league has implemented and allow teams now and in the future to finesse us. Like inflating prices when a rich person enters the store. Or do we stay firm and force the league to operate fairly.
The pelicans are going to accept the best offer whether that’s from the lakers or the Shanghai tigers. There is no reason to overpay when the alternative for the pelicans is to accept Kevin Knox and Dennis Smith Jr and #3. Or Jaylen brown /#14+ future firsts. Or let AD walk for nothing. If they want to take a far inferior offer over pride then they are doing themselves a disservice..
If we’re firm and give them a reasonable offer then they will take it. There is no reason to give them everything
Now if you want to say AD has more value than each of those that’s a discussion worth having. But he shouldn’t be commanding 3x as much as those players. Especially when we have ALL the leverage. One of BI/Zo and Kuz and the #4+future draft picks is more than fair. And it exceeds any package either of those players yielded.
It’s one of those things where do you give into this “Lakers tax” the league has implemented and allow teams now and in the future to finesse us. Like inflating prices when a rich person enters the store. Or do we stay firm and force the league to operate fairly.
The pelicans are going to accept the best offer whether that’s from the lakers or the Shanghai tigers. There is no reason to overpay when the alternative for the pelicans is to accept Kevin Knox and Dennis Smith Jr and #3. Or Jaylen brown /#14+ future firsts. Or let AD walk for nothing. If they want to take a far inferior offer over pride then they are doing themselves a disservice..
If we’re firm and give them a reasonable offer then they will take it. There is no reason to give them everything
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Uhh yea. Lakers are stupid as hell if they give up 3 assets for AD.
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It still has to be BI + Kuz/zo for the money work tho right?
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Well one of those assets is injury prone with a loud mouth dad who will talk **** about Gentry and Griffin
Another asset just had a scary blood clot issue no matter how many times he’s cleared and we’re told it was not serious. It’s still a blood clot issue that other teams may be scared of
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No trade can't be official until after the draft and FA starts anyway we'll have actual cap space them after renouncing free agents. Only need to match salaries if a max free agent agrees to sign.
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Not necessarily. Based on how close Kuz seems to be with Jeannie, fact he was at the Draft Lottery COULD possibly mean he stays.
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Looks like Pelinka is firm on not giving up the entire farm
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This!
Who the **** is leaking all this ****?
Smart move by LAL
They are basically saying: take 2 of the 3. Boom
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Long term money wise we have to give up 2 of the core if not now we’d let them walk for nothing later
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There’s a whole lot of traction on this trade. If we don’t get it done I’ll be even more disappointed than last trade deadline.
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What would the cost look like if we keep Zo or BI in a trade for AD and sign a max FA? Theoretically we sign the FA, sign AD to an extension/Max contract, sign Zo/BI to their extension and go over the cap doing so. I’m assuming the tax bill would be crazy but doable...?
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i think if we get AD and have Lebron, the ONLY way we can offer the max someone this summer is to trade everyone else anyways. Maybe we wanna keep Kuz so bad bc he only makes like 2 mill a year vs BI who makes way more (like 8 or 9 right?)
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