2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

Maybe something other than "Huh" would have been a more polite way to express the surprise of you saying the center position was the biggest area of need next year (aside from SG if Nick moves).

When you say a center who can shoot are you including the 3 ball? Neither Zu nor Moz would be that player or should be spending much time out there with our rim protection and rebounding being major concerns. But both can shoot the 2 and Zu especially looks to be a 5 that's going to have a great touch out to the 3 as needed or even the occasional 3 if given the green light. With his demonstrated willingness to come into the facility on his own time and being at the top of the list in that regard I expect significant improvements from him in all areas they have him working physically and skills wise by start of the season next year.

Neither Withey nor Pachulia shoots the 3 and Monroe should be out of the question with our bigs situation.

But then you also in another post used the term "shooting big" which wouldn't have made me blink if you're including stretch 4 and off the bench utilization. Or if Black could be turned in a trade to somehow upgrade to a better small ball center option who could also shoot Js well and even the 3 ball.

 

i like mack on a low-dollar deal. good third guard with russell and clarkson already in the fold. solid backup pg. i don't like george hill on this roster at the price he'll fetch; plus, his injuries concern me.

patrick patterson is unrestricted, and toronto's going to have to pay ibaka. he might be gettable. he'd be a good fit, i think.

 

This has probably been asked a lot already, but does anyone know exactly how much cap room we'll have to work with?

I was under the impression we wouldn't have enough for a max contract since we don't really have any big expiring contracts coming off the books.

If we do have room for a max, are we generally assuming we won't have a chance on some of the top free agents like Hayward or Griffin?

 

Julius is starting to look kinda nice with his 3 point stroke and is knocking them down now every so often. Whole new ball game with the influx of ultimate Laker winning confidence just signed up to help him keep it going. As we've always said if he can hit a decent % from 3 to keep them honest look the hell out. I think he still has it in him to get considerably better with the shot. Form looks OK to good to me. What do the shooting mechanics specialists here think?

 

i'm not sure i'm seeing any scenario in which it makes sense to do anything but dumpster dive in FA this summer. if we keep the pick, you look to improve via trade (maybe two). if not, i think you basically brace for another year of "development" (read: actual tanking in a year when you actually own your pick).

 

Rob said as much. He said, 'we're going to be aggressive.'

Plus, are we going to go through another missed season of missing the PO's next season?I don't think so.

Everything and everybody are in play IRRESPECTIVE if we keep our pick or not...

All IMO

 

I want Hayward. Unless we get him I had just as soon develop the young guys we have left. Paul George will be a Laker this summer. I hate to see any young guys go but it is inevitable. Please not Zu or Ingram. Oh yes, I want Ball in the draft. Well on the way.

 

terrifying, given the FA landscape. aggressive in trades? i'm down. but that means a dramatic shift in team building.

 

If God is an NBA fan he/she will let us keep our pick # 1 or 2 to finally pull the Lakers franchise up to fair / even after the egregious wrongs done by Stern with CP3 and Gilbert being gifted also against all odds with the picks the Cavs came up with after LeBronz took his talents to the "super team" in Miami.

 

that one makes perfect sense, and may be followed by other dominoes. i just don't want them going balls out to sign the big name FAs again. none are likely or even good fits.

our best FA signings of late were end-of-FA-season guys: lou, bass, ed davis. there's always someone left out in the cold. bring them in or sit on the cash for better use later. my only gripe with bass and davis was the one-year deal. if you have enough cash, you can probably hammer out a multi-year deal in that same situation.

i don't even see a clear mozgov/deng (seems like good fit and should thus overpay early) candidate. maybe patterson? then again, we got totally burned on that last time (still think the general concept was sensible).

 

nba god would have given us towns or simmons. there's not one in this draft. maybe nba god will save us later. s/he does still owe us. BIG.