@17Joe76@LaFanForever24@RichStapless -that would send 18 million in expiring deals plus 3 seconds, and they’d have 46 mil coming off the books between them and Cam Johnson & Holmes, 56 counting Jonas.
So Denver would have to be taking it as a long term financial play, because other teams surely have better assets
@17Joe76@LaFanForever24@RichStapless Only way I see a S&T working for Denver is they take back Laravia, Hardy, & Knecht as expiring deals with a third team taking Vando to get the salary high enough that they don’t just match, but that would cost our last 1st swap and a 2nd, and we’d have to get a 2nd for Bronny.
@LaFanForever24@17Joe76@RichStapless 2- Frankly, I think I’d be more inclined toward a depth play:
-Get off Knecht and Vando as described and sign Kuminga, and aim for something like Laravia/2nd for Saddiq Bey and Hardy/2nd to Jersey for Sharpe.
We’d get a solid backup, a quality 2-way wing in Bey, & Kuminga
@LaFanForever24@17Joe76@RichStapless Only path I see:
-Trade Bronny for a 2nd
-Send the last swap and a 2nd to someone to take Vando
-Attach the remaining 2nds to Knecht, Hardy, Laravia to get teams to take them.
That nets around 30.6 million, which Denver would likely match.
@HeatherAmbers0n@dmoney6X_ What? No, matching salary isn’t all you have to do.
Denver has to actually want the players attached to the salary LA sends back.
@MatthewR2415 Agreed. I keep seeing the dumbest takes from Lakers fans regarding this offseason.
A lot of dumb takes overall, but it def illustrates why I don’t bother talking to Lakers fans. I was talking to a friend’s brother the other day who kept talking about how Mark Walter doesn’t
@MatthewR2415 2- Care about the salary cap and why picks don’t matter etc
I had to explain how the cap works, the two aprons and how they impact trades, how having so few tradable assets locks us into this roster etc
He just kept talking about the dodgers and how this is pocket change
@KingMeezy11 Everyone the Lakers have to trade would require us to give a pick to get off of them, except Bronny, and we’d be getting a 2nd at best for him.