2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

Jennings isn't any better of a mentor for Lonzo and is a worse player than Rose. By a wide margin. I'd rather have Sessions, Clark, or maybe even Ennis over Jennings.

I'm not a huge Derrick Rose fan, but the guy can still play. He'd improve our roster. It's a legitimate question if he'd be okay as a 6th man being a former MVP and only 28/29 years old, but it seems like he's going to be a 6th man no matter where he goes at this point. Rose last season posted 18/3.8/4.4 in 32 minutes played. Those are solid numbers. It's the best he's played since he was last an All-Star in 2012 actually.

The character issues are real. He's obviously got baggage now, but he was a golden boy early in his career. If he's truly repentant, and all we've seen is "all Derrick wants is to play ball", then he actually would make a good mentor for Lonzo in a "don't follow this path" sort of way. Like @SeasonVet24 posted: they share a similar path to the start of their careers even if they're different players. Rose got hurt and slid HARD to where he is now making poor decisions and getting into trouble off the court. If he comes here, willing to take a backup role, and just "play ball" Lonzo in some ways might honestly be good for Rose. I'm not going to count on that of course, which is why this is a 1-year deal offer, but I don't see the harm at all. If you can bring 18 points per game potentially off the bench, that's a good deal, especially if you can get rid of him easily.

There's also a sub-text benefit of: if the Lakers are strong enough right now to lure Derrick Rose away from Cleveland (a three straight Finals team looking at a probable fourth) while offering the exact same role with only a couple million dollars... That's a hell of a good sign and would be terrific PR for the Lakers FO who can continue to tout the "we're back" horn and continue saying "people want to be with the Lakers now and we're back on the map". It's a great feather in the cap and something they can use next summer as well. Baggage or not, that's a former MVP who is only 28 years old agreeing to come off the bench for a lottery team.

And again: if we pass, I'm okay too. I'm just not writing Rose off early. For what it's worth, I'd rather have Rondo than Rose, but I get both of them. I'd be just fine with Clark, Ennis, or whomever else we go with too.

 

He's better than the people who do fit what we're doing. By a large margin. I'd have to know how his interview went, but a one-year deal for a guy with his talent isn't something I'm sweating at all. We could waive him if we wanted to and it wouldn't hurt that bad. Hell if he's truly an issue, the Lakers can afford to buy him out and give him his full paycheck and watch him leave meaning we don't even have to stretch him or anything.

 

Neither Rondo or Rose fit this team, but Rondo would be much closer to a fit than Rose.

What is it about a fragile head case ball hogging lead guard who can't hit a three point shot if his life depended on it and has never shown ANY inclination to mentor anyone that says good fit?

What he does have is a huge name. I believe Magic is somewhat enamored with big name players. It's a chink in his armor.

 

At the same time, Magic and Rob spent 3hr with each Rondo and Rose. They didn't spend that amount of time with anyone else I can remember, so maybe they have the same character reservations we have, and felt they needed some convincing for them to consider either.

Apparently Rondo didn't check off all the boxes of what they wanted financially or character wise because it seems they didn't make him an offer.

It sounds like Rose might have convinced them that he wouldn't have any character issues in LA since it's reported that they made some kind of offer for him.

 

Soooo....he's one of the last PG picked but he's going to be a primodonna with his decision.

 

BLOW THIS UP!

How gone is LeBron now??