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**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins
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If it's just bringing Buddy in x bringing German Rondo back that's a whiff of an offseason. My feelings for Russ not withstanding.
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Hope they can use the Derozen talks as leverage to drop the 22nd pick from kings deal
darthska
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We went from "All teams said no" to "2 teams keep blowing the line up."
Never change, media.
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Never change, media.
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darthska
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So if you're the Lakers, you would stick with the Hield direction over the DDR direction?
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If it’s between DDR and Buddy. Give me Buddy already
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I think it would come down to what other moves were making I guess. Given that DDR hard caps you, you better have something else lined up bc you can potentially be losing tht and Shroeder and Kuzma and be hard capped to get DDR
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DDR = hard cap
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Buddy pls.
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Oh Stein's tweet is definitely a Laker leak to get the Kings to drop their asking price. 
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Trezz holding up the Hield Deal…
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Personally i think Demar is better than Buddy but yea Hard capping ourselves for Demar is unnecessary
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I do think Demar is better than Hield but Demar against the hard cap is a no no unless he’s willing to reconstruct highly doubt it
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Oh ya I think most would agree. Even lakers prob know this.
lol when Demar said He would take a discount, he meant like 5-7 mill dollars off. Not 20 mill. People are so silly
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The only way I would do DDR with a hard cap is if he takes 15 and convinces Lowry to take 15. Sign and trade kcp to Toronto and Kuzma to Spurs. Can still bring back Caruso if he takes 5 mill. And use mini mle on someone
I am aware I just made 4 highly unlikely assumptions and things that prob won’t happen
I am aware I just made 4 highly unlikely assumptions and things that prob won’t happen
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Buddy doesn't have many suitors, so that's a good thing & Kuz & Trez are both up quickly & honestly together>>> impact of Buddy on the Kings
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Well the odds are:
Derozen being ok with 15 mill is probably like 35%
Lowry at 15 is like 12%
Caruso at 5 is like35%
All those happening simultaneously is (.35 x .12 x .35= 1.47%
So you’re telling me there’s a chance
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what if Trezz and Klutch holding back so we can keep the pick…..
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I also imagine that the Kings being hesitant on dealing with the Lakers plays a role.
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At 22 though?! If anything Klutch working with Pelinka to get a deal done to help Bron out. Another team may need that 22nd pick with other teams involved can dice things up…
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Nah. Money talks and business is business. Not like the kings are contenders. Pretty sure Vivek doesn’t care about the 2002 lakers - kings WCF
