The Lakers need to make a move at some point, but as ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski notes, they have bought themselves some time with their recent play. So what do they do with it? And in what scenario will they trade first-round picks? Trevor Lane discusses…
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43 Comments
So the question is, does Kyle Kuzma a near All Star player? He is a whole package that fixes everything this team needs
You do the bulls trade, not only the bulls starts rebuilding completely, it also makes the Lakers rebuilding from the scratch. The play style with those 2 players will be completely different from how the team currently plays. You are going rebuild you def/off system and rotation and chemistry. We are too deep into the season to do that unless you want to give up this season
Get rid of planka
Horrible GM
Recent success??? LOL they are in the 13th in the Western Conference
Mvp hahaha
How long and how deep of a hole do the lakers want to get in, in the regular season before they will realize that the 2027 and 2029 picks are not worth losing this season over. They might not even make the playoffs. So I don't understand the Lakers front office thinking. This is a disaster.
We need Myles turner buddy hill not sure what lakers front office is thinking help Ad with defense and rebounds plus both shoot great from three lol 😮 can I get a come on man !
Another way for Palinka to say we arnt making trades with our picks
I really feel bad about ALL our options.
We can't tank.
We can't win.
We don't have lots of players to develope.
We've barely got any assets.
We can't trade our stars, because we can't afford beeing seen as a bad place for stars, a place where stars end up getting traded to places they don't want to go.
I don't trust ADs health.
I see LeBron getting older rapidly.
Westbrook is kinda flourishing, but actually all he does is see and punish mistakes, not really create mistakes.
Reeves is a bright, just like Walker, but they're role players. And they aren't really dangerous from three.
Schroeder is undersized, Nunn rusty,
Brown, Thomas, Jones, … limited in their abilities
Christie, who knows what will happen, but he's not yet ready to shoulder a lot
Wenyen, I love this Dude, but he is only a sugar topping, he can help a good team, but no more …
JTA, sad story, a 13min per game champion now out of the rotation, but his minutes had drasticly declined the year before already.
We need not talk about Beverly, he's trash, he does a little bit on the defensive end, but more like a glue guy, …
Ah, dark times for the Lakers.
I watch the games, hope a little, fear a lot …
If Rob Pelinka does not make any move, it's time for the Lakers to call this season over. Pelinka cannot afford to wait. He needs to create and make things happen for the Lakers. It is his job to make the team a title contender no matter what the costs.
Nobody thinking about Lonnie walker trade value 17.0 ppg (career high ) 👀 better than letting him walk for more money like Malik monk right ? Bev, Nunn, Walker, is about 23mil in salary, '29 1st rd pick for bogdon. Easy
The Lakers need to make a trade forget those draft picks, there's no Kobe Bryant in college basketball. Anthony Davis durability is still questionable, it's Rob Pelinka fault he gutted out the team for Russell Westbrook. The Lakers lost two games now, because Rob Pelinka doesn't know what the hell he's doing, he's terrible evaluating talent. DeMar DeRozan is a excellent player and could easily be the big three, Russell Westbrook is not a big three, have you ever heard of a big three coming off the bench, who could be that stupid. Rob Pelinka has messed up this team, despite of the Lakers short success they will not make the playoffs, because they dug themselves in a huge hole. For the life of me why are the Lakers holding on those draft picks, when the window of Lebron James is closing, where is the loyalty. Magic Johnson said it best that the Lakers don't have enough talent to advance in the western conference and he's right, quit stalling Rob Pelinka. It's asinine to wait, for what because of a little spurt, stop it, please use some intelligence people and make the trade. At least with DeMar DeRozan you have a four window season to acquire another championship 🏆 without a vision my people parish according to the bible. Now since Anthony Davis is out based on the Lakers schedule their starting to lose again, because they have no help to balance the team in Anthony Davis absence. The sad thing about Rob Pelinka thinking is he relying on a 37 year old man to help save and resurrect the Lakers, this team is no different than last year team except their younger. I don't care what nobody says it's a mess no matter how you look at it, a few winnings doesn't constitute a title run and when they fall short again, please stop the excuses. Russell Westbrook coming off the bench is not worth Alex Caruso, Kyle Kuzma and KCP, not by any imagination, all their wing players gone for a bench player w😲w. Anthony Davis is playing exceptional but he needs help, he's not a player who can carry a team on his back, because of his health history, a blind 🦮 person can see that. Forget those crummy draft picks and win now to compete in a loaded western conference, not to mention a extreme talented eastern conference, wise 🦉 up Rob Pelinka it's time to earn a paycheck for once.
We don't know if that's true with your news.
Let's be real, the Lakers might make the play in tournament.
Lakers need to stop playin and go get jay huff frfr the backup centers they got is fukin trash
I can't imagine it getting any better than Derozan and Vucevic, but it won't solve the problem with 3 points shooting
What a crock of Shht Trevor. Come on. Stop sweetening what this from office is doing. If they wanted to do a deal they would’ve done it by now. Let’s be honest They’re not going to do anything. Its all a bunch of mumbo jumbo just to justify not doing sht. At the end you will come here and explain us the logic behind the fronts office decision of not doing any trade to help this team. So boring
I hope it isn't Beal, that guy is just as injury prone as AD
This team can win it all if AD and Bron stay healthy and russ keep playing the way has
Lakers are finished. Trading away their last future pieces would only be franchise suicide Good luck with that. Lmfao
Just waiting for things to fall apart in Chicago….(or Indiana)
Bro, we've known this since last season lol. This was clickbait
Disagree now they gotta 2 straight losses going back and forth isn't good
The Bulls would be idiots to make that trade
Derozen would be the only target for giving up draft picks… if the Bulls willing to part with their best finisher. How about Damien Jones, Nunn, Beverly, Westbrook for D'angelo Russell… Nets need depth at PG with all the drama and little more depth inside Jones can provide.
I would do the Chicago trade in a heart beat
MORE patient!!!! LOLOLOL How can they be MORE patient than doing NOTHING?!!! What does that look like?
Instead of seeking the perfect trade, why not sign Jahlil Okafor and Josh Jackson to non guaranteed contracts. It couldn’t be worse than what the Lakers already have. Two former top 5 picks 26 and younger. Kills two birds with one stone, a big wing and a big. C’mon Rob Pelinka do your job! Then focus on finding a shooter.
Trade Lakers Get
L Ball , G Trent Jr,
Raptor Get
T Bryant, L Walker lV, T Brown, K Nunn
Bulls Get
Patrick Beverley, D Jones a pick
A play at someone like a Bol Bol would for a center opening
I think patience pays off here….Indiana could eventually be forced to trade Turner and Heild for just 1 1st rd pick. Else they'll lose Turner for nothing this off-season and Heild doesn't really fit their long term plans in their back court….this season's early returns is just a feel good story for Indiana…not a viable long term strategy for them
I don’t have confidence in lakers management being able to make the moves that need to be done
Unless there's a trade that Make the Lakers better than a play in team… I don't see the Lakers giving up the rest of our assets for this decade to make a move, and I don't blame em one bit
First off Great Job Trevor. On the bright side AD has shocked everyone with great play. Labron playing fantastic too. Walker is really a surprise. Westbrook has some good moments like 15 assists the other night. against Wizards. Reaves is great and under utilized in my opinion. Schroder is going to keep getting better. Gabriel is really good and under utilized. Thomas Bryant not bad. But after that the player that did not work out at all: Beverly cant score and has not had one good offensive game. (Trade Bev) Nunn is playing this bad consistently (Trade Nunn). Jones How did Palinka keep his job is beyond me. I am surprised Palinka is terrible in my opinion and should have been let go. Turner and Darozen are fantastic options for the Lakers that would be worth 2 1st round picks. Buddy held not bed too. For me I would trade Westbrook, Bev, Nunn, Jones, Juan T Anderson. We need some pure shooters and wings and a better center like Turner. Labron and AD are the GOATS lets add a few guys and win the whole thing. We are a player or two away from a contender! GO LAKERS!!
Why not trade nunn Beverly and Jones for Myles Turner at least then it's and a second round pick for Bogdan
Lakers should for sure look into trading for Reddish as well as Josh Richardson and Jakob Poeltl. 2 wings and a big that could start or come off the bench to back up AD🔥🟣🟡
Beal, Kuzma, and Kispert for Westbrook, Beverley, both 1sts, and 3 pick swaps. Follow that up with Nunn and a 2nd for Reddish. Boom, Rob becomes a genius.
It work both ways because they still don’t have nothing really valuable other then russ
If they can trade one of does pick for Russ for bogdanavic and none and pat for other players and they stay with one pick
Tradeeee Westbrick already!!!!!!
still not looking for shooters!!!!
None of know what the lakers are thinking 🤔 ! All you gm's need to stop ✋️ !
Lakers don't want to rush into any Buddy Hield deal.