TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

So that is assuming we can come to agreement with D'Lo, right?  LA's alternative would be to dump salary and sign him outright, but then I guess they are losing useful players and have no way to replace other than small exceptions and vet mins?

I don’t think D’ Lo will be the issue.  If it is D’ Lo plus Vandy plus pick, it takes about $33mm going to Russell.

I don’t think LA dumps salary to get to this.  As we saw with NY and Detroit, there might be some cost to move bodies and you don’t just walk from someone you paid a lightly protected first to acquire.  To reiterate, this is just us girls talking.  Not a prediction or a preference.  It is an example of what MIGHT happen if Kyrie really wants to get to LAL in the summer.  It is kind of interesting how balanced this all is.  Both of the new Mav’s here would be younger than the two who left.


Edit:  The other thing that makes this kind of interesting is all the talk about the Brooklyn owner not wanting Irving to end up in LA.  So, if this was Kyrie’s plan, it had to be a two-step plan.