**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[had pants]

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

2 years, but it still feels like yesterday. Still hard for me to talk about it, and still get emotional when I think about it.

RIP Kobe & GiGi

 

[lovehateself]

RIP Kobe
i remember seeing the texts and checking tmz to confirm getting out of a movie
i cried in the car for like 45 min

 

[DLF]

 

[DLF]

Lakers 24-24
8th seed

Rip da goat

 

[geno90221]

Same look I had when my BM said I’m pregnant

 

[tupac003]

Still doesn't make sense...at all.

RIP Bean and Gigi.

 

[Lizakers]

Won’t ever accept it as reality

RIP

 

[pmatic]

Spoiler

Robert Covington
Portland Trail Blazers
Forward

Given the Blazers gave up two first-round picks for Covington before the 2020 draft, his acquisition hasn't helped Portland as much as hoped on defense, even though the team has been far better defensively with him on the court. Now that Covington is in the final year of his value contract (he's making $13 million), the price should be far more reasonable if the Blazers decide to move him.


Quietly, Covington has been playing at a high level since returning to the starting lineup in place of the injured Larry Nance Jr. Over his past 10 games, Covington has shot 42.3% from 3 while averaging 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks as Portland has gone 6-4. That might mean the Blazers won't be active at the deadline, though they still have significant incentive to get under the luxury tax line.

If Portland does move Covington, he'd actually fit well with the team that traded him to the Blazers -- the Minnesota Timberwolves -- though it would probably require adding a third team because of the tax implications.

Justin Holiday
Indiana Pacers
Forward

Trade talk involving the Pacers has focused on the possibility of breaking up their frontcourt duo of Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner or finding a new home for Caris LeVert. If I were running a contending team, I'd also be calling Indiana about Holiday, whose 3-and-D skill set and modest salary ($6.0 million, then $6.3 million in 2022-23) make him a fit just about anywhere.

One intriguing option is reuniting Holiday with his brother Jrue in Milwaukee. If the Bucks don't believe they can afford to re-sign Donte DiVincenzo, a restricted free agent this summer, a deal sending DiVincenzo and a minimum-salary player to the Pacers for Holiday would be close to salary-neutral and give Milwaukee more size on the wing.

Kenrich Williams
Oklahoma City Thunder
Forward

Acquired by the Thunder in part of the trade sending Steven Adams to New Orleans as matching salary, Williams has dramatically outplayed a contract that paid him a non-guaranteed $2 million this season and next. (Williams' 2021-22 salary is now guaranteed, not that he was at any risk of getting cut.)

The biggest problem with Williams in Oklahoma City is he might be helping the Thunder too much to secure favorable lottery position. Amazingly, Oklahoma City has outscored opponents by 2.0 points per 100 possessions with Williams on the court according to NBA Advanced Stats. (Center Mike Muscala, whose minutes often overlap with Williams, has a similarly positive on-court net rating and might be another useful pickup.)

In part, Williams' on/off differential reflects some opponent 3-point shooting that is outside the control of individual players. Still, Williams is a high-IQ player with the well-earned nickname "Kenny Hustle" and has also developed into a 42% 3-point shooter on low volume with the Thunder. He could be acquired for a player making the veterans minimum and fits anywhere.

 

[DLF]

Spoiler

Robert Covington
Portland Trail Blazers
Forward

Given the Blazers gave up two first-round picks for Covington before the 2020 draft, his acquisition hasn't helped Portland as much as hoped on defense, even though the team has been far better defensively with him on the court. Now that Covington is in the final year of his value contract (he's making $13 million), the price should be far more reasonable if the Blazers decide to move him.


Quietly, Covington has been playing at a high level since returning to the starting lineup in place of the injured Larry Nance Jr. Over his past 10 games, Covington has shot 42.3% from 3 while averaging 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks as Portland has gone 6-4. That might mean the Blazers won't be active at the deadline, though they still have significant incentive to get under the luxury tax line.

If Portland does move Covington, he'd actually fit well with the team that traded him to the Blazers -- the Minnesota Timberwolves -- though it would probably require adding a third team because of the tax implications.

Justin Holiday
Indiana Pacers
Forward

Trade talk involving the Pacers has focused on the possibility of breaking up their frontcourt duo of Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner or finding a new home for Caris LeVert. If I were running a contending team, I'd also be calling Indiana about Holiday, whose 3-and-D skill set and modest salary ($6.0 million, then $6.3 million in 2022-23) make him a fit just about anywhere.

One intriguing option is reuniting Holiday with his brother Jrue in Milwaukee. If the Bucks don't believe they can afford to re-sign Donte DiVincenzo, a restricted free agent this summer, a deal sending DiVincenzo and a minimum-salary player to the Pacers for Holiday would be close to salary-neutral and give Milwaukee more size on the wing.

Kenrich Williams
Oklahoma City Thunder
Forward

Acquired by the Thunder in part of the trade sending Steven Adams to New Orleans as matching salary, Williams has dramatically outplayed a contract that paid him a non-guaranteed $2 million this season and next. (Williams' 2021-22 salary is now guaranteed, not that he was at any risk of getting cut.)

The biggest problem with Williams in Oklahoma City is he might be helping the Thunder too much to secure favorable lottery position. Amazingly, Oklahoma City has outscored opponents by 2.0 points per 100 possessions with Williams on the court according to NBA Advanced Stats. (Center Mike Muscala, whose minutes often overlap with Williams, has a similarly positive on-court net rating and might be another useful pickup.)

In part, Williams' on/off differential reflects some opponent 3-point shooting that is outside the control of individual players. Still, Williams is a high-IQ player with the well-earned nickname "Kenny Hustle" and has also developed into a 42% 3-point shooter on low volume with the Thunder. He could be acquired for a player making the veterans minimum and fits anywhere.

Lol too bad pelinka doesn’t know who Kenrich Williams is

 

[CP1708]

This day sucks.

 

[moonman818]

Austin Reaves will be a 40% 3pt shooter?

 

[DLF]

Austin Reaves will be a 40% 3pt shooter?

Sucks that we will lose him in 1.5 years though

 

[pmatic]

Austin Reaves will be a 40% 3pt shooter?

He shot 50% (low volume) and 42% at Wichita State then plummeted to 26% and 30% at Oklahoma. He might be an average (35-37%) three point shooter at best.

 

[DLF]

If we keep our pick I’d love:

1) duarte -huerter
2) trey murphy
3) usman garuba - serge
4) jaden springer - Avery Bradley

Sleepers: bj Boston, reeves, bones hyland, Jericho sims

After the 1000 bad takes I’ve laid out here.

I will celebrate my one good one. Before the draft.

 

[pmatic]

THEY DID SOMETHING SMART.

 

[had pants]

Same look I had when my BM said I’m pregnant

 

[DLF]

THEY DID SOMETHING SMART.

Man. Jeanie must have gotten a discount on her Botox or something

 

[pmatic]

 

[daruma]

Lakers 24-24
8th seed

Rip da goat

24-24
8
2nd anniversary

 

[Lizakers]

Hope we lock up monk too

 

[pmatic]

 

[CP1708]

We celebrate the GM for signing a guy off the street who slots into our rotation day 1........

No irony there.....

 

[darthska]

We celebrate the GM for signing a guy off the street who slots into our rotation day 1........

No irony there.....

Yeah literally zero people are celebrating the GM. A mention is not celebrating.

We're happy for bro.

-foe

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

He shot 50% (low volume) and 42% at Wichita State then plummeted to 26% and 30% at Oklahoma. He might be an average (35-37%) three point shooter at best.

From what I read about him he was a spot up shooter when he shot well and did more pull up shooting at Oklahoma so that might explain the discrepancy