The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[shopson67]

Props to @dtgold88 for always reminding us the big ones are completely under the radar

That's the way most of the Lakers trades have typically happened (other than when they acquired AD).

 

[shopson67]

Ok I’m really high right now but did the Lakers just get Luka?!?

Yep. Dallas called Pelinka and offered Luka. Here we are, should be official tomorrow apparently. Better be more moves coming, Lakers are really unbalanced now, need defenders.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Reaves could be trade bait now too. A Doncic/Reaves backcourt is pretty ugly defensively.

Yeah, Reaves and Knecht should be plenty to bring in a solid big man and a defensive minded role player. But they may just roll with it till next year and start building around Luka

 

[bksballer89]

 

[shopson67]

Yeah, Reaves and Knecht should be plenty to bring in a solid big man and a defensive minded role player. But they may just roll with it till next year and start building around Luka

Still shouldn't waste a year of Lebron. Reaves could really ease trade discussions and essentially replace a pick in most cases.

 

[shopson67]

So weird to come off a big win, only to have the roster just get etch-a-sketched.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Still shouldn't waste a year of Lebron. Reaves could really ease trade discussions and essentially replace a pick in most cases.

They couldn't turn down Luka. No way no how

 

[shopson67]

They couldn't turn down Luka. No way no how

Of course, but this does require some more work to fix this roster.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Is this real life???

 

[Shanemansj13]

This doesn’t make sense

 

[shopson67]

Lakers Nation just pointed out that the Pau trade happened on Feb 1st as well.

 

[shopson67]

One upsetting part of this....Rob has probably cemented his job for a while.

 

[msgkings322]

One upsetting part of this....Rob has probably cemented his job for a while.

Don’t you want this to work?

 

[Shanemansj13]

Oh damn. Shams saying it was Dallas that approached LA

For an aging player? Don’t get me wrong AD is still a beast but he is 32. Luka is 25

 

[Ojb81]

Wow....did not see this one coming

 

[wildturkey]

My guess is the Lakers try and get a post that can D and board for a guy like Dalton Knecht who has shown something but will lose some minutes with both LBJ and Luka on the floor. I could see those two playing fantastic off each other, both are exceptional passers

Who knows what's going now but before the entire basketball world turned upside tonight, there were some rumors this afternoon that the Lakers were looking at Clint Capela. It was believed a deal could get done for salary matching and a 2nd rounder. So they could still do Rui + low salary guy and a 2nd rounder for him.

But with Luka on board now and another 1st rounder, who knows. We may move Reaves and the pick for a bigger package. Shit's crazy

 

[shopson67]

Don’t you want this to work?

Of course I do. Do I think Rob is the guy to add to this roster properly? Not really. Dallas called him for this trade, it's not a master stroke by Rob really.

 

[bksballer89]

Mavs quitting on Luka just doesn’t make sense. He got them to a conference finals with a pretty crappy roster in 2022 then got them to finals with Kyrie last year. You don’t just willingly trade him for someone 6 years older than him. This only makes sense if they get a title out of this Kyrie/AD build

 

[shopson67]

Who knows what's going now but before the entire basketball world turned upside tonight, there were some rumors this afternoon that the Lakers were looking at Clint Capela. It was believed a deal could get done for salary matching and a 2nd rounder. So they could still do Rui + low salary guy and a 2nd rounder for him.

But with Luka on board now and another 1st rounder, who knows. We may move Reaves and the pick for a bigger package. Shit's crazy

Nets? Cam and Sharpe maybe?

 

[Shanemansj13]

Lakers need to make some more moves. They need big men. Either way, when Lebron retires they have a superstar for the next 7-8