Aloha,
I’m beginning to think that the best trade we can do now would be for Buddy. after that we may have bring Dennis back, bring back our most important free agents, and see what we can add with the MLE and Vet minimum guys. we will win a lot of games if healthy anywy. Then in December all the trade restriction are gone and it would make it easier to make trades. I also feel that our trade assests could improve their trade value by then. i believe Dennis will be better. TahT could be alot better. maybe akCap gets off to another good start etc. As it stands I don’t know if we have the trade chips to land 2 star players.
Plan B was always to re-sign Schroder unless the Lakers were able to get a deal for Lowry or Lonzo and were going to be hard capped. One of the reasons I was so angry about the Lakers not making the Lowry trade is I knew it would leave us with too few trading chips heading into the offseason, when it is easier to make big moves than at the trade deadline.
I still have hopes that the Lakers can pull of great moves this summer, partly because their trading chips are better than what Lakers fans think, especially Kuzma, and there are too many good point guards and not enough cap space to sign them all. I would even consider DeMar DeRozan as meeting the description of a ‘difference-making playmaker.’ We just need more shooting and LeBron and AD to play the 4 and 5 to make it work. But add Buddy and another high volume/percentage 3-point shooter and it would be a great lineup. DeRozan could be our point guard.
The question to me is why did the Bucks and now the Pacers decide that Malcolm Brogdon was not their answer at point?
I totally agree Michael. Been saying similar things for a spell. Coukld be that we keep the whole team.