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I feel like we can’t keep people out of the paint, but if you have DA and Antek in the paint, that’s pretty solid. But then we probably struggle against teams that has good shooting bigs from deep

 

Honestly, a guy like Klay can be had for basically a 2nd rounder and make a huge impact on the Lakers. The Lakers don't have snipers... It's unlikely they're going to find a decent 3/D option in this market.

 

Jonathan Kaminga????

clearly out of the rotation in San Francisco.

Give the 2032 1st round pick unprotected

Knect Vincent or Hachimura.

I don’t know seems like what we need an athlete. Maybe a change of scenery will help.

 

I’ll tell you personally Klay would like to come back here.

I think Dallas it’s just miserable. Are we getting 3-D Klay nope.

but you’ll get a good production change of scenery. He still has some stuff left and can be crafty. Is this the greyhound that will be hounding the perimeter? Nope but in the playoffs when we need good perimeter shooting he can help.

You cant go how do we beat OKC??? You go in that mindset you’ll lose. 4-0. You just have to be playing great basketball at the right time and hope you catch them on a cold streak.

I will tell you playoff basketball is different. We saw Indiana take them to game 7 and a torn Achilles Haliburton away from beating them.

players like Luka are huge in game 7 you can lean on them.

our others have to support him and Reaves looks like he took that next step.

Ima keep it 100 this guy has proven he can deliver clutch performances in the finals.

and if you’re playing Denver OKC San Antonio Houston you gotta get this guy. Teams saying no on him. And Minnesota this guy beats Minnesota and marginalizes Ant Man.

and his name is Gianiss. If you got a shot get him. What I will tell you is Rob will due diligence. And Rob will get aggressive.

This is mark Walter’s team.

I do think Yes the Lakers will make an offer for Gianiss.

and Does Gianiss and Luka go on a run with LeBron in the playoffs??? It’s a shot.

s***s gonna get interesting.

Spurs are out and not pursuing him.

 

i think guys like thompson (huerter, kennard, kispert, etc.) are available across the league for a reason--you just can't play non-defenders anymore. also, they're generally one-trick ponies on offense, too, which makes things even tougher.

i was interested in kuminga during his contract dispute, but i'm less so now, and i don't think gs would work with us anyway.

trey murphy is the right guy to pursue on NO, but i'm not sure he answers our problems. we need a guy we can start next to ayton/lebron/luka/reaves. and if we're giving up major assets, this player needs to be young and able to assume a starting role on a winning team for the next few years. murphy checks boxes there, as post-lebron, you slot luka in as the 4 defensively (which is what dallas did when they were at their best). but in terms of present fit, i don't love it.

i keep coming up with the same list of names when i dig around stats and rosters.

my big play would be for bridges (if ny trades for giannis), but that's a pipe dream for a few reasons.

my persistent wish is for ellis.

my weird interest has become getting dalen terry on the cheap. still wonder if a vando/gabe package for williams/terry would work. vando's salary is one year shorter and 6 million per less. gabe slots in there as a backup when they inevitably trade white at the deadline and is expiring.

i wonder if we could get kcp to decline his player option in a deal with memphis for kleber/gabe? or maybe balance the deal a bit more by sending knecht and getting jackson or vince williams back?