(04-10-2021, 02:58 PM)soog Wrote: And if your argument that the Lakers would be unable to add talent were true, how did the Nets just add Aldridge and Griffin?
Well, Nets added them, not Lakers. Lakers got Drummond. Betting on a buyout market might not be a very safe strategy.
(04-10-2021, 02:58 PM)soog Wrote: Wanting to save $48M to sign a vet ring chaser is cheap?
Please tell me which vet ring chasers they got. I listed them to you. Matthews, Dudley, Morris, Gasol. And they are not getting much from any of them. Why am I just repeating myself. Last year it were Rondo, Howard and JaVale. Your min salary vet chasers are mostly fantasy.
(04-10-2021, 02:58 PM)soog Wrote: You still have to justify that THT is worth it.
He is a 15 mil contract they can trade. Without him they don't have a 15 mil contract to trade. And if you guys assume there are teams wiling to offer 15 mil to THT this also means there are teams willing to trade for THT. Just one example - one would imagine Houston would gladly trade Gordon to LAL for THT. So Lakers get a guy who is far better than vet min vet chasers. There is absolutely no way Lakers can trade for a guy like Gordon, unless they give up one from their core rotation.
SnT is best option for Lakers, unless they believe THT is able to produce NOW. If not SnT, keeping him still beats letting him walk for nothing, imho. Some here certainly think he is able to produce now, so I don't know why it would be so terrible for Lakers to keep him.