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Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#1 » by Godaddycurse » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:27 am

Phoenix trade: O'Neale
Phoenix receive: Anderson

LAL trade: Kleber, 2nd(s)
LAL receive: O'Neale

Utah trade: Anderson
Utah receive: Kleber, 2nd(s)

Why for Phoenix: get more passing and size in front court, duck the tax
Why for LAL: add a 3/D wing next to Luka
Why for Utah: add some minor assets

add 2nd(s) as needed
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#2 » by zimpy27 » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:37 am

Even just Lakers-Suns part.

I could see Suns looking to get SRPs over O'Neale. They aren't contending, this is a development season for them really.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#3 » by Godaddycurse » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:38 am

zimpy27 wrote:Even just Lakers-Suns part.

I could see Suns looking to get SRPs over O'Neale.


i think they prefer ducking the tax.. unless they do that elsewhere but not much other salary to shed. with how raw malauch is and how fragile williams is i think they hold onto richards
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#4 » by SkyHook » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:39 am

Godaddycurse wrote:Phoenix trade: O'Neale
Phoenix receive: Anderson

LAL trade: Kleber, 2nd(s)
LAL receive: O'Neale

Utah trade: Anderson
Utah receive: Kleber, 2nd(s)

Why for Phoenix: get more passing and size in front court, duck the tax
Why for LAL: add a 3/D wing next to Luka
Why for Utah: add some minor assets

add 2nd(s) as needed

It's fine all around. Might be more of a fallback position for Utah.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#5 » by zimpy27 » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:40 am

Godaddycurse wrote:
zimpy27 wrote:Even just Lakers-Suns part.

I could see Suns looking to get SRPs over O'Neale.


i think they prefer ducking the tax.. unless they do that elsewhere but not much other salary to shed. with how raw malauch is and how fragile williams is i think they hold onto richards


Maybe. I thought moving Richards into space was a good idea. I mean they have Mark, Oso, Maluach.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#6 » by Vae Victus » Thu Aug 7, 2025 1:48 am

No way Lakers will take back O'Neal, he's owed 3 more years AND will cost draft capital. If the Lakers arent willing to go 2 years on DFS, then they def wont go for 3 years on O'Neal.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#7 » by babyjax13 » Thu Aug 7, 2025 2:25 am

I like O'neale, but I agree that if LAL is set on preserving cap space, this makes more sense as a direct UTA-LAL deal.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#8 » by daoneandonly » Fri Aug 8, 2025 6:04 pm

Kleber has turned himself into a really bad basketball player. I think Utah could do better with SloMo
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#9 » by hcsilla » Fri Aug 8, 2025 6:42 pm

I doubt that the Suns do this deal. They would save barely anything this season and O'Neale has a reasonable contract.
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Re: Phoenix - LAL - Utah 

Post#10 » by Daddy 801 » Fri Aug 8, 2025 7:25 pm

hcsilla wrote:I doubt that the Suns do this deal. They would save barely anything this season and O'Neale has a reasonable contract.


And it’s not like they have a lot of picks to send out carelessly.

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