Barring a sign and trade for Rui or Vincent (highly unlikely at this point, IMO, for various reasons I don’t feel like espousing on right now) we’re looking at salary dumping one of our 3 vet minimum players and using the vet minimum to bring in one guy, maybe 2. That’s the last “move” left for the summer in the realm of reality.
Gary Trent Jr. would be at the absolute top of my list, hard to see him playing for so little money as the vet minimum, or even the TPMLE for him at this point. Since we know the non TPMLE is off the table (I think for the entire league as it stands today) my guess is he signs with a contender that offers him the best role. Even then I’m not sure we’re the best fit. Yes, we’d love to have his shooting and at 25 he still falls into the “developing” category but what minutes exist for him if one assumes Reaves, Vincent, JV and Rui are all going to see 20+ mpg? Add in getting Knecht some run and seeing GT in purple and gold seems elusive, at best.
…THT. No. Hell no.
Big men like Bamba and Biyombo honestly feel like we’re just swapping mediocre for mediocre, might as well just keep Woods and/or Hayes, honestly. Same goes for Reddish and trying to get Precious or Bey or any number of rangy dudes who are sort of high energy but can’t really put it all together in a meaningful way on the pro court.
Spencer Dinwiddie makes the most sense as he played decently last season but I bet he’s hoping some kind of money opens up for him above the vet min (see Trent Jr. above).
Lonnie Walker 2.0? Again, is this much of an upgrade over Cam? Maybe a small one.
Cam Payne, Fultz, Wagner, the Morris twins, all of these names are, well, pretty uninspiring and, as such is the case, I expect the Lakers to run it back. As is.
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