2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Mavs2021]

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/05/20/lav...ks-in-mix/

https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/...LzuLMqAAAA




Can't agree with Stein on that one. If Lavine was jealous then he certainly hid it well. I just think the fit between Lavine and Demar has always been iffy at best, and I can see why the 26 year old wants to move on. The common thread among the team's mentioned is that none of them have a starting 2 guard. And to be honest only 3 of them have a real shot (sorry, not sorry, Lakers).

I can see Lavine´s point. He was there first, he was balling like crazy, basically the DeRozan level, but since the rest of the team was underdeveloped he did not receive any credit for his individual performance on a bad team. This year they were successful and suddenly it´s all DeRozan (and Ball) for MVP talk. The jealousy angle makes no sense though from the POV that on all the teams mentioned for FA, none would be his team either.

He´s always been the one I had my eye on, since the first rumours emerged that the Bulls are reluctant to max him out.

Though we do need to consider that he has had another smaller surgery on his ACL knee recently, so this might be nothing, but he could also be another Porzingis, where you have less information than the team that has him under contract. I think that is the real reason Lavine wants to leave. 

I´m pretty sure something like Dinwiddie (or THJ) + Powell + two future first round picks get this done, if Lavine insists on Mavs only.

We get the healthy Zach Lavine it´s over. He has shot like 40% on nine 3pt attempts last year (at I believe the 2nd highest degree of shot difficulty in the whole league). They´d be like prime LeBron + Kyrie without the crazy and Love apart the rest of the team would be much better than the Cavs team that won it all. Plus, if we get Lavine on this team, we´ll have no problem getting some ring-chasing centers. Maybe  Presti even has to add #30 pick to dump Favors. Not like they have a roster spot  available for either.

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Yeah those teams who have 47M of extra space are everywhere, and all are eager to have Westbrook on their roster. LMAO  And obviously CHI is going to do everything they can to help Lavine play elsewhere, and won't expect much compensation at all!

Too funny.

Even if the Lakers managed to dump Westbrook into air, LeBron/Davis/THT/Nunn alone make $95M. No way can the Lakers sign him outright.