I think Rob is going to pull off something, that will have the Laker Nation buzzing myself. We'll see
it's just not obvious to me right now where it would come from. there are only a few real tankers this year: west: utah, portland, mayyybe pelicans if they can't get enough guys back healthy of those three, portland seemed disinterested in dealing with us unless we got burned over the summer, and i'm not sure what's changed there. NO might deal with us because they gave our pick away in the dejounte trade. but i don't think they'd send us zion; and i don't know that we want ingram (i'd take him, though!). that leaves utah, which has a ton of options that we could use (kessler, collins, sexton) but would demand picks at a level i'm not sure i like. so you have to look east. washington is the obvious partner, but not for a big deal. still think a jonas trade makes a ton of sense, and there are several paths to it (gabe, max, or vando outgoing with some seconds if it's gabe or vando). i'm a little worried that atlanta's sucking and young is having a down year. the raptors have two vets that interest me (brown and olynyk), but they've each missed the entire year. that leaves the nets, who we also talked to over the summer. i think there are lots of possibilities there, but none are home run swings, and there will be other bidders. tl;dr: i don't think a blockbuster is likely at all. i think we'll make one or two smaller trades, likely involving some of the teams named above. most likely blockbusters are guys like young, lavine, and again mayyybe ingram. and again all unlikely.
