2024-25 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

People are thinking something like Kleber + Gabe + Knecht + 2031 1st for a Claxton, but it could be something completely different.

 

Yeah, I'd do that. Allen can get bullied by some of the bigger centers in the league, but those bigger centers are the exact types of guys we can exploit with a Luka/Allen P&R.

 

so brolo or valanciunas are in play, and jj is interested in changes of pace at center. i'm actually surprised.

i know reaves won't go for an extension, but i wonder if rui would. considering they're worried about him walking in FA (i'm mostly not, but if they are...).

 

Halliburton and the Pacers have a culture just like the Warriors did. They have their Curry. They have their coach

Carlisle.

and they’ll have their championship Pacers in 6.

Gobert and Randle didn’t make the Thunder work.

Turner Siakm Toppin will make the Thunder bigs work.

 

I under no circumstances want to Trade Rui I don’t want to trade our core players Austin or Rui.

I’m not in the buisness of trading players for need. F that.

have you seen How Rui plays when Lebrons out???? He’s about 20 points a game. He’s an advanced scorer. Extremely underrated. No way. With good defense as we seen against Jokic.

not trading him for Gafford or Claxton.


Reeves has shown he’s one of the top rising players in the league. What tape are you watching??? The guy is great out there. When he puts his head down and goes to the basket it’s a score or he’s fouled and he’s a great free throw shooter.

I want these players riding with Luka when Lebron when he retires.

I stated the plan and Robs plan is to keep cap flexibility for 2026 when Jaren Jackson Jr. is available.

No major core guy trades. I just see basketball. No im not trading Rui for Ayton subtraction by addition.


So we’ll get a big trading Kincet the 2031 pick and something like that.

don’t over hunt for perimeter defense. Do it on the cheap and sign Ben Simmons Clint Capela Paul Reed or Brook Lopez Bruce Browh stuff like that. And keep it moving.

if teams ask for core players tell them to kick rocks. It’s that simple.

We don’t need to over trade to get one player. Think smartly and wisely about this.

the Minnesota issue was a coaching problem. And according to the coach we got it fixed.


You want some extra guard help sign Chris Paul or Malcolm Brogdon.

 

Only trade for core guys. For star guys.

Any of Hachimura or Reeves has to be either traded for Durant or Gianiss.

 

You have spunk dude..I give you that!

 

I’m fine with Luka

the Lakers know they have their superstar ready for the next Kobe and Shaq

this organization isn’t stupid. It’s always been that way. Magic and Kareem

Shaq and Kobe

Kobe and Gasol


Lebron and Anthony Davis.


So we’ll figure this thing out.

but the next one will either be a Luka/Jarren Jackson Jr.


or a Luka /Nikola Jokic


Or a Luka /Anthony Edwards.

I know what the Lakers are doing. And that’s part of the reason they acquired Luka.

Like when they got Shaq knowing they had Kobe.

 

from helin:

early word is NO is going down with the zion ship, though some think it's posturing.

also nobody knows anything about giannis, which seems true to giannis form (i enjoy this about him). i still think it's in both his and milwaukee's best interest to move on amicably before it gets messy, but i see the value in just being a one-town icon. he got his ring.

think someone already posted this bit.

i really like garland, but he seems like he gets hurt a lot.

i'm actually really bummed about how cleveland's season ended because i loved that they were bucking trends (two bigs and two small guards--blasphemy!) and winning big. then everything fell apart at the worst time and they have a big bill coming.

clips want to become retirement home for la guys. their issue is that they no longer have the roster fat to make such moves without pain. so yeah, you dump bogdanovic, but to match, you'll have to lose some other pieces (djj, dunn, batum, eubanks, etc.). bogdan/eubanks/batum doesn't quite get there, i don't think. even if it does, you're filling out the roster with vet mins and depending on some seriously old dudes plus djj and zubac to make it happen. not sure about this.

 

I would keep that core together on Cleveland they just gotta stay on the court.

Allen is a big part of what they do clean up the glass. I don’t think Austin Reeves helps them.

it’s kinda the Luka thing all over again. Mitchell Handles the ball Garland Handles the ball Reeves needs the ball.


Like if Reeves was in somewhere like Miami he’d be an all nba type player.

He can do everything handle the ball.

he’d be like 24 points 7 assists 2 steals shooting 50 40 and 80.

I’m talking as a feature guy.

his skill set you gotta figure it out and the Lakers have to figure it out. He’s too good.

 

You know who Reeves is to me????

Jalen Brunson a guy who was a second round pick. Had moves. Can run a team was playing with a ball dominant player and became a superstar when he got his own team. They built it around Brunson.

We have two great players in Luka and Austin Reeves. We have to figure out how to make them play great together I’m not sure. Maybe you design pick and roles with Reeves


Let Reeves come off the bench and just run his team. This isn’t Kobe and Eddie Jones. I think Reeves being able to facilitate is huge. We’ll have to make sure we get Reeves in a lot of ball handling opportunities.

 

Like we got our SGA Williams

It’s Luka Reeves. Two young players who can score and handle the ball. We need to watch what they do. They take turns whoever has the better shot they take it. They play off each other. They aren’t selfish. It’s all team. I think if we take some of that with our main guys. We’ll be okay.

Lebron just wants to win. That’s why keeping Hachiumuara is so important Rui has got to play 35 minutes to keep Lebron fresh. That’s why I’m all for signing Ben Simmons we need some young legs to keep Lebron fresh. But elite perimeter defense to protect Luka and Reeves.

the difference with Shai and Williams they are elite defenders.

 

I guess Austins Agent heard us talking. Stop putting my client in trades for second string big men.

is that a shot at Daniel Gafford???

Reeves stats are remarkable.

20 points 4 rebounds 5 assists. That’s pretty good for a third option.

So he is a stat stuffer.

 

This will mess you up.

Jalen Williams

21.6 points 5.4 rebounds 5.1 assists.

 

Reeves stats nearly identical to Jalen’s as a third option to Luka Doncic and Lebron James. We can’t just trade this guy for anybody.

know your worth.

no to A Trade for Jarrett Allen.

no to A trade for Walter Kessler

No to a trade for Deandre Ayton

Austin Reeves is better than Camara.

Yes to a trade for Kevin Durant

Yes to a trade for Gianiss

Yes to a trade for Jaren Jackson Jr.

 

YO Dude ... I've been a Laker for 4 years now and if you're really that big a fan of mine .... it's "Reaves"




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I hope we trade "Reeves..."

 

Don’t trade him.

Love the guy. Like his preparation. Love his hard work.

the guy is a Laker. He just screams Laker to me.

Austin Reeves is tough he plays for team. Not selfish.


And I was fine with our other big trades because I knew it was a championship.

I knew we were getting a superstar Anthony Davis

for Brandin Ingram Lonzo Ball.

these Reeves trades for second tier guys is laughable.

 

Anybody can get traded for the right player outside of very very few players in the NBA.

Heck, Giannis might be on his way out.

IMO, everybody outside of Luka/James is available.

Period.

 

Yeah I said for Durant Gianiss.


I just don’t want to see Reeves traded for a need.

I’ll give you an example Kinect was traded for a need. And we don’t know what he is yet. Mark Williams is nice but is he great??


Reeves can be a very good compliment player on a championship trade.


Good thing we didn’t trade James Worthy for Charles Barkley.

I get on Reeves but you can’t teach what he does.

and when I look at teams like the Warriors who had Klay and won with him and didn’t trade him for Kevin Love that’s what I’m looking at.


One thing that Jerry West said that stuck with me is you gotta let players gell as hard as it is. You gotta keep them together.

even when we got swept by Utah and San Antonio.


I think we got a special team. That regular season record shows it. We were building something with our roster. Maybe it’s a couple of guys.


I’ll keep going back to it. A Simmons Capella/Lopez or Reed and Reed.

and a Brogdon.