LAKERS GO ALL-IN
POTENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRADELakers add Young/Kessler
Give up Russell/Vincent/Hachimura/JHS/Lewis
Include needed picks and swapsPG: YOUNG/Reaves/James Jr.
SG: REDDISH/Olivari/Christie
SF: JAMES/Knecht/Traore
PF: DAVIS/Vanderbilt/Wood
CE: KESSLER/Koloko/Hayes pic.twitter.com/wTSspgC5xF— LakerTom (@LakerTom) November 12, 2024
LAKERS GO ALL-IN POTENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRADE
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November 12, 2024 8 Comments
Lakers land point guard and center of the future plus add three roster spots for Koloko, Olivari, and Traore, and save $6.4M in annual salaries. Give up picks and swaps needed to close deal.
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Terrible trade. The Lakers biggest issue is defense. Trading for possibly the worst defender in the league in Tre would be a disaster. He is averaging 5 points a game more than Austin. He’s shooting 33% from 3. Austin averages 37%. And it’s not like Tre is just having a slow start. He is 35% for his career. Oh ya he’s shooting a whopping 39% from the field. He does get 11 assists a game but he won’t get that with the Lakers. We run through AD now and oh ya, we still have LeBron. Tre would be lucky to get 6 or 7 assists and with AD and LeBron how much more than Austin he is going to score? Moving DLO to the 2nd unit has been great. Cam takes the best scorer. Austin has become a pretty good defender and he takes the other. Add Tre and who is Tre going to guard? Actually he doesn’t. By the way Gabe is in the 75th to 85th percentile in all defensive category except for one and he’s above average in that. So not only are you bringing in a disaster defender but our best back up defensive guard as well. Not to mention you lose size and rebounding on the wing is Rui.
It’s a moot point anyway, we don’t have the draft assets to land both of those guys any. Danny wanted 2 firsts for Kessler alone.
Aloha, Michael. Glad to see you were able to log back on.
I find myself constantly flipping back and forth over whether the Lakers should take a risk on either Trae Young or Zach LaVine. So I understand all of your arguments as to why not to trade for Trae (or Zach).
What recently has me thinking the Lakers might be smart to pursue a trade for Trae (or Zach) is that the cost in the form of players we would have to give up no longer bothers me because I’m done with DLO, Rui, Gabe, JHS, & Lewis. I started this article looking for what we could get for all of them. This is where frustration can lead you.
Anyway, the other thing that has me willing to take a gamble is the kind of depth we would still have after the trade. We would not be totally reliant on Trae having to carry a heavy load. We would have a very deep, young, and talented team that could be championship quality.
Trae Young and Zach LaVine both have elite talent sets that could be part of a championship team if surrounded by the right players. Both present defensive challenges but have offensive strengths that make them net positives in the right situations. Anyway, that’s my defense. I’m just ready to roll the dice. We have an opportunity to win a championship this season. I want to taked advantage of that opportunity even if risky.
You need a little more patience Tom. Rui got off to a good start but then got sick. While he only missed one game the illness obviously hurt speed and explosiveness. Even with that he is still averaging 12points 6 boards(2 offensive) and is shooting a team high 46% from 3. And Dlo seems to have found himself on the 2nd unit. Remember how anemic our 2nd unit was, struggling to score 10 points. DLO has changed that.