2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[Moranis]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

[hpantazo]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

I agree. They should trade Lebron now, and AD in the offseason. Get draft assets and rebuild.

[celticsclay]

Love watching the Lakers get their ass kicked, though at some point, I want a piece of them in the finals again.
The best part of their struggles is watching Davis and Lebron fail after they forced their way to glitz-town.
That fluke title they got in the bubble remains annoying.

Don’t see a way they can do much with Lebron there. Time to rebuild. The scariest part is that Davis and Lebron have both been health for the first 40 games for the first time 5 years and they are still below .500. As someone that doesn’t root for the lakers that fools gold run last year was great thing to happen.

[SparzWizard]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

C's should definitely think about trading for AD. We do need a PF since Horford is basically deteriorated.

[hpantazo]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

C's should definitely think about trading for AD. We do need a PF since Horford is basically deteriorated.

What rebuilding assets would we be able to offer the Lakers for him?

[Who]

Kyrie out-dueling Jalen Brunson and leading the Mavs to the win over the Knicks without Luka Doncic. Kyrie finished with 44pts and 10ast in the win. Brunson went for 30pts and 8ast.

Some Kyrie highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_LYXg5auQg

[Ed Monix]

Love watching the Lakers get their ass kicked, though at some point, I want a piece of them in the finals again.

The best part of their struggles is watching Davis and LeBron fail after they forced their way to glitz-town.

That fluke title they got in the bubble remains annoying.

Amen

IMO, no bubble, no championship.

Unfortunately Rondo turning into Steph Curry for 16 games had a lot to do with that win. Pre bubble he was only averaging 32% from three, in the bubble he hit 40%.

Although the Lakers were very lucky to win that title, their roster was still solid. It’s Rob Pelinka’s continual incompetence that has killed their team. Caldwell-Pope, Kuzma & Caruso were either traded away or allowed to walk.

Caruso
Reaves
Caldwell-Pope
James
Davis

Kuzma

[Surferdad]

They should add a 3rd round and make a full minor league i.e. all teams have a fully dedicated minor league team with better rules regarding exclusive and non-exclusive players.  Allow high school players to be drafted and even if you don't let them in the NBA, they can play in the minors with a better salary.

Agree..I alway said every team needs a minor league team to develop players or vets they can call up if someone injured

All great ideas...I think we had a thread about upgrading the G-league a couple of years ago.

I believe the sticking point is that the G-league doesn't make much profit, if any. The teams are funded by the big-league team, correct? Can anyone with real knowledge confirm this and/or comment on minor leagues in other sports?

[BitterJim]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

It's probably not the right return for the Lakers, but part of me wonders how an AD/KAT trade would look. The AD/Gobert frontcourt would be an absolute monster (as long as AD stayed healthy and the team had enough spacing offensively). I think he'd be a better fit than KAT.

KAT is only 2 years younger than Davis, though, so I'm not sure how good of a return that would be for the Lakers. Maybe if they moved KAT to a third team for picks/younger players (if he has more of a market then Davis)

[Kernewek]

They should add a 3rd round and make a full minor league i.e. all teams have a fully dedicated minor league team with better rules regarding exclusive and non-exclusive players.  Allow high school players to be drafted and even if you don't let them in the NBA, they can play in the minors with a better salary.

Agree..I alway said every team needs a minor league team to develop players or vets they can call up if someone injured

All great ideas...I think we had a thread about upgrading the G-league a couple of years ago.

I believe the sticking point is that the G-league doesn't make much profit, if any. The teams are funded by the big-league team, correct? Can anyone with real knowledge confirm this and/or comment on minor leagues in other sports?

This is part of what makes it complicated, yeah: most, if not all, of the G-League teams are directly affiliated with NBA franchises, who pay their way. So, just like with normal NBA teams, the profitability (through sponsorships and the like) is going to vary with teams - and we'll never really know if the league is making money as a whole because we won't get a look into the affiliate NBA teams' books to know.

I would guess that it's not profitable, but the counter-point to that is that it's not necessarily trying to be.

[SHAQATTACK]

Small Doe fans are over the top this morning about “ annihilating “ the Celtics squad.

Pea brains

[Moranis]

They should add a 3rd round and make a full minor league i.e. all teams have a fully dedicated minor league team with better rules regarding exclusive and non-exclusive players.  Allow high school players to be drafted and even if you don't let them in the NBA, they can play in the minors with a better salary.

Agree..I alway said every team needs a minor league team to develop players or vets they can call up if someone injured

All great ideas...I think we had a thread about upgrading the G-league a couple of years ago.

I believe the sticking point is that the G-league doesn't make much profit, if any. The teams are funded by the big-league team, correct? Can anyone with real knowledge confirm this and/or comment on minor leagues in other sports?

This is part of what makes it complicated, yeah: most, if not all, of the G-League teams are directly affiliated with NBA franchises, who pay their way. So, just like with normal NBA teams, the profitability (through sponsorships and the like) is going to vary with teams - and we'll never really know if the league is making money as a whole because we won't get a look into the affiliate NBA teams' books to know.

I would guess that it's not profitable, but the counter-point to that is that it's not necessarily trying to be.

that means it would work better as a real minor league though. If the NBA teams are paying for it anyway then they should be all for having a more functional minor league like they do in the mlb

[Moranis]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

It's probably not the right return for the Lakers, but part of me wonders how an AD/KAT trade would look. The AD/Gobert frontcourt would be an absolute monster (as long as AD stayed healthy and the team had enough spacing offensively). I think he'd be a better fit than KAT.

KAT is only 2 years younger than Davis, though, so I'm not sure how good of a return that would be for the Lakers. Maybe if they moved KAT to a third team for picks/younger players (if he has more of a market then Davis)

I think a GS trade could be interesting. Something like:

Klay, Dray, Kuminga, Moody, Podz, 1st

for

Davis, DLo, Prince, Vincent

[keevsnick]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

It's probably not the right return for the Lakers, but part of me wonders how an AD/KAT trade would look. The AD/Gobert frontcourt would be an absolute monster (as long as AD stayed healthy and the team had enough spacing offensively). I think he'd be a better fit than KAT.

KAT is only 2 years younger than Davis, though, so I'm not sure how good of a return that would be for the Lakers. Maybe if they moved KAT to a third team for picks/younger players (if he has more of a market then Davis)

I would worry about the spacing on that team. Davis has seen his jumper largely evaporate since the bubble run, and Gobert is strictly a rim runner. The defense would be insane but the offense would be tough.   

[Phantom255x]

Lakers should trade Davis. Not good enough to be a true #1 and he still has very good value.  Probably makes most sense to trade him in the off season, but that should be their move as they should be able to get 2 or 3 quality players and replenish their draft stock

It's probably not the right return for the Lakers, but part of me wonders how an AD/KAT trade would look. The AD/Gobert frontcourt would be an absolute monster (as long as AD stayed healthy and the team had enough spacing offensively). I think he'd be a better fit than KAT.

KAT is only 2 years younger than Davis, though, so I'm not sure how good of a return that would be for the Lakers. Maybe if they moved KAT to a third team for picks/younger players (if he has more of a market then Davis)

I think a GS trade could be interesting. Something like:

Klay, Dray, Kuminga, Moody, Podz, 1st

for

Davis, DLo, Prince, Vincent

Lol Lebron would probably pummel Draymond after he acts up a few times