[bhlloy]

Important piece seems to be that by trading for AD now (or immediately after the moratorium ends) they won't have space for a max FA no matter what happens. It's going to be a fascinating to see if LeBron can stay healthy and dominant long enough to contend in two seasons, because I'm not sure if the team they can put around him and AD is good enough to win a title next year, no matter how happy Laker fans are right now.

I think it's the type of deal that could well turn out like the time the Nets tried to do the same thing, the one thing that LA will always be is a huge free agent destination so it's entirely possible that they can just spend their way out of it though.