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How’s sexton’s defense compared to Dlo?

 

Similarly bad.

 

In:

JJ
Sexton
Knecht
Grant
Kessler
Max’s improvement and increased role
Healthy Gabe

Out:

Ham
Prince
Dlo
Dinwiddie
Cam
Vando

Those are significant upgrades. We can’t bank on another year of Lebron and AD health, but I like that roster for 4-5 seed.

 

Gun to my head I'll probably do those trade. Sexton and Kessler are still young and their contracts are ending when Lebron theoretically retires, we could reevaluate then. Grant's contract and age scares me though.

 

slick corrected me on grant's age. i thought he was 32, but he's 30. i feel like he has at least 2 years, maybe 3 at this level of production, then he has his player option. if i could get cam johnson for the same basic package, i probably opt for that, but i feel like he'll be more expensive.

hard to justify two 1sts for grant with that contract length, though.

 

Sorry to harp on this, but am I correct in understanding that this is the ONLY thing we can point to that he got “right”?

Because I hate to say it, this isn’t anywhere close to definitive enough proof for me.

I just reviewed the thread, and he didn’t say anything about the Hield/Westbrook saga until after another reporter mentioned it. He even said the Hield talks had stalled (with a built in disclaimer to save face about how things could change) shortly before Woj tweeted that it was about to happen. Didn’t mention anything about Westbrook pivot until Shams tweeted it.

Yes he posted that the Westbrook deal was done while Woj was still tweeting that the deal was nearing completion… but that’s kind of just semantics? After the abrupt pivot from Hield to Westbrook, I think it was clear that when Woj said the Lakers were “near a deal for Westbrook” that it was inevitably going to happen. It’s an easy bet to make if you’re Mr. Rambis to just say it’s a done deal knowing more likely than not it will happen

Just saying, if I wanted to portray myself as an insider, as someone with notifications on for Woj/Shams tweets and a familiarity with how they word likely imminent deals, I probably could have made similar posts on a similar timeline as Mr. Rambis on that day.

I get that he’s “our” insider, but I think it’s healthy and natural to be skeptical towards “anonymous insiders” like this (I mean we even commonly discuss skepticism towards the sources or motivation of NON-anonymous insiders with an established reputation). I haven’t seen anything that justifies definitively dismissing this skepticism towards Mr. Rambis as “misinformation”.

 

Wish we could swing this:
Austin, Dlo, JHS, Hayes, 2 frps
For
Lauri, Sexton, Kessler

 

my sense was that barns had verified off-record that mr. rambis actually held a position that would give him access to information. but by rambis's own account, that access seemed limited/very tangential.

anyway, we seem to be keeping it close to the vest. i'm sure rob has been on the phone constantly for weeks. we're not going to hear about every detail of these conversations.

 

pretty sure markkanen's price is as high or higher than bridges. austin would be VERY attractive to utah, though.

given that markkanen's not a perfect fit, i'm not sure i go that far--and i'm not sure they'd even take it.

again, if i'm utah, i'm not sure why i'm even moving markkanen. just pay him. you have nobody on the books!

 

This article covers a lot of it, not sure if maybe there were some more recent shots fired too. Basically this wasn’t two players getting into a physical altercation during a competitive game, these two guys were disparaging each other’s careers and values

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...ds-teammates-are-feuding-on-social-media/amp/

 

that definitely settles the "can you combine S&Ts in trades" question that comes up a lot around here.

the two non-guaranteed years is pretty close to cap circumvention if you ask me.

 

is that them dropping some payroll?

 

Since we always seem so interested in reuniting with the baby Lakers, I wonder if we’ve spun the tires on Ingram.

He makes around $36 million, so on paper something like DLo, Rui, and 2 FRPs could get it done (probably has to involve a third team because NOP definitely wouldn’t want DLo when they already have Murray and McCollum)

Of all the players we’ve been recently linked to, Ingram in a vacuum is the most worthy of 2 FRPs IMO. But I’m not sure he’s a great fit alongside Lebron and AD.

And I’m not sure if we’d get outbid. Or if maybe there aren’t too many teams looking to give up significant assets AND presumably have to lock in Ingram to a max extension. And maybe we wouldn’t want to do that either.

 

Evan Sidery
@esidery


Keep an eye on Isaac Okoro as a sign-and-trade candidate where the Cavaliers can also secure a wing upgrade. Cleveland has been canvassing the trade market for an impact wing. Okoro, the No. 5 overall pick from the 2020 draft, shot a career-best 39.1% on threes this season.

 

If we can bring Ingram back, we definitely should IMO.