Quote (VeryUnknown @ Jun 5 2019 10:25pm)
So here's my thought about the AD trade situation:
Our GODFATHER offer will not be on the table again, Pelicans missed out on this offer and thank god it didn't happen. The "GODFATHER" offer was Ball, Ingram, Kuz, Hart, Zubac and multiple(2-3) 1st and 2nd round picks. It was the most ridiculous trade offer I have seen and the Pelicans said NO? Demps feelings got hurt by the Lakers and he didn't want to trade with them, he also wanted to wait for Celtics offer which they thought Tatum would be included, Danny Ainge we all knew he wasn't going to offer Tatum. LOL Demps was instantly fired for turning this offer down and now the GM is David Griffon, who said he will look at every offer, even the Lakers. People inside the Pelicans Organization really want to take the Lakers deal. This GODFATHER trade was offered by Magic who went rogue during the trade deadline and was ignoring Pelinka and Jeannie Buss, this offer was way more than they agreed on.
AD is on his final year of his contract and is a Rental to any team in the NBA. ADs price is going to be lower this offseason than what teams were offering at the trade deadline. This is just common knowledge, less time on the contract, less valuable. AD came out and said he would only sign an extension with LAKERS, Knicks, and Clippers. This vital information helps the Lakers, making other teams really hesitant to trade for AD and we can Lower our offer a little.
Lakers moved up in the Lottery Draft to #4, which is an amazing trade asset because it has a 7 mill cap space. This makes it even easier to match ADs contract. We also only need to match 80% of AD contract which is 21mil. I believe Lakers offer will be Lonzo, Ingram, Hart, and the #4 Pick.
I truly believe we will keep one of Ball, Ingram, or Kuz. If we have to give them all 3 then we will keep the #4 pick. The reason Kuz is so valueable is his contract is 1.6 mil this year and singed for another 3 years, that's tremendous value. Someone who averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists a game, that contract of 1.6 mil is SUPER JUICY!!! Kuz contract is what we need when we sign a Max Free Agent after trading for AD.
Lakers plan is to sign a Max Free Agent this offseason too and Ingram is coming up to a contract year and there is no way we can sign him to a huge contract. As good as Ingram has been if we sign a Max Free Agent we can't keep him, it's Randle all over again, we signed Lebron so Randle had to walk. Lonzo, we are selling him at really good value for AD, we know Lonzo is a nice piece moving forward who's Defense is incredible but his Health is really discouraging, He can't stay healthy.
Damn lets go!