10 games in - we're in 11th place. Choose your preferred trade : *POLL*

[Bishop45]

It's the same as before; likely no path to a chip without trading Bam-- since that's unthinkable:

Trade for an affordable scoring SG or PF: Randle/Sexton/maybe D'Angelo Russel while his value is at its lowest

or

Trade Jimmy for a good pick +filler

[puppa bear]

It's the same as before; likely no path to a chip without trading Bam-- since that's unthinkable:

Trade for an affordable scoring SG or PF: Randle/Sexton/maybe D'Angelo Russel while his value is at its lowest

or

Trade Jimmy for a good pick +filler

My “blow it up” scenario:
Lewis/Hayes/Graham/Temple/Daniels/LAL1st - 23 & 24 for Jimmy/Gabe
- allows them to keep Jimmy/CJ/BI/Zion/Val as a starting unit, then Gabe/Jones/Murphy/Nance/Hernangomez off the bench, plus the inevitable ring chasing buy-outs.

If we’re trading Jimmy, we should try to get something for Lowry as well. There is one team with a big enough contract, a friend/fan of Lowry and desire to improve: the Nets!

Kyrie/27 Phi 1st/28 1st for Lowry/Temple
- they get a guy to play PG & solid back-up vet guard while saving $5.5m, it only costs them a guy they want gone & 2 picks. If they want to haggle over the two picks then fine, keep one but give us Thomas.

Our trade then becomes:
Jimmy/Lowry/Gabe for Graham/Lewis/Hayes/Daniels/Kyrie/LAL 23 & 24/PHI 27/BKN 28
- we’d have to cut a regular contract to get it done, or have a landing spot for one of the players straight away. We don’t land the single “replacement” to Jimmy, but in this deal we get a lot of quality picks and youth.
I would see us “keeping” Kyrie until after the deadline (no playing, just paid holiday - like we did with Waiters & JJ), then buying him out when it’s too late to really help the Lakers make the PO. We end up with two high level picks this year and possibly next, while getting some pieces that Spo may be able to use in the meantime. Kyrie’s expiring deal allows us to dodge the tax for even longer, without paying back to offload Duncan.
We can sign Strus/Yurt to deals that will be super trade fodder in 2 years - so between them & Robinson we have a heap of salary to swap for a complementary max-level player to go with our new core.