Shams: Lakers acquire Mark Williams for Knecht, Reddish, 1st [TRADE RESCINDED]

[Zeno]

It will be funny listening to the media try to pump up Knecht again. They started talking about how old he is the second he was traded from the Lakers.

[mademan]

Lets see what Lakers can do in the Buyout Market if anything is available lol

Theyre an apron team. Any player worth anything decent in the buy out market is outside their price range. They can only get players who were making less than the midlevel

I doubt they find a big as good as Hayes out there, which is depressing. Gonna be a punted season and with Lebron at his age, you never know when he's gonna hit the wall or get that big season/career ending injury.

Depressing? It's a good thing

obv talking from their perspective. But ya, F LA. Teams keep bending over backwards to keep them relevant

[Zeno]

Just realized this might be PJ Tucker's big chance. lol.

[TimeForChange]

someone in the trade thread said the Lakers fleeced the Hornets when they traded for Mark Williams

Never change realgm...never change

[WaltFrazier]

Might be awkward for Knecht returning. Apparently he was traded for not passing to Bronny:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/basketball/dalton-knecht-traded-by-lakers-for-refusal-to-pass-to-bronny-james-per-gilbert-arenas/ar-AA1yxXrt?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[Bruin]

Might be awkward for Knecht returning. Apparently he was traded for not passing to Bronny:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/basketball/dalton-knecht-traded-by-lakers-for-refusal-to-pass-to-bronny-james-per-gilbert-arenas/ar-AA1yxXrt?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Idk if I’d take Gilbert’s words as gospel

[Kingsway_fan]

League office will be brainstorming on how to gift Lakers another center

The buyout market.. they will be lining up to chase rings in LA... already Simmons with clippers...

[ImaBeatDatAzz]

Wait lmao one poster mentioned that hornets aggressively pursued pelinka to trade for Williams, then the hornets organization writes “they aggressively pursued us”.. lying makes it worse

[TGM]

This is such a joke and why Silver needs to go. Clearly buyers remorse and media giving LA heat for how if this trade fails cause Mark can’t stay healthy LA will be screwed with no assets left to trade. Marks knees are pop tarts and they knew it. Pelinka and the Lakers just still off their coke high after the Luka trade. Started to sober up and realized what they did. Pelinka better not win executive of the year.

[Shakril]

I was surprised the Lakers made that trade in the first place. Mark Williams is a walking injury and when his contract is up he is out of the League.

[WaltFrazier]

League office will be brainstorming on how to gift Lakers another center

The buyout market.. they will be lining up to chase rings in LA... already Simmons with clippers...

I read they can only sign someone who was making MLE or less because they are over first apron. Which may limit them

[CazOnReal]

I thought I was done seeing godforsaken Lakers trade proposals for Jakob Poeltl

I was so close to not seeing their sh*tty "assets" peddled by the most entitled fanbase in the NBA turning their bad players into good players

Word on the street is Luka wanted a lob threat center, Poeltl doesn't fit the bill so I don't think lakers would have targeted Poeltl to being with

Well apparently they made the call anyway so what Luka wants doesn't affect what the Lakers FO tried at the deadline: https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/los-angeles-lakers-have-inquired-about-toronto-raptors-center-jakob-poeltl

Sportsnet’s Michael Grange reports that the Lakers have inquired about Poeltl, though Toronto isn’t eager to part with him unless the right offer comes along. The Raptors still view him as a valuable piece, particularly after giving up what became the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft to bring him back from San Antonio two years ago.

[junot111]

I thought I was done seeing godforsaken Lakers trade proposals for Jakob Poeltl

I was so close to not seeing their sh*tty "assets" peddled by the most entitled fanbase in the NBA turning their bad players into good players

Word on the street is Luka wanted a lob threat center, Poeltl doesn't fit the bill so I don't think lakers would have targeted Poeltl to being with

Well apparently they made the call anyway so what Luka wants doesn't affect what the Lakers FO tried at the deadline: https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/los-angeles-lakers-have-inquired-about-toronto-raptors-center-jakob-poeltl

Sportsnet’s Michael Grange reports that the Lakers have inquired about Poeltl, though Toronto isn’t eager to part with him unless the right offer comes along. The Raptors still view him as a valuable piece, particularly after giving up what became the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft to bring him back from San Antonio two years ago.

Well for one it's Grange lol
And the Lakers have been in the market for a center since before they traded for Luka. It's likely they already reached out before then. But if Luka is asking for a lob threat then it doesn't make sense to piss him off by using your only assets for a non lob threat big. Knecht + FRP would have been a decent return for Poeltl imo

[CazOnReal]

Word on the street is Luka wanted a lob threat center, Poeltl doesn't fit the bill so I don't think lakers would have targeted Poeltl to being with

Well apparently they made the call anyway so what Luka wants doesn't affect what the Lakers FO tried at the deadline: https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/los-angeles-lakers-have-inquired-about-toronto-raptors-center-jakob-poeltl

Sportsnet’s Michael Grange reports that the Lakers have inquired about Poeltl, though Toronto isn’t eager to part with him unless the right offer comes along. The Raptors still view him as a valuable piece, particularly after giving up what became the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft to bring him back from San Antonio two years ago.

Well for one it's Grange lol
And the Lakers have been in the market for a center since before they traded for Luka. It's likely they already reached out before then. But if Luka is asking for a lob threat then it doesn't make sense to piss him off by using your only assets for a non lob threat big. Knecht + FRP would have been a decent return for Poeltl imo

For one, it wasn't just Grange reporting this.

For another, their best offer is piss. Like no, an old ass rookie at a position we already have too many players at and a 1st way down the line is a terrible "best offer".

[Tripod]

Why is Knecht an old ass rookie at age 23 and Mogbo isn't at age 23...just 6 months younger?