VDesai wrote:They need a center now - Mitch for Jared Vanderbilt and Reddish?

Jokic for Reaves and a future second

EwingsGlass wrote:All the people thinking the Knicks overpaid - we absolutely paid a premium for Mikal. Draft picks that would be pretty low in the pecking order, but would be re-assuring if we failed to perform.

We got KAT as a bargain.

And OG was a gift.

Anthony Davis is a beast when healthy. That Kyrie/Davis combination fits better.

I think Dallas won this trade.

I'm glad someone thinks this.

I'm not sure what I think- I don't think it's bad as everyone is making it to be. I get Dallas not wanting to give him the kind of money he would have been entitled to and maybe they knew Luka was heading to the Lakers regardless. I do see the better fit, though what happens if Kyrie opts out?

Better fit, for sure and it seems like Davis has been pretty good this year in terms of health.

franco12 wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:All the people thinking the Knicks overpaid - we absolutely paid a premium for Mikal. Draft picks that would be pretty low in the pecking order, but would be re-assuring if we failed to perform.

We got KAT as a bargain.

And OG was a gift.

Anthony Davis is a beast when healthy. That Kyrie/Davis combination fits better.

I think Dallas won this trade.

I'm glad someone thinks this.

I'm not sure what I think- I don't think it's bad as everyone is making it to be. I get Dallas not wanting to give him the kind of money he would have been entitled to and maybe they knew Luka was heading to the Lakers regardless. I do see the better fit, though what happens if Kyrie opts out?

Better fit, for sure and it seems like Davis has been pretty good this year in terms of health.

I'm wondering where Kyrie will weigh in on all this. So this means Kyrie is Batman and AD is Robin. Kyrie hasn't done well in the Batman role in the past.

BigDaddyG wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Luka to the lakers. What a gift for them. It’s not a knock on AD, but this trade completely bailed them out from what things may look like in a few years when lebron is gone and AD is declining. Luka sets them up for the foreseeable future. Suddenly they can trade their future picks for upgrades without holding their breath. No situation like the Suns are in. Luka changes it all. I get the conditioning concerns, but it’s a gamble you take. This trade is even more lopsided than Randle and Donte for KAT. No matter how smart these execs are, the dumb franchises seem to make questionable decisions when it’s all said and done.

Don't quite me on this, but the Lakers don't have much control of their picks either. I'm curious how they build the rest of their roster out.

They have Luka, Lebron and Hachimura that’s a pretty darn good 3 to have as a roster foundation. The heat were able to win championships with guys like The Birdman coming off the street as bench role players

martin wrote:Kinda jarring

Nets turned 34-year-old Kevin Durant into:

Cam Johnson
Ziaire Williams
2023 PHX first
2025 PHX first
2025 NYK first
2025 MIL first
2027 PHX first
2027 NYK first
2028 PHX first swap
2028 NYK first swap
2029 PHX first
2029 NYK first
2031 NYK first
2025 BKN second
2028 MIL second
2029 MIL second
2030 DAL second

Mavericks turned 25-year-old Luka Doncic into:

Anthony Davis
Max Christie
2029 LAL first

That's unfathomable.

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speaks to the value of AD?

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Philc1 wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Luka to the lakers. What a gift for them. It’s not a knock on AD, but this trade completely bailed them out from what things may look like in a few years when lebron is gone and AD is declining. Luka sets them up for the foreseeable future. Suddenly they can trade their future picks for upgrades without holding their breath. No situation like the Suns are in. Luka changes it all. I get the conditioning concerns, but it’s a gamble you take. This trade is even more lopsided than Randle and Donte for KAT. No matter how smart these execs are, the dumb franchises seem to make questionable decisions when it’s all said and done.

Don't quite me on this, but the Lakers don't have much control of their picks either. I'm curious how they build the rest of their roster out.

They have Luka, Lebron and Hachimura that’s a pretty darn good 3 to have as a roster foundation. The heat were able to win championships with guys like The Birdman coming off the street as bench role players

Hach is mid and is clearly behind Reaves in terms of importance. And now they're even worse defensively. I don't see them challenging OKC this year. The year after? You really want to forecast the future with a 40 y/o who could leave? Also, the Lakers couldn't even build properly with AD and LeBron. We're so supposed to think Pelinka is going to up his game now?

BigDaddyG wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Luka to the lakers. What a gift for them. It’s not a knock on AD, but this trade completely bailed them out from what things may look like in a few years when lebron is gone and AD is declining. Luka sets them up for the foreseeable future. Suddenly they can trade their future picks for upgrades without holding their breath. No situation like the Suns are in. Luka changes it all. I get the conditioning concerns, but it’s a gamble you take. This trade is even more lopsided than Randle and Donte for KAT. No matter how smart these execs are, the dumb franchises seem to make questionable decisions when it’s all said and done.

Don't quite me on this, but the Lakers don't have much control of their picks either. I'm curious how they build the rest of their roster out.

They will continue to gain future picks each year. Guys will want to go there. It’s not going to be hard for them to build out the roster for the most part.