Does this have any affect on when the Lakers deal goes down? Would NO and Atlanta both have to agree to wait?
http://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1141845006942121984
Rob Pelinka and David Griffin, upon completion of Anthony Davis deal, had agreed that if a third team was looped into trade, teams would finalize on July 6. No third team wanted to wait until late July. Once Atlanta was brought in today, Pelinka was already on board.
Lakers' Magic/Pelinka management group are going to go down as perhaps the Lakers' worst front office ever. They royally pooched this trade. They gave away every single young player/draft asset other than Kuzma, and I mean EVERY SINGLE ASSET.
And then they forgot about empty roster slot cap holds and so messed up their ability to get max cap space for a free agent this year. Hell, they couldn't even get Davis to drop his trade kicker when Davis said the only place he would play was in LA.
Just complete incompetence. I have played against guys on this site in draft games that could have handled this trade better. Hell, I think I could have handled it better than those Bozos.