• TheBlueOne37@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    I don’t see how Lavine fixes any of the Lakers issues. There issues are size, rebounding, defense, and 3 point shooting.

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      11 months ago

      You can’t trade all of our guards for 2 guards when we have a bunch of workable wings. Would keep dlo and add rui and either cam or christie

  • An-Ignorant-Slut@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    “I expect them to express interest”. Fucking masterful doublespeak by Shams, who really says nothing at all, and everyone just eats it up like a legit trade rumor. Sports journalism is a joke

    • iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      What?

      Him, Woj, and personnel insiders in other sports use similar vague language.

      There’s professional, practical, and probably legal reasons why they obviously can’t baldly say, “Lakers will trade for Lavine with X, Y, Z assets”: it would affect the leverage of both sides, it might expose their source, and pro sports are unpredictable environments and trades doubly so, so it’s important to hedge their beliefs.

      But the reality is they’re right more often than not with these predictions, that’s why they have their roles in the first place. It’s not Pulitzer winning stuff, but it is legitimate journalism in the era of 24 hour news and social media reportage, insofar as they offer a version of front office thinking around the league.

      You think he’s just making this up?

  • Toronto_Once_July2@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Lakers should keep Reaves, leave Lavine alone and go after Caruso. Reaves and Caruso out on the wings…the arena would explode from Reaves-Caruso alley oops

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        11 months ago

        I think Reaves + Rui + Gabe + JHS matches salary enough with Lavine + Caruso

        We need to keep Dlo so we still have a non-LeBron playmaker

        Caruso/Lavine/Vando/Bron/AD with Dlo/Cam/Prince/Wood off the bench is pretty nice. Great defensive lineup

        • SnoobNoob7860@alien.topB
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          11 months ago

          okay that’s actually not a bad trade for the lakers and something i think the bulls would actually consider

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          11 months ago

          This deal makes a lot more sense and fixes a lot of our issues other than our big man problems.

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    11 months ago

    Lavine doesn’t even make sense for the Lakers, they need Caruso.(like every other team in the NBA)

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      11 months ago

      Another non offensive player? Lakers issue is no scoring. They go on 5 minute long droughts every quarter because they have no scoring threats or shot creators. Then lebron has to try and score 16 in the fourth just to make the game close

      • Dildozer_69@alien.topB
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        11 months ago

        Where did you see that we want Lavine? Have you seen literally any report stating that? Or are you assuming that every player with a trade request is a target for the lakers?

        • Persianx6@alien.topB
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          11 months ago

          Lavine has the Lakers on his trade destinations, might be his agent getting teams to give the Bulls a good deal.

          • Top-Consequence-911@alien.topB
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            11 months ago

            Happens every year with some player or another. They even pulled the same move with LaVine to get him his bloated extension.

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          11 months ago

          Good because we don’t want Reaves. Don’t know why the Bulls would even consider this. Lavine>>>Reaves

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        11 months ago

        Lavine is better than Westbrook was when they brought in Westbrook but I still wouldn’t do it because depth is the Lakers biggest issue and that would become an even bigger problem with Lavine.

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    11 months ago

    The pistons should trade for Reaves. They need bench. Everytime the starting lineup gets subbed out they lose any less they had