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If you’re talking about DLo vs Kyrie and FVV then sure…taking into account that you have to give up players to get them as opposed to just signing DLo outright.Still not wrong.
If you’re talking about DLo vs Kyrie and FVV then sure…taking into account that you have to give up players to get them as opposed to just signing DLo outright.
But as far championship pieces IMO I’m not worried about the point guard position because the answer there is Austin Reaves. The question is who plays next to him…what type of player best complements AR in the backcourt? Honestly Max fits the prototype, big 3&D guard who can also rebound well for his position but doubt he will be ready next season.
D Lo is a useful player, he had some huge moments in the playoffs BUT he’s also a bit of a specialist.. and the further you go in the playoffs the harder it gets to play those types. They become more situational roles and coaching lineup adjustments players… don’t seem something he’d be on board with.
Anyhow, we’ll see what happens
D’lo would fit well on the clippers
I would sign and trade D’lo, Beasley and Vanderbilt for A sign and traded Russ Westbrook at 30 mill.
I would shop all of them, but probably trade Beasley, then keep Vando and Bamba for a lower salary.Malik Beasley, SG, Lakers ($16,6624,106): Beasley’s option weighs heavily on the Lakers’ cap scenarios for next season. Declining the option makes it plausible for L.A. to operate as a cap room team; picking it up would push L.A. toward the luxury tax but also make it possible to use his contract in a trade for more help.
It’s a shame Beasley wasn’t more useful in L.A. The idea of his shooting was something the Lakers really could have used, but Beasley never got untracked, and his consistently deficient defense made it tough to keep him on the floor if shots weren’t falling. I suspect both Beasley and L.A. would benefit from dancing with different partners, and his trade value at $16.6 million isn’t sufficient enough to warrant picking up the option. Prediction: Option declined
Mo Bamba, C, L.A. Lakers ($10,300,000): The Lakers can zap Bamba from their books by waiving him before June 29, something that would make sense valuation-wise: L.A. is set at center, and Bamba’s $5.9 million BORD$ valuation doesn’t argue for paying him this kind of money. Additionally, waiving Bamba could open up some interesting cap-room possibilities for the Lakers, especially in concert with declining the option on Beasley above.
It’s not a slam dunk, however, because there are some scenarios in which Bamba could be useful as a trade chip. L.A. would have to know in advance of July 1 that it has a sign-and-trade ready to go. I don’t know for whom, but suppose hypothetically there was a much-discussed point guard. If they had everything else lined up, guaranteeing Bamba and then aggregating him with Beasley and Shaquille Harrison could bring back up to $36.7 million in salary and, most likely, still allow the Lakers to stay just below the tax apron, which permits sign-and-trades. Prediction: Waived
Jarred Vanderbilt, PF, L.A. Lakers ($4,698,000; $300,000 guaranteed): Vanderbilt has one of the best value contracts in the league; while the Lakers can create additional cap room by waiving him before June 30, they could also generate similar room by trading him for draft capital. As a result, it would make little sense to jettison the 24-year-old frontcourt energizer.. Prediction: Not waived
First time?Maybe if they were trying to save money and have margin of error. But it makes almost zero sense to decline Beasley and waive Mo.
Yells Hollinger while raising my fist in the air.
Sure they don’t HAVE to because AD is still under contract for next season.thats because they dont have to
MCMenamin also talked about this yesterday while on 710 discussing the Kryrie stuff
AD doesn’t have to prove anything.In Rob we trust. Let dude show he can stay healthy for at least 65 games.
I have faith in Dlo
rooting for him to bounce back.
AD doesn’t have to prove anything.
If he asks for the extension you have to give it to him… what are the Lakers going to do… Play hardball with AD going into a season where he can opt out and enter free agency?
It’s one thing to be cheap about role players, but taking care of stars is the Lakers way. I fully expect for them to offer the extension to AD this summer and lock him into a long term deal.