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Disappointing end but this was a really fun season. In January I was advocating for blowing the whole thing up.
They still should tbh. Bron another year older and Mr. Glass.
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They still should tbh. Bron another year older and Mr. Glass.
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We overachieved and went beyond what most (including us here) expected. They did it all in 3 months. Run it back but we need to get a legit big. Lebron at 39 aint gonna get you to another WCF without some major help. Just the fact that AD didnt get hurt from march to now is mind boggling
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Not stuck with anybody.
But in the idea of if they want to win a title. No piece. No salary. Nothing can go to waste.
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I know he's not an unrestricted FA but can we effectively just tell Dlo to get a deal and we can match it? Doesn't make sense for just to overpay.
Overpaying D'lo makes him much harder to trade down the line.
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“If he wants 30 and we say know he will walk”
Where will he walk? Lol
Another team has to be willing to give you that for you to walk.
There are 5 teams or so with cap space and all have young guards. Nobody giving him 30.
Right now he’s worth 20.
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No.
Because of his cap hold. If Lakers rescind his cap hold. Then would need to be able to re-sign him using cap space.
Essentially (no pun) Lakers have 0 cap space in the off-season. Whether it’s letting DLo walk. Or keeping him. Or holding into Beasley/Bamba salaries.
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Gotcha. Can we sign-and-trade D'lo?
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Yes.
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You want everyone to blow it up
They going to as well after the Heat dispatch them, but at least their stars are young and healthy.
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Sure could, but don't really see anyone beating down the Lakers door to do so.
But all it takes is one *******.
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Sure. Best case scenario would be Portland trying to appease Dame this summer and then completely imploding mid season to the point he demands a trade. Then we could swoop in with a Dlo+Christie+multiple 1sts offer.
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Can’t wait for most exciting part of the nba year. July 1 to about July 10.
Or as was the case last year. July 1 to feb 20 lol
Or as was the case last year. July 1 to feb 20 lol
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Denver shoulda blown it up last year after losing to dubs. Oh wait Nevermind
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Yes.
Problem is. What is his value?
My guess is you trade him. Maybe for a 8th/9th man in the rotation. A team trading for DLo is going to want to feel like “hey we got him for nothing”
And if it’s a Free Agent swap it’s hard capped.
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Don’t see a DLo sign and trade being successful.
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It's just a tough pill to swallow. We're admitting that he's a 8th/9th man on a playoff team but also saying we have to basically pay him whatever he wants.
My issue is that we could put ourselves in a bad stop if we sign him to a huge, untradable contract.
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DLo is probably on this team through the AD/Bron era.
1. No way to pivot because he doesn’t open up cap space
2. Can’t S&T for Kyrie without blowing the team up
3. His value will be lower and whatever you get for him isn’t helpful in the off-season.
4. I don’t care what anybody says AR/Dennis PG rotation isn’t really good.
5. If he plays really well in 2023-24, why would you then trade him? (Hope to get a better playoff guy? No guarantees there. And it would need to fit the right archetype for the team they have)
1. No way to pivot because he doesn’t open up cap space
2. Can’t S&T for Kyrie without blowing the team up
3. His value will be lower and whatever you get for him isn’t helpful in the off-season.
4. I don’t care what anybody says AR/Dennis PG rotation isn’t really good.
5. If he plays really well in 2023-24, why would you then trade him? (Hope to get a better playoff guy? No guarantees there. And it would need to fit the right archetype for the team they have)
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Bring him back and see if someone wants to force thier way to LA...
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If Kyrie told Mavs to hook him up after that mess of a season, DLo to Mavs makes sense. But then again it’s Mark Cuban so that would never happen.
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Shoulda kept conley
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Nope. I’m not saying he’s the 8th/9th man on a playoff team.
I’m saying that a team trading for him will offer that. Because they won’t trade a big piece for him. His value is low. And they will want to get him for nothing.
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Lakers leverage is none of the cap space teams really make sense for D'Lo and what team over the cap is going to hard cap themselves to do a sign and trade for him?
D'Lo's agent got work to do between now and July.
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They lost to the Nuggets in 5.
