Trade Holiday while they're at it. No point in keeping him. They're in tank mode. Another high lottery pick next season to go along with Zion/Ingram/Garland could form a potentially great nucleus.
Trade: [NO/LA] Anthony Davis for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three 1st round picks
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I think they might trade some of those pieces for vets, maybe even go after a guy like Butler.
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everything but his scoring is excellent. can't really say he made any strides last season because he missed so much time
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Lol why would they? That team is going nowhere in the next couple of seasons, especially not in the West. Holiday is probably a top-10 PG and I bet they could get a top-10 pick for him. Phoenix at #6 would be the perfect trade partner.
The only path to being a contender for NO is to hoard as many young assets as they can and hope at least 2 or 3 turn into star players.
I want to believe the Warriors inadvertently imploding pushed the need to get this deal into overdrive.
They have money for a max which leaves them a core of AD/LeBron and either one of Kemba/Kyrie, which given the mountainous power vacuum in the West now could be plenty enough for #1 seed.
They have money for a max which leaves them a core of AD/LeBron and either one of Kemba/Kyrie, which given the mountainous power vacuum in the West now could be plenty enough for #1 seed.
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Seeing how the deal went, so would have swapped Lonzo for Kuzma.. then signed Jimmy Butler to a max contract.. oh well, it’s down to either Jimmy or Kemba.... don’t really like the trade because I think Rob Pelinka is a moron but time will tell
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Ingram seems to be happy to get out of LA.
Baller brand in the Bayou, maybe he can ask Drew Brees for some help.
Baller brand in the Bayou, maybe he can ask Drew Brees for some help.
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I don’t see how this is a good trade for the Lakers. If they get someone else to come then sure we can talk about it being a good trade. But in my opinion Kuz , AD , Lebron are not going to win anything. They’re banking that in the next 3 years a core of Kuzma , AD, Lebron are going to win them a title. If they don’t they’re screwed. They just traded 3 young guys and 3 picks to NO. If you mess up and miss the playoffs and those picks hit big in the lottery Pelinka will look like a total idiot. Now if they can bring someone else in to play with Kuz , AD, Bron then maybe we can start having a conversation about them doing something. But traded 3 young guys and 3 picks just to bank on an aging Lebron and AD who has had own share of injuries just doesn’t seem like a smart idea to me. But I’m not a GM so what do I know.
I think everyone is assuming Zion is a top 10 player out of the box. I'm not so sure of that. I think he'll be tough as hell to fit into a NBA offence with less transition because he's not much of a passer, but sounds like Griffin believes Zion will be transformative.
They now have the young assets, and Holliday. They have a young player with star potential at every position but the 5, including Julius Randle. Grab Butler to play swingman with Ingram and they are probably top 4 in the West today. I think they could deal the 4th pick and/or Ball to grab a ton of assets moving forward. Ball doesn't really fit if they keep Holliday.
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the whole point is to make the lakers attractive to big names
they NEED to go out and get another big name now
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wait, i thought the lakers didn't have enough assets to make a deal for AD last week? now they overpaid? LOL
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Why not? Jrue plays more SG these days for the Pels, that’s his best position. Him and Ball would be a decent backcourt with top notch defense, they could end up surprising depending on how well Zion plays as a rookie. Sounds like they’ll flip the #4 pick and a few other assets and bring in some help
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This is a disaster for the Lakers if AD doesn't re-up but I doubt that will happen.
Can they really get Kemba? Jimmy Butler is more realistic.
Can they really get Kemba? Jimmy Butler is more realistic.
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