2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

There's no trade out there that can help us (at least not now). Indy's asking price is ridiculous and it makes us what? A play in team?

 

As someone who never loved the Indiana deal, I do feel like it would help the team quite a bit. Especially if we're getting these versions of LeBron and AD.

I don't know. I still feel like Indiana is going to kick themselves for not making a reasonable deal here.

 

i think it puts us firmly in the group of 4-7 in the west. but is that enough to justify sacrificing all ability to make any trade involving outgoing picks for a few years? or not having control of half your picks, post-lebron/AD?

yeah, if indy was managed by almost anyone else (or if rob and co hadn't tampered with george), i think it would have gotten done.

indy won't get two 1sts for turner as an impending unrestricted FA, and they'll get nothing of value for hield with one more full year on his deal past this one, imo. i suppose maybe some team will give them a prospect they can't use (think THT type) for each of them, and maybe indy calls that a win.

 

Did you see him saying that coming off the bench was the reason why he tweaked his hamstring? Got a good laugh out of that one.

 

there need to be a study done on why 3 pt shooters immediately struggle when coming to the lakers

 

Injury prone. Bulls should cut bait now and trade him for someone with a large expiring contract.

 

lol. honestly, though, if AD's mr glass around here, our fans may try to actually assassinate lavine.

 

That's definitely true.

 

I'm glad the Lakers showed a little fight in them at least

 

With a healthy Lebron and AD adding Myles Turner and Buddy Hield makes us better than a play-in team.

 

I don't know guys. Hield is overrated to me and Turner will be injured soon...

 

ive lost any optimism that Rob can figure out anything with roster construction and trading brick....he'll probably let Brick walk at end of the season

 

Mission accomplished, get under the repeater tax! Warrants another extension from Jeanie.

 

nope. they went with athleticism this season after going all in on 3 pt shooting was a massive failure last year

 

Trading for Russ meant filling out the rest of the roster with either washed up vet mins( last year) or g-leaguers (this year). At that salary, your big 3 have to play like super stars.

 

right. all three have to, and all three have to be available. even then, it's hardly a proven formula for success. i've ranted about this before, but the 2010-era heat really warped opinions on this. and the irony is that a) they were able to retain a key rotation player (haslem) and nab some very useful veterans (mike miller, shane battier, ray allen), some using the relatively larger mle. so they were never a 3 star + vet min team. and their three stars were all in their prime.

there is no blue print for a three max + merry minimums title winner, really. i guess maybe the 2008 C Bags, but that's a stretch, imo, as they, too carried over some starters.