Re: 2021 Offseason Thread
Lakers rumors have been all over the place. They always are I know, but supposedly they've been "right there" on a Buddy trade, DeRozan trade, and Westbrook trade. All of which are likely to include their pick, however they've also been in talks to use their pick to move both up in the draft and back in the draft. Makes no sense.
The moving back in the draft made sense from a S&T standpoint. As they would have been hard-capped if trading for say DeRozan or Lowry. So maybe there was some initial traction on a Lowry trade before it came out that he wants paid, and moving back in the draft would have allowed them to draft a player who would still fit their cap sheet..
Moving up in the draft I don't really understand. Seems they won't land Hield or Westbrook without including the pick, so I don't know what the play was there. Rumor is they want Duarte, but I don't understand how any of these rumors all fit together. And literally rumors the same day said they are trying to move up for Duarte, move back for Shamet and the Nets pick, and using the pick to get Hield... Like wtf
Weird thing is all those scenarios seemed to have some legit traction outside of the silly "made up" stuff. So idk what to believe. Trez is linked in all this, but he can only be traded if he basically agrees to be traded and accepts his option. Would likely benefit him to go to somewhere like Sac and have a big year statically to earn that bigger payday, but I'd have to imagine he could get a bit more this year and do the same thing just by leaving and testing free agency. He's still a 20 & 10 guy.
Lakers rumors have been all over the place. They always are I know, but supposedly they've been "right there" on a Buddy trade, DeRozan trade, and Westbrook trade. All of which are likely to include their pick, however they've also been in talks to use their pick to move both up in the draft and back in the draft. Makes no sense.
The moving back in the draft made sense from a S&T standpoint. As they would have been hard-capped if trading for say DeRozan or Lowry. So maybe there was some initial traction on a Lowry trade before it came out that he wants paid, and moving back in the draft would have allowed them to draft a player who would still fit their cap sheet..
Moving up in the draft I don't really understand. Seems they won't land Hield or Westbrook without including the pick, so I don't know what the play was there. Rumor is they want Duarte, but I don't understand how any of these rumors all fit together. And literally rumors the same day said they are trying to move up for Duarte, move back for Shamet and the Nets pick, and using the pick to get Hield... Like wtf
Weird thing is all those scenarios seemed to have some legit traction outside of the silly "made up" stuff. So idk what to believe. Trez is linked in all this, but he can only be traded if he basically agrees to be traded and accepts his option. Would likely benefit him to go to somewhere like Sac and have a big year statically to earn that bigger payday, but I'd have to imagine he could get a bit more this year and do the same thing just by leaving and testing free agency. He's still a 20 & 10 guy.
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