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  2. I wouldn’t mind DeRozan if we had the 3-point shooting of Lowry but the problem is Lowry would hard cap us so that it would be difficult to add DeRozan unless we give up Caruso and THT. And we would not have enough room under the hard cap to add a 3&D small forward to help balance the shooting.

    That’s why LeBron to the 4 and AD to the 5 is so important as it eliminates the non-shooting center and allows you to include a great midrange jump shooter like DeMar because you can still surround him with 3-point shooters, including LeBron and AD.

    It’s the same logic I use to support trading for Westbrook. In this case, since it’s not a S&T, we can still go out and add a couple of elite 3-point shooters like Hield and McDermott to offset Russ’ lack of gravity from deep.

  3. https://twitter.com/LakerTom/status/1418618687821553664

    DeRozan, who starred at Compton High and USC, has interest in returning home to play for the Lakers, even if it is for less than the $27.7 million he earned last season in San Antonio, according to people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

    Though the Lakers didn’t acquire Lowry at the trade deadline, he remains interested in joining them, according to people with knowledge of his situation.

    …

    While there is a path to the Lakers bringing in both Lowry and DeRozan, it certainly won’t be easy considering the Lakers’ lack of cap space.

    If they want to sign Lowry then it likely would come via a sign-and-trade with the Raptors, potentially involving Schroder and others. That would hard-cap the Lakers though, leaving them basically forced to fill out the roster with minimum players.

    They would have one mid-level exception to hand out, however, which would likely go to DeRozan in this scenario. Turner mentioned that DeRozan would be willing to take a pay cut to play for his hometown Lakers, but going from making $27.7 million to $5.7 million is a giant one so it remains to be seen if he’s willing to do that.

    There’s no doubt that adding both Lowry and DeRozan, or even just one of them, would put the Lakers firmly back in the championship picture, so it will be interesting to see what Rob Pelinka is able to pull off this summer to make it happen. Pelinka is known for taking big swings since taking over the Lakers’ front office, and this would certainly categorize as another one.

    • This is the first report I have heard of Kyle being interested in joining the Lakers. That is great news. Lakers would hardcap to get Kyle, who would give them a Big Three to challenge the Nets.
      Lowry:
      17.2/5.4/7.3
      43.6/39.6/87.5%
      2.8 3PM per 7.2 3PA

      • The big question is what would each be willing to play for. I can’t see a path for anything more then 40 mil combined with sign and trades involved. And would Pop even trade with the Lakers. Derosen would have to be willing to play for the full MLE. Although Pop did have some nice things to say about Kuz before he got hurt on the USA team. Raptors would be easier. Lowery has meant a lot to the team and they might make it easy for him. We have Dennis and maybe Trez to move in trades even if it’s too a 3rd team. So there are paths but it wouldn’t be easy.

    • There’s nothing easy about this offseason so it’s good when you hear guys want to join the Lakers. The only way DeRozan would fit on this team is if they had an elite high volume 3-point shooter like Lowry and hopefully another at the 3 or 2 if DeRozan plays the 3.

      DeMar is a Compton High kid who’s on the downside of his career and missed the championships with the Spurs and Raptors. He might take a huge discount to join the Lakers and win a ring. Next few seasons could be dominated by the Lakers and Nets.

  5. If both want to play together it’s either in New York or they have to take major paycuts. The Lakers would have to toss the roster out the window for this to work and then re build it with vet min guys. Feels highly unlikely but I suppose it could happen. I think it far more likely these 2 take a paycut than Chris Paul does. The President of the Players Union ain’t throwing money back at the owners, the optics would be awful and he’s fought for a lot of the mechanisms in the modern CBA for too long. Having said that, the allure of a title is strong and Chris’s clock has to be ticking loudly in his ears.

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