Brandon Ingram Discussion: He Is Who We Thought He Could Be

Our playoff picture is almost nonexistent. Imho, just shut him and Hart down and have them practice with the team when they're fully recovered.

 

We’re definitely not getting in, but I still see huge benefit to finishing the season on a high note

 

Philly gets it at 1, 6-14 (15-30 if playoff bound, but not happening)
Boston gets it at 2-5

I still think these guys have enough to get the pick down to 10-14 without bringing back BI and Hart but good observation about the pick Weez.

I just don't think it's worth injury in terms of selling free agents and god forbid, needing healthy trade assets for any offseason trades.

 

This is frustrating to say the least ... Progress being slowed down by injuries , happened to BI a couple of times this season .

 

Trudell and Walton comment on his recovery

 

If this was a playoff push I'm pretty sure bi and the coaching staff would let him play, but since we are out of it then they are doing the right thing being precautionary.

 

Love Ingram but..

Heard this on ESPN 710 and they brought up an interesting trade scenario. If the Spurs offer Kawhi for Ingram and 2 1st, assuming Kawhi is healthy and willing to re-up with Lakers, would you do it?

 

Only if it guarantees pg or james signing, matter of fact if we can force deng into the trade along with an opt in traded pg we could even still sign james n randle

Ball, pg, leonard,lebron, randle

But i cant imagine leonard willingly leave a superax on the table though n he won't get it if he traded before he signs the extension

 

Depends. Does Kawhi want to be here? I ask because he can opt out of his contract in 2019.

I'm not particularly interested in giving up BI and 2 1sts for a one year rental.

Even if Kawhi is interested, why trade BI and 2 1sts? Why not wait until 2019 and sign him without giving up our young talent?

 

What if we could move deng into the deal? Kawai makesb the same as deng right now, we could theoretically have the same cap room to sign james n pg maybe even randle as well

 

don't blame the player blame the game lol....besides you do the same if you were 60yrs old and some doufus threw stupid money at you

 

I like to move Deng, but unless Kawhi commits past 2019, I'm not interested in giving up BI, and 2 1sts. It's too much.

 

And yet there were fans defending Mitch/Jim....smfh. I guess they're the same group that must've thought those two could Make the Lakers Great Again.

When it comes to BI getting traded, you do that only for a stud with next to no question marks. If Kawhi is supposedly upset with a franchise like the Spurs..umm maybe that's the type of player I'm okay with not being our franchise player. Then factor in a possible chronic nerve condition and the decision becomes a whole lot easier to make.

We'll definitely know how bad Kawhi wants out of SA and just how badly he would want us as a destination. Dude can be designated as a super max player by SA and make close to $220M over 5 years. He gets that type of bag only with SA, so if he turns it down to come to LA for far less money, I'd not only be shocked but happy that Kawhi wanted to be a Laker that badly.

Or he could get the best of both worlds and sign that super max deal and then demand a trade out of SA. No guarantee he'd be rerouted here, but at least he gets out of SA and gets paid handsomely to do so.

If you have an injury concern hanging over your head, you get that guaranteed money first, then get picky later. Any way you really look at it, it's highly unlikely he becomes a Laker any time soon.

 

Can't give up on Ingram though because his play gets better so exponentially and he's only 20. Plus he's got the super-value contract for 2 years left. Kwahi's contract for next year at least is simi-team friend too, just not very team friendly like BI's is and for 2 years. And you have more young years left with BI. True Kwahi is 26 but there is the injury too. And the 2 1rsts? Naw. Giving them BI would already be setting them up for the future. We have spent almost 2 years developing this kid.
Let's reap the benefits of having BI ourselves for a dozen+ good years.

 

Well-said. And agree!

But I do love BI and think he's going to grow into a very good player...