2022 NBA Offseason thread

[The Q]

You're still moving 2 picks regardless of where you assign the value of it, whether its one pick just to move Westbrook and one for the other players, whatever else combo you can come up with. They aren't contending for anything with that deal so what's the point? Buddy Hield is overrated. He can shoot (though can be streaky) but is a negative just about every where else. Myles Turner is a good shot blocker but there's a reason the Pacers have been trying to trade him for like the last 3 years. He's not moving the needle in any significant way regardless of how much better a fit Hield/Turner is over Westbrook. And believe me, I spent all last season from the moment Westbrook was traded to the Lakers talking about how god awful that was gonna be. There's no significant value here. Congrats, you're a 5 seed and a 1st round exit. There's no need to rush to the table to make that deal for that result. You're better off waiting to see if the price comes down or something else shakes loose elsewhere.

You also don't make that deal unless you 100% know the door is closed on Kyrie Irving. Kyrie, for all his faults, gives the Lakers a puncher's chance at a title with AD and Lebron on the roster. No other move they can possibly make for the near future (this season or next) given their circumstances, gets them to that level. When you have Lebron James on your team, you're playing for championships. Anything else and you're just wasting time.

Hield is basically more expensive monk

The guy you all were dying to bring back

The money doesn’t even matter due to how much you’re already paying Russ

 

[Shanemansj13]

LOL. You are so thirsty to get Lebron back.

Lebron is going back to Detroit? Lol

 

[Stakesarehigh]

LOL. You are so thirsty to get Lebron back.

Is Lebron going to Detroit? Not a Cavs fan lol

 

[Black Adam]

Is Lebron going to Detroit? Not a Cavs fan lol

LeBron as a Piston to finish out his career? Interesting. So what are y'all willing to give up for him...?

 

[tlance]

LeBron as a Piston to finish out his career? Interesting. So what are y'all willing to give up for him...?

Cash when he hits free agency next summer?

 

[trojanfan12]

Lebron is going back to Detroit? Lol

If they draft Bronny...yes.

 

[bksballer89]

Players usually do on bad teams.

Facts

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Cash when he hits free agency next summer?

The allure of Detroit is strong

 

[Wamu]

The allure of Detroit is strong

 

[tlance]

The allure of Detroit is strong

Trading Cade Cunningham and salary for 1 season of LeBron is something only a very small number of teams would be dumb enough to consider.

I do think the Wizards might be one of them.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Trading Cade Cunningham and salary for 1 season of LeBron is something only a very small number of teams would be dumb enough to consider.

I do think the Wizards might be one of them.

Them and the Kings

Serious question

What do you think his trade value is

 

[tlance]

Them and the Kings

Serious question

What do you think his trade value is

Cade?

Untradeable

Too low a salary, too much upside, too many years of team control.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Cade?

Untradeable

Too low a salary, too much upside, too many years of team control.

Sorry I meant lebron

Def on cade

 

[tlance]

Sorry I meant lebron

Def on cade

In the wake of Rudy Gobert?

Probably salary + 3-4 picks or young players.

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[Wamu]

You think he'll take it? Two seasons ago before his injury he put up some good numbers. 24.3 ppg on .475 shooting & 37 from downtown.

 

[Shanemansj13]

You think he'll take it? Two seasons ago before his injury he put up some good numbers. 24.3 ppg on .475 shooting & 37 from downtown.

He has no market. No teams can afford him or trade for him. He could bet on himself with QO

 

[Wamu]

He has no market. No teams can afford him or trade for him. He could bet on himself with QO

He'd be smart to take it after last season was cut short by the injury bug.

 

[tlance]

He'd be smart to take it after last season was cut short by the injury bug.

I think his best move is to take a 1 year deal.

If this is a 2 year deal?

Probably good for him. If it is 3 years $40 million?

I would advise him to turn it down unless he is worried he won’t be all the way back.

 

[DJ Fieri]

This narrative that AD is less likely to be healthy that George and/or Kawhi simply isn't proven by the stats. Kawhi has a degenerative condition, but it's Lebron's maintenance days that are the real killer lol.

We get it, the Lakers have their haters. They've also won a chip more recently than anyone other than the Warriors and Bucks. The current roster is not going into this season as currently constituted. The Lakers and any rumored trade discussions are being held up as if they are imminent, but we are months away from actual games and this all conjecture to this point. Hurry up Pelinka, jump at the rumored deal and give up all your assets now because we are bored and want instant gratification! Never mind that these teams supposedly in discussions with the Lakers are looking to shed their players as well and don't want to go into the season as currently constituted either.

BOOM.