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LBJ’s job to carry this Team. That’s AD’s job! And how nice to have a sidekick that has best shooting of his career and 25-8-9. Joker didn’t carry his team this year. Steph, PG13, KD, Hally, Embbid, Gianis and the list of Stars and Superstars goes on and on.

Buddy Hield

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Aloha,

So, the Mav’s trade Hardaway jr into the Pistons cap space. It creates a trade exception that allows them to trade for Klay. This creates a trade exception for the Warriors and they sign Buddy into it.

And our Lakers can’t even find a trade for a minimum expiring contract that we pay to land into some teams cap space. We have a team option for next year on Maxwell Lewis so even he’s an expiring deal.

A trade puts us under the 2nd apron and allows us to make some moves. Don’t you think Rob that you should do that while there are some useful players still available?

Still Waiting

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Aloha,

I am having a hard time figuring out what the Lakers are doing. I’m not at all upset that we didn’t get Klay. We didn’t have a chance anyway. The Warriors didn’t want to take back salary in a trade and Dallas had a trade exception. I’m also hoping that the Derozan nonsense has passed.

I’m not upset that we haven’t found a big trade. There isn’t many names that seem to be on the trade block. So naturally the sellers are asking a lot for them. I try and look at net gain in a trade. Does what we give up make us significantly better for what we gain. With the names out there I feel the answer is no.

No what is frustrating me, is we haven’t freed up a roster spot yet. The rumor is that LeBron would help keep us under that 2nd apron but currently we haven’t created the space. It’s not that hard. Pay a team with cap space to take a guy. Send Lewis into the Hornets cap space along with a 2nd rounder.

The inventory of free agents that can help is drying up. We needed center help and most of the best low cost centers are gone. Every year there are a couple of quality guys that have to sign for less but the longer the Lakers wait, the less likely it is that we will be able to land one.

5 Moves to Salvage LA Lakers’ Offseason

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1. The Blazers’ Contracts

A combination of D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Jalen Hood-Schifino and Christian Wood would be enough salary to bring back Grant and Williams without trigging a first-apron hard cap, though the Lakers would be hard-capped. That could require James to take about $4-17 million below the max, though.

2. Get D

eBest Player Available

Perhaps the Bulls would expand a trade to include center Nikola Vučević, with the Lakers sending Russell, Hachimura, Hood-Schifino and Wood to Chicago. The Bulls would likely want additional compensation, such as a first-round pick, which may cause the Lakers to hesitate.

3. Lakers Aim for the Mark-kanen

Markkanen’s contract ($18.0 million) should make a deal even more appealing. Since the Jazz are under the cap, they could help the Lakers offload contracts en masse. How about Russell, Hachimura, Lewis, Hood-Schifino, Wood and Reddish into Utah’s cap room, plus the picks?

4. Pay to Dump Players

Instead of focusing on the return, the Lakers’ best move may be to give up cash and/or second-round picks to offload as many unneeded players as possible.

The Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons or Jazz could absorb those players into their cap space. Any team—even those without cap room—can take on minimum contracts like Wood or Reddish without having to match salaries. The Brooklyn Nets are one of many teams with prominent enough trade exceptions to give the Lakers necessary relief.

5. Ride it out

The Lakers could look to improve ahead of the February trade deadline, but only in deals that reduce salary. Given their current lack of leverage, perhaps none of the deals that we proposed here are available. Waiting for a better opportunity may be the best path forward.