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Yeah I know he's joking, hence the



I guess he got drunk since he's the only one who can open champagne on that team.

 

https://www.silverscreenandroll.com...azde-profile-lakers-magic-trade-nba-offseason

a lot of people have been saying...

 

Good article. Between it and your past posts, I'm convinced. Do it, Rob. I mean, Mark.

 

Feels giving up Knecht seems a bit much for Goga. Would they have any interest in Maxi Kleber/gabe vincent and picks? Heck if they wanted Vanderbilt for him, I'd consider that too.

 

Alex Caruso says Thunder title means more than his Lakers ring: "Now I got a real one, now nobody can say anything"

 

my sights keep returning to teams with three centers: portland and orlando.

portland has ayton, williams, and clingan. they won't move clingan, but i think either of the others could move.

orlando has carter, goga, and wagner. like the author, i'm banking on them keeping their star player's brother, so i think either goga or carter could move.

it's funny because i've been arguing people are selling too low on knecht, but this is an instance in which i'd consider it.

i think knecht and kleber for goga and caleb houstan (or jett howard) works.

 

Lies. Read the thread.

 

Eh DK for Goga is yuck. You can get more than that for Dalton.

 

In a vaccum, I think I value Knecht more than the 2031 pick. Bc I think with Luka, Reaves, and whoever else.we get, we'll be a very strong team then, and it will be a low pick. I can see why other teams might think otherwise and value the pick more highly since it's 6 years away and a Luka injury could make it a very high pick. But since I don't think Luka, Reaves & Knecht work together defensively in the playoffs, I'd rather trade Knecht for Goga or better. Then trade the 2031 1st + players for a Knecht replacement who can actually play D. Make it so.

 

they're not that far off in age, one is at a position of need.

what do you think we can get for knecht? i value him the same as a first rounder in a deal (the article's author thinks it's actually lower, as do most posters here, i think).

 

He pulls items out his butthole at his convenience. You ain't that Slick, homie, we know how you roll. When you are making 50 million per and win two playoff games in your last three series, as the man, you have no room to talk, or your delusional fan base. Time to peace out. Nothing you say changes it. Not the past or stats. This is about winning. You can't win, time to f***ing go. If not, then take MLE money and you can hang around for your "stats".

Mark Walter is here. Not worried anymore. Laker fans who don't know how the Dodgers are run are gonna find out soon enough.....

 

Bro Goga is mid.

 

I guess DK+Shake+Goodwin for Goga + #25 works. I would do that one for the pick.

 

No F ing way I would trade Knect for Goga. I have a problem trading Knect for Claxton. Goga is garbage.

This team needs to get a difference maker at Center Ayton or Williams.

or just sign Capela. I don’t think were good enough to just trade for an add on guy like Boga.

you could probably get Wendell Carter for a second round pick. And that 2031 first round pick unprotected has tremendous value.

That pick can be any player.

 

What really sucks. And people in here aren’t gonna like me saying it is. We had a legit shot at winning a championship this season. I really believe that. I think we could’ve beat OKC and Indiana.

it goes all the way back to AD with AD the roster Max Christie I 100% think we would’ve beat OKC those Centers would have no answer for AD and Max Christie would’ve been running with those young guys.


We made a trade for the post LeBron. And LeBron to himself is pissed about that.

real NBA people know all that was taken from us in that trade Rob was like F it trade everything. Basically all our defense was gone.

you then add the rescinded Williams trade and we were playing with no interior.

so when we throw all those Knect trades out we can’t just trade him for nothing. No we can’t trade Knect for Boga. The most dangerous thing is making a trade to make a trade. If he were in this era perfect player for us would be Marcus Camby.

back to the Lakers team getting Luka we could’ve beat OKC we beat them late in the season. The problem is the team had a problem just letting Luka run everything. He needed to be more aggressive. Luka is going to have to be more aggressive. Reaves is gonna have to give a little. What sucks is we were scoring against Minnesota we just couldn’t stop anybody. Okay you have Luke now play Hayes.

and I know arguments will be he was run off the court but the guy could’ve played some minutes. Just get a body in there.

Reddick really lost a series. In baseball you have the manager taking the starting pitcher out to early. Well Reddick never put the center in.


And the not bringing in bench guys like Knect and Hayes in a playoff game with a fourth quarter lead for 5 minutes is a joke. Cost us a series. We win game 4.

He really cost us a lot maybe cost us a championship. We were playing as a 3 seed good. Now Durant going to Houston who knows. But the Reddick substitution patterns really put us in a pickle.

 

Both Goga and WCJ are very mid. I don't like Ayton falling in love with the mid-range. Williams would be good, but idk where we stand w/that anymore. I would like to get Duren, Kessler, Claxton, or Allen. But I would consider the deal with Orlando if they include #25. We sort of add a functional center, and with #25 could get a rim-running big like Yanic. I would do it if Yanic is on the board at #25.

 

The 4 guys you named would require 2-3 additional assets to get (range is based on some having higher contracts), compared to Goga who would be 1 expiring and maybe Dalton, though I think you could possibly squeak it out with a couple pick swaps and save both Dalton and the 1st. I could actually be underestimating Goga's value here, but the 2 people commenting so far have called him "mid" and "garbage" so in this discussion, my valuation stands.

The argument isn't Goga vs. one of a handful of centers. It's Goga vs. (1 of those centers - 2 or 3 additional assets). And I know you love Yanic, but odds are that Goga is a more impactful player for at least the next couple of seasons. If there's any way to get Goga without giving up Dalton, then you go out and find one more bargain center as go at it by committee.

 

TRADE FOR A 2025 1ST, THEN WE COULD TRADE OUR 2026 AND 2031 1STS. THIS WOULD BE BRILLIANT. EXAMPLE:

1. TRADE KNECHT+SHAKE+GOODWON TO ORL FOR GOGA+#25

2. 2026 + 2031 1ST AVAILABLE FOR TRADE!

 

LAL: CLAXTON + #26

BKN: KLEIBER + GABE + MILTON + 2026 1ST + 2031 1ST

 

Nope. Acquiring another team’s pick doesn’t mean we can trade our 2026 FRP.

And why does BKN trade Claxton and a 1st for trash and 2 firsts? Stop the madness!