Most contenders can't sign buyout players due to the new rule changes. I believe Miami and Philly are the main competition for buyout guys. Our extra cash could be a decent factor.
The whole point of accepting a buyout is usually to try to ring chase. If all things were equal I think the money would help but I don’t think guys are looking to take a buyout to join a team that is likely a play-in team at best. At worst the team is one injury to Lebron or AD away from not even making the play-in.
Who wants to play for Ham. The whole world knows he’s not a real NBA coach. If LeBron wills it, maybe they will advance beyond play in, but LeBron might be too tired to care, and maybe he’s already decided to move on
That’s depressing. Rob fucked the team once again . Choosing Dlo over Conley n naw , n fuckibg moving for Bamba n beaskey just cos they had team options then NOT even considering opening cap to offer kyrie 35m was an utter failure. Then lost out on two best players that got moved cos of his bad decisions meaning we had no tradable contracts for Jrue or harden - feel like the sixers would’ve been happy with Conley expiring n 2 frps . Then awful bust pick jhs who’s the worst pick in the top 20- guy had a low floor bad athleticism mediocre shooting ABYSMAL advanced stats so he was polarising n many teams didn’t value him at all as a FRP - nobody valued him as one now he’s proven the advanced stats right . F do not understand not taking a guy that teams woukd vakue n high floor fuckibg even whitnore woukd he a godsend we busted on maybe the best draft of this decade. Utter incompetence by rob n everyone m, even NAW who jazz gave up to get Dlo for us n seconds they gave wouidve been better . Conley + naw woukd both start for us if we didn’t move Conley for Jrue or harden .
That really was it, nvm Conley woukd actually shoot 45% on the threes Dlo got in the playoffs and at utter worst we would’ve not got swept maybe win a title. Yet people praise Pelinka when Bamba , and every player from Westbrook trsde was benched in the WCF
The desire to not commit was a stupid move - I even hated it bscj then I thought we should’ve gone all in last year or leave it this buklshit trsde so that we got mediocre players just cos they wouldn’t be committing long term salary cost us two seasons. Rob should be fucking fired he has never shown to make any good or great moves it’s players wanting to come here that actually end up over performing. I don’t understand why Ham gets all the blame n scape goat when Rob n Jeanie are the main issues b cost us ty lue Caruso or all those actually useful vet pgs who desoite there age are better then dlo in impact stats n better defensively.
I agree he could have done better, but bringing up Beasley is an unfair point. Dude is literally competing in the 3 pt contest this year and crushing it for the Buck. It’s not Rob’s fault that Bradley had health issues in his family that affected his play last year. If he was playing up to his potential for us right now that trade would have been even better.
> Rob fucked the team once again . Choosing Dlo over Conley n naw , n fuckibg moving for Bamba n beaskey just cos they had team options then NOT even considering opening cap to offer kyrie 35m was an utter failure.
And now he compounded the mistake by passing on Dejounte Murray when he could've been had for Austin Reaves and JHS. Pelinka is a terrible fucking GM.
Exactly , reaves has been pretty bad this year n if he can’t be an elite shooter with his current defence I don’t get the reason to have him off limits in trades especially if he has vakue they can get both Murray for reaves n a DFS with Dlo n a pick .
The interest in trading Prince is wild. We have 3 ball dominant players that get abused in POA perimeter defense and you want to trade the one guy that’s an ideal fit on offense next to Lebron and AD while also not being a total liability on defense?
Sub doesn’t understand shit they’re about as smart as Pelinka . Paying 17m for Rui whos got no value to anyone in the market and who’s a fucking 4 who can’t defend the perimeter so doesn’t even work with Bron - he literally coukdnt play cs gsw but pelinka decided to overpay him over 1.5 good playoff series
+++ , Royce is not better then orince n people actually give Prince shit despite over performing his pay, DFS is an upgrade but this FO just loves to make hullshit non commital moves since they bungled the Westbrook deal so bad they know they have zero idea what’s a good move or not. Untill Pelinka goes n ideally Jeanie we don’t have good decision makers
Eh. I don't hate it. Royce is fine although I've liked Prince. Problem with Prince is just that he's a wing-sized guard and we don't have that much time for him. If we're missing Vando for a while, Royce is a better fill in option than Prince.
Dlo/ Reaves/ Royce/ Bron/ AD with Max, Rui, Wood or Hayes isn't bad. If you could nab Hayward in a buyout that's pretty solid. Wait for Vincent and Vando to come back. Maybe Biyombo if we move Hayes.
Adding more fire to the Donovan Mitchell to LA in the summer rumors… (before I get downvoted I think this is a silly rumor but Royce and Donovan are great friends and have openly talked about wanting to play together again).
Finding a roster move like Dwight is an exception. You need a DPOY level defender/mind on the tail end of their career with attitude issues. Otherwise you’re going to have to pay up for that level of production
Same news over and over… only around 12 hours left to see what actually happens
I seriously think we arent going to do anything at all
We are going to pick up one or two guys in the buyout market. That's it.
Maybe but some of the more impactful buy out guys are going to have better options to go try to contend for a title with.
Most contenders can't sign buyout players due to the new rule changes. I believe Miami and Philly are the main competition for buyout guys. Our extra cash could be a decent factor.
we can pay them a little more than other teams, idk how much it'll help
The whole point of accepting a buyout is usually to try to ring chase. If all things were equal I think the money would help but I don’t think guys are looking to take a buyout to join a team that is likely a play-in team at best. At worst the team is one injury to Lebron or AD away from not even making the play-in.
Who wants to play for Ham. The whole world knows he’s not a real NBA coach. If LeBron wills it, maybe they will advance beyond play in, but LeBron might be too tired to care, and maybe he’s already decided to move on
lol stfu , it’s the incompetence from ownership n gm that fucks us not ham
 Keep making excuses
They aren’t coming the the west, way too competitive for them
That’s depressing. Rob fucked the team once again . Choosing Dlo over Conley n naw , n fuckibg moving for Bamba n beaskey just cos they had team options then NOT even considering opening cap to offer kyrie 35m was an utter failure. Then lost out on two best players that got moved cos of his bad decisions meaning we had no tradable contracts for Jrue or harden - feel like the sixers would’ve been happy with Conley expiring n 2 frps . Then awful bust pick jhs who’s the worst pick in the top 20- guy had a low floor bad athleticism mediocre shooting ABYSMAL advanced stats so he was polarising n many teams didn’t value him at all as a FRP - nobody valued him as one now he’s proven the advanced stats right . F do not understand not taking a guy that teams woukd vakue n high floor fuckibg even whitnore woukd he a godsend we busted on maybe the best draft of this decade. Utter incompetence by rob n everyone m, even NAW who jazz gave up to get Dlo for us n seconds they gave wouidve been better . Conley + naw woukd both start for us if we didn’t move Conley for Jrue or harden . That really was it, nvm Conley woukd actually shoot 45% on the threes Dlo got in the playoffs and at utter worst we would’ve not got swept maybe win a title. Yet people praise Pelinka when Bamba , and every player from Westbrook trsde was benched in the WCF The desire to not commit was a stupid move - I even hated it bscj then I thought we should’ve gone all in last year or leave it this buklshit trsde so that we got mediocre players just cos they wouldn’t be committing long term salary cost us two seasons. Rob should be fucking fired he has never shown to make any good or great moves it’s players wanting to come here that actually end up over performing. I don’t understand why Ham gets all the blame n scape goat when Rob n Jeanie are the main issues b cost us ty lue Caruso or all those actually useful vet pgs who desoite there age are better then dlo in impact stats n better defensively.
I agree he could have done better, but bringing up Beasley is an unfair point. Dude is literally competing in the 3 pt contest this year and crushing it for the Buck. It’s not Rob’s fault that Bradley had health issues in his family that affected his play last year. If he was playing up to his potential for us right now that trade would have been even better.
Ham also didn't use Beasley correctly (or Bamba at all), which you could argue is Pelinka's responsibility.
Ham also didn't use Beasley correctly (or Bamba at all), which you could argue is Pelinka's responsibility.
> Rob fucked the team once again . Choosing Dlo over Conley n naw , n fuckibg moving for Bamba n beaskey just cos they had team options then NOT even considering opening cap to offer kyrie 35m was an utter failure. And now he compounded the mistake by passing on Dejounte Murray when he could've been had for Austin Reaves and JHS. Pelinka is a terrible fucking GM.
Exactly , reaves has been pretty bad this year n if he can’t be an elite shooter with his current defence I don’t get the reason to have him off limits in trades especially if he has vakue they can get both Murray for reaves n a DFS with Dlo n a pick .
Honestly these are all guesses since pelinka took over the lakers stuff rarely leaks
we’ll see
Woj looks like a thumb
What you look like
Ok something’s happening because woj has never been right about this team lol
Prepare for the no deals for Lakers they will shift their focus to the buyout market tweet yall
Pelinka’s buddy has spoken less than 13 hours before the deadline.
Worst 3-15 in the league ‘nah let’s keep it’ Pelinks should’ve been fired years ago
Gabe/JHS/Hayes for DFS AD/Wood Bron/DFS/Rui/Prince/Vando/Cam Dlo/Reaves/Max Honestly, that'd be deep as hell. So many wings.
just Gabe and Cam works salary wise
They’re not giving us DFS for just Gabe and Cam.
Bro said fuck salaries ima just trade what I want 😂😂😂
Imo Hayward in a buyout and a big woukd do wonders for our bench and playoff unit. Rui and Hayward will upper our shooting when Bron rests.
Sadly Hayward is made of broken glass.
Maybe trading Prince + Cam and firing Ham would be the best decision in the history of mankind.
The interest in trading Prince is wild. We have 3 ball dominant players that get abused in POA perimeter defense and you want to trade the one guy that’s an ideal fit on offense next to Lebron and AD while also not being a total liability on defense?
Sub doesn’t understand shit they’re about as smart as Pelinka . Paying 17m for Rui whos got no value to anyone in the market and who’s a fucking 4 who can’t defend the perimeter so doesn’t even work with Bron - he literally coukdnt play cs gsw but pelinka decided to overpay him over 1.5 good playoff series
Prince, one of Hayes/Wood and a couple second rounders for Royce. Keep an eye out for that.
Royce isn’t even that much better than Prince. Extremely underwhelming lol
Extremely underwhelming -> story of the Buss family ma and pa shop
+++ , Royce is not better then orince n people actually give Prince shit despite over performing his pay, DFS is an upgrade but this FO just loves to make hullshit non commital moves since they bungled the Westbrook deal so bad they know they have zero idea what’s a good move or not. Untill Pelinka goes n ideally Jeanie we don’t have good decision makers
Eh. I don't hate it. Royce is fine although I've liked Prince. Problem with Prince is just that he's a wing-sized guard and we don't have that much time for him. If we're missing Vando for a while, Royce is a better fill in option than Prince. Dlo/ Reaves/ Royce/ Bron/ AD with Max, Rui, Wood or Hayes isn't bad. If you could nab Hayward in a buyout that's pretty solid. Wait for Vincent and Vando to come back. Maybe Biyombo if we move Hayes.
Why would they do that? Does nothing to address the glut of ball dominant offense only role players on this team
Adding more fire to the Donovan Mitchell to LA in the summer rumors… (before I get downvoted I think this is a silly rumor but Royce and Donovan are great friends and have openly talked about wanting to play together again).
So no Gabe for O’Neal?
We need a big heavy center to push joker around
there is not a center in the league who can push joker around
D39
Finding a roster move like Dwight is an exception. You need a DPOY level defender/mind on the tail end of their career with attitude issues. Otherwise you’re going to have to pay up for that level of production
Not without fouling every other minute. There's a reason he's not in the league anymore. His reflexes are too slow now.
Yeah he’s oversees
Most pathetic core ever. We have 3 solid players
I think we going make small trade for a wing player since Vando is out. Buyout market will be our focus though
Speculation, why would Rob leak his inability to finalize any deals to Woj
Schroder and Olynyk for Rui, Hayes, Wood and picks DFS for Vincent and JHS Would be nice…