Lakers stuff @about the 4:25 mark. Sounds like Lebron needs to drop all the way down to $30mill (ouch!!!) and we lose Christie in order to open up that MLE. That’s about a $20mill haircut for LBJ; about double what was 1st being reported.

This one I’m a little surprised by but it also makes sense for both sides. He showed a lot of improvement last season, if he can build in that he’s in a good position to cash in next summer. Not a ton if money or roles out there better than this situation.

Russell has a genuine desire to remain with the Lakers and to see how JJ Redick and his new staff can impact the Lakers’ approach https://t.co/5Q4qrjcqnZ https://t.co/i3OBKe1tuk

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I think that’s a two-way street, pretty sure the Hawks only wanted Reaves. Coulda had DLo at the deadline, he didn’t improve his value in the playoffs and here we are.

That’s alot less than what I thought it would cost.

Gotta wait now to see what D.Russell decides tomorrow.

No one was really clear what the Hawks were doing until now. They are rebuilding. The deal makes sense from that standpoint. They get a 6’ 8” 21 year old combo guard that can defend and has a high ceiling. Larry Nance is a 11 million expiring deal that they can also flip. And 2 draft picks, one next year and then in 27. Those picks make more sense for a rebuild than a pick 5 years from now. Ironically, we drafted Nance, the Pels used a Laker pick for Daniel’s and the 2025 pick is the Lakers pick.

This tells me the Lakers (and by extension Reddick) value Reaves more than Murray and that expiring $$$ is more valuable than Hachimura, at least to Atlanta.

I desperately wanted a backup center but it was good to see Rob ‘adapt’ and make a JJ Redick pick and not let a dead-eye shooter like Dalton get by.

It will be interesting to see how he does defensively. He has 2nd best vertical and is athletic. Reminds me of Bogdan Bogdanovic. Great size at 6′ 6″ w/6′ 9″ wingspan.

I’m with you on the future of the league is tall, long, fast, athletic players who can shrink the court defensively and rain threes. The JJ Redick era is going to modernize the Lakers.

Hiring JJ will give the Lakers somebody with a vision at last.

The other misconception is that we’re fine offensively. The truth is our failure to embrace the 3-point revolution has saddled us with a 10-points per game negative differential in made 3-point shots. Imagine if we eliminate that differential but still win PIP and FTM. That’s a championship formula. No question we need to get better defensively but we also need to get better offensively, specifically in taking and making more threes without losing our domination in the paint and at the line.

Couldn’t agree more and it’s really funny to me that Rob has set the bar so low we all get happy and congratulatory when he simply makes the correct decision “Oh, Rob didn’t blow it?! YES!!!!” was my basic vibe last night. Very low bar for a job that should have much higher standards.

You make so many good points, Mongo. As the son of an entrepreneur, I can understand why Jeanie wants to hold onto the Lakers and her role as the franchise’s governor and final decision maker. She has her network of trustworthy allies and it’s doubtful that will change for the foreseeable future.

We can wish she would see how hiring Bob Myers to take over could double the value of the Lakers but the best we can do is hope they hire a coach who somehow someway can turn out to be a legacy coach who will provide the team with an identity and develop a championship culture and chemistry.

For me, that’s where JJ Redick comes in. Of course, he’s the typical out-of-the-box both logical and risky solutions everybody knows I love but I give Rob and Jeanie credit for being inspired. There will obviously be lots of bumps along the way but I think JJ is exactly the kind of person who could be the visionary we need.

I do agree he needs a visionary. I’m sure there will be some discussions the next few days with the Finals all but over about staff. Be great to have Stan Van Gundy, whom JJ played for, maybe as that mentor/lead assistant. Also might be good to have somebody who is great as a defensive coordinator to balance JJ’s obvious offensive bent.

Anyway, I’m thrilled. We’re lucky to have avoided Hurley imo and JJ will modernize our offense and take and make a lot more threes w/o sacrificing PIP & FTM.

Mongo and everybody, when you post a tweet, you have to change x to twitter for the tweet to work. Trying to find out why x is not working on WordPress. Click,,, and chose edit and replace x with twitter.

Will become the face of the league at some point.