Doubt he signs for the min…was developing nicely before the trade.

Always thought Bonga had potential.

Eliminates another potential Dennis Schroder landing spot.

All that could change once the point guard musical chairs games starts when Kyle Lowry Sweepstakes begin. The question is will Dennis have a team when the music starts. To begin with, he and his agent are not going to burn any bridges because they may need the Lakers to get paid.

He’s made 177 Mil in his 3 contracts he signed with the Raps…

Love it!

Looks like there’s going to be some heavy competition to get the Lakers $5.9M MLE. Lakers desperately need 3-point shooters so I think DeMar is still a long shot but who knows. There’s definitely a universe where I’d love to see what a team with Russ, Buddy, DDR, LeBron, and AD could accomplish. Just not this one though.

We need a coupla 3&D dudes. DeMar is neither.

True, we need 3 & D players but I will not ignore Demar the “midrange magic”, as Tom likes to call it, who is a proven scorer.

Tom has missed the forest 🌳 🌳 🌳 for the trees 🌲 🌲 🌲 here…

We’ll find out more on Monday, Sean. There’s still a good valid pathway to Dennis Schroder agreeing to a sign-and-trade should the point guard musical chairs end up with none of the team who have cap space signing Dennis and him needing the Lakers to sign-and-trade him to a team that doesn’t have cap space to sign him. Even Pincus says this is a possibility but prefers to address it if and when it happens.

Right now, there are several point guard prospects that are more attractive than Schroder, even assuming Paul and Conley re-sign with the Suns and Jazz. Here are the free agent point guards that Hollinger ranks over Dennis Schroder:

Kyle Lowry
Lonzo Ball
Devonte Graham
Spencer Dinwiddie
T.J. McConnell
Alex Caruso
Kendrick Nunn

Cheaper options that could be much cheaper:

Derrick Rose
Goran Dragic
Patty MIlls

Here are the teams with cap space:

New York Knicks
San Antonio Spurs
OKC Thunder
Dallas Mavericks
Miami Heat
Toronto Raptors
Charlotte Hornets
Memphis Grizzlies

Sure looks to me like there are a lot more quality free agent point guards than there are quality landing spots with quality teams. I can easily envisioin a situation where Dennis NEEDS the Lakers to sign-and-trade him in order to find a landing spot with a salary anywhere close to what he is looking for. I mean, have you even heard of a single rumor of an NBA team interested in signing Dennis Schroder. There is zero interest right now in Dennis and he did little to help his case in the playoffs.

Jury’s still out and the key to being able to see the forest and not just the trees is having facts at hand to honestly evaluate the situation rather than just unbridled emotion. Chances are high that Dennis will need the Lakers to sign-and-trade him in order to get paid. Touche!

I think the Bulls would be the one team we could work something out with. There has been a lot talk about the Bulls moving Markannen for a point guard. We could find a 3rd team for him because we can’t take a s/t player back. My fantasy trade would be sending him to the TWOLVES for Malik Beasley. The TWolves have a glut of guards and zero power forwards. Markannen a floor stretching PF would be the perfect compliment to Towns. With Edwards looking like a sure fire star at the 2, Beasley would be coming off the bench. Beasley shot the 3 better then Buddy the last 2 years and he is a better defender.

Possible vet minimum candidate.

I definitely want Bradley back.

There is a point where THT and Caruso may both either not be brought back because of the cost of paying luxury taxes or because they were needed to sign-and trade for volume 3-point shooters if they can’t accomplish that with a Schroder S&T.

Meanwhile back at the ranch we’re just sipping tea 🫖…saying…

LMAO. Gerald and Spencer in last night’s podcast.
Meanwhile, Jamie and I were all-in of the RW move.

LeBron wants him. He won MVP. He went to UCLA. Case closed.

Philly developed him knowing he was unwilling/terrified of shooting jumpers…