Trade Deadline Reactions and Buyout Market Thread

[Sofia]

Something less, tomorrow at 7 pm ET.

3 PM

I don’t live in the past sorry

6am skippy

[shi-woo]

I feel like Ainge has to make a trade. This team needs a boost, and something to dissociate this Celtic team from the last couple. We need a new identity badly.

I'm hoping the AG rumors are true, and i'm dreaming for Lonzo.

[The_Hater]

The biggest reason it’s going to be a bust is the play-in games. It has limited the number of sellers because so many additional teams can talk themselves into the playoffs.

Good point.

The Play-in looks like it will do what the NBA wanted, more teams are going to try and compete for a chance at the playoffs (and associated revenue). Unfortunately it means a bunch of teams that need to blow it up will continue to drag the chain on the end of the treadmill (looking at you Orlando).

I think if teams like Orlando are smart, they will see the wise economic decision behind becoming a seller right now. Supply and demand is obviously going to drive up the asking price on players. Wait for the summer and they lose that edge.

Of course this would require Orlando (and I would add Sacramento and Washington) to suddenly become forward thinking teams who are ahead of the curve. If Darryl Morey was running any of these franchises, he’d be licking his chops at the market inefficiency starring him in the face right now.

[Chanel Bomber]

Frankie Smokes and Sauce Castillo

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[Bologna Smasher]

Frankie Smokes and Sauce Castillo

Wrong thread!

[Chanel Bomber]

Frankie Smokes and Sauce Castillo

Wrong thread!

Wow

[trickshot]

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Only way this works is if the Lakers gut what little depth they have. Schroder and Harell would almost certainly have to be included. Is Lowry even that much of an upgrade over Schroder at this point in his career?

Well Schroder really isn’t that good. He’s a terrible shooter this season (and pretty much every season except 2019-20) so he struggles to be effective without the ball in his hands. He’s at best, a middling defender. So yes, Lowry is a much better player and would be a much better complement to Bron/AD with his spacing, playmaking and smarts.

Harrell would be a big loss for the Lakers however. His energy and efficiency are both underrated.

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

[TheNewEra]

teams waiting until the last minute

[tugs]

Buyout market is just as exciting

[mademan]

Only way this works is if the Lakers gut what little depth they have. Schroder and Harell would almost certainly have to be included. Is Lowry even that much of an upgrade over Schroder at this point in his career?

Well Schroder really isn’t that good. He’s a terrible shooter this season (and pretty much every season except 2019-20) so he struggles to be effective without the ball in his hands. He’s at best, a middling defender. So yes, Lowry is a much better player and would be a much better complement to Bron/AD with his spacing, playmaking and smarts.

Harrell would be a big loss for the Lakers however. His energy and efficiency are both underrated.

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

youre gonna have to explain that one to me. Schroeder is valuable for the Lakers cause they have no one else who can dribble a ball (besides Lebron), but he has been awful offensively overall. Last years shooting performance is the outlier; he's never been a good shooter.

This is a 2 year window for the Lakers. Theyre supposed to be short sighted and for 2 years, Lowry+vet from toronto+buyout guys is easily better than Schroeder+KCP+THT

[BostonCouchGM]

without fans and the resulting revenue gained by hosting playoff games, I don't think teams really care about play-ins like they normally would. There's going to be plenty of movement imho.

[clyde21]

usually when there is silence that's when the hammers start dropping

[trickshot]

Well Schroder really isn’t that good. He’s a terrible shooter this season (and pretty much every season except 2019-20) so he struggles to be effective without the ball in his hands. He’s at best, a middling defender. So yes, Lowry is a much better player and would be a much better complement to Bron/AD with his spacing, playmaking and smarts.

Harrell would be a big loss for the Lakers however. His energy and efficiency are both underrated.

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

youre gonna have to explain that one to me. Schroeder is valuable for the Lakers cause they have no one else who can dribble a ball (besides Lebron), but he has been awful offensively overall. Last years shooting performance is the outlier; he's never been a good shooter.

This is a 2 year window for the Lakers. Theyre supposed to be short sighted and for 2 years, Lowry+vet from toronto+buyout guys is easily better than Schroeder+KCP+THT

Who said anything about shooting

[Big J]

The biggest reason it’s going to be a bust is the play-in games. It has limited the number of sellers because so many additional teams can talk themselves into the playoffs.

Good point.

The Play-in looks like it will do what the NBA wanted, more teams are going to try and compete for a chance at the playoffs (and associated revenue). Unfortunately it means a bunch of teams that need to blow it up will continue to drag the chain on the end of the treadmill (looking at you Orlando).

So we should be rooting for teams to blow it up and tank?

[mademan]

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

youre gonna have to explain that one to me. Schroeder is valuable for the Lakers cause they have no one else who can dribble a ball (besides Lebron), but he has been awful offensively overall. Last years shooting performance is the outlier; he's never been a good shooter.

This is a 2 year window for the Lakers. Theyre supposed to be short sighted and for 2 years, Lowry+vet from toronto+buyout guys is easily better than Schroeder+KCP+THT

Who said anything about shooting

What im saying is, ever since Schroeder came back down to earth on his shooting, he also went back to who he was 2 years ago. I legit think he sucks and his only saving grace is that nobody else on the Lakers besides Lebron can dribble penetrate making him appear more valuable than he really is. The upgrade from him to Lowry is pretty substantial

[The_Hater]

Only way this works is if the Lakers gut what little depth they have. Schroder and Harell would almost certainly have to be included. Is Lowry even that much of an upgrade over Schroder at this point in his career?

Well Schroder really isn’t that good. He’s a terrible shooter this season (and pretty much every season except 2019-20) so he struggles to be effective without the ball in his hands. He’s at best, a middling defender. So yes, Lowry is a much better player and would be a much better complement to Bron/AD with his spacing, playmaking and smarts.

Harrell would be a big loss for the Lakers however. His energy and efficiency are both underrated.

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

The Lakers best player is even older than Lowry. Making shortsighted moves in order to increase their odds of winning championships in the present is exactly what they’ve been doing these past 3 seasons. When has shortsighted ever factored into any of their recent decisions?

The problem isn’t from the Lakers end though, they just don’t have the assets to deal for Lowry. I actually find this little mini debate of Schroder vs Lowry kinda funny.

[The_Hater]

Schroder is an excellent defender. In any case trading for Lowry will be incredibly shortsighted

youre gonna have to explain that one to me. Schroeder is valuable for the Lakers cause they have no one else who can dribble a ball (besides Lebron), but he has been awful offensively overall. Last years shooting performance is the outlier; he's never been a good shooter.

This is a 2 year window for the Lakers. Theyre supposed to be short sighted and for 2 years, Lowry+vet from toronto+buyout guys is easily better than Schroeder+KCP+THT

Who said anything about shooting

I did. You quoted it but ignored it.

Does shooting ability no linger factor into the value of a player?

[trickshot]

youre gonna have to explain that one to me. Schroeder is valuable for the Lakers cause they have no one else who can dribble a ball (besides Lebron), but he has been awful offensively overall. Last years shooting performance is the outlier; he's never been a good shooter.

This is a 2 year window for the Lakers. Theyre supposed to be short sighted and for 2 years, Lowry+vet from toronto+buyout guys is easily better than Schroeder+KCP+THT

Who said anything about shooting

What im saying is, ever since Schroeder came back down to earth on his shooting, he also went back to who he was 2 years ago. I legit think he sucks and his only saving grace is that nobody else on the Lakers besides Lebron can dribble penetrate making him appear more valuable than he really is. The upgrade from him to Lowry is pretty substantial

Yeah..no, I'm not the one who said anything about the upgrade being substantial or not. My post simply said it would be shortsighted and that's because it would require several pieces, Lakers most definitely wont want to move Schroder plus KCP or Trez plus THT for a 35 year old. The players arent untradeable but that may not be the right deal.

[The_Hater]

Good point.

The Play-in looks like it will do what the NBA wanted, more teams are going to try and compete for a chance at the playoffs (and associated revenue). Unfortunately it means a bunch of teams that need to blow it up will continue to drag the chain on the end of the treadmill (looking at you Orlando).

So we should be rooting for teams to blow it up and tank?

Using the word ‘tank’ to describe any team that is rebuilding has become one of the dumbest things on realgm the last few years.