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Nash Deng Nunn Gabe Vanderbilt….the legacy lives on
**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins
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MIKE LOWERY
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December 15th is going to be interesting.
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My bday.
- Apr 24, 2006
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Of course Dinwiddie is playing well this season
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I'm watching him this season and wondering why he didn't shoot at all last season.
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Get ready fellas
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DLo sucks is a constant
Get ready fellas
- Apr 24, 2006
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Rhythm player/scorer becomes a spot up shooter when playing with LeBron. Where have we seen this before?
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The league assigned the Lakers the T'Wolves and Grizzlies next week. 
I was hoping for a couple of cupcakes.
At least there are five rest days before T'Wolves game.
I was hoping for a couple of cupcakes.
At least there are five rest days before T'Wolves game.
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MIKE LOWERY
formerly chuck finster
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Let me try my hand at this....
Building off
grittyman
UTA deal, dropping Kessler with UTA wanting two 1sts. Can be two separate deals or one. Also you can drop CLT and rearrange the UTA deal in order to send Gabe and two 2nds to WAS as previously discussed and try to work on something with Brogdon as well. But this is about as solid as I could find.
You get a cheap and underrated starting level C in Nick Richards who at only $5 mil, you don't feel guilty bringing him off the bench. You get your Javale/Dwight 2020 replacement. Should be able to resign him without breaking the bank too.
I originally had Caleb Martin in there, but he is cheaper and has less years than JGreen. Green has been a bit of a disappointment in CLT thus far, so they may have to incentivize to move him with 2 years left after this one. He's still 24, a good athlete on both ends and a decent shooter from what we saw last year. Depth piece.
Sexton/Collins are great pieces which fit seamlessly. While Collin Sexton is not the playmaker of DLo, he is every bit the scorer and most importantly for a team with Bron/AD, he plays hard all the time. Add that he's 47/38/84 over his career.
Collins has always been difficult to scout because he doesn't really have a solid position up till now. Too small to be a starting (small ball) 5. Doesn't shoot well enough (until now) to be a stretch 4. Can't really guard wings who are now frequently running the 4 to close games. But he would be perfect in that Rui role, can easily play 4 or 5 off the bench and unlike Rui, you can expect a solid 15/7 every night. A bigger PJ Washington that can't get out on wings. But he's going to rebound and score. Every night.
You can remove the protections on that 2027 1st they sent to UTA in the original Westbrook deal. I think it was top 4 protected which would convey into two 2nds. You should then get access to both those 2nds. The only real net negatives they're sending out are Gabe and Vando (only due to injuries). But taking JGreen off CLT hands? Thinking a couple 2nds to CLT (but wouldn't mind 3 with the value) and taking the top 4 off the 1st for UTA.
Now your shaving off even more money and staying firmly in the 1st apron. AND you still have your 2029/2031 1st round picks with even more movable salaries to aggregate in case something even bigger pops off before the deadline. Win-win.
Building off
grittyman
UTA deal, dropping Kessler with UTA wanting two 1sts. Can be two separate deals or one. Also you can drop CLT and rearrange the UTA deal in order to send Gabe and two 2nds to WAS as previously discussed and try to work on something with Brogdon as well. But this is about as solid as I could find.You get a cheap and underrated starting level C in Nick Richards who at only $5 mil, you don't feel guilty bringing him off the bench. You get your Javale/Dwight 2020 replacement. Should be able to resign him without breaking the bank too.
I originally had Caleb Martin in there, but he is cheaper and has less years than JGreen. Green has been a bit of a disappointment in CLT thus far, so they may have to incentivize to move him with 2 years left after this one. He's still 24, a good athlete on both ends and a decent shooter from what we saw last year. Depth piece.
Sexton/Collins are great pieces which fit seamlessly. While Collin Sexton is not the playmaker of DLo, he is every bit the scorer and most importantly for a team with Bron/AD, he plays hard all the time. Add that he's 47/38/84 over his career.
Collins has always been difficult to scout because he doesn't really have a solid position up till now. Too small to be a starting (small ball) 5. Doesn't shoot well enough (until now) to be a stretch 4. Can't really guard wings who are now frequently running the 4 to close games. But he would be perfect in that Rui role, can easily play 4 or 5 off the bench and unlike Rui, you can expect a solid 15/7 every night. A bigger PJ Washington that can't get out on wings. But he's going to rebound and score. Every night.
You can remove the protections on that 2027 1st they sent to UTA in the original Westbrook deal. I think it was top 4 protected which would convey into two 2nds. You should then get access to both those 2nds. The only real net negatives they're sending out are Gabe and Vando (only due to injuries). But taking JGreen off CLT hands? Thinking a couple 2nds to CLT (but wouldn't mind 3 with the value) and taking the top 4 off the 1st for UTA.
Now your shaving off even more money and staying firmly in the 1st apron. AND you still have your 2029/2031 1st round picks with even more movable salaries to aggregate in case something even bigger pops off before the deadline. Win-win.
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good grief
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I kinda at the point where until changes happen at the top (and I mean the tip top ownership) I think we are going to continue to be in this rut.
Zero expectations man....
Zero expectations man....
darthska
Staff member
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She is not the business savvy competitor that her dad was.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Problem is: I don't know what a better solution is, and one of my pet peeves that we do as a people is say "Not this" but then have no alternative.
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This season, there are again eight teams the Lakers will play at least four times: DEN, GSW, LAC, PHX, POR, SAC, SAS, UTA.The league assigned the Lakers the T'Wolves and Grizzlies next week.
I was hoping for a couple of cupcakes.
And there are six opponents scheduled for three matchups: DAL (1H/2A), HOU (2H/1A), MEM (1H/2A), MIN (2H/1A), NOP (2H/1A), OKC (1H/2A).
Since the Lakers didn't make the Cup Quarterfinals, they had to play the teams that they're only scheduled for three times. But the Mavs/Rockets/Thunder made the Quarterfinals, leaving only the Grizzlies, T'Wolves, Pelicans to play the two games.
darthska
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Has Nick Richards on the Hornets been fired through any trade machines?
Just saw that he's on the trading block.
Just saw that he's on the trading block.
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Damn you Hartenstein
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Warriors should look into it, but Kerr probably has a bad taste from the 2023 WCs when Ingram was on the team and struggled.
