Lakers Plan To Explore Dragic Trade Or Offer Him $20m Per Year In Off-season

I get that, but I honestly believe that Dragic isn't a player that even does that for us. I think our top picks along with Dragic still misses the playoffs in this current Western Conference. Dragic to me is NOT a big free agent. I don't think Rondo is either after watching how badly he has fallen off the last couple seasons.

 

I've already discussed why that's not necessarily true. Check back a page or two to see where that's at. Basically two things: 1) everything I've read is that LA and Dragic are both VERY interested in each other and 2) Dragic might not care about the 5th year if he's not in the right spot- he might structure his deal to opt out anyway so that he can get a larger contract when the cap goes up.

Dragic wants to run his own team. Will he get that in Miami? Maybe, but probably not. Will he get that in LA? Pretty much.

 

Well the market isn't great for FAs that we are likely to get, so I just want any of them that we've got a chance at. Dragic, Rondo, and Love all seem to be "gettable" if we hand out a max deal and they keys to the car. Fine. Go get them! I don't care about anything else.

No it won't necessarily get us the playoffs, but it'll get us much closer and make us a much more attractive destination than we are right now.

 

Love is the only attainable FA that brings us closer to the playoffs, IMO. Aldridge and Gasol are staying. Rondo could actually make us worse depending on what version of Rondo we get and how he meshes with our unit. Dragic is a 2nd tier pg who has somehow tricked a lot of people into thinking he is great.

 

The dude is a 3rd Team All-NBA player last year. He's not a dud, he's got plenty of game. Even if Dragic is 2nd Tier guy, if we get the right player in the draft (hello Okafor) we're back in business. Okafor, Randle, Clarkson, and Dragic moving forward is a hell of a start. Is it a playoff team? Maybe not, but it's a lot closer to the playoffs than it is the last spot in the West that's for damn sure.

And given that we've got money freeing up each summer for two years, it's time to start spending the money.

I'm not married to the idea of Dragic, but I'm married to the idea of getting SOMEBODY.

 

We'll revisit this in the summer, but I think this is far from cut and dry. Miami gave up essentially nothing important, but a pick from 2021 that's unprotected. They gave up another 1st that's got a little more protection on it. If Dragic leaves it won't kill them, that's why Riley made the move. I think if LA pushes hard for Dragic this summer, he's theirs. That's the impression I've gotten from all the separate reports I've read. Dragic wants to be responsible for the revitalization of either NY or LA. LA has more young assets than NY and a vastly superior culture. I could see him making that leap for sure.

 

That's really all I'm asking. Go get a FA that matters and let's start moving this rebuild in the right direction. If that means max money, so be it. The penalties on that will really be alleviated when the Cap explodes and we'll STILL have a max to offer next summer anyway. Spend the money and get a FA no matter what it takes.

 

Sure! If we draft a PG/SG/SF type, let's go nuts on Monroe. I'm down for whomever. Let's just go get a FA and get some momentum going in the right direction here.