NBA executives reportedly think the Lakers will try to trade for Chris Paul

[Dr Aki]

I want the Lakers to trade for him so bad.

inb4 the warriors trade wiggins for paul

OKC might take that if the Warriors offered both their lottery picks, but the question is does that make the Warriors any better? Their problem is they can't grab a rebound or stop anybody with size, CP3 ain't gonna help with that.

the size of paul's contract means he's at best just as negative value a contract as wiggins. a lot of paul's value as a player comes from his veteran locker room leadership, that's not a problem the warriors have

if i'm the warriors, i ask for OKC's lottery picks back

it's on OKC to find a partner to dump paul, because he devalues their draft picks and with the warriors, at least wiggins "fits" next to curry, klay and draymond

therein lies the problem with trying to find a trade partner for paul. young teams devalue their picks after trading for paul, veteran teams kill their depth without sending back an albatross contract of their own.

i only really see the celtics and clippers being good trading partners for OKC

[drosereturn]

I want the Lakers to trade for him so bad.

inb4 the warriors trade wiggins for paul

OKC might take that if the Warriors offered both their lottery picks, but the question is does that make the Warriors any better? Their problem is they can't grab a rebound or stop anybody with size, CP3 ain't gonna help with that.

wiggins,2, Looney is the only trade that matches salary for cp3. for someone who thinks warriors title window is 3 yrs, this is a great trade bc Paul will be an all star until 37.

cp3-curry-klay-pas-green is the new death lineup i want to see and paul win his first ring before retirement.

[drosereturn]

the size of paul's contract means he's at best just as negative value a contract as wiggins. a lot of paul's value as a player comes from his veteran locker room leadership, that's not a problem the warriors have

if i'm the warriors, i ask for OKC's lottery picks back

it's on OKC to find a partner to dump paul, because he devalues their draft picks and with the warriors, at least wiggins "fits" next to curry, klay and draymond

who cares abt size when paul will play like all nba 3rd for his contract? isnt it better to have yr shorter and then resign cheap compared to being stuck with below avg player making max for 3 yrs? in fact pauls contract is even better when its a 40+ giant expiring a poor team like Houston covets i bet they will prefer reverse 1 for 1 at this point if OKC agreed.

[Ainosterhaspie]

CP3 to Lakers is high risk, low reward I think. Injury risk. Lose depth. Not worth it. Would rather have more variety and depth on bench.

[pwayknicks]

So lakers give a bunch of scrubs and a late first for cp3. Sounds like something presti would / shoukd do coming off the season he just had


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[Dr Aki]

the size of paul's contract means he's at best just as negative value a contract as wiggins. a lot of paul's value as a player comes from his veteran locker room leadership, that's not a problem the warriors have

if i'm the warriors, i ask for OKC's lottery picks back

it's on OKC to find a partner to dump paul, because he devalues their draft picks and with the warriors, at least wiggins "fits" next to curry, klay and draymond

who cares abt size when paul will play like all nba 3rd for his contract? isnt it better to have yr shorter and then resign cheap compared to being stuck with below avg player making max for 3 yrs? in fact pauls contract is even better when its a 40+ giant expiring a poor team like Houston covets i bet they will prefer reverse 1 for 1 at this point if OKC agreed.

how's paul gonna play like all nba 3rd team next to curry, klay and draymond?

tell me how that looks on the court?

[DoItALL9]

inb4 the warriors trade wiggins for paul

OKC might take that if the Warriors offered both their lottery picks, but the question is does that make the Warriors any better? Their problem is they can't grab a rebound or stop anybody with size, CP3 ain't gonna help with that.

wiggins,2, Looney is the only trade that matches salary for cp3. for someone who thinks warriors title window is 3 yrs, this is a great trade bc Paul will be an all star until 37.

cp3-curry-klay-pas-green is the new death lineup i want to see and paul win his first ring before retirement.

This would be an undeniable team. Having Curry or CP3 on the floor at all times would be devastating for rest of the league!

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[DoItALL9]

the size of paul's contract means he's at best just as negative value a contract as wiggins. a lot of paul's value as a player comes from his veteran locker room leadership, that's not a problem the warriors have

if i'm the warriors, i ask for OKC's lottery picks back

it's on OKC to find a partner to dump paul, because he devalues their draft picks and with the warriors, at least wiggins "fits" next to curry, klay and draymond

who cares abt size when paul will play like all nba 3rd for his contract? isnt it better to have yr shorter and then resign cheap compared to being stuck with below avg player making max for 3 yrs? in fact pauls contract is even better when its a 40+ giant expiring a poor team like Houston covets i bet they will prefer reverse 1 for 1 at this point if OKC agreed.

how's paul gonna play like all nba 3rd team next to curry, klay and draymond?

tell me how that looks on the court?

The team's offensive rating will look as impressive as it did in Houston next to Harden in 2018 but the offense will be better as everyone gets involved and is engaged throughout the game.

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[xdrta+]

OKC might take that if the Warriors offered both their lottery picks, but the question is does that make the Warriors any better? Their problem is they can't grab a rebound or stop anybody with size, CP3 ain't gonna help with that.

wiggins,2, Looney is the only trade that matches salary for cp3. for someone who thinks warriors title window is 3 yrs, this is a great trade bc Paul will be an all star until 37.

cp3-curry-klay-pas-green is the new death lineup i want to see and paul win his first ring before retirement.

This would be an undeniable team. Having Curry or CP3 on the floor at all times would be devastating for rest of the league!

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Paul would be coming off the bench. The Warriors aren't paying $40 million a year for a sixth man.

[LBC SoCal]

CP3 to Lakers is high risk, low reward I think. Injury risk. Lose depth. Not worth it. Would rather have more variety and depth on bench.

Exactly this. Even in his younger days CP3 would get injured during the second round of the playoffs. With that contract and his age, Lakers are better off allocating funds elsewhere.

[DoItALL9]

wiggins,2, Looney is the only trade that matches salary for cp3. for someone who thinks warriors title window is 3 yrs, this is a great trade bc Paul will be an all star until 37.

cp3-curry-klay-pas-green is the new death lineup i want to see and paul win his first ring before retirement.

This would be an undeniable team. Having Curry or CP3 on the floor at all times would be devastating for rest of the league!

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Paul would be coming off the bench. The Warriors aren't paying $40 million a year for a sixth man.

Are you saying this seriously?

[xdrta+]

This would be an undeniable team. Having Curry or CP3 on the floor at all times would be devastating for rest of the league!

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Paul would be coming off the bench. The Warriors aren't paying $40 million a year for a sixth man.

Are you saying this seriously?

Of course. There is no chance they would start Curry, Klay, and Paul. It would be beyond stupid and Kerr wouldn't do it.

[Roddy B for 3]

Shannon Sharpe won a big "bet" over Skip Bayless that LAL would win the chip. Shannon made the bet before the AD trade and post championship claimed he had insider knowledge about the AD tade before Skip and that's how he had an advantage in that bet and made the stakes so high.

Last week they did a segment on CP3 potentially being traded to LAL and Shannon was wish-washy if he would like the trade for LAL.

Multiple times this week Shannon has said things in regards to the Lakers such as "we've got something up our sleeve" he then laughs and taunts Skip about repeat potential.

TLDR Shannon had insider info about the AD trade and now claims LAL has "something up their sleeve" as rumors of CP3 to LAL swirl.

[skones]

zero chance unless there's a buyout

I give it a chance with a KCP signed and traded. You are the master of the cap. Can KCP be given a 2 year 47m contract, which then can be traded with McGee, Kuzma and pick 28 player (10m)?

I don't think I've seen this in the thread yet, but this would trigger the BYC provision. KCP say a flat 23.5M for those two years. He only counts as 11.75M outgoing rather than the full 23.5, meaning the Lakers would still have a WAYS to go when it comes to matching the salary in order to bring in Chris Paul.

It's in place so teams don't exploit loopholes like you're trying to do in signing KCP to ridiculous amounts just to match contract value.