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LAKERS AND THUNDER MEGA TRADE: REAVES AND KNECHT FOR DORT?

by August 18, 2025 9 Comments

Should be able to go 9-0. Will be at the Clips game.

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  1. From the above article:

    The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off a season in which they won the NBA Championship, but for them they are going to be looking to advance their team for the future to make sure that they can create a sustainable future and more championship runs.

    For that, they aren’t going to be able to pay everyone of their star key players down the line and will have to make tough decisions regarding their roster. One of those players they will have to make a decision on is Lu Dort.

    For the Thunder, they would be able to trade Lu Dort to a championship contender that is trying to win-now and get enough back in return as far as star players go to still have a strong future themselves. The team they can accomplish this trade of Lu Dort with is the Los Angeles Lakers.

    Oklahoma City Thunder Trade Lu Dort to the Los Angeles Lakers

    The Los Angeles Lakers have one priority still this offseason to address and that is the defense of their team. With needing a lockdown perimeter defender, this leaves the Lakers with the ideal chance to end up trading for Lu Dort.

    Their offense is already steady as it is anchored by Luka Doncic and LeBron James, by adding Lu Dort as the third star on the team, they would have a well-rounded top three players that can officially cause problems for numerous teams.

    While Lu Dort isn’t necessarily a great scorer, Los Angeles doesn’t need him to be that due to James and Doncic. They just need Dort to continue being the All-Defensive First Team player he was last season to cause issues for the opponents top scorer.

    Lu Dort isn’t horrible shooting either, so he can still provide an impact in that area as well as he shot 41.2% from the three-point range last season.

    Los Angeles would most likely have to give up a player like Austin Reaves, but for the Lakers to get someone that can help them achieve a championship this season like Lu Dort, it would end up being worth it.

    • Okay, let me get this straight. OKC has Dort for 2 more years at a very team friendly 17 mil. So they would trade for a guy that could demand 30 mil. Yes they do need to make salary decisions down the road but those extensions don’t kick yet. I got a feeling they will want to run it back and shoot for another ring while the roster is still reasonable price wise.

      • If you looked at the Thunder’s roster and depth chart, they really do not have a second guard who can distribute. They have bigs who can dish out assists but no guards who can other than SGA. Reaves is the perfect player to plug right in to go with Alex Caruso.

        Reaves is a perfect fit on the Thunder whereas he’s not a good fit on the Lakers. They have Wallace and Caruso backing up Dort so they do not need his defense the way the Lakers do. Dort is the perfect backcourt mate for Luka.

    • I do agree the Spurs trade is kind of crazy and wild but I actually love the Reaves and Knecht for Dort trade. When you look at the two rosters, it really makes great sense. The Thunder have so much defensive talent they can trade Dort and Reaves is perfect selfless player who would be a great fit as the second playmaker on the team. Reaves and Caruso were meant to play for OKC.
      Luguentz Dort would be perfect backcourt mate for Luka Doncic.

      • I’m totally sure you love the trade…you made it lol.

        But I disagree that OKC needs Reaves on an expiring contract. There are plenty of players of Austin’s caliber that can be had for more guaranteed years and be an offensive focal point.

        Plus you really think Reaves gets traded to OKC and is cool being a backup? I don’t think so, man. That ends up being an expensive one season rental for OKC when they have a guy who already fits perfectly into everything they do as-is. They don’t have to worry about Lu and his extension until next summer at the earliest. They will wait until then if not the following trade deadline.

  4. If the goal is salary management, then why on God’s Green Earth would OKC trade Dort for a MORE expensive player? They might as well just keep Dort…. There’s gotta some type of algorithm or AI to block this kinda nonsense off of Al Gore’s Internet….

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