if the lakers could trade dalton + bronny into a team's cap space/trade exception + stretched and waived vando, they could open up roughly 13.7m in cap space to sign a pf. i don't know where the team's relationship is w/ rui or if he'd even take that as a salary, but...
Educated guess: The Lakers are working on a s&t for Kessler and are prepared to make a big offer for him. Theyโll gauge the market on who might be available at their exceptions, but Kessler feels like the big fish theyโre focused on initially.
@Kareem_is_it Draymond isnโt wrong though. Iโm worried Lakers will turn on Reaves if he doesn perform. Similar to Westbrook with his high salary with he was with the Lakers. Not the same but you know what I mean