Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

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  1. lakerjones

    lakerjones Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm with Slick. Go big or go home! I'd like to get Vucevic for Rui and Wood. He kind of provides the best of what those guys do at a more consistent level - he would be fantastic as a starting stretch 5 you could play with AD. And let's get a bruiser as well. Seems like we would have to choose then to use our seconds on either Vuc or Valanciunas unfortunately. Maybe we do go after Kessler then if we chase Vuc. I'd rather go that route personally. Not sure what it would take to get Sharpe but he's a nice option as well. 2 bigs to play two different roles would be ideal. If it's either or Vuc or Valanciunas well then maybe you go for Vuc and keep Gabe at backup 1.
     
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    pure logic says no, and that we should blow it up this summer. but that's not how we operate as a franchise, and i understand why. so we're left with the half-measures like the DFS trade and whatever might follow at the deadline.

    slick's not wrong in that the difference between us and much of the league isn't dramatic, but we just have to depend on so much going right, and we haven't had it all going for a while now. no real reason to expect we'll get the level of luck necessary to get over the top in the next two years.


    i could be talked into rui/wood both 2025 2nds for vuc at this point. especially if vando returns from the grave. part of me wonders if the wait here is about that. if vando's alive, we trade rui. if he's not, we look at smaller salaries like richards/sharpe/kessler (obviously huge pick cost on the latter).
     
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