2025-26 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

I think some in here need to acknowledge that Rob did an excellent job so far this summer.
You know I’m not the biggest Ayton fan, but even I have to admit he’s the best possible option sans trading a bunch of assets for a mid tier big.

 

doesn’t bkn still have space? Wonder if we’ll give them knecht and an expiring for 2nds.

 

I’ve pivoted on Knecht after seeing his play in summer League. I think his only way back to confidence is playing for another club.

 

Rob did a phenomenal job. We cannot complain. He did everything we wanted and more.

Center/Ayton

didn’t give Finney Smith 4 yrs. 32 got his replacement younger /Laravia 23

got the perimeter defender to help replace Finney Smith and actually play guard on the perimeter and defend the perimeter guards/Smart


Rob worked the buyout market getting buyouts on players we had to have Ayton and Smart what would we have had to give up for them in a trade???

Rob got all these guys on two year deals.

but all you’ll hear on sports talk radio were Lakers were searching the bottle of the barrel.

meanwhile Adams got 3 yrs. 39 million. And Capella got 3 yrs. 40 million respectively.

And teams went crazy and over paid Look what we did???? Rob’s a savage.

 

We didn’t over pay for Nickel Alexander. I like that. Very smart very smart.

 

No assets traded


Added Ayton and Smart

 

Idk..We'll see..Gabe played in more games last season, than Smart has in his last 3 combined. It's prudent to hold on to Gabe IMO. Id be nervous coming out of training camp, with just Smart and Bronny at PG.

Kleber? Still unimpressed with his history, I thought Hayes played pretty well in his role last season. He's earned first dibs, on the back up burn IMO.

I know Maxi had a little run, a few years back in Dallas, but Gabe was the starting PG on a team that went to Finals more recently.