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UTA trades: Collin Sexton, 2027 LAL 1st (1-4 protected)
in: Maxi Kleber, Gabe Vincent, 2025 DEN 1st, 2027 pick swap (UTA receives highest two of UTA/LAL/CLE/MIN 1st, LAL receives 3rd highest, PHX receives the lowest)
Utah gets a 2025 1st. They also use the marginal value of KCP > Vincent + Kleber to change the LAL 1st from a 1-4 protected pick to an unprotected swap. Now, people may not love the value of that, but if Luka misses 30 games and LeBron is retired, there is always a chance of conveying a lottery pick so I prefer the upside of the swap. Remember that Dallas has been in the lottery with Luka on their team even if it doesn't materialize.

ORL trades: KCP, 2025 DEN 1st
in: Collin Sexton
Sexton is a great cultural fit for Orlando, and he is a great fit for their needs RE: scoring.

LAL trades: Maxi Kleber, Gabe Vincent, 2027 pick swap (UTA receives highest two of UTA/LAL/CLE/MIN 1st, LAL receives 3rd highest, PHX receives the lowest)
in: KCP, 2027 LAL 1st (1-4 protected)
Lakers get a perfect 2 next to Luka and LeBron at the cost of the upside of changing their 2027 1st to an unprotected swap - but this also guarantees that they will have a first round pick in 2027.

how can denver trade its 2026 1st when it owes 2027 to okc. do you mean a swap?

Godaddycurse wrote:how can denver trade its 2026 1st when it owes 2027 to okc. do you mean a swap?

Didn't realize they owed the 2027 1st, that kills their part of the deal. I'll edit.

i could go for this as magic fan

Magic should do this.
Lakers should try hard to replace Vincent with Vando+Knecht, but either way it's a good deal for them.

Mavrelous wrote:Magic should do this.
Lakers should try hard to replace Vincent with Vando+Knecht, but either way it's a good deal for them.

Knecht doesn't have much appeal to me, really bad fit for Utah who already has a very similar one-way player in Sensabaugh who is also a year and a half younger. I don't think this precludes turning that duo into something useful for them.