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Breaking News, Lakers Trade Mosgov & Russell for Brook Lopez & Pick 27!

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Oh my. Brook Lopez though? Is he expiring or something? Isn't he injured every year?
 

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SOmething else is going on here. COuld be a FA pick up coming.
 
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Fantastic trade. Makes room for the Lakers to draft Lonzo (who takes D'Angelo's spot on the roster), gets rid of a terrible contract and opens up space for George to sign.

Also get another first rounder to trade for George.
 

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Fantastic trade. Makes room for the Lakers to draft Lonzo (who takes D'Angelo's spot on the roster), gets rid of a terrible contract and opens up space for George to sign.

Also get another first rounder to trade for George.

It's one of those plus and minus deals. Lopez will be better than mozgov should be an all star. I was kind of on the fence with Russell. A bit inconsistent. Capable of putting up 30 point nights. Had 40 vs the Cavs one night. He has that clutch factor you can't teach. You are kinda banking on ball coming in and not playing like a rookie. Just hope we don't see Russell turn into something and are kicking ourselves later
 

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I love the move. Gets rid of Russell and moz. Lopez is much better then moz. And we get another first round pick. :10::10::10:
 

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That's a steal of a deal if you draft Ball. Russell was the odd man out anyway!
 

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I'm okay with the injury concerns with Brook.

By limiting his minutes, we can mitigate the injury potential which allows for the youngster Zu to get quality minutes every night so he can continue to develop!

I'm not good with trading away assets for PG13 when he most likely comes next year as a FA.

Also, acquiring PG13 in the Summer of 2018 makes it a bit more enticing to resign Brook to an extension.

The only reason, the Lakers might want to make a trade for PG13 this Summer is so we can sign him to a Bird deal next year so we can have two max deals on the table for the Summer of 2018.

Not sure exactly how that works, but maybe someone who does can shed some light to see if that is actually true.

If so, if we could trade Nance Jr, #28 & Deng, that might fly.
 

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Fantastic trade. Makes room for the Lakers to draft Lonzo (who takes D'Angelo's spot on the roster), gets rid of a terrible contract and opens up space for George to sign.

Also get another first rounder to trade for George.

I see Randle being traded next for PG-13
 

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I see Randle being traded next for PG-13
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I told yall a while back that Russell was going to be gone!
Yeah, a lot of us thought Russell would be gone, and that only increased once the Lakers landed the No. 2 pick with all them PG's available in this year draft.

Now I told y'all a while back that the Lakers should acquire Brook because I thought he would be a good fit to this group of young players and we could shed either the Mozov or Deng deals.

I guess Magic follows Vitamike @tHoop! :pound:
 

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for PG-13
Yeah, a lot of us thought Russell would be gone, and that only increased once the Lakers landed the No. 2 pick with all them PG's available in this year draft.

Now I told y'all a while back that the Lakers should acquire Brook because I thought he would be a good fit to this group of young players.

We needed a center like him, I like this. We have a rim protector. magic don't want drama, so clearly Russell was going to be out. We just need to get rid of Deng's sorry ass!
 

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for PG-13
Not when he is coming next year...

Besides, like you were saying, we have a chance to rid ourselves of the Deng deal by trading Deng, LNJr and #28 now if we want him this year.
 
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I know it could and it will be Randle not Clark.

1. The Lakers need to have some insurance for the one spot, so Clark wont be a trading piece.
2. Randle and George are both Forwards so in Luke's system it makes sense.

I just don't want it since he likely comes to LA at no cost unless he falls in love with whoever acquires him as a rental this year.

I just really want to see Lopez and Randle in the post on defense! It could be special!
 

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I don't like the idea of giving up assets to get PG one year earlier when it costs them nothing next summer.

Plus, with Randle's recent workouts, he could be a beast in the post now. I don't like the idea of getting rid of him just as he's about to turn the corner.
 
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