2024-25 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

Shroeder and Brown are too many non shooters.

 

I think this is the right blueprint. Trade DLo for an athletic two-way guy, and then trade Gabe for someone that can handle the ball more than him. Another big is certainly a need, but not as important as obtaining the two-way guard/wing and then replacing DLo’s ball handling.

 

We will hate Bruce Brown here…I don’t mind DS returning but he and DLo would be a volatile group

 

Yeah. There was literally zero need to bring up his family to make that point.

 

Unless you want to give up Rui or Va do which I doubt anyone wants to do you have to lose Dlo and Gabe to get back Brown. Salary match is real close

I mean the evidence suggest a Reaves led backcourt with DS the Lakers are a WCF finel team. Flip Brown to the Lakers two years ago and they have title 18 pretty easily.

With Vando, Brown, and DA you have 3 different size good defensive players. Basically you're flipping out Gabe, Dlo, Max for DS, Brown, and more Knecht/Vando. That's a no brainer I just don't know if TO or the Nets find anything attractive on the Lakers to want

 

Sure they could. Now they and other teams with a good player we covet have Knecht to add to Reaves (either/or) to ask to be included if we want the deal. I expect JJ would vote no on both.

 

Yeah I won’t watch this team without our homegrown quotas

 

The two of them could co-exist. Just need to wedge a good 3 and D player between them. Rusell or Rui are not that guy. Vando is not looking like that guy, because of his durability issues. Ideally, there would be a better shooter at this spot anyway though. I thought Max could be that guy, but maybe not until 2-3 years down the line. Need to find somebody here that could 3 and D. IDK if we are looking for a 3 and D wing or point guard though.

 

you mean like caruso?

anyway, isn't bruce brown out indefinitely with a knee injury right now?

 

Yeah @abeer3 lol probably didn’t watch 90% of the season they let go of Caruso but there was a bigger reason for that, I don’t like the ball being shot at the side of the backboard

 

We are one of the worst teams in the league in three-pointer made and attempted. We are one of the best in two-pointer made and attempted. I keep hearing that we are targeting a center. I could warm up to a twin-towers line up if: We have at least TWO high volume shooters at two of the other wing positions. One of them could be Knecht, but we then have to replace Knecht with another shooter off the bench.

 

Didn't even work him out? Damn.

We can rectify that though. We know you still love Kobe.

 

That's Magic d****** doing, no?

 

He was unattainable

 

^^^ no we had the 2nd pick and took Lonzo, who probably Magic (mainly) wanted as he had been a great local point guard at your (alma mater?) and had great size, speed, athleticism and defensive abilities. Plus his old man.

 

no point thinking about what could've been with tatum because he would've been traded to NO

 

yeah, it's interesting to look back now. he seemed very attainable pre-draft, but if boston was truly sold on him and knew we might take him, they probably wouldn't have traded down.

whatever; i don't blame the FO. i didn't think tatum would be this good, nor did most scouts, etc.

now, in retrospect, we probably should have at least worked him out to put fear into danny that trading below us was a risk. hopefully, we learned from that part at least.

this is true, but he might not have needed as much added along with him in such a scenario.

again, water under the bridge. we got AD and a ring. boston got their ring. everybody won.