Los Angeles Lakers: Searching for the Perfect Dump

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  1. wallangong

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    I'd like an over the hill backup C to provide experience. Platoon him, Black, and Zubac. We can still go small with Randle or Nance.
     
    wallangong, Jun 24, 2016
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    That's why the Hawes and Ariza dumps are so appealing.
     
    trodgers, Jun 24, 2016
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    Especially if we can grab a pick or two with them. We're likely to lose our pick in 2017 and we're either going to lose our 2019 pick or our 2017 and 2018 2nd rounders. I know we have a young squad already, but I like having assets.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 24, 2016
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    We BETTER lose our pick in 2017
     
    wallangong, Jun 24, 2016
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    Man I'd love to have Ariza back. He can start or back up Ingram, he can still score, hit threes, defend, he still has that heart of a champion. Don't want Parsons though.
     
    Weezy, Jun 24, 2016
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    You could grab 1.5 starters for <14m total.
     
    trodgers, Jun 24, 2016
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    There are so many nice dump candidates....I'll take Ariza and Beverley in a heartbeat if they take Lou Williams off our hands....
     
    fabfourlakers, Jun 24, 2016
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    I can't come in this thread. The mere mention of Ariza sends tingles up my legs.
     
    John3:16, Jun 24, 2016
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    Ariza is only 30 and has been relatively healthy... Question is how he feels all these years after the 2009 swap with Artest when Laker brass let him go. I know this though...Walton is smart enough to this day to let him start. :)

    Hawes...Black...Zubac.
     
    gcclaker, Jun 24, 2016
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    I like Lou. He's a solid sixth man on a decent contract.

    But I worry about him. If he's one of the only vets on our teams, I worry that he feels entitled to a large role. His iso game detracts from the development of everyone else.
     
    Helljumper, Jun 24, 2016
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    :ShaqOh2:
     
    LTLakerFan, Jun 25, 2016
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    why is houston dumping ariza? do they think they're getting durant and another max?
     
    abeer3, Jun 25, 2016
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    Reading around other teams' sites, everyone is like, "We'll get Conley and Whiteside if we don't get Durant."

    Even teams that don't have cap.
     
    trodgers, Jun 25, 2016
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    I think we're mostly speculating on who could be out there, but they've got a bunch of wings right now and could probably use a trade to free up space. They've got Brewer and McDaniels who can hold down the fort at SF along with Sam Dekker. Ariza at 7 million is probably a good dump candidate.

    Also Sam Hinkie West likes ditching good assets so he can swing for the fences in FA.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 25, 2016
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    i'm guessing he wants to ditch brewer and beverly, and not ariza.

    yeah, our outlandish expectations are not abnormal. only a handful of teams will be lucky enough to get one of the high caliber FAs (durant, conley, horford, derozan, whiteside). in fact, i'd bet on most--it not all--of that list staying put. none of their teams seem interested in letting them walk at any price.
     
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    That's fine though. Should those guys stay, there's still other players that will make this team better. I would prefer Horford or Noah but if the Raptors re-sign DeRozan for the max then we can cherry pick Biyombo for something less than the max. He may be best served as a backup Center, but he'd give us a great boost of energy.

    If the Warriors end up closing in on Durant, we'll be able to snag someone like Iguodala off their scrap heap.

    There's a lot of avenues forward for us. I also wouldn't be surprised if we end up taking someone like Brook Lopez from the Nets in a salary dump.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 25, 2016
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    It would be hilarious if Marc Gasol will be traded here:SadPau2:
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Jun 25, 2016
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    but don't the nets have as much space as us? seems unlikely that they'd want to dump lopez.

    i just hope the FO is ready to move quickly on the second tier guys, perhaps as soon as midnight.
     
    abeer3, Jun 25, 2016
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    Not quite as much, but if they're dumping Thad Young I don't see why they're holding on to Brook Lopez. They traded Young for a 20th pick. Lopez is probably worth Anthony Brown or something.
     
    therealdeal, Jun 25, 2016
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    I wouldn't mind Lopez. He was my choice for FA center last year. Maybe we can send Nick Young as garbage for garbage type of trade.
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Jun 25, 2016
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