That’s not even close to the haul they’ll get. Should read “Best Trade the Lakers Can Make In-Season” lol. They’re going to get better than that, should he ask out now, guaranteed.
According to ESPN (so dubious, at best) the Knicks were the team he’d go to this summer. Evidently that is no longer the case and you’d have to expect Milwaukee will do their utmost to get enough draft assets to hit the reset button now. That’s not our offer, which is admittedly the “kitchen sink” offer we could put out there.
Honestly, for the Lakers, it would be better for him to have waited until the summer when we’d have 3 more picks to add outright along with the kitchen sink. Could have balanced the contracts better by signing and trading Rui and Reaves.
Top 5 in-season suitors:
-Bulls
-Heat
-Clippers
-Raptors
-Pistons
Top 5 summer suitors:
-Bulls
-Heat
-Raptors
-Pelicans
-Celtics
All of those teams can trade more draft picks outright and also cobble together the $$$ to make it work.
Jamie, J.J. Redick needs to have a sit down with you. Maybe he will listen to you. All you said is true. Thank you!
Luka’s gonna fill the stat sheet like he always does but so far it hasn’t led to a ton of playoff wins. Hard to win an MVP if we end up with the 6th seed. I watched 4 contenders from the West on Tues night and we looked like we didn’t belong. Vando is so bad on offense that it might detract from his impact on defense (which was damn near zero).
I don’t worry about Vando’s offense in the regular season and he’s a matchup based player in the playoffs, anyway. I’d prefer him over Gabe just while LeBron is out to help set a tone an early season defensive identity. I don’t think he played in the 2nd half much when the game got away from us but I could be wrong.
On offense we’re playing against an extra defender because he’ll be totally ignored. Dude can barely handle easy catches directly under the hoop and it seems to be getting worse. Even when he gets a steal or deflection on defense, now he’s leading the break the other way and I’m just waiting to see how he’s gonna fumble away the opportunity.
Mongo, that’s how I’ve seen him ever since he became a Laker. He’s still going to be overpaid for upto 2 seasons after this one. On offense sending him to the corners for a 3 is ignored by the defense. He’s too skinny and tipsy to set offensive screens….and his defense has always been overrated by his fans. I don’t see any other team wanting him in a trade even if Lakers throw in multiple 2nd round picks. His salary is just too big for another team to want to accomodate by giving up a player of near equal salary. Any suggestions, other than the ones that have been used….which mostly have been “wait until he’s healthy”??? …because he has been as healthy as he will likely ever be.
You are right on the money @humanomaly. So true!