Whoever signed Vanderbilt to that contract should have been fired. Team had another year to evaluate his spotty defense and horrible offense. I rank that contract as worse than the Mozgov and Deng contracts because it was very premature. Yes, the Lakers do need a physically strong center (which Wood and Hayes are not), hopefully one who could shoot 3’s at even a better rate than the other possible target acquisition Marcus Smart (32.3% career)…and that is why Vanderbilt must be dealt (cannot have 2 or 3 players that are poor 3 point shooters on the court at the same time)…injuries and inconsistency even in his “specialty” …the Vandolorian Lock down defense!!! ??? I hope there is some meat to this article….only if there are taker who would bear thru another 3 years of that contract…..https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/lakers-predicted-to-cut-ties-with-jarred-vanderbilt-via-trade/ar-AA1wO5Uo
Maybe Vincent, Hood-Schifino, Vanderbilt (3 Lame players) plus 1-2 first round picks for a quality center. Kessler is a low salary player so much filler salaries would need to be added, even for Vincent alone. Kessler has more potential than the 3 players above combined. They may have to give up Wood or Hayes (another 2 physically lame players) into a trade to entice somebody…. wild thought, ship all that out, and get Kessler and Kuzma and filler in a 3 team trade….(avoid Horton-Tucker at all costs!!!)…
Whoever signed Vanderbilt to that contract should have been fired. Team had another year to evaluate his spotty defense and horrible offense. I rank that contract as worse than the Mozgov and Deng contracts because it was very premature. Yes, the Lakers do need a physically strong center (which Wood and Hayes are not), hopefully one who could shoot 3’s at even a better rate than the other possible target acquisition Marcus Smart (32.3% career)…and that is why Vanderbilt must be dealt (cannot have 2 or 3 players that are poor 3 point shooters on the court at the same time)…injuries and inconsistency even in his “specialty” …the Vandolorian Lock down defense!!! ??? I hope there is some meat to this article….only if there are taker who would bear thru another 3 years of that contract…..https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/lakers-predicted-to-cut-ties-with-jarred-vanderbilt-via-trade/ar-AA1wO5Uo
He has LA Lakers on his mind…
Also saw Clarkson’s name come up…as well, in general, not specifically as a Laker target.
Maybe Vincent, Hood-Schifino, Vanderbilt (3 Lame players) plus 1-2 first round picks for a quality center. Kessler is a low salary player so much filler salaries would need to be added, even for Vincent alone. Kessler has more potential than the 3 players above combined. They may have to give up Wood or Hayes (another 2 physically lame players) into a trade to entice somebody…. wild thought, ship all that out, and get Kessler and Kuzma and filler in a 3 team trade….(avoid Horton-Tucker at all costs!!!)…
I have a question…do people here feel Gabe Vincent is expendable now????