Danny was listening to trade proposals last summer because Kessler regressed some from his Rookie year. Still he was asking for 2 first round picks and the Lakers wouldn’t do it. Now last year Kessler had a breakout year. Not sure why anyone thinks that the Lakers can get him now for one pick and Dalton. I doubt that the Jazz trade him but if they do it will be more than what the Lakers can offer.
I don’t like Claxton for the Lakers. First he is not worth the money and 2nd I’m not fond of 215 pound centers. He weights less then Jackson. Skinny guys can be moved. Both Lebron and Rui were able to move Holgram out of the way because he is skinny. That was the main reason for signing Hartenstein. That was one of the reasons we played well against OKC.
I look at DLO as an opportunity to Get Gafford. DLO is the perfect PG for Dallas while Kyrie recovers. He works well with AD and won’t break the bank like some of the other trade names mentioned. He can probably be had for 10 mil or so. Gafford has been in every PG trade I have read. Rob works well with Dallas and the Nets. The Nets sign and trade DLO to the Mav’s and Dallas sends the Lakers Gafford. The Lakers send Dalton and Kleber to the Nets. That is a win for all 3 teams.
I agree Jamie. We have a pretty solid core. We don’t have the assets to fix everything this year. Hopefully we can land a decent center. Doesn’t have to be a star bust solid. Under the new CBA it makes dynasties hard. Next year is the last year OKC will be able to afford that squad. Then their young stars will want to get paid. There will be guys like Bruce Brown and Melton available cheap. With a decent center rotation and a few bench pieces we will be a good team. Maybe top 4 again with a training camp and health. We don’t have enough assets to catch OKC this year.
The 3 stars model is dead. Make this trade and the Lakers could be the next Suns.
Danny was listening to trade proposals last summer because Kessler regressed some from his Rookie year. Still he was asking for 2 first round picks and the Lakers wouldn’t do it. Now last year Kessler had a breakout year. Not sure why anyone thinks that the Lakers can get him now for one pick and Dalton. I doubt that the Jazz trade him but if they do it will be more than what the Lakers can offer.
I don’t like Claxton for the Lakers. First he is not worth the money and 2nd I’m not fond of 215 pound centers. He weights less then Jackson. Skinny guys can be moved. Both Lebron and Rui were able to move Holgram out of the way because he is skinny. That was the main reason for signing Hartenstein. That was one of the reasons we played well against OKC.
I look at DLO as an opportunity to Get Gafford. DLO is the perfect PG for Dallas while Kyrie recovers. He works well with AD and won’t break the bank like some of the other trade names mentioned. He can probably be had for 10 mil or so. Gafford has been in every PG trade I have read. Rob works well with Dallas and the Nets. The Nets sign and trade DLO to the Mav’s and Dallas sends the Lakers Gafford. The Lakers send Dalton and Kleber to the Nets. That is a win for all 3 teams.
I agree Jamie. We have a pretty solid core. We don’t have the assets to fix everything this year. Hopefully we can land a decent center. Doesn’t have to be a star bust solid. Under the new CBA it makes dynasties hard. Next year is the last year OKC will be able to afford that squad. Then their young stars will want to get paid. There will be guys like Bruce Brown and Melton available cheap. With a decent center rotation and a few bench pieces we will be a good team. Maybe top 4 again with a training camp and health. We don’t have enough assets to catch OKC this year.