Woj: Dlo & Moz to Nets for lopez and 27th pick

[SashaTheMachine]

My dreams will be haunted by Jerry West now.

[J_LA]

Anybody who gets benched by Luke Walton deserves to be shipped out on the next flight. If you can't play for him, you can't play for anyone.

Hopefully this is a reality check for the Russell fans. All the agent talk. All the per36 talk. Dude had a 94 ORtg against Tier A teams in college. He was handed everything from day one yet he wasn't willing to put in the work. Brook Lopez is the best player in this deal even if he is an expiring contract. Lakers mean business and I love this move. You'll see.

Stick to Baseball

I've been money this draft, and offseason. Reality sometimes hurts.

You sound like Jon Favreau

[ak7]

My dreams will be haunted by Jerry West now.

Your dreams of developing youngsters into borderline starters that never win anything?

[chefy]

seriously what/who pressured magic to do this trade? and how did this get an OK from jenny?

[TyCobb]

Stick to Baseball

I've been money this draft, and offseason. Reality sometimes hurts.

You sound like Jon Favreau

You sound in denial. Anyways, lets get back to the topic here... thanks for the shoutout though.

[SashaTheMachine]

My dreams will be haunted by Jerry West now.

Your dreams of developing youngsters into borderline starters that never win anything?

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

[TonyMontana]

Anybody who gets benched by Luke Walton deserves to be shipped out on the next flight. If you can't play for him, you can't play for anyone.

Hopefully this is a reality check for the Russell fans. All the agent talk. All the per36 talk. Dude had a 94 ORtg against Tier A teams in college. He was handed everything from day one yet he wasn't willing to put in the work. Brook Lopez is the best player in this deal even if he is an expiring contract. Lakers mean business and I love this move. You'll see.

QFT.

All the "terrible trade, we got hosed" talk stems from people rating Russell waaaaaaaayyyyyy higher than the rest of the league.

Exactly! Magic is all about long term play to clear cap space and get as much as picks as possible. Dlo didnt fit that plan. Nobody was or is going to touch Deng and Maz garabge contracts unless we sweetened the deal with either Dlo Randle or Clarkson.

[nymets1]

What's the chance this upcoming season that both the Clippers and Lakers make the playoffs?

0. Your hypothetical relies on the Lakers making the playoffs.

The Clippers team could breakup this offseason and the Lakers could be better than them. Or clippers stay together, Lakers get Paul George and they can make the playoffs. It can easily be neither team or both teams.

[ak7]

My dreams will be haunted by Jerry West now.

Your dreams of developing youngsters into borderline starters that never win anything?

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

[BigSleep333]

yall should be very happy. mozgov was a helluva waste of capspace for THREE more years. and your d'angelo boy is overrated af. he still lives on his hype. he is a travesty on d, isnt a good shooter nor playmaker and boy has he character issues.

its a great trade for your franchise

[The Skyhook]

Even in the old NBA you needed one to two good 3 point shooters. In a league that heavily leans towards having multiple good 3 point shooters we gave up our only one. Why not let Lonzo and Russell play together until at least the trade deadline to see how they fit alongside one another?

The two times Magic has made a trade, he's taken the lowball offer. I think we could have gotten a better pick for Lou Williams and we sure as hell could have gotten more for D'Lo.

[Pointgod]

Lol at everyone freaking out over this trade. We've had so many years of slow and steady Mitch that we've lost sight of what it looks like to have an active GM with a plan.

I'll admit I'm not high on Russell, but with Ball, Ingram, George, Randle someone had to go. I guess this is the cost for moving that horrible contract. Blame Mitch and Jimmy boy on this one.

[J_LA]

Your dreams of developing youngsters into borderline starters that never win anything?

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

Yes. Lebron will be the only human in the world who beats Father Time.

[ak7]

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

Yes. Lebron will be the only human in the world who beats Father Time.

If you're going to take my post out of context and make an idiotic statement at least make it funny.

[ozymandias818]

What's the chance this upcoming season that both the Clippers and Lakers make the playoffs?

0. Your hypothetical relies on the Lakers making the playoffs.

The Clippers team could breakup this offseason and the Lakers could be better than them. Or clippers stay together, Lakers get Paul George and they can make the playoffs. It can easily be neither team or both teams.

PG takes us from 20 wins to 30.

[SashaTheMachine]

Your dreams of developing youngsters into borderline starters that never win anything?

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

Lol right. If you think we're winning with LeBron and George then get a clue. You think he really cares about winning a title in LA? He just wants to be in Hollywood for the twilight of his career with his circle jerk buddies.

[ak7]

Can't wait for our geriatric banana boat team

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

Lol right. If you think we're winning with LeBron and George then get a clue. You think he really cares about winning a title in LA? He just wants to be in Hollywood for the twilight of his career with his circle jerk buddies.

Yes because we are going to play PG and LeBron, 2v5, for 48 minutes a game.

Get a clue man.

[ozymandias818]

Lol at everyone freaking out over this trade. We've had so many years of slow and steady Mitch that we've lost sight of what it looks like to have an active GM with a plan.

I'll admit I'm not high on Russell, but with Ball, Ingram, George, Randle someone had to go. I guess this is the cost for moving that horrible contract. Blame Mitch and Jimmy boy on this one.

We don't need a wartime consigliere, Sonny. We're not contending for 3-5 years no matter what. No need to trade 21 year old assets for nothing.

[TKainZero]

I just don't like it

Not a bit

Russell is very talented.

[SashaTheMachine]

Just shows how out of touch you are. LeBron is literally one of probably one when it comes to fitness and taking care of his body.

He may not be dunking from the free throw line at 33, but he will still be a top 5 player in this league.

Lol right. If you think we're winning with LeBron and George then get a clue. You think he really cares about winning a title in LA? He just wants to be in Hollywood for the twilight of his career with his circle jerk buddies.

Yes because we are going to play PG and LeBron, 2v5, for 48 minutes a game.

Get a clue man.

Lol good grief. If you're going to take something out of context at least make it funny.