The Los Angeles Lakers 2022 Off-Season Thread

[DJ Fieri]

Apparently, a huge reason Irving wants to be in Los Angeles is assistant coach Phil Handy. Handy and Irving have a close relationship from their time in Cleveland.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Add Irving and say Joe Harris for RW, THT and a first or even 2 firsts and you have:

G-Irving
G-Harris
F-James
F-AD
C-Jones (for 18mpg)

Bench

Nunn
Walker
Reaves
Melo (bring him back!!!!)
Johnson
Toscano
Gabriel

We'd need a few more guys.

 

[shopson67]

There certainly is a lot of "hopefulness" seasoning the Lakers moves these days. We all hope it is not the same hopefulness that was in play a year ago when a couple of GMs/player brought in a host of geriatric "all-stars" to win a championship.

Yep, but it's all we can do right now unfortunately. If nothing else, we have the first summer league game later today to see some of these younger draft pieces...

 

[shopson67]

Add Irving and say Joe Harris for RW, THT and a first or even 2 firsts and you have:

G-Irving
G-Harris
F-James
F-AD
C-Jones (for 18mpg)

Bench

Nunn
Walker
Reaves
Melo (bring him back!!!!)
Johnson
Toscano
Gabriel

We'd need a few more guys.

Thomas Bryant? Tough sell for him to take the vet min though, and it sets them up to lose him next year if he does, a la Monk.

 

[DJ Fieri]

In my wildest fantasies dare I dream of AD, RW, and a few firsts for KD and Irving?

James, KD, and Irving? Daaaaaaaaaaaamn.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Thomas Bryant? Tough sell for him to take the vet min though, and it sets them up to lose him next year if he does, a la Monk.

He is coming off an injury prone season.....

 

[DJ Fieri]

Thomas Bryant? Tough sell for him to take the vet min though, and it sets them up to lose him next year if he does, a la Monk.

Could play Gabriel for 15mpg as a backup C and then you just need to fill in another 15mpg at C. Maybe split that between AD and James.

 

[Retroram52]

Or Jones.

 

[Retroram52]

In my wildest fantasies dare I dream of AD, RW, and a few firsts for KD and Irving?

James, KD, and Irving? Daaaaaaaaaaaamn.

You might get that DJ. Right now, just about anything is possible because the Nets are done with Irving about at the level the Lakers Fans, Westbrook.

 

[DJ Fieri]

You might get that DJ. Right now, just about anything is possible because the Nets are done with Irving about at the level the Lakers Fans, Westbrook.

No chance they deal them both to the Lakers.

 

[Retroram52]

IDK. We shall see.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Guys....

 

[Retroram52]

The trade that is developing is Westbrook, draft picks, and whomever (maybe Nunn), for Irving and either Harris or Curry?

 

[DJ Fieri]

The trade that is developing is Westbrook, draft picks, and whomever (maybe Nunn), for Irving and either Harris or Curry?

Think it's THT, not Nunn. But, most likely we'll get Harris, not Curry. The Nets want to unload Harris.

The Lakers FO being greedy.....LOL.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Not sure if picks are involved. The Lakers are the only team interested in Irving.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea, I suspect it will be THT who just is not going anywhere from the perspective of on-the-court playing performance. I wonder if it is going to be one or two First rounders. If they don't get Curry, if I were Pelinka, I would drop the Second First Rounder (assuming that is what it is) to a Second Rounder. But we shall see what it is. I suspect this trade will be done by the end of next week. It will either go or disintegrate. The Lakers know they are the only ones after Irving so they have some leverage but it is not necessarily asset drive per se. The deal is more relief driven. The Lakers finally rid themselves of Westbrook and the same goes with the Nets and Kyrie.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I'd imagine we'd have to include 1 for them to take RW. Since we're only team interested in Irving, hoping not 2.

The Lakers and Nets need each other in this deal.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Yea, I suspect it will be THT who just is not going anywhere from the perspective of on-the-court playing performance. I wonder if it is going to be one or two First rounders. If they don't get Curry, if I were Pelinka, I would drop the Second First Rounder (assuming that is what it is) to a Second Rounder. But we shall see what it is. I suspect this trade will be done by the end of next week. It will either go or disintegrate. The Lakers know they are the only ones after Irving so they have some leverage but it is not necessarily asset drive per se.

I think it gets done in the next 24 hours so then the Nets can get the KD trade done also. That one could take 4-5 days.

 

[Retroram52]

You could be right, DJ. We shall see and you and TJF12 will have your boy if that is the case.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Give up young talent and 1st round picks to get RW only to trade more 1st rounders to unload him a year later.

Man this FO is a mess.