RealGM

DadotheRabbet wrote:...draft Towns or Okafor with the #2. Take Delon Wright with the 27. I'd like Wright as this is a really weak point guard free agent group (don't want to spend for Dragic and DO NOT WANT Rondo). And yeah, I'm all about Clarkson but he's a combo guard who leans toward the 2 position so we need to get him a running mate combo who leans toward the point. Kind of our own, homegrown Splash Bros. or Westbrook/Durant, with their own special qualities. Hold your nose and take Robert Upshaw (I think he might have straightened out his life this time) or Luwawu or Vaughn or Dakari or Christmas - whoever's the BPA with the 34th.

Then full-court press to get Middleton. Then get a warm body to replace Kobe for the rest of the season once he goes down in a month or two after the season starts. Maybe Ellington, maybe Jeff Green. Up for suggestions on that one. Could really use a 3&D guy backing up Kobe but I don't see many. But basically you end up with something resembling:

(Towns or Okafor)/Upshaw/Sacre (or Davis if we can afford)
Randle/Black/Kelly
Middleton/Young
Kobe/Brown/Ellington
Clarkson/Wright/Price

Frank Dux wrote:Draft Okafor, sign Koufos, KJ McDaniels and Draymond Green. Drop Hill, Sacre, and Kelly. Trade Nick Young to the Clippers for a future second(frees up cash for us, and gives the Clippers a wing). Use our late first and early second to either package to trade up, or keep them if we like who's left on the board. If we draft Okafor, we could bring in Emeka for a workout to see if he looks ready for a comeback on a min contract, use him as a 3rd string center/mentor role. He could play defense back in the day, and he can teach his cousin Jahlil a thing or two.

Clarkson/???
Kobe/??
KJ Mcdaniels/??
Green/Randle
Okafor/Koufos/Emeka

Fill out the question marks with min level guys and draftees.

ALL HAIL wrote:
Trade acquisitions of Mayo, Gibson, and Ilyasova (for Young, Ed Davis, and Kelly).

dockingsched wrote:

ALL HAIL wrote:
Trade acquisitions of Mayo, Gibson, and Ilyasova (for Young, Ed Davis, and Kelly).

hmmm, looks like this will involve some tough to swallow deals for the other teams.

TylersLakers wrote:PG: Patrick Beverley/ Jordan Clarkson/ Ronnie Price
SG: Kobe Bryant/ Wayne Ellington/ Michael Frazier/
SF: Danny Green/ Rondae Hollis-Jefferson/
PF: Julius Randle/ Thomas Robinson/ Ryan Kelly
C: Jahlil Okafor/ Tyson Chandler/ Tarik Black

- Beverley 3 year deal beginning at 7M
- Green 4 year deal beginning at 10M
- Chandler 2 year deal, beginning at 5M
- Trade Nick Young for future 2nd round pick
- Wayne Ellington 3 year deal beginning at 4M
- Thomas Robinson room exception, 1 year + team option
- Approx 45M in guaranteed salary for next season, still 40M in cap space for next season

LApwnd wrote:pg- make offer to corey joseph 3 yrs 15 mill
sf- offer carrol 3yrs 33mill
Noah/22nd for 27th, use 22nd on j. Anderson

Clarkson/joseph
kobe/young
carrol/Anderson
randle/boozer
ok4/noah

Have to let ed go...no more money

aaron_gray wrote:To Lakers: Terrence Jones, Kosta Big Papa, Clint Capela, #18

To Houston: Julius Randle, Ryan Kelly, #27, #34

To Lakers: Doug McDermott

To Chicago: Nick Young

To Lakers: Joe Harris

To Cleveland: Tarik Black


Starters: Jordan Clarkson, Justin Anderson (drafted with #18), Thug McBullets, Jones, Jahlil Okafor (drafted with #2)
Bench: Jabari Brown, Joe Harris, Big Papa, Jordan Hill, Capela
Coaching Staff: Byron Scott (head coach), Brian Shaw, Mike Malone, Mad Dog
General Manager: Mitch Kuptchak

Outside of the coaching staff, all these acquisitions are doable, as most of the trades are selling Laker players for seventy cents on the dollar. This will be a playoff team in 2-3 years assuming Mike Malone can construct a top 10 defense around Jones and Capela's shotblocking ability as well as the length and athleticism of the perimeter players.