LA gone before or on draft day

It's not all the players. They are just available assets. I can't give a scenario because I don't know who's available.

If there is a team with a disgruntled guard; than Matthews and batum is plenty.

 

not my hope at all. Just saying presenting it as Claver and Leonard for an all star is a bit disingenuous

 

Wow, I guess it really is a slow news day.

 

Pau Gasol traded for expirings, 2 late firsts, and rights to a second rounder, to fit description. Could be disgruntled player, could be a team needing to rebuild and dump salary, especially under a new CBA.
You seem to want specifics of who we can fill in for LMA, give specifics of which contender LMA is going to sign with, and what free aents we're going to put around our core of
Lillard/Wes/Batum/Thompson/Len to make us a legit title contender.

 

I agree. No substance.

 

Also, the Carmelo deal can be similar. Gallinari as the centerpiece(Batum), expirings, Chandler is comparable to Wes, future pick, Mozgov, with Leonard as a younger/better prospect.

 

I'd trade LMA for Favors/Hayward/14 in a heartbeat.

 

Was that bashed by someone? If so, they should have a 2 year ban

 

I said it earlier in the year, and plenty of people said that it wasn't "enough" and that Favors was nothing spectacular, if I recall correctly. (At the time, we didn't know the 14th pick would be Jazz, but thats obviously not the biggest part of the deal)

 

I don't think NO can convince PA to trade LA and take a step back in the short term. I don't think he'll even try to as his job security will come into question.

 

I completely disagree. The league is stacked with PFs and so LMA is the easiest player to replace. There is nearly zero SG talent in the league, so replacing Wes would be very tough - especially with someone who is better. Same goes for Nic, to a lesser degree. There's not a ton of SF talent - certainly more than SG - and Nic is already ~Top 5 at the position.
Package both of them for the fabled "disgruntled star" and you might upgrade one position while downgrading at the other. Never mind the fact that typically disgruntled stars tend to force their way to teams they WANT to play for.

The big secret is...they're NOT great players. They're average players playing within a great system. It's why I'd be very leery of ever trading with the Spurs - the player you get from them won't be 80% of whatever they showed while playing for the Spurs.

 

That's not my case for the best strategy going forward, as I already stated. I wa giving you an example that you asked for from Mags. You can feel free to attribute that strategy to me if you want, though, if it works better for you as an example to throw into your get rid of LMA posts.
And no, it doesn't "sound familiar" except to you. He's apparently 3/4ths of the way out the door. When you include that in every scenario, then it sure makes it easier to see. For you. Where's he going to walk to?

 

Not with LA's skillset. He's the highest scoring PF in the league. IMO, wing players are easier to get...there are a shortage of good big men in the league. And when you look at it, LA is an elite PF while Wes and Nic are average wing players.

 

So he's absolutely certain to leave here, because he wants to play for a contender, BUT.....he'll leave here to take less money for a team not a contender. Makes absolute perfect sense. Guess he is gone. Trade him.

 

Asked in a different thread, if we had to swap rosters with one of them, which team would you swap with right now, Cleveland, Utah, or Denver?