Drafting Knecht also gives Lakers another possible trading chip to offer Hawks instead of Reaves or to allow Lakers to include Reaves. Increases Lakers' chances of trading for Dejounte Murray. Lakers in better position because Knecht is worth more than #17 pick was worth. https://t.co/0UPkEPBe5P
— LakerTom (@LakerTom) June 27, 2024
Drafting Knecht increases Lakers’ chances of trading for Dejounte
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June 27, 2024 9 Comments
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Our post-Lebron picks won’t be Lottery pics if AD & DJM play the way they’re supposed to play. Plus…we’ll have JayJay The Basketball Messiah as well.
I just watched the Nets get 5 First Round Picks for Mikal Bridges.
Pretty sure the Hawks saw it too….
Just out of curiosity why would the Hawks want Rui. They just drafted that 6’ 9” French kid number 1. Jalen Johnson had a break out year and he’s 22. Also same size. They still have Hunter and have bird rights on Bey. You can play with the trade machine all you want but the other team has to need the assets you are offering.
Rui is just filler and another trading chip for them to move.
If the Hawks make the trade, it will be because of the picks.
Three shots at at another top 5 post-LeBron FRP.
Are the Hawks trying to rebuild now? Or in 5 years when the first pick comes due. Drafts picks mean different things to different people. Tre will be 30 when the first pick comes along.
The Hawks appear to be trying to rebuild while staying relevant imo.
I don’t see a huge market looking for any of the players the Lakers want to move other than possibly Reaves or Knecht. Nobody is going to give Lakers a valuable player in exchange for DLO, Rui, or Gabe. Only Reaves or Knecht have more than filler value. What the Lakers have to offer in trade is their 2029 and 2031 first round picks and the 2028 swap in between.
That’s why I don’t really pay any attention to the filler in most of my trade proposals. Most analysts rank our two picks as among the potentially most valuable in the league because they’re post LeBron.
Don’t go bringing logic into this now. These picks are more valuable than an instant solution to climate change…because we’re getting good players…which means we’ll still be good…so the picks won’t be as good…so all teams just super really want them for, like, whatever.
I guess that’s why the Hawks are shopping Capella and Hunter, because they want to stay relevant. lol.