Roster Discussion: Trades/Buyouts/Free Agents

[TylersLakers]

Figured we could use a good thread like this considering the trade rumours will be hot and heavy come mid-December.

We have 15 roster spots as of right now after the addition of Chandler.

PG: Lonzo [7.4M]/ Rondo [9.0M]/ Bonga [1.0M]
SG: Ingram [5.75M]/ KCP [12.0M]/ Svi [1.5M]
SF: LeBron [35.65M]/ Hart [1.65M]/ Stephenson [4.45M]/
PF: Kuzma [1.7M]/ Beasley [3.5M]/
C: McGee [1.5M]/ Chandler [1.3M]/ Wagner [1.8M]/ Zubac [1.54M]

2 Way: Alex Caruso, PG - Johnathan Williams, PF/C

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Zubac, Beasley could easily be waived and that would give us an additional roster spot. I would imagine those two + Stephenson, Rondo, one of the younger pieces could be available at the trade deadline for additional pieces.

Would anyone cut bait on Zubac right now and give someone like Jodie Meeks a look? Or would you wait to see what other names become available?

Players I could see as buyout candidates:

- Wesley Matthews, SG/SF, Dallas Mavericks
- Kenneth Farried, PF/C, Brooklyn Nets
- DeMarre Carroll, SF/PF, Brooklyn Nets
- Trevor Ariza, SF/SG/PF, Phoenix Suns
- Robin Lopez, C, Chicago Bulls
- Jeremy Lin, PG/SG, Atlanta Hawks
- Zach Randolph, Sacramento Kings
- Jared Dudley, Brooklyn Nets

If we somehow managed to land Ariza/Matthews/Carroll that would be amazing down the stretch.

[myersia]

Mathews, Farried, or Ariza would be nice. Any two of those three


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[hazy_01]

Sign Ariza and Lopez, waive Zubac and Beas

[Spanish_Laker]

Isn't Ariza already washed up? Matthews and Carroll would be ideal 3&D guys to fit in perfectly next to LeBron.

[DanishLakerFan]

Mathews, Farried, or Ariza would be nice. Any two of those three


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Matthews and Ariza are tough to acquire unless Rondo or KCP are included, which i doubt will happen. Faried could be had by giving up Beas-Lance+ incentive - maybe a 2nd rounder. Wouldn't mind having an energy guy like Faried.

I would look at Justin Holiday from Chicago as a trade candidate. He's been good this year and i dont see him being a long term option in Chicago. Maybe Jeremy Lin, Dewayne Dedmon from Atlanta. Trey Burke and Vonleh from NY.

This season has been a bit weird because we've got a lot of teams that are competing for playoff spots in both conferences and very few tanking teams. Next month or so is going to be interesting because we see a few teams starting to drop out of the playoff race.


In a perfect world, the Suns buy out Ariza who we then pick up at the minimum, then we trade Lance/beas/future 2nd for a sniper like Wayne Ellington.