“90%” is meaningless, but I do think we have a decent shot.
The thing that worries me is that last time Demps had a disgruntled superstar he dealt him to the Lakers for a poor return before having that deal vetoed.
What's funny is that the the original deal was at least about on par with the vetoed deal.
Final deal: Eric Gordon, Al Farouq-Aminu, Chris Kaman (expiring), Austin Rivers
Initial deal: Goran Dragic, Kevin Martin, Lamar Odom, Luis Scola
The final deal had the better overall package, but Dragic is the best of the bunch. No matter what, I am very glad LAL didn't get Chris Paul for (at the time) a very questionable package. The same thing had already happened with Pau Gasol when Marc Gasol was nothing more than the #48 pick.