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

I think we have too many kids... I like them, but we're just not going to have enough opportunities for all of them. They're going to start losing value like Boston's kids. I like Hart, Ingram, Ball, and Zubac, but it's extremely unlikely that Hart and Zubac play more than 25 minutes per game. Ingram and Ball seem like guys to build around, but Ingram has a long way to go and we haven't seen Ball play yet. I understand people's frustration in the moment.

I wouldn't be surprised if we do to Randle what Boston did to Olynyk next summer which will be an unfortunate waste, but if we net two max level guys then I'm going to get over it.

 

Point Guards/Combo Guards
Three SDs Up (averaged $37M/season)
Stephen Curry +18 – Five years, $201M (age 29)
Kyle Lowry G +18 becomes RFA Signs 3 year, $100M deal with TOR (age 31)

Two SDs Up (averaged 17m/season)
George Hill +10 three-years, $57M with SAC (age 31)


One SD Up (averaged $17M/season)
Jeff Teague +6 – signs three year, $57M deal (age 29)
Jrue Holiday +6 – signs five year, $126M deal (age 27)
Darren Collison 0 – signs two year, $20M deal (age 29)
Patty Mills 0 – signs four year, $50M deal (age 28)
Middle of the Pack (averaging 5 M/season)
Dion Waiters -3
Derrick Rose -4
Deron Williams -4
Jason Terry -5
Beno Udrih -5
Michael Carter-Williams -6 Signs one-year, $2.7M deal with CHA (age 25)
Langston Galloway G -7 (signs three year, $21M deal) age 25JORDAN CLARKSON -9
Bobby Brown -9
Ty Lawson -9
Arron Afflalo -9

One SD Down (averaging $2.3m)
Ramon Sessions G -10
Raymond Felton -11
Jose Calderon -11 Signs one-year, $2.3M deal with Cleveland (age 35)Ronnie Price -11
Brandon Jennings -12
Trey Burke -12
Randy Foye -12

Two SDs Down (Minimum Contract)
TYLER ENNIS -13
Brian Roberts -14 (was a -9 last season)
Aaron Brooks -16
Norris Cole -17

Wings
Two SDs Up
Averaging 15.3M/season
Suggested: (One Year at 20M or multiple at decreasing amounts – 2 at 34, 3 at 42, 4 at 44? – as all are older)
Kyle Korver +3 Signs 3 year, $21M deal with CLE (age 36)
Andre Iguodala +3 (Signs three year, 48M deal with GSW) age 33Manu Ginobili +2
CJ Miles FG +2
JJ Redick +1 (signs 1 year, $23M deal) age 33


One SD Up - averaging ~10M/season
Suggested: (One year might start at 18, two at 36, three at 48, four at 56; adjusted down for age)
Matt Barnes -1
Thabo -2
Tony Allen -3
Shaun Livingston -3 – signs three year, $24M deal (age 31)Tyreke Evans -3
Tony Snell -3 signs four year, $46M deal (age 25)*Tim Hardaway Jr. -4
*Kentavious Caldwell-Pope -4
*Andre Roberson -4

Middle of the Pack
Averaging 4M/season (good deals)
(People overpaid like crazy for these players last year. These are players I’d consider on MLE-type deals, 5-8M per season.)
LUOL DENG -6
Ian Clark -6
KJ McDaniels GF -6
Justin Holiday -6 Signs 2 year, $9M deal with CHI (age 28)
Jodie Meeks -7 (Signs two-year, 6.7m deal with Washington) age 29Nick Young GF -7
Reggie Bullock -9 (becomes UFA)
Ben McLemore -9 Signs 2 year, 10.6M deal with MEM (age 24)*Jonathan Simmons -10
Vince Carter -10
Dahntay Jones -10
*Shabazz Muhammad -10 (worst defender at his position)
James Jones -10
Anthony Morrow -11
Wayne Selden SG -11 signs 2 year deal with Memphis for $2.9M (age 22)

One SD Down (These are Vet Min to Room Exception, 1-4M)
POST ASB BRANDON INGRAM -12*
Shelvin Mack -13
Sasha Vujacic -13 (was a -8 last season)
Patricio Garino -14
Alan Anderson -15
Sergio Rodriguez -15
*Ron Baker -15
Brandon Rush -15
Alex Toupane -15
James Young -16

Forwards
Three SDs Up
They ended up averaging ~28M per year


Paul Millsap +13 Signs three-year $90M deal with Denver (age 32)
Blake Griffin F +13 Signs five-year, $172M deal with LAC (age 28)
Two SDs UpAveraging ~15M/season (these are incredible deals, in my view)
Suggested Porter is getting max. The other gents could go in search of a ring. If not, they could be looking at solid paydays. At 30, Johnson could see an incredible deal, approaching 20M per season.
*Otto Porter Jr. +8 signs four-year, $106M offer sheet with BK (age 24)
David West +8 Signs a one-year, $2.3M contract with GSW (age 36)
Amir Johnson +7 Signs one year, $11M deal with Philly (age 30)
Danilo Gallinari F +7 signs three-year, $65M deal with LAC (age 28)


One SD Up

Averaging 13M/year
There are some excellent players here. Players better suited to SF earned a good deal more money than those who were more PFs last season in this range. If that continues, Johnson, Beasley, Gibson, and Williams could all see huge salaries – in the 15-18M range. The Lakers could add a quality player in Splitter if they want an upgrade on defense. That’s precisely what I’d try to do if I were LA – look at a two year, $19M deal for Tiago.
James Johnson +4
Michael Beasley +3
Taj Gibson +3 Signs a two-year, 28M contract with Minnesota (age 32)*Alan Williams +2 (becomes RFA)
Tiago Splitter +2
*Nikola Mirotic +2
Zach Randolph +1 signs two-year, 24m contract with SAC (age 35)Brandon Bass 0

Middle of the Pack
Averaging 9M/season Note that Randle is in this group, meaning the Lakers are already in decent shape with their current starter. If he continues to improve with age, he could jump into the next higher group by next season, but there are good options available that offer different skillsets – like Ilyasova for shooting, Tucker for defense.
*Joe Ingles -1 Signs four year, $52M deal (age 29)Luc Mbah a Moute F -1
Ersan Ilyasova -1
JULIUS RANDLE -2
PJ Tucker -2 Signs four year, $32M deal with HOU (age 32)*JaMychal Green -2
Christian Wood -4
Jonas Jerebko -5
Kris Humphries -6
Thomas Robinson -6
*Bojan Bogdanovic -6
Udonis Haslem -6
Alex Poythress -6
Dante Cunningham -7
Patrick Patterson -7 signs three-year, $16.4M deal with OKC (age 28)

One SD DownIf you’re signing one of these players, it’s either for depth or you’re speculating. I steer clear of Green and Metta like the plague. Motiejunas is the only one in the group that offers a good skill – his defense.
Jordan Hill FC -8
James McAdoo -9 (becomes UFA)
Donatas Motiejunas -9
Omri Casspi -9 signs a 1-year, $2.1M deal with GSW (age 29)
Metta -9
Luke Babbitt -10
Adreian Payne -10
Jeff Green -12

Two SDs Down
These are end of the bench players, but Troy Williams isn’t a bad prospect.
*Troy Williams -13
Derrick Williams -16
Damjan Rudez -17 (UFA)

Center-Eligible
Ibaka will be paid as either the best aging Center-eligible player in the crop or as one of the top five Forwards. He’s going to get a max or near max deal.


New Contender

Pau Gasol C +15
--Gasol is such an interesting case, because he’s playing lower minutes, but he’s still giving incredibly high quality contributions – on both sides of the court. He’s been able to post above average defensive numbers the past three seasons. He’s old, but I could see a 2/30 deal maybe.


Two SD Up

Averaged 22M
Serge Ibaka +9 Signs 3 year, 65M contract (age 27)
One SD UpWho’d have imagined this? Olynyk is in line for a max deal. He’s right where Dwight Howard was last year – but five years younger. Zaza was at +5 last year, and he’s been even better slotted into a good team. Even if he falls off a bit, he’s an above average center and a good candidate for a short, high-paying deal or a ring chase. Noel is my favorite among the Center prospects, and both he and Plumlee could be in for massive paydays. Their deals should probably start at around 15M.
Kelly Olynyk +8 – now UFAZaza Pachulia +7
*Nerlens Noel +6
*Mason Plumlee +5

Middle of the Pack - averaging $5.5M per season
Some good, quality vets here. The Lakers could do worse than to invite back Hibbert, but McGee might be a cheaper option and a better fit. Nene continues to be excellent despite his age; he was at only +1 last season, and he found a good role on a good team.
Dewayne Dedmon +4
Nene Hilario +3 – 3 years, $11M with Denver (age 34)*Alex Len +2
Aron Baynes FC +2
David Lee FC +2
Willie Reed +2
Mike Muscala +1
Nick Collison +1
Roy Hibbert +1
Marreese Speights +1
JaVale McGee +1
Cristiano Felicio 0 – signs four year, $32M deal (age 24)

One SD Down
Center is pretty deep. The Lakers have three just below average bigs. Zubac is likely to improve a good deal next season. He could be into the low average range by next season’s close. Mozgov was at -2 last season, meaning he actually played slightly better this season. Let that sink in.
Jeff Withey -1
TARIK BLACK -1 (one of the better positional defenders)
Bogut C -1 (still top 5 defender in the NBA over the last three seasons)
Joel Anthony -3
IVICA ZUBAC -4

Two SD Down
Probably not worth a contract. Center is deep.
Walter Tavares -7
Lavoy Allen FC -7

Four SD Down (Ouch)
Again. Ouch.
*Joffrey Lauvergne -12 (becomes RFA for some reason)

 

I think it's pretty clear the Lakers thought they'd get George with Randle/Clarkson/2 1sts... I don't think they had any intention of drafting 27/28 this year. That's not to say they aren't happy with the kids, just that I don't think it was "Plan A" so to speak. I mean let's be honest, the trade they took was much worse than what we offered.

 

It's not necessary to use the term at all though. We're all Laker fans here with valid opinions. Just because you don't agree with someone, doesn't mean they're stupid or their opinions are invalid compared to yours. If you disagree with someone, just state your piece.

I think some fans are overreacting, but the vast majority of fans on LB are not. Call it pompous, but my favorite thing about this site is how level most of us are compared to the other sites. Let's try to keep it that way by not escalating the situation calling people "snowflakes" and such.

 

I wouldn't have because I know (through obvious collusion) that Paul George is still coming here anyway. Why give up Lonzo when I know I don't have to? Randle/Clarkson/2 late 1sts are not necessary for our plans and in fact are jettisonable assets because we need the capital to move on George anyway. Lonzo and Ingram aren't jettisonable. In fact, context clues point towards the Lakers fallback plan being Zubac, Ingram, and Ball moving forward. I get that. Every regime change wants their guys in front instead of the previous regime's.

More importantly though, it doesn't matter. The Pacers weren't going to trade with us obviously. If that was the deal they took? it was never going to happen.

 

How long has this FA plan been in effect? Aside from the two long-term deals last season, how long has LA been not a contender, hoping to land the big fish, and unable to do so?