[Woj] Lakers trade Bonga, Wagner, Jones to Wizards; Davis waives $4m trade kicker

[Greyhound]

They are going to make a huge mistake trying for a 3rd star instead of filling out team with great role players.

role players are going to get overpaid...better to get another high end max slot guy

I agree with you 100%.

It would be better for them to get a low profile max player (like Russel) who is young and fill out the roster with prospects, ring chasers and vet minimums.

Paying 10 to 15 million for the Patrick Beverley’s of the world is a no no.

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Russel/ Stephenson/ Caruso
KCP/ Smith/ Korver/ (2nd round rookie on 2 way)
James/ Ariza
Kuzma/ Anthony/ Mbah a Moute
Davis/ McGee/ Muscala/ (Williams on 2 way)

Lance as back up PG could be an option since he did that well last season after the injuries to Ball and Rondo. He is also familiar with Vogel.

That would be a decent team imo.

[LAvision]

Depends on the Star. Butler and DLO for max meh. Kawhi? They will make that work. The role players will come.

ZERO chance in hell Kawhi goes to play possibly 3rd fiddle on that team and deal with the media circus of the Lakers. I will literally delete my account from the forum if it happens. They are realistically looking at a tier 2 or 3 type guy like Butler, Dlo, Kemba etc.

Why would you delete your account? That's the easy way (Kevin Durant Way) out for you. I want you here to experience that backlash of all those months that you were saying he wouldn't join the lakers and that the clippers have the better shot at him.

Its a coward's death.

[John Murdoch]

Pelinka u tricky bstard...didnt think we could pull it off . Absalute 3rd Max cat incoming no doubt

[LAL]

Read on Twitter

What’s the problem?

DLO > DlO + Mozgov. Seems like that would be a great result.

[Spintown]

ZERO chance in hell Kawhi goes to play possibly 3rd fiddle on that team and deal with the media circus of the Lakers. I will literally delete my account from the forum if it happens. They are realistically looking at a tier 2 or 3 type guy like Butler, Dlo, Kemba etc.

Why would you delete your account? That's the easy way (Kevin Durant Way) out for you. I want you here to experience that backlash of all those months that you were saying he wouldn't join the lakers and that the clippers have the better shot at him.

Its a coward's death.

Lol ClipsFanSince98to2019

[pcbothwel]

That’s a very good, very smart way to fill out the roster, but It’s quite possible they can’t get any of those players at the price tag you listed.

AD did not waive his kicker so they can throw $10m per season at Jeremy ****ing Lamb.

You’re underrating Jeremy Lamb just so you know. He’s going to get more than $10 million per.

Yeah... Lamb is a top 10 SG and only 26..but sure, LAL will get him for 10M and their fans would riot. Terrible.

Lamb is easily worth 15M in this market if not more. He is better than Bojan and there is talk he could get near 20M

And people need to grow up. This was a FANTASTIC trade for the Wiz. Bonga is a wild card so leave him aside.
A 2nd round pick in the first HS draft (2022) and Wagner are good assets.

Wagner averaged a per 36 of 19 & 9 on a TS of 62% and BPM of 8.1 while leading Michigan to the NCAA championship game at 21.
But sure... He's a scrub... lol

[lonzo_pelota]

If you're Kawhi, why wouldn't you go to the Lakers? This isn't KD redux, Kawhi won Finals MVP on a team full of 1st ballot HOFers, and now he just won Finals MVP with a team of role players. He's proven he can be THE man and carry a team to a title, so the best thing for his legacy now is just quantity. Not to mention the insane amount of money he would make if he plays the rest of his career as a Laker.

That being said, as an NBA fan I personally hope he stays with Toronto.

[supaflash]

Took LeBron 12 months to rebuild the house that Kobe destr-

lol. nvm
Twitter

Kobe didn't destroy anything, he happily got paid to be the Great tank commander that paved the way, with a big ass sign on the back of his tank that read LA takes care of its players, unlike those dirty Celtics, come here and get paid, get famous, get business and hollywood contacts, get a statue and a farewell tour

[iggymcfrack]

I don't understand why the Wizards traded with the Lakers to get a bunch of scrubs? This does not benefit the Wizards at all.Mo Wagner,Bonga,and Jones are scrubs that are not expected to be productive players in the NBA,yet the Wizards were foolish enough to give the Lakers what they want,while they get nothing.It's clear that the Wizards have no idea what they are do and they're wasting Bradley Beal's primes years.If I was Bradley Beal,I would demand a trade because it's clear that the Wizards not trying to be a good team anymore at this point.

Bradley Beal has exactly a 0.0% chance of winning anything with the Wizards as long as that John Wall deal’s on the books. If they were smart, they’d have already traded him for young talent. This is exactly what the Wizards should be doing, taking shots on cheap young guys on rookie deals and seeing if they can turn into something. Mo Wagner was a first rounder last year and I thought he actually played pretty well for the Lakers in spots. I was surprised they’d even want to deal him. Only makes sense to me if they’re actually getting a legit max guy. He’s definitely an asset. Then you get a second round pick which is another positive asset. And you give up...... nothing? Why wouldn’t the Wizards make that deal? Was that $5 million in cap space really gonna net them a difference making free agent? I think this deal is a slam dunk for Washington.

[Dr Aki]

Reading through this thread

[LakersSoul]

Read on Twitter

What’s the problem?

DLO > DlO + Mozgov. Seems like that would be a great result.

How about:

DLO + Kuzma > Dlo + Mozgov.

Return of the King biiiatchez

[PistolPeteJR]

I don't understand why the Wizards traded with the Lakers to get a bunch of scrubs? This does not benefit the Wizards at all.Mo Wagner,Bonga,and Jones are scrubs that are not expected to be productive players in the NBA,yet the Wizards were foolish enough to give the Lakers what they want,while they get nothing.It's clear that the Wizards have no idea what they are do and they're wasting Bradley Beal's primes years.If I was Bradley Beal,I would demand a trade because it's clear that the Wizards not trying to be a good team anymore at this point.

I will never understand why teams are always so eager to help Lebron. I don't get it.

Pure anti-LA bias here. The Wiz were big on Wagner last draft, get a good prospect in Bonga, and a 2nd. They know they’re not competing at all and get assets out of this. Why wouldn’t they do this?

[Sofia]

So we all love Woj again?

[HMFFL]

lol Wizards are poorest ran franchise in the NBA. How does this help them? They got no picks or anything

That's pretty accurate.
They gain basically zero value and the Lakers ran them over like a train with this trade.

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[KDBG]

Read on Twitter

What’s the problem?

DLO > DlO + Mozgov. Seems like that would be a great result.

No problem at all, it would be a perfect 3rd option on the floor. I was just pointing out the irony.

[mademan]

If this thread is just a piece of what’s to come. If kawhi must leave Toronto, I reallllllly hope he goes the lakers

If only for the lulz

[John Murdoch]

I think david griffin said F u to the wiz GM when he wouldnt give up Beal. Wiz GM then was like oh yeah? Watch this

[pr0wler]

lol Wizards are poorest ran franchise in the NBA. How does this help them? They got no picks or anything

No kidding. They should be barred from the league for simply being so horribly run and managed.

[JB2]

lol Wizards are poorest ran franchise in the NBA. How does this help them? They got no picks or anything

No kidding. They should be barred from the league for simply being so horribly run and managed.

Well technically they got a 2nd in 22 lol

While it makes no sense, maybe they really believe in Wagner becoming a solid contributing big man shooter?

Amazing day for us Laker fans...

[Jadoogar]

LMAO wizards got a couple decently talented of young prospects and a second round pick for free and people have the audicity to question whether this was a good trade for them. I kept saying a rebuilding team will trade with the Lakers because they have zero chance of facing the Lakers until after LeBron retired anyway but too many haters here to submit to basic logic.

We're really stretching the definitions of some of these words.