Anthony Davis traded to Lakers(page 272)

[celticinorlando]

Lakers are going to have little meat left on that roster if they get AD. Going to cost them a ton.

[footey]

anybody around here in dc says the only way they should deal beal is if they can get rid of Walls deal.   Can't see Pelicans taking it,  but maybe the Lakers??

Beal, Ingram would be a decent haul for NO if they think Beal's open to resigning.

Yeah, if Lakers could absorb Wall's salary in the deal, could definitely see the Wiz being interested in getting involved.  They get 4th pick and Kuzma, Beal goes to Pels, and Lakers get Wall and AD. Not sure if that works salary cap wise, though. Wall's contract a monster.

[JBcat]

Fletcher Mackel
@FletcherWDSU
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NBA source tells me the “All-Star player” being referenced when talking about Anthony Davis/Lakers scenarios and using the #4 pick to get NOLA a veteran is Bradley Beal.
Pelicans want him in 3-team deal with LA.
@FearTheBrown
 was first to report Beal as Pels target.
@wdsu


Not sure if this means the Pelicans said use your 4th pick to get us Beal and we have a deal or if the Wizards and lakers are discussing. 

Also, at the moment I'm not sure the Wizards have a GM.

I don’t see why the Wiz would prefer the Lakers assets instead of ours in a 3 team deal.

[jpotter33]

Fletcher Mackel
@FletcherWDSU
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NBA source tells me the “All-Star player” being referenced when talking about Anthony Davis/Lakers scenarios and using the #4 pick to get NOLA a veteran is Bradley Beal.
Pelicans want him in 3-team deal with LA.
@FearTheBrown
 was first to report Beal as Pels target.
@wdsu


Not sure if this means the Pelicans said use your 4th pick to get us Beal and we have a deal or if the Wizards and lakers are discussing.

No way in the world is the 4 pick worth Beal.

Yeah I can't imagine Washington having interest in parting with Beal for whatever the Lakers are likely to offer.

I interpret that to mean the Pelicans need the Lakers to find a way to get Beal in the deal in order to make it happen.  The Pelicans are not interested in doing a two team deal with the Lakers. 

That makes sense -- the Pelicans are going to want to have a team that can be fun and reasonably competitive after trading Davis, and none of the Lakers' young players have yet shown an ability to contribute to winning basketball.

I mean, Beal is going to be in this same boat in two years. I’m not sure why NOLA would want to risk that after just going through this whole AD saga. Also don’t see Washington trading him for the 4 pick.

Also, the Lavine thing is kind of funny. I seriously doubt he’s a sticking point that NOLA is insisting on in a trade.

Further, I’m not sure I really get Griff’s whole plan here. Instead of getting as much young talent and draft compensation as possible he wants to mix it up with a win-now player just to try and be a low seed in the playoffs, if that? I understand keeping Jrue as a mentor, but you’d think he’d be preferring to build a team with young prospects that fit with Zion. Perhaps this route is forced simply due to circumstances, i.e. LA’s kids not being enough in themselves and Boston yet to offer up Tatum.

[RMO]

Fletcher Mackel
@FletcherWDSU
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NBA source tells me the “All-Star player” being referenced when talking about Anthony Davis/Lakers scenarios and using the #4 pick to get NOLA a veteran is Bradley Beal.
Pelicans want him in 3-team deal with LA.
@FearTheBrown
 was first to report Beal as Pels target.
@wdsu


Not sure if this means the Pelicans said use your 4th pick to get us Beal and we have a deal or if the Wizards and lakers are discussing. 

Also, at the moment I'm not sure the Wizards have a GM.

I don’t see why the Wiz would prefer the Lakers assets instead of ours in a 3 team deal.

I wonder if this is just Griffin saying, we like a few of your young guys.  We have no interest in the fourth pick.  Go turn that into an all star and then we can see where we are.  Then he flips over the hour glass and says "your time begins now".

[celticinorlando]

Any Laker offer without Kuzma is a joke. He is the only guy on that roster that would need to be included. They can keep Ingram.

[PhoSita]

Lakers are going to have little meat left on that roster if they get AD. Going to cost them a ton.

I mean, LeBron + AD + cap space is probably a decent enough starting point for building a contender.  Slap a few role players and vet minimum vets and that team could win 55 games if the top two guys are healthy.


I remain skeptical New Orleans is going to trade AD to the Lakers after all this.

[celticinorlando]

Lakers are going to have little meat left on that roster if they get AD. Going to cost them a ton.

I mean, LeBron + AD + cap space is probably a decent enough starting point for building a contender.  Slap a few role players and vet minimum vets and that team could win 55 games if the top two guys are healthy.


I remain skeptical New Orleans is going to trade AD to the Lakers after all this.

Jimmy Butler seems like a guy that would go to the Lakers. He loves to destroy teams much like AD, James and Rich Paul.

[BMark]

Should the Cs make a public offer for Beal?  Brown, Smart, filler and picks should get it done.

Maybe the Wizards don't want to make a deal with the Cs based on the recent playoff history but a lot has changed in Wizardland since then.  They have finally rid themselves of the worst GM of all time, and the above offer is much better than an offer based on this year's 4th draft choice.

At the very least this may force Lakers may have to overpay for Beal, which would weaken the Lakers even further. 

[Silky]

Should the Cs make a public offer for Beal?  Brown, Smart, filler and picks should get it done.

Maybe the Wizards don't want to make a deal with the Cs based on the recent playoff history but a lot has changed in Wizardland since then.  They have finally rid themselves of the worst GM of all time, and the above offer is much better than an offer based on this year's 4th draft choice.

At the very least this may force Lakers may have to overpay for Beal, which would weaken the Lakers even further.

If I thought beal could be a full time PG I would look into that deal.

Beal
Hayward
Tatum
Horford

Then snag a big defensive center....would be interesting

[blink]

Lakers are going to have little meat left on that roster if they get AD. Going to cost them a ton.

I mean, LeBron + AD + cap space is probably a decent enough starting point for building a contender.  Slap a few role players and vet minimum vets and that team could win 55 games if the top two guys are healthy.


I remain skeptical New Orleans is going to trade AD to the Lakers after all this.

me too on the bolded part.  I guess it somewhat depends on what DA offers, but there has been a lot of evidence that the Pels don't want to deal with the LAL.

[RMO]

Saw this from a poster on RealGM:

The rumor this morning out of LA is that the Pelicans supposedly rate Kuzma the best of all the Lakers' "assets", to the point that LA could keep the fourth pick and draft Garland (a Rich Paul client) if they put Kuzma in the deal.




Again I still don't see what the big deal is about Kuzma (IF this is in fact true)

[Spicoli]

I'm fine giving up Brown, Hayward, Smart and all the picks but no to Tatum unless Davis signs an extension. Tatum should be pulled off the table if Davis is just going to be a rental. No Kyrie, no Davis, but still have Tatum in the fold i can live with that.

[CelticsElite]

Per ESPN’s @ZachLowe_NBA, the #Bulls are willing to trade Zach LaVine to the Pels as a part of an Anthony Davis trade, in exchange for the 4th pick (and maybe more) from the #Lakers.

[celticinorlando]

Per ESPN’s @ZachLowe_NBA, the #Bulls are willing to trade Zach LaVine to the Pels as a part of an Anthony Davis trade, in exchange for the 4th pick (and maybe more) from the #Lakers.

Because Zach LaVine really moves the needle.