2024-25 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

So can I assume we would be promising, barring injury, that Klay starts for the 3 years he wants? Though by late this year or next it's clear one or more of the young guys are better suited for it with Redick's utilization having really done well for their games? Reaves, Knecht, maybe even Max ..... both sides of the ball. Primarily thinking the next 2 years after this year? We seem loaded with wings now ..... get us the 5 muscle guy with some skills. Though I will give Rob credit ..... he has to have this as a priority this season and his moves typically come out of nowhere in the press ..... even with Anthony Irwin biting at his ankles weekly like some annoying little s*** dog. No offense to fans of little s*** dogs everywhere.

 

Not sold on Klay being our pressing need at all with what he have on the roster now but gave it a like for Pops overtly rooting for his kid to join up too.

 

Im starting to get pumped up about Klay! So, who would be the fifth starter? It would seem we need a defensive guy that could defend point guards. Who do the Lakers go with here? Vando, Max, Vincent, Dinwiddie? Or trade for somebody here? Dlo would not make sense here, so he would have to come off the bench or get traded.

 

Oh, FFS, not this again.

Klay does nothing for us. Bron, AD, Klay, AR, DLO lol...

Poor AD, having to play D for 4.5 people.

 

i think dlo, rui, gabe, vando, jhs, etc. become possible trade pieces for a pg who can defend and/or a big who can defend.

it's possible to find these, and yes, maybe easier to just go directly after them.

honestly, though--if this gets lebron to buy in so much that he takes a big paycut to make it happen, i like the general vibes around it. klay's going to be super motivated wherever he lands, too.

 

I want to be optimistic, but Klay is not the/a solution.

 

Has anyone mentioned klay as a mentor to Dalton? Perfect prototype on offense and maybe some tips defensively.

 

Who would you rather spend the MLE on if not Klay?

 

BTW... small highjack for the bizarre news of the day.

Matt Barnes twin sons play HS basketball. Their team is coached by Derek Fisher.

Yes, Matt comes to the games.

Yes, they are Gloria's sons. The same Gloria that Fisher was bumping uglies with.

 

Talk about awkward
I hope they're good, Lakers bound

 

I don’t think anyone thinks/expects Klay to be the only offseason move. We literally don’t have enough roster spots to sign him and re-sign Max. But if we’re talking about who to sign with the NTPMLE he’s pretty clearly the best realistic option.

Valanciunas is a pretty good fit next to AD, but we don’t want AD playing that many minutes at the 4 in the first place. And lineups with Valanciunas at the 5 with no AD are going to be pretty dismal defensively. There’s zero chance Harden takes a NTPMLE, he cares about money far and away more than anything. After that it’s guys like DJJ, Tobias, Melton, etc. that were worse players than Klay last season.

 

A big. The fact that there may be slim pickings shouldn't result in bringing more redundancy.

It is not dissimilar to having money to buy a dryer, but because there is no one you can afford on the market you buy another washing machine instead, in case the other breaks, the new one works better or you would be able to sell one of them.

Dumb.

 

That’s what their fight was about. DFish didn’t tell him and put the kids in an awkward situation.

looks like they are past it now, but bro code was broken, and now DFish is coaching high school

 

The Lakers were one of the worst 3 point shooting teams last season and I think Klay helps that. A guy that still shoots 40% from 3 willing to take the mid level when guys like Obi Toppin and Richaun Holmes are getting more is great productivity for the value you are paying.

Valencunias may be the one big we might be able to get at the MLE but if we can’t get him, would you rather spend the MLE on Mo Wagner or Andre Drummond instead? The list of free agent bigs is frankly pretty bad.

I just don’t understand why some of you would say thanks but no thanks if Klay says he’s willing to take the MLE. There is nobody out there that would make this team better than Klay would.

 

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SHOOTING GUARDS

To follow along:
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2024/position/sg/sort/contract_value

It's top end or nothing, we've got too much invested unless you're getting an upgrade as a starting SG. Here's a category where I don't see us thinning out the position either. If we don't trade for a starting level upgrade, we're fully committed to Austin at the spot. At the backup spot we really like Max and plan to increase his role and we just drafted Knecht.

Tier 1

1) Klay: seems to be priory 1 for us... for better or worse. Don't love the fit, it can work but Rob has just as much if not more roster moves to make afterwards to make it balance.

2) Har(d)en:

I can't. Luckily I think there's a zero % chance he'd take the NTPMLE, it doesn't fit within his lifestyle and dietary requirements...cause he's fat.


The-they'll cost more than they're worth to us

3) Trent Jr: he'll cost too much. We can't get the NTPMLE without Bron's help and I don't see him doing that for GT.

4) Hield: I expect Rob to ask Bron if he fits as the "impact player" he's looking for. Answer is no.

5) Harris: cost too much and doesn't move the needle considering the positional competition.

Min Options

6) Fournier: I think he's better than numbers the past couple years suggest. He looked good against Team USA while Thibs refused to play him. Is he ready to accept a minimum? Going from over $18m to that is rough to swallow, but that's where he's at and at that price, I think he's a value. We don't have the space but if we did, I'd be interested.

The-Return

7) LW4: think that bridge is deep fried.

The-I've-been-linked-to-LA-for-a-decade-minimum-option

8) Eric Gordon: meh

 

..... you are the first. Good point.

 

But not for 3-4 years. That seems foolish. Unless team options!

 

I don't know where you get your stats, but the Lakers were 8th by 3pt % last season. We were 28th in total attempts, but again, we had 5 players shooting 40%. If Pimple wasn't a moron, he'd get them a couple of more shots.