2018-19 Transaction Thread

[Smallville102001]

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GS didn't need Durant...or Cousins.

We're talking about AD here...the Lakers should try to acquire AD over ANY SG in the league 10/10 times.

Ingram can go, Kuz too, and KCP but Ball needs to stay.

Ball is not that good and giving up both Ingram and Kuz is to much. If you do that yes you would have James and AD but you wouldn't have much else. I would give up either Ingram or Kuz but not both I think they will both be star players in like another year not super star's but all stars and if you say give up Ball and either Kuz or Ingram but keep one of them you could start Heart at PG and than have James, AD, and the one you keep in the starting lineup. If you can get AD and give up just Ball a pick and Either Ingram or Kuz I do it but if it takes both of those 2 and ball that is already to much even with say not a pick.

[ojandpizza]

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Yeah.. Hart isn’t going to be playing point guard, not for the Lakers or anyone else.


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[Smallville102001]

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Rumors are fun..

So after Davis singing with klutch, and then Vegas posting their odds of him being on the Lakers game 1 next season as the most likely team, and then news that he can't be traded to Boston due to his and Kyrie's contract, there are now rumors that he will be traded to LA this season and possibly as early as Dec 15th.

All speculation based on Chris Sheridan and Brandon Robinson.. Rumors involve Ingram, KCP, Ball I'm sure picks, or a 3 team move with Ball/KCP/someone going to Orlando and Vucevic heading to NO along with Ingram and Ball/whatever else from the Lakers. Said that the Lakers would want back Payton or Clark if Lonzo was moved.

Tim MacMahon also said that Ingram was "brought up" during the Jimmy Butler saga as well. Suggesting the Lakers aren't against using him as a trade piece.

I highly doubt much, if any, of that is true but it wouldn't surprise me at all for Davis to want out if the Pelicans don't look like a playoff team by the deadline. Seems as though they took a step backwards rather than forwards this year. However, you would think they could get a "superstar" in return, unless they would rather have youth.

For the Lakers in particular, I guess you go all in if it means you get a chance at a player like Davis, but they don't really need a big. Unless they plan on using huge line-ups, or letting Kuz play the 6th man role. But a top tier SG would better fill their needs. I also wonder if Davis and Rondo had a good relationship when he was with NO.

Things get confusing when you get to like 3 teams and such. Yeah it is interesting with Pelicans them getting Randle was a big pick up but I thought they would take a step back this year with out Rando he was like a perfect fit on that team last year. Say they are able to get AD and Keep Kuz he would be a pretty good player to have has a 6th man or at times you could have AD play like center James PF and Kuz like SF or something and maybe put Heart in the starting lineup at PG. If this kind of traded happend like how would the salary's look like for the teams after? Would the lakers still have enough cap to try to get another all star/superstar to go with James and AD come off season? Or would that put them at like the cap limit? Or would they maybe have some space to say add a shooter or some other peaces but maybe just not a big name?

[Smallville102001]

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Yeah.. Hart isn’t going to be playing point guard, not for the Lakers or anyone else.


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Why not? I could see him playing PG or at least maybe splitting time between PG and SG.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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[illwill10]

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I see some contenders going after him. I see them wanting a young PG with upside. The Fultz situation hurts Sixers chances. But I think that is a good move

[jfsolo]

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Some Lakers fans have been pining for the team to get Ariza back for the last 10 years, and still want him back right now. I think Randle and DLo are going to take his place as the player(s) that some of the fan base can't ever let go.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I wouldn't mind having him back on the Wizards.

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I don't think Ariza is interested in the Lakers

“The media should change the narrative. Make that superstar be a superstar,” the Suns forward said. As Bucher stated “in other words, don’t automatically blame the supporting cast when a team falls short. Sometimes it’s the superstar who fell short.”

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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...lebron-anymore

“If I was a free agent, I would have to consider everything,” Ariza told Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report. “But my role is different than PG and Kawhi. They ask them to do different things than they ask of me. Guys similar to [LeBron], why would they want to play with somebody who does all the same things? I can see why they would want to play elsewhere.”

“The media should change the narrative. Make that superstar be a superstar,” the Suns forward said. As Bucher stated “in other words, don’t automatically blame the supporting cast when a team falls short. Sometimes it’s the superstar who fell short.”

"If you've got LeBron, you've got to make it all about LeBron," Tyson Chandler said a few days before he became LeBron's teammate in early November. "You've got to be able to [coexist] with that and fit with that. Who are you, where are you in your career, and how do you fit in? It's a sacrifice, but it's a sacrifice for winning."

"It depends on what kind of player you are," Durant said. "If you're Kyle Korver, then it makes sense. Because Kyle Korver in Atlanta was the bulk of the offense, and he's not a No. 1 option at all, not even close. So his talents benefit more from a guy who can pass and penetrate and get him open.

"If you're a younger player like a Kawhi, trying to pair him with LeBron James doesn't really make sense. Kawhi enjoys having the ball in his hands, controlling the offense, dictating the tempo with his post-ups; it's how he plays the game. A lot of young players are developing that skill. They don't need another guy."

"I love where I am," Lillard said. "I play for a great organization. I'm not looking for nothing. I think we'd complement each other well, but the only way that ever happens is if my team decides they don't want me no more. I'm trying to build something here."

"A lot of people are going back to thinking, 'I can possibly be ... as good as him,'" Spurs veteran small forward Rudy Gay said. "And sometimes when people think of playing with someone like that, they feel it hinders them, maybe, from getting to that point because he takes up so much of [the] opportunities—and rightfully so, because he's been great for so many years."

"What else do I have to prove?" he asks. "He beat me in the Finals; we came back and beat him." So you don't have anything else to prove? "Just when we do play him, try to win the game. That's it."

"So much hype comes from being around LeBron from other people," Durant said. "He has so many fanboys in the media. Even the beat writers just fawn over him. I'm like, we're playing basketball here, and it's not even about basketball at certain points. So I get why anyone wouldn't want to be in that environment because it's toxic. Especially when the attention is bullsh*t attention, fluff. It's not LeBron's fault at all; it's just the fact you have so many groupies in the media that love to hang on every word. Just get out of the way and let us play basketball."

It's the LeBron Effect," Raptors guard Kyle Lowry says. "He puts a lot of pressure on you, but he takes a lot of pressure off of you, too. You know what you're getting. He's earned that, but he's human. If you're a strong enough personality, you can handle it."

Kinda reminds me of the vibes at the end of Kobe's career

[ehh]

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I don't think Ariza is interested in the Lakers

Boy is that a 180 from the 90s, where every loss was Ewing, Barkley, or Malone's fault.

[The 24th Letter]

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I get why Ariza especially feels like that... they were chanting "0-12" at him earlier this season...lol

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They didn't even mention social media though... I think they have a dislike for how reporters do, and its something we have all talked about here even.

Look at the idiots who asked Kyrie if he was a father figure

[The 24th Letter]

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They didn't even mention social media though... I think they have a dislike for how reporters do, and its something we have all talked about here even.

Look at the idiots who asked Kyrie if he was a father figure [emoji38]

Man we were just laughing last week at how they tried to manufacture some Lakers drama out of thin air because it was slow I guess, lol

Just the environment we are in unfortunately...The NBA media in particular is just driven by so many little narratives it's amazing....

[23]

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Yeah, you're right.

Unfortunately, its heightened in a city like LA, especially when they ignore the basketball side.

TMZSPN media loves the hollywood story better.

[ojandpizza]

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I mean there are a **** ton of people who try to blame LeBron for everything though, it's just there are also tons who will point out that he wasn't the one playing like ***..

And in all fairness, doesn't Karl Malone have like the largest drop off in performance from regular season to playoffs? He's at least a bit understandable.