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All the above continues to show what great value AR's contract is.

 

LOL. We need to trade AR faster. More trade scenarios, yall...!!!

EDIT: LOL @LTLakerFan

 

To be fair about Jalen Suggs’ new contract extension, his offensive numbers don’t stand out but he plays Alex Caruso level defense.

Having said that though, is that still worth $30 million/season? I’m not sure about that.

 

And to be continued lol
Jalen Johnson
Johnson signed a five-year, $150 million rookie contract extension with the Hawks on Monday, Shams Charania of ESPN reports

Alperen Sengun
Sengun agreed to a five-year, $185 million rookie extension with the Rockets on Monday, Bobby Marks of ESPN.com reports.

 

Suggs is a hell of a defender, still like... 23? And can hit the 3. They're thinking some contracts are north of 100m a year soon. I don't think it's that ridiculous for a team on the rise that plays together.

 

cap smoothing means that we won't see crazy immediate jumps. next year the projections are close to 150, i think. so these 30-35 per contracts are 1/5 of the cap. one max and two of them are over 2/3 of the cap. so if you're handing out 30 per--it better be a guy who you think can at least pull the caboose of a big three.

has jalen johnson shown that? not sure. jalen green? maybe. jalen suggs? if he can stay on the floor...maybe. sengun? i think so, actually.

and i love trey murphy, but i feel about him like i did about mikal bridges in phx. and i looked wrong for about six months on that, but i think i was right all along. these are elite role players. you want them at 20 per, not 30+.

btw, we really need to time lebron's retirement correctly. because reaves is a HUGE bargain right now, and that won't last. we need to find a way to capitalize on that very brief window where we might get a max slot again.

 

As of right now, Reaves is the future point guard for this team. Right now he has the luxury of sharing ball handling duties with Dlo, but Dlo could be gone as some as this season. So when that happens and we dont get anotger poiblnt guard in return, can Reaves handle point guard by himself? If Lakers feel that's a no, then they still might try to make a trade, but it has to be a clear upgrade. I don't know if Garland or Smart move the needle enough. Tre Young would look a lot better with Knecht/Max. Who else might be a sleeper?

 

Another way to look at this Lebron is old as f*** but AR's contract should be treated like a rookie deal in the NFL. That contract is ridiculously good for a guy who is a legit 3# guy on a title contender. In other words I really hope Miami sucks and Butler becomes becomes available lol.

 

Knecht likely will replace Reaves as #3 soon.

 

Actually, this could be a great trio of guards. DLO, AR and Knecht. We have often had 3 very effective guards to rotate, Scott, Magic and Cooper come to mind. When our defense is killing us, then we got Vando and Vincent. Could be solid

 

I know Knecht has everyone excited but AR has been a ridiculously good playoff performer: he was a beast against GS and the Lakers losing Game 5 really overshadowed how him and Lebron basically were really taking it to the Nuggets.

Basically if Knecht is even close to that good the Lakers will be a title contender

 

not sure about that. would be amazing if true, though. i think folks underrate just how good reaves is, tbh. he's not a star, but he's about as close as you get without being one. like, no way i trade him straight up for jerami grant.

edit: pioneer beat me to it. reaves is a 30-35 million per player that we're paying 14. just huge value.

 

He’s @showtime24 ’s favorite armchair trading piece though.

 

With the never guaranteed LUCK of decent to good health for ANY team …..

Winner Winner … Chicken Dinner! Not to mention if Koloko is healthy to play and improves on what he was doing 2 years ago in Toronto.

 

Any Laker in any right deal can go for the right player. That's just how it is w/me.

But with Reaves & other stuff, it likely would have to be for a top 12-15 player.

 

What would it take get Turner? What would you be willing to give up? Dlo, Lewis and two 1sts?

 

Not intentional. It just works out that way because he has been really the only player of value that we have on the roster besides Lebron and AD. I like him at PG though, and it looks like we need to keep our depth because the bottom 3 of the roster have been trash (JHS, Lewis Reddish). Bronny hasn't been great either but we don't expect much from him at this point.