Vae Victus wrote:One idea im thinking is this. The FA market is pretty terrible and there isnt that much cap space out there. Cap space teams arent likely looking to sign any of our FAs except maybe Reaves. I dont see Beasley or Bamba having teams super eager to sign them with the way theyve played this year so far.
For Beasley and Bamba they both have team option/unguaranteed deals. What if we're willing to re-work their deals. Both are unlikely to get any significant FA offers and at most somewhere around the tax MLE. What if the Lakers decline their 2024 contracts, then re-negotiate for a much smaller 1+1 deal with 2nd year player option, all while retaining their bird rights. Lakers can retain their depth, pay much less in lux taxes, and these two players will get a deal around the TMLE for a year and retain the ability to jump back into the FA market next year after boosting their value and when there's more cap room available. Also they get a whole season to play with a nicely balanced Laker team that'll play them heavily and better integrate them after a training camp. Bamba i think can look real good either starting or backing up AD at the C, and get at least 20 starts for when AD gets nicked up or load manages. Beasley can potentially be the 3rd guard behind DLo and Reaves and hopefully get back his old mojo in order to cash in.
I would love to see a jumbo lineup of Bamba, AD, LBJ, Beasley, and DLo, where AD is the worst 3 pt shooter and given a shitton of spacing. Bench mob being led by Reaves and Rui would also be real nice. This way, the Lakers can retain their TMLE to re-sign someone else like Shroeder or even Lonnie Walker.
I don’t understand if ur signing Dennis to the tmle then how are u offering a deal the same size to Bamba and/or Beasley? Wouldn’t it have to be a vet min?