Woj: Dlo & Moz to Nets for lopez and 27th pick

[Spanish_Laker]

1 year of tanking, a #2 pick wasted just to dump salary...

You better bring 2 superstars soon, Magic...

[Spens1]

This thread is hilarious. Do people really believe Russell was our future?

no, Ingram is but Russell sure as hell was an important part of it.

though i LeVert is coming the other way, it makes it more palatable (i don't like it still though).

[milesfides]

Paul George coming for those two low first rounders. Lakers don'twant to risk losing PG to Cavs for Kevin Love.

Now that they have George, makes Lebron coming in 2018 (or Russ?) much more likely.

[Tzar]

Staying off the GB for a while. Everyone hates Russell in LA but now that he's in BKN: star!!!!!!

I've never read so many positive insights on D'Angelo Russell from non-Lakers fans.

I can only imagine what they really think of Ingram. Imagine if we trade him, they'd be saying we traded the next KD. But they'd only admit to it when he's off our roster. Good stuff.

Could you imagine if Kobe had played his entire career in, say, Philly. He'd be considered the GOAT.

[ozymandias818]

Paul George coming for those two low first rounders. Lakers don'twant to risk losing PG to Cavs for Kevin Love.

Now that they have George, makes Lebron coming in 2018 (or Russ?) much more likely.

It really doesn't. 34-year-old Lebron is going to want to compete for championships, not 40 wins.

[SashaTheMachine]

To bring in a 29 year old Paul "I don't play the 4" george and a 35 year old LeBron who is going to end up taking control of the team only to get impaled by the warriors.

[Optms]

This thread is hilarious. Do people really believe Russell was our future?

He was much more important to our future than Brook Lopez and the 27th pick is.

What we acquired for Russell is still pending as they (Lopez and the 28th pick) are just the first domino to fall in what looks to be a larger haul in waiting.

If it means acquiring Lebron, Chris Paul or DeMarcus Cousins then it is a massive win. PG is a shoe in practically, imo. Let the dust settle before screaming the Sun is falling.

[Spanish_Laker]

M.O.R.O.N

[jigga_man]

You're a fool. D'lo was the best scorer on this team and had the ability to be an elite passer if he wasn't surrounded by losers taking contested 17-footers every time they actually caught one of his passes. He just turned 21 and we traded him away for an expiring contract and rookie bench fodder. Even if your assessment of Russell was right (it isn't), we got 0 value out of trading him.

People resort to name calling when they don't have coherent argument.

If you watched the games Lou Williams was by far the best scorer and player on team before he was traded. Yes, a career sixth man was the best player on the team last season. Shows how much being the best on one of the worst teams in the league actually means.

Nobody is going to miss his sub 40% volume shooting when that can easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league.

Your post is too foolish to not label you as a fool. You saying Lou can be "easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league" is only further proving it. Dude hasn't shot under 40% in almost a decade, for what it's worth.

I was talking about Russell. .405% to be exact. He actually regressed and shot worse then his rookie year despite taking fewer shots this past year.

Don't bother responding to this post until you can actually engage in a conversation without hurling insults.

[Danny Darko]

You're a fool. D'lo was the best scorer on this team and had the ability to be an elite passer if he wasn't surrounded by losers taking contested 17-footers every time they actually caught one of his passes. He just turned 21 and we traded him away for an expiring contract and rookie bench fodder. Even if your assessment of Russell was right (it isn't), we got 0 value out of trading him.

People resort to name calling when they don't have coherent argument.

If you watched the games Lou Williams was by far the best scorer and player on team before he was traded. Yes, a career sixth man was the best player on the team last season. Shows how much being the best on one of the worst teams in the league actually means.

Nobody is going to miss his sub 40% volume shooting when that can easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league.

Your post is too foolish to not label you as a fool. You saying Lou can be "easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league" is only further proving it. Dude hasn't shot under 40% in almost a decade, for what it's worth.

You have attacked the poster 2x now. Consider this the formal warning.
Feel free to call a post foolish, but don't attack posters.

DD

[ozymandias818]

What we acquired for Russell is still pending as they (Lopez and the 28th pick) are just the first domino to fall in what looks to be a larger haul in waiting.

What domino? What larger haul? By all accounts, it looks like that pick is just going to get packaged with another pick and Clarkson/Randle for a player that we can get for nothing a year from now. Great.

If it means acquiring Lebron, Chris Paul or DeMarcus Cousins then it is a massive win. Let the dust settle before screaming the Sun is falling.

A declining Lebron or Chris Paul isn't winning us anything, even with Paul George. Cousins isn't a much better scenario. Look at our roster. Look at Golden State's. Book your return trip to reality.

[MelosSoreWrist]

So does Brook really fit Luke's system? I don't think so and this makes me think we're not done.

He's a giant expiring.

[Sushisensei26]

This is high risk strategy from Rob and Magic with high reward. But very high risk game they're playing.

Most of us did get the sense from Magic that he would try to hit home runs instead of base hits. For our sake I hope it pays off.

[ozymandias818]

People resort to name calling when they don't have coherent argument.

If you watched the games Lou Williams was by far the best scorer and player on team before he was traded. Yes, a career sixth man was the best player on the team last season. Shows how much being the best on one of the worst teams in the league actually means.

Nobody is going to miss his sub 40% volume shooting when that can easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league.

Your post is too foolish to not label you as a fool. You saying Lou can be "easily be replaced by virtually an sub standard player in the league" is only further proving it. Dude hasn't shot under 40% in almost a decade, for what it's worth.

I was talking about Russell. .405% to be exact. He actually regressed and shot worse then his rookie year despite taking fewer shots this past year.

Don't bother responding to this post until you can actually engage in a conversation without hurling insults.

Why don't you look up what "sub-" means and get back to us.

Better yet, don't.

[lake_show]

No disrespect to anyone as i'm new here and have found that most of you guys are awesome and have a great knowledge about the game but I've never seen a player get so overrated as you guys rate Russell.

Nah... I think he was underrated. He was underrated for dumb reasons too. 80% of the people who wanted him traded wanted it because of the cell phone incident lol. Nothing to do with basketball. Even as I'm watching TV now NBATV analysts are surprised he was traded.

Either way, whether you wanted him traded or not, salary dumping him now to have enough cap space to sign 2 max contracts in 2018 makes no sense unless you're bringing on 2 max contracts right now.

[Camping Fan]

Excellent move - the Lakers now have 3 picks in the first round, they dumped two full years and got Lopez in return who is a better player. This is a move in the right direction

[Dr Aki]

So does Brook really fit Luke's system? I don't think so and this makes me think we're not done.

He's a giant expiring.

get ready for ball and brook pick and pops all year

[Sushisensei26]

No disrespect to anyone as i'm new here and have found that most of you guys are awesome and have a great knowledge about the game but I've never seen a player get so overrated as you guys rate Russell.

Nah... I think he was underrated. He was underrated for dumb reasons too. 80% of the people who wanted him traded wanted it because of the cell phone incident lol. Nothing to do with basketball. Even as I'm watching TV now NBATV analysts are surprised he was traded.

Either way, whether you wanted him traded or not, salary dumping him now to have enough cap space to sign 2 max contracts in 2018 makes no sense unless you're bringing on 2 max contracts right now.

Fair point. I mentioned its a very high risk game that Magic and Rob have gotten us into.

I feel that people think (incorrectly) that adding Russell to a team of PG and Max free agent would help us beat GSW and without Russell we can't.

[Hangman_52]

So now the Lakers have $60 mill available to spend next off season. They have $12.5 mill to spend this season and 3 first round picks to maneuver. I can see the Lakers trading the 27 and 28 and Clarkson to Indiana for PG. Next year bring in Cousins at Center and re-sign Randle. Starting 5 would be:
Ball
Ingram
George
Randle
Cousins

Bring in some fillers for the bench and we are competing for a championship right then.

[ozymandias818]

I feel that people think (incorrectly) that adding Russell to a team of PG and Max free agent would help us beat GSW and without Russell we can't.

Yet again, what is the point of this post? The goal is to win championships. The goal is to have as good of a team as possible. We just made a trade that is a terrible value. We just made our team worse. What aren't you understanding?