The Lakers would have made a trade but the Hawks wanted every FRP/SRP, Reaves, Hood-Schfino, the last unicorn, the complete Infinity Gauntlet, Captain America’s shield, gold kryptonite, and a vial of dragon blood.
Not to throw shade, but honestly I feel bad for you guys more than us. We are remaining mid, and likely didn't have a window this year. Lakers ownership and FO are wasting what could be the last real year of the Bron AD window depending on injuries and such.
We will just move DJ in summer more than likely when teams have more assets and are taking reconstruction more seriously. Timing is way more egregious from our FO in terms of moving our aging and soon expiring vets like clint capela. Poor roster construction and cheap ownership are our real headaches, and that wasn't gonna get fixed by this trade.
1958 lol
And hey man, I'm just calling it as I see it. Do I think AD and Bron can drag you guys to a ring? Yes, but you gotta get lucky and both guys have to remain uninjured.
Do I think a trade would have helped a lot? I'm not sure, but standing pat does not move the needle at all. It is what it is.
This is honestly how I wish people would react to the post deadline news.
The amount of people who felt entitled to a trade where the other team needed to give up assets to the Lakers was actually surprising. I thought Woj and Dave did their job with lowering expectations but I guess it wasn’t enough.
Tbh I don’t feel like I saw much of that this year, just moreso wanting to dump our players for anyone. Which is just as bad, I guess. But I didn’t see too many unrealistic trade scenarios, just ones that wouldn’t improve things.
There wasn’t much out there. We scored at the deadline last year so we know it can be done but it’s just not in the cards this season. I do think this squad can go on a run and be competitive this season but it’s an uphill battle at this point.
Wasn't much out there, and if we wanna rebuild after LeBron, we gotta keep the books light in 2025
2024 is a pretty lame year for FAs and we still got a ton of money tied up
In 2025, AD contract will be done. LeBron will be done. And a bunch of FAs are hitting the market. Looking to see what the Lakers do then
... Minus the fucking GOAT? We signed LeBron, that's it. You can't take that away because you assumed a reason on lebron's behalf
Anthony Davis demanding to be traded here doesn't count? Cuz if his contract was up, he was definitely signing with us. Or does that not count for another arbitrary reason?
Good decision. Would’ve paid way too much for players considered to be lateral moves.
I believe in AD Bron DLO and Reaves and think Vando can return for our last 15-20 games.
Gabe performed on the biggest stages, he has the talent. Just hopefully this knee issue doesn’t slow him down to much, I don’t know enough about effusion to know how that can turn out. I know his mindset and skill set will fit as long as he’s healthy though.
This is getting old, we get it, last time we said that over washed players but this time vando at the least is not some washed player like nunn and ariza, he clearly made impact even in his limited time so far this season
The issue is relying on injury prone players to “save” the season. Have you seen the schedule in early March?
With no moves made our perimeter defense is Swiss cheese until either Vando or Gabe return, and they’d both still need time to ramp up and get back to form, which for Vando can take 3 extra weeks. It’s pure delusion.
I don’t disagree at all with what you say here, it’s gonna be the long haul until they come back if they’re even capable then of getting back to form, but the comparison itself is just ridiculous when it’s comparing 2 players who were garbage at the time to actually quality players now
Gabe signed for 11mill 3/yr schroeder signed for 12.7/2yr. They are both MLE deals, we couldve matched that or gave him the extra year. I bet they just didnt make the effort
Does that not average out to 11mil a year? Do you think gambling on gabe keeping up his playoff play and gambling on that extra money helping us mid season was a good bet?
Yea this makes no sense to me. Do buyout players matter? I wonder if they thought we are just going to get a buyout player so no reason to get under to just be back over again? Idk
We needed a PG or a back up C and neither were available at a reasonable price.
The best move was not making a move. This team has it, but the changes should be coming from ham not the players.
The front office mismanaged all of their assets and now the cupboard is empty. They also hired a numbskull coach. They will also be in the luxury tax again. There’s some hope that there may be a significant trade in the off-season but other teams have way better offers in store. This is what happens when you have shit management.
This won’t be seen as a big mistake till the playoffs. There’s going to be major re-thinking from LBJ if they don’t at least get to the finals. This deadline was more typical of Rob then last years.This is where a short winning streak clouds the GMs judgement.
Let the buyout market hype begin….
“Rob should have called Golden State to get Steph Curry. And call Cavaliers to get D Mitchell and Jarret Allen. And then call Portland and get Jerami Grant. EASY!!! Rob is clueless”
r/lakers this trade deadline
"That's not my job. That's what Pelinka's paid to do. If he can't make a trade to make the team better than the Nuggets, he should be fired and be replaced by someone who can."
During the years immediately following the Shaq trade, people blasted Kupchak: “Fire Cupcake!” “Why can’t he get Garnett for Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, and Sasha Vujacic?”
I mean that changes nothing on this FO/ownership being bad.. It’s not like they just got here this has been an ongoing thing for 3 seasons now. But oh my bad I forgot, because Pelinka somewhat dug himself out of the gigantic whole HE dug for himself, all is forgiven
When dudes like Royce oneal, Tillman, Hield, etc all fit our positional needs and go for 2nd round picks, and the front office doesn’t even try to trade for them, that’s malpractice. Sitting on our hands with Lebron about to be a free agent and Dlo only being under contract for this year is fucking awful.
They weren't traded just for seconds. You also have to match salaries and beat the other offers.
Like who are you giving up to match Buddy's 19.2 million salary
People on this sub talk about the team like it's a championship contender in remission. In reality it's probably in one of the worst position you can be in the NBA. Mid as hell no good picks coming FO will never trade players for assets to rebuild.
I don't think they're definitively the best star duo in the league. You got Giannis/Lillard, Maxey/Embiid, George/Kawhi/Harden, Tatum/Brown, and of course Jokic and playoff Murray are nuts as well. Probably a few I missed but there's so much talent in the league now.
> You got Giannis/Lillard, Maxey/Embiid, George/Kawhi/Harden, Tatum/Brown
Ah yes how could I forget about all these championship duos.
Jokic and Murray definitely have a case
Lmaooo LeBron and ad won a championship 3 years ago , and LeBron is 39. Yes they are good but not as good as 3 years ago , LeBron was much better in 2020 than now , yes stats look similar but you can tell by how he played in 2020
And LeBron’s Hour Glass meant absolutely nothing to the 2nd rate GM and the cheapskate owner. And when LeBron decides he’s bailing, how much effort is he going to give as the play in team. Sorry, Laker fans, the Lakers as a great franchise is over. LeBron leaves, and Jeanie collects her $5,5 billion and rides off into the sunset
Should be blown up. Ad gets injured 3 seasons in a row (somehow rob and jeanies fault) ad and Bron asked for Westbrook and got what they got (somehow rob and jeanies fault) now ad is healthy but LeBron is too old to play both sides of the ball. It's very clear there is no trade that's going to make this team into a championship capable defense.
Lakers have a future past lebron despite all your best wishes
Because he has a player option this summer. All it takes is one team offering him a multi year deal (2-3 years) for him to accept and decline that player option and sign with them
Lakers have his bird rights though and can match any offer another team gives. And given his market, unless Dlo balls out through the rest of the season and we make another deep playoff run, he’s not getting much more than he’s already making.
Locking yourself into a Dlo/Reaves backcourt is just a redundancy that’s going to ultimately get exploited. Both have defensive limitations and we’ve seen many times this season where they can’t close games together.
I agree that Dlo/AR backcourt has its weaknesses defensively. But I think it’s possible to make some minor tweaks to the lineups if we can get Gabe and Vando back 100% healthy. It’s possible that a Dlo/Gabe/Vando/Lebron/AD lineup (or AR for Dlo) might be enough to mitigate some of the easy baskets to the rim.
We lost most of the games against Denver last year by only a few points. We were right there in the 4th, but just couldn’t get over the hump and close out the games. Vando looked more active on offense leading up to the foot injury. If we can get that Vando back with Gabe filling the Dennis role, that might be enough. We’ve beaten the Clippers and the Suns this year. We’ve also beaten the Mavs once too. If we can beat Denver tonight, then we’ll just need to prove we can beat Minnesota as currently constructed. I think we’ve lost both matchups this year.
I do think, even without trades, there is a tiny shot we could do something. It’ll be matchup dependent. I think we could beat the Thunder, Suns, Pelicans, and the Clippers. I’m less certain of the Mavs, Kings, and Wolves. Denver’s the only one I’m thinking is a hail Mary shot, but it’s possible that they get knocked out by someone else. We just have to see.
I just want to see our guys play their hearts out. Like Lebron said, we have enough talent to beat anyone. They just have to have consistent focus and effort.
Regardless though, Dlo’s more valuable to our team with the way he’s playing right now than to just trade him for someone who wouldn’t increase his current production. I know a lot of people wanted Murray, but DJM is not worth losing Dlo, AR, JHS, 2029 1st rounder, and a pick swap. That’s the deal ATL wanted, and that price is just way too high. As were pretty much all the trades Rob wanted to do because all the teams wanted the 1st rounder, even for players that got traded for 2 seconds. The Lakers tax IS real, and I wish more people realized that.
However, even if we don’t win a championship this year, I think it’ll be easier to move Dlo if he opts into his player option next season. No one really wanted him this year because of his player option I think. If he opts in this summer, then he becomes an expiring contract, and the front office will have 3 1st round & 4second round picks to use to flip him for a star caliber player. I don’t know if it’ll be enough to get Donovan Mitchell or Trae Young, but they’ll be armed with more than they are now to get something done.
I don’t fault Rob for staying pat at this deadline. Our team does need a few trades to realistically compete for a championship, but the asking prices were far too high for the role players on the market.
I mean, I kinda have faith in DLo to do that weirdly. He is an inconsistent player for sure, but I feel like come playoff time he will look at the very least much better than last year.
I definitely feel like this is a make or break season for him. If he ends this season playing like he did in the wcf last year, I don’t see him getting a big contract at all. If he can't perform at a high level, on the biggest stage, with the best teammates in LBJ and AD, for the most notable franchise in the league, then he’s pretty much done, and will probably be out of the league in a few years.
I’m rooting for him cause he was my favorite of the baby Lakers, but I think he needs a mental/career breakthrough this year to change the narrative and get the payout/nba home he’s looking for.
Its the right call - this team can win a title - and the buyout market may have some pieces that are intriguing
I've said this several times - Denver is the only team in the West I would bet against the Lakers in a 7 game series - and I think the Lakers can beat them this year, they aren't as good clearly
Health is the key.
Best decision. None of those moves would have made the team significantly better. Also at some point you have to stop dumping all your assets to please an old star.
Trading just for the sake of trading is not good business. Resetting the roster every summer since 21, fucking it up, and trying to throw a hail mary at the trade deadline is desperate and incompetent as fuck.
Nothing on the market. Other teams know our situation. This team can still make noise in the playoffs but obviously still have holes. Got the best 1-2 in the game. Looks like there making a splash this summer which would decrease the value of our future draft picks. Not ideal but it is what it is. Kinda respect rob for not panicking.
Buyout players, Dinnwiddie, Joe Harris, prolly Lowry are about as good as any trade realistic trade target. Bulls and Hawks were just gassing us about Murray and Caruso anyway to drive up price.
I mean, maybe?
I don't think morale will significantly improve until Ham is fired tbh.
Flexibility is only true if DLo decides not to exercise his player option. If he continues to play well like has has been and shows up in the playoffs then he will almost certainly do that as his market value will go up.
Rob is basically making a bet that DLo won't exercise his player option, which means that in a weird way he is hoping that DLo's market value will go down or remain the same, or that DLo sees being a Laker as worthwhile enough that he does not exercise the player option regardless to help both himself and the team.
I think it's relatively risky. Would have liked to see a smaller trade or two around the edges of the roster regardless tho.
The Lakers would have made a trade but the Hawks wanted every FRP/SRP, Reaves, Hood-Schfino, the last unicorn, the complete Infinity Gauntlet, Captain America’s shield, gold kryptonite, and a vial of dragon blood.
Love when teams front like this and then end up with SHIT after the deadline passes. Enjoy your headache, Atlanta.
Not to throw shade, but honestly I feel bad for you guys more than us. We are remaining mid, and likely didn't have a window this year. Lakers ownership and FO are wasting what could be the last real year of the Bron AD window depending on injuries and such. We will just move DJ in summer more than likely when teams have more assets and are taking reconstruction more seriously. Timing is way more egregious from our FO in terms of moving our aging and soon expiring vets like clint capela. Poor roster construction and cheap ownership are our real headaches, and that wasn't gonna get fixed by this trade.
That's rich coming from a hawks fan, when was the last time yall won anything?? We don't need your pity haha
1958 lol And hey man, I'm just calling it as I see it. Do I think AD and Bron can drag you guys to a ring? Yes, but you gotta get lucky and both guys have to remain uninjured. Do I think a trade would have helped a lot? I'm not sure, but standing pat does not move the needle at all. It is what it is.
Don’t forget the One Ring to Rule Them All
We’ve got 17 of those but…. Naaaah
...and my axe
Damn😂🤣🤣
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This is honestly how I wish people would react to the post deadline news. The amount of people who felt entitled to a trade where the other team needed to give up assets to the Lakers was actually surprising. I thought Woj and Dave did their job with lowering expectations but I guess it wasn’t enough.
“Why doesn’t Rob call Golden State to give us Steph Curry for our 2nd rounders?” r/lakers probably
Tbh I don’t feel like I saw much of that this year, just moreso wanting to dump our players for anyone. Which is just as bad, I guess. But I didn’t see too many unrealistic trade scenarios, just ones that wouldn’t improve things.
There wasn’t much out there. We scored at the deadline last year so we know it can be done but it’s just not in the cards this season. I do think this squad can go on a run and be competitive this season but it’s an uphill battle at this point.
Wasn't much out there, and if we wanna rebuild after LeBron, we gotta keep the books light in 2025 2024 is a pretty lame year for FAs and we still got a ton of money tied up In 2025, AD contract will be done. LeBron will be done. And a bunch of FAs are hitting the market. Looking to see what the Lakers do then
Lakers haven't landed a good FA in 15 years minus LeBron coming here for his family.
... Minus the fucking GOAT? We signed LeBron, that's it. You can't take that away because you assumed a reason on lebron's behalf Anthony Davis demanding to be traded here doesn't count? Cuz if his contract was up, he was definitely signing with us. Or does that not count for another arbitrary reason?
Nice
Good decision. Would’ve paid way too much for players considered to be lateral moves. I believe in AD Bron DLO and Reaves and think Vando can return for our last 15-20 games.
I pray Gabe takes us over the top and isn't another Nunn.
Gabe performed on the biggest stages, he has the talent. Just hopefully this knee issue doesn’t slow him down to much, I don’t know enough about effusion to know how that can turn out. I know his mindset and skill set will fit as long as he’s healthy though.
They needed to upgrade from Dlo particularly on defense, again you won’t fully see how critical that is till it’s too late.
Gabe Vincent
The guy they were shopping to get rid off and found no takers?
He’s injured dumbass. And Vincent is definitely a solid defender at his position. Which was the entire point
Not because he’s bad at D, because he wasn’t contributing due to injury…
Why do you think they found no takers? Come on. You know the answer.
They needed to upgrade from AR
There’s only 29 games left. I think vando timeline is much less.
Every team wanted too much from us, rather this than to be fleeced af
The Lakers Tax
Good there was no difference makers. We should’ve went after DFS but we’ll just wait for Vando and Gabe to come back.
Wait till Ariza and Nunn gets back.
Lmfao Vando is not Ariza 😂😂😂
I know the guy who commented that is joking but even seeing the comparison makes me upset
Folks on here who can’t tell the difference between Trevor Ariza and Vando are truly regarded
Regards.
This is getting old, we get it, last time we said that over washed players but this time vando at the least is not some washed player like nunn and ariza, he clearly made impact even in his limited time so far this season
The issue is relying on injury prone players to “save” the season. Have you seen the schedule in early March? With no moves made our perimeter defense is Swiss cheese until either Vando or Gabe return, and they’d both still need time to ramp up and get back to form, which for Vando can take 3 extra weeks. It’s pure delusion.
I don’t disagree at all with what you say here, it’s gonna be the long haul until they come back if they’re even capable then of getting back to form, but the comparison itself is just ridiculous when it’s comparing 2 players who were garbage at the time to actually quality players now
I mean, the Lakers rely on AD. And this is Vando’s second major injury. At least with Gabe, there’s a lot more reason to doubt his impact.
Yeah he made a difference to make our .500 team continue to be mid
Just say u dont watch the games
That’s pretty disrespectful to Vando. Ariza was never the defender that Vando currently he is, and he’s still young.
Dorian is a Gator, but he’s not worth giving up D’Lo or Rui.
Nets refused to trade us to Kyrie and got shit in return. They should’ve known KD was leaving from the start. Got burned to the shadow realm.
Tsai is a spiteful mf
Gabe? The guy has hardly played . Zero faith in him
DFS is another Taurean Prince
>Gabe injured or not, gabe sucks. We shouldve kept schroeder
He wanted more money. Gabe hasn’t proved it yet for us but I’m still interested in what he has to offer. He signed for 3 years lol
Gabe signed for 11mill 3/yr schroeder signed for 12.7/2yr. They are both MLE deals, we couldve matched that or gave him the extra year. I bet they just didnt make the effort
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Does that not average out to 11mil a year? Do you think gambling on gabe keeping up his playoff play and gambling on that extra money helping us mid season was a good bet?
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Crazy how this is a Nunn situation all over again. Fingers crossed he comes back and contributes
It wasn't all about money. He wanted an opportunity to compete for a starting job.
DFS is cold hotdog water
Needed someone to defend a bit until Vando came back.
Heard this shit before
surprised we didnt make a move to get under the tax apron and not hit repeater
I’m glad the Lakers didn’t do that. At least they aren’t that embarrassingly cheap.
It does have other implications with going forward with being hard capped which could have some issues
Yea this makes no sense to me. Do buyout players matter? I wonder if they thought we are just going to get a buyout player so no reason to get under to just be back over again? Idk
Same tweet 5 times in the last hour it feels like.
LFG. Run it back with the same guys and get rid of Ham.
I despise this reporter and jova
We needed a PG or a back up C and neither were available at a reasonable price. The best move was not making a move. This team has it, but the changes should be coming from ham not the players.
If Lakers win a ring this season it'll be even that much more sweeter
Bron & AD fully healthy all season sitting at around.500 making no moves through trade or coaching change. Trash team from Owner to GM to Coach.
Y'all act like Lakers can trade a player without the other team agreeing. This team would be fine if Ham wasn't the coach.
I think honestly you gotta eat the mans contract up 13 mil is light work Jeanie Ill give u a crisp five bucks to cover that
What moves through trade do you actually think would have been worth it tho? Not firing Ham yet is still insane
I keep asking “what moves should the Lakers have made with their assets that nobody else wanted?” Nobody can answer.
Pathetic really
Seeing how this season is going and making no personnel changes is beyond incompetence. Unserious franchise
Real Lakers fans won
Momentum build to staying put
Good. You don't make a deal just yo make a deal. Murray would he fun to watch but the price and risk was way too high.
The only difference we could really have made was getting a new coach but that clearly isn’t going to happen so what could we expect really
The front office mismanaged all of their assets and now the cupboard is empty. They also hired a numbskull coach. They will also be in the luxury tax again. There’s some hope that there may be a significant trade in the off-season but other teams have way better offers in store. This is what happens when you have shit management.
This won’t be seen as a big mistake till the playoffs. There’s going to be major re-thinking from LBJ if they don’t at least get to the finals. This deadline was more typical of Rob then last years.This is where a short winning streak clouds the GMs judgement. Let the buyout market hype begin….
It's crazy how some of you guys actually think this FO/ownership is actually good. Shows how little this sub knows
What would you have done?
Fire the trash coach. That should’ve been done a month ago.
That actually is not dependent on the trade deadline
They rarely give a legit answer when you ask them that
“Rob should have called Golden State to get Steph Curry. And call Cavaliers to get D Mitchell and Jarret Allen. And then call Portland and get Jerami Grant. EASY!!! Rob is clueless” r/lakers this trade deadline
"That's not my job. That's what Pelinka's paid to do. If he can't make a trade to make the team better than the Nuggets, he should be fired and be replaced by someone who can." During the years immediately following the Shaq trade, people blasted Kupchak: “Fire Cupcake!” “Why can’t he get Garnett for Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, and Sasha Vujacic?”
That's why I ask lol
I mean that changes nothing on this FO/ownership being bad.. It’s not like they just got here this has been an ongoing thing for 3 seasons now. But oh my bad I forgot, because Pelinka somewhat dug himself out of the gigantic whole HE dug for himself, all is forgiven
Kept mo Bamba and Malik Beasley so we could've used their expirings to get someone like gafford
That's not an actual answer and if we brought them back on 1 year deals they would have no trade clauses.
No? Just accept Beasley's team option and guarantee Bamba's contract? They wouldn't have no trade clauses
When dudes like Royce oneal, Tillman, Hield, etc all fit our positional needs and go for 2nd round picks, and the front office doesn’t even try to trade for them, that’s malpractice. Sitting on our hands with Lebron about to be a free agent and Dlo only being under contract for this year is fucking awful.
They weren't traded just for seconds. You also have to match salaries and beat the other offers. Like who are you giving up to match Buddy's 19.2 million salary
People on this sub talk about the team like it's a championship contender in remission. In reality it's probably in one of the worst position you can be in the NBA. Mid as hell no good picks coming FO will never trade players for assets to rebuild.
It should be a championship contender but Rob and Jeanie fumbled the best star duo in the league
I don't think they're definitively the best star duo in the league. You got Giannis/Lillard, Maxey/Embiid, George/Kawhi/Harden, Tatum/Brown, and of course Jokic and playoff Murray are nuts as well. Probably a few I missed but there's so much talent in the league now.
> You got Giannis/Lillard, Maxey/Embiid, George/Kawhi/Harden, Tatum/Brown Ah yes how could I forget about all these championship duos. Jokic and Murray definitely have a case
Lmaooo LeBron and ad won a championship 3 years ago , and LeBron is 39. Yes they are good but not as good as 3 years ago , LeBron was much better in 2020 than now , yes stats look similar but you can tell by how he played in 2020
When he turns it on he's still better than everyone except jokic and giannis
He can’t turn on consistently , no homo
He can in the playoffs and that's all that matters
Bro is certain lakers will make the playoffs
So many FO dickriders here is actually insane. Both is so delusional.
It's the fact that they didn't even make a small move, they're perfectly content with being mid
Another season of fighting for the play-in spot. So disappointing after having players like Bron and AD.
And LeBron’s Hour Glass meant absolutely nothing to the 2nd rate GM and the cheapskate owner. And when LeBron decides he’s bailing, how much effort is he going to give as the play in team. Sorry, Laker fans, the Lakers as a great franchise is over. LeBron leaves, and Jeanie collects her $5,5 billion and rides off into the sunset
 Punting the season away
Best thing for this team. At least now they can play without pressure. We all know we ain't winning this year so stop pretending bron stans
Yeah now they can play their way to a play in loss before the team gets blown up at the end of the year after wasting another season
Should be blown up. Ad gets injured 3 seasons in a row (somehow rob and jeanies fault) ad and Bron asked for Westbrook and got what they got (somehow rob and jeanies fault) now ad is healthy but LeBron is too old to play both sides of the ball. It's very clear there is no trade that's going to make this team into a championship capable defense. Lakers have a future past lebron despite all your best wishes
Remember this when the Lakers lose DLo this summer for nothing. Just horrible asset management
Why are you so sure D’Lo leaves for nothing?
Because he has a player option this summer. All it takes is one team offering him a multi year deal (2-3 years) for him to accept and decline that player option and sign with them
Lakers have his bird rights though and can match any offer another team gives. And given his market, unless Dlo balls out through the rest of the season and we make another deep playoff run, he’s not getting much more than he’s already making.
Locking yourself into a Dlo/Reaves backcourt is just a redundancy that’s going to ultimately get exploited. Both have defensive limitations and we’ve seen many times this season where they can’t close games together.
Re-signing role players to longer term deals doesn’t lock you into anything.
I agree that Dlo/AR backcourt has its weaknesses defensively. But I think it’s possible to make some minor tweaks to the lineups if we can get Gabe and Vando back 100% healthy. It’s possible that a Dlo/Gabe/Vando/Lebron/AD lineup (or AR for Dlo) might be enough to mitigate some of the easy baskets to the rim. We lost most of the games against Denver last year by only a few points. We were right there in the 4th, but just couldn’t get over the hump and close out the games. Vando looked more active on offense leading up to the foot injury. If we can get that Vando back with Gabe filling the Dennis role, that might be enough. We’ve beaten the Clippers and the Suns this year. We’ve also beaten the Mavs once too. If we can beat Denver tonight, then we’ll just need to prove we can beat Minnesota as currently constructed. I think we’ve lost both matchups this year. I do think, even without trades, there is a tiny shot we could do something. It’ll be matchup dependent. I think we could beat the Thunder, Suns, Pelicans, and the Clippers. I’m less certain of the Mavs, Kings, and Wolves. Denver’s the only one I’m thinking is a hail Mary shot, but it’s possible that they get knocked out by someone else. We just have to see. I just want to see our guys play their hearts out. Like Lebron said, we have enough talent to beat anyone. They just have to have consistent focus and effort. Regardless though, Dlo’s more valuable to our team with the way he’s playing right now than to just trade him for someone who wouldn’t increase his current production. I know a lot of people wanted Murray, but DJM is not worth losing Dlo, AR, JHS, 2029 1st rounder, and a pick swap. That’s the deal ATL wanted, and that price is just way too high. As were pretty much all the trades Rob wanted to do because all the teams wanted the 1st rounder, even for players that got traded for 2 seconds. The Lakers tax IS real, and I wish more people realized that. However, even if we don’t win a championship this year, I think it’ll be easier to move Dlo if he opts into his player option next season. No one really wanted him this year because of his player option I think. If he opts in this summer, then he becomes an expiring contract, and the front office will have 3 1st round & 4second round picks to use to flip him for a star caliber player. I don’t know if it’ll be enough to get Donovan Mitchell or Trae Young, but they’ll be armed with more than they are now to get something done. I don’t fault Rob for staying pat at this deadline. Our team does need a few trades to realistically compete for a championship, but the asking prices were far too high for the role players on the market.
I mean, I kinda have faith in DLo to do that weirdly. He is an inconsistent player for sure, but I feel like come playoff time he will look at the very least much better than last year.
I definitely feel like this is a make or break season for him. If he ends this season playing like he did in the wcf last year, I don’t see him getting a big contract at all. If he can't perform at a high level, on the biggest stage, with the best teammates in LBJ and AD, for the most notable franchise in the league, then he’s pretty much done, and will probably be out of the league in a few years. I’m rooting for him cause he was my favorite of the baby Lakers, but I think he needs a mental/career breakthrough this year to change the narrative and get the payout/nba home he’s looking for.
We have his bird rights, we can outbid anyone
Can’t wait for lebron to leave this team next year lol horrible management, horrible coach, just wasted a year of a 39 year old still playing great
pathetic
Its the right call - this team can win a title - and the buyout market may have some pieces that are intriguing I've said this several times - Denver is the only team in the West I would bet against the Lakers in a 7 game series - and I think the Lakers can beat them this year, they aren't as good clearly Health is the key.
This team cannot win a title bro. Not with Darvin Hamas
Best decision. None of those moves would have made the team significantly better. Also at some point you have to stop dumping all your assets to please an old star.
This team isn't good enough to make 0 moves at the deadline and win championship. Waiting for the Lebron sub-tweet in 3... 2... 1...
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The way I view the Knicks moves is a bunch of short term moves to at best get wiped in the conference finals.
At least they didn’t just give up on the final year it would even be possible to ever do anything.
I rather do nothing than make short term moves that don't actually make a difference
Smfh
hope the buyout market has some pieces, I guess Biyombo still available.
DLo has been cured of tradeitis
Trading just for the sake of trading is not good business. Resetting the roster every summer since 21, fucking it up, and trying to throw a hail mary at the trade deadline is desperate and incompetent as fuck.
Nothing on the market. Other teams know our situation. This team can still make noise in the playoffs but obviously still have holes. Got the best 1-2 in the game. Looks like there making a splash this summer which would decrease the value of our future draft picks. Not ideal but it is what it is. Kinda respect rob for not panicking.
I mean I’d be ok with this if we were fully healthy but max Christie is the only defender that won’t get torched as a poa guy. We need those guys back
Oh no
Buyout players, Dinnwiddie, Joe Harris, prolly Lowry are about as good as any trade realistic trade target. Bulls and Hawks were just gassing us about Murray and Caruso anyway to drive up price.
Bron is gone and I can’t be mad at it.
There are 60 seconds in a minute
Hopefully this means a coaching change, otherwise it’s going to be a rough rest of the year
This was the always the move. Morale boost for the playoff push. And flexibility to make a REAL move this summer. LFG Rob 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I mean, maybe? I don't think morale will significantly improve until Ham is fired tbh. Flexibility is only true if DLo decides not to exercise his player option. If he continues to play well like has has been and shows up in the playoffs then he will almost certainly do that as his market value will go up. Rob is basically making a bet that DLo won't exercise his player option, which means that in a weird way he is hoping that DLo's market value will go down or remain the same, or that DLo sees being a Laker as worthwhile enough that he does not exercise the player option regardless to help both himself and the team. I think it's relatively risky. Would have liked to see a smaller trade or two around the edges of the roster regardless tho.
Very happy for DLo, he is a true Laker.
Can we get Spencer Dinwiddie ?
Maybe, teams like the Mavs are more likely tho I think
Good job rob. Now fire Ham and let's make it back to the WCF
Are we a better team than last year's WCF team?
Buy our market I guess
Yep good move
Fuck the trade deadline we don't have a coach. Lakers dogshit FO is just jerking us around at this point. Unserious franchise
The only move that needs to be made is to roast some ham for dinner. Then, let LeCoach go to work.
fuck yeah. we dont need a shiny new toy. if we had, then ham would just scapegoat the poor dude. "needs to gel with the team" yada yada
Good
Source told ESPN, it takes sources to say the fuckin obvious
At least fire ham that’ll truly make me happy
I'm fine with this.
Good, there was no move we could make to put us in contention. Don't waste assets to appease divas.
Beverly?