Lakers Are in Full Tank Mode

[LoPo]

Well I would predict that the Lakers are going to trade some/all of their young talent this offseason to try to get another player to run with LeBron. Besides, Orlando is a mess, I wouldn't want to go to Orlando either.

I agree. I think at least one of Ingram, Lonzo and Kuzma are gone. It's abundantly obvious that those 3 do not work together well enough with or without LeBron.

If I was LA, I would be trying to trade Ingram for the best possible asset I could get. He seems like the type of iso guy who just doesn't get the best out of everybody else. And they aren't going to want to sacrifice all the cap space to re-sign him after next season.

By the time next season rolls around, I think LA trades Ingram, re-signs Bullock, signs either Kyrie or Butler, and hope that they can sign AD in 2020.

 

[Sandman822]

Well I would predict that the Lakers are going to trade some/all of their young talent this offseason to try to get another player to run with LeBron. Besides, Orlando is a mess, I wouldn't want to go to Orlando either.

I don't disagree with your prediction I'm just saying the Jazz aren't really great trade partners for the Lakers unless they have some vested interest in Favors to make Favors + a pick work. DL won't do two 1sts and Favs for Kuzma.

I think Beal is a prime target for the Lakers via trade if they can't get AD

 

[LoPo]

I don't disagree with your prediction I'm just saying the Jazz aren't really great trade partners for the Lakers unless they have some vested interest in Favors to make Favors + a pick work. DL won't do two 1sts and Favs for Kuzma.

I think Beal is a prime target for the Lakers via trade if they can't get AD

Good post. I agree about Kuzma and Beal.

Not really a good chance we can get Kuzma. Maybe he refuses to go to Washington and we become the 3rd team. With Wall being out most of next season too, maybe they like the idea of Ingram, picks and tanking.

 

[The Thriller]

Ingram’s health might give teams pause to trade for him.

I don’t think anyone wants Ball and the drama his dad brings.

Kuzma has real value.

 

[SCS]

The only way we get Kuzma is if the Lakers make a trade for a superstar and the team who is trading the superstar away doesn't want Kuzma (for whatever reason), so we throw that team a different asset(s) and the Lakers send Kuzma our way. It's very unlikely. But it is possible.

 

[SCS]

Those of you who want kuzma...have you ever seen em play defense? Lmao.

We don't need defense tho. We need offense.