Aloha,
I seriously am not expecting the Lakers to be able to pull off a significant trade this season, primarily because THT is the center piece for any major trade. I personally believe that THT has real potential and he has flashed it from time to time. But his inconsistency is not that appealing right now for sure. But there is a secondary issues that’s not brought up by anyone on the blog. Okay, not brought up by Tom, since no one else thinks we can trade him for a star either 😂 THT has a player option for the 2023 season. Call it the Rich Paul effect. If THT does take a big step forward next year, can a rebuilding team that is several years away from contending keep him? Or would he walk to a win now organization? That is something that GM’s will consider. A 2027 1st rounder and a inconsistent player that can be gone in 2023, along with another player that hasn’t played and can walk this summer isn’t exactly a strong package.
LOL. You do realize that there are 29 general managers out there and the chances that they all agree with your bottom feeder assessment of the value of THT, Nunn, and the 2027 pick are slim and none. Teams will tell themselves that THT is just a poor fit on the Lakers and they’re probably right. Teams will tell themselves, just as you yourself did, what a steal Nunn could be since he’s undervalued due to not having played. Predicting who is worth whom on the trade market is just speculation until the trade is finalized.
There’s reasons why players are on the trade market and there are always surprises and differences of opinion on what players are worth or who won a specific trade. It’s Pelinka’s job to find the right players to target and put together packages that have a shot a getting that player. Anybody who thinks its science is crazy. It’s more about the art of the deal. I think there a trades Rob can make that we win, come out even, and even lose but will result in the team being a better team. It’s all about the synergy of the pieces once the puzzle has been put together.
Bottom line, Lakers will move THT because he is not a good fit on this team and moving him for whatever turns out to be the best we can is what is needed to be done right now. Keeping him would only exacerbate what’s already too many guards and not enough minutes.
Lakers need to move THT, Nunn, and the pick for the best starter they can get to go with their superstar big three. Keeping THT would only hurt the Lakers rotations. chances they would keep the pick or Nunn are much higher. Just no reason to keep THT.
Lol. The consensus around the league, appears to be we don’t have a strong package. Even the writers like Pincus with strong inside information says that a trade is unlikely, even the ones he proposed, as examples. With little inventory and stronger packages available for every name player and the those players all being under contract so there is no urgency to trade them, a GM would be foolish to take our package. I mean why would a rebuilding team even want Nunn who can walk in the summer and is already 26? The Rockets are open to trading Wood because he’s 26 and doesn’t fit their time line. With so few players on the market and no chatter on buy out candidates the competition for the few guys out there will be fierce. The Rockets want a first for Kendrich Williams for goodness sake, and the Pacers want 2 firsts for Turner, because they may get it from a team desperate for size like the Hornets. Now Joe Ingles is done for the season so even more competition for any small forwards out there. We may be able to find a small deal, like a Holiday if he got vaccinated but something big just isn’t going to happen I’m afraid. I’ll gladly eat crow if it happens, will you if it doesn’t? Lol.
LOL. Come on, Michael. You know I’ve never had a problem admitting I’m wrong just as I’ve never been afraid to go out on a limb and support a move one way or another. Anybody who would rather be right than the Lakers do better is not a true fan in my opinion.
My objective is always to look at options to make the Lakers a better team. Unlike others, I could care less what my right or wrong score was. My goal is to create out-of-the-box thinking and analysis of what the Lakers can do to get better, including changing their roster.
Additionally, as Blog publisher, my goal is to create a smartly curated version of Lakers news to give blog members and visitors a cohesive and intelligent review of what’s going on in the Lakers universe. Many of the trades I post are not trades that I would support. If a trade is raised and it makes any sense, I will post it and discuss it. It’s why I blog.
Finally, the trade market is highly volatile and subjective. It’s also very difficult to predict of project. That scares most bloggers from taking strong positions. Or from changing those positions as events and landscape change. I never take a position that my latest opinions are final. Everything is always up for review.