Randle trade rumor...Should Lakers Trade or Keep Randle?

[SlimShady83]

We need to go after 1 of the big 3 stars and hope 1 of them land either George/Cousins mostly because they're younger and can last longer - and we need to keep our depth bench in JC/Randle nugh said

[Mirjalovic]

watching Randle right now, just bring tears to my eyes. This is what i saw in Randle few years ago. A game changer offensively and defensively and he doesn't need to score 25 ppg to give maximum impact.

see now ? why i loved him ?? and he's not done yet, there is still untapped potential left. Just believe me already.

[AmusingFiddle]

Would Cleveland trade the BRK pick for Randle? If they think it will not be top 10. Seems like BRK might sneak into the playoffs. Granted we would have to take back some salary for it to work.

I know it’s wishful thinking but you never know


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[iQon]

We need to go after 1 of the big 3 stars and hope 1 of them land either George/Cousins mostly because they're younger and can last longer - and we need to keep our depth bench in JC/Randle nugh said

IDK logistics with our cap space, but I've been all-in on just bringing in Boogie for some time now, then investing in the best 3 and D guy that we can plug in at the 2. If it's possible that we can keep Randle and still sign PG-13 + Boogie, then by all means...

BI, PG13, Randle, Boogie, Kuz, Nance, Bryant is a cluster, but I'd love to have that problem.

[SlimShady83]

We need to go after 1 of the big 3 stars and hope 1 of them land either George/Cousins mostly because they're younger and can last longer - and we need to keep our depth bench in JC/Randle nugh said

IDK logistics with our cap space, but I've been all-in on just bringing in Boogie for some time now, then investing in the best 3 and D guy that we can plug in at the 2. If it's possible that we can keep Randle and still sign PG-13 + Boogie, then by all means...

BI, PG13, Randle, Boogie, Kuz, Nance, Bryant is a cluster, but I'd love to have that problem.

From what I've been hearing we can only get 2 of the stars if we get rid of both Randle/JC and of course Deng etc

Our bench will be non existent for anther year or 2 ... just need 1of them not 2 IMO

[LAKESHOW]

Handle down the stretch won that game last night. Now credit others as well. But big credit goes to randles scoring and sacrificing his body vs embiid. With that said, he still has problems going right. And scoring with right hand. When in a 7 game series. All weaknesses. Lonzo. BI. And even randle going left all the time, will be exposed and focused in on.

[Pythagoras]

All of our penciled in starters outside of Nance: Ingram, KCP, Ball, and BroLo, have a better NetRtg per 100 with Randle on the court than Nance.

Randle/BroLo: +29.9
Nance/BroLo: -3.4

Randle/Ingram: -4.5
Nance/Ingram: -7.4

Randle/KCP: +7.5
Nance/KCP: -11.5

Randle/Ball: +6.4
Nance/Ball: -9.4

Our starting lineup of Nance/Ingram/Ball/BroLo/KCP has a NetRtg per 100 of -7.3. If you swap Randle with Nance, that lineup goes to +26.9. If you swap Nance/BroLo with Kuzma/Randle it goes to +31.8.

Even if you want to argue some of those numbers for Randle might come down with a greater sample size, there's more than enough evidence to suggest he should at minimum be the starting 4 and more than likely the starting 5 with Kuzma at the 4. Additionally, with Randle/Kuzma you could run a lot more than BroLo/Nance, which would clearly benefit Ball, whose development is important to the team's future.