A look at the Lakers’ possible roster moves this offseason https://t.co/KJFPcqwiP8
— LakerTom (@LakerTom) June 1, 2024
With the Lakers currently set at guard, I mostly avoided backcourt players.
For our purposes, after talking this through with talent evaluators from multiple NBA teams, I’m going to break them into a few different categories.
The investments
Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Malcolm Brogdon, Keldon Johnson, Bruce Brown, Dorian Finney-Smith
In all of these scenarios, the Lakers are almost certainly sending out at least one first-round pick, and to make salaries match, players from a group of Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent (and maybe D’Angelo Russell if he exercises his player option). And remember, those are the kinds of players the Lakers acquired for the same reasons that they’d now be targeting guys from this group.
The ready-made, free-agent wings
Isaac Okoro, Naji Marshall, Buddy Hield, Kelly Oubre Jr.
The bargain bigs
Day’Ron Sharpe, Xavier Tillman
The big swings
Chuma Okeke, KJ Martin
Not like a treasure chest of great possibilities. Don’t agree we’re set at guards. We need two new guards imo. I wouldn’t give up a pick for any of the ‘investments.’
That’s bleak. I’m almost ready to just run it back and hope for better injury luck.