17 Sep 2015 10:34:57
NYK/LAL
NYK get Julius Randle, Nick Young, Lou Williams, Larry Nance & 2018 1st round pick
LAL get Carmelo Anthony
LAL
Pg Russell/Huertas
Sg Clarkson/Brown
Sf Bryant/MWP/Brown
Pf Anthony/Bass
Ce Hibbert/Upshaw
17 Sep 2015 13:19:44
Lakers want to keep their young core together. Larry Nance is their best defensive player. Lakers do not have a 2018!st rounder- its already been traded to the Orlando.
17 Sep 2015 14:38:36
Philly is right. No need to say anything else besides salary is off
17 Sep 2015 14:53:46
Porzingas and randle play the same exact position so unless Randle can play SF or porzingas could play Center it wouldn't work out
17 Sep 2015 15:20:32
Nance is a late first round pick, and has never played a game, we have no idea how good of a defender he will actually be in the NBA. If the lakers could make this trade there is no way they pass it up. Randle might be a nice player in the NBA, but if you can trade two unproven players for an all star, you do it.
17 Sep 2015 17:46:04
I see what your trying to do there. Melo would be a nice pick up for that lakers team. Not sure if there are enough shots to go around for another high volume shooter on that lakers team but it's possible they could make a run.
Melos contract would put you into contention for a few more years as well.
In the end there are problems. Like lakers not having a 2018 first rounders and Randel playing the same spot as pozingus. So to solve that's due still keep the value for New York .
Lakers trade Demarcus russle, nick young, Lou Williams, and Larry nance.
Lakers get melo.
That trade makes a ton of more sense for both teams. And works financially I believe as well or at least really close
THOUGHTs?
17 Sep 2015 18:05:25
Like Philly said, we don't have a 1st to give in 2018. Soonest we can trade a 1st would be 2020.
I think I would agree they would have to make that trade as much as I don't think Melo is a winner if NYK get the '20 1st instead. We keep Russell & Clarkson and get Melo who might be able to convince Durant to sign with LA next summer. All we would need is a defensve center and if Hibbert can bump up his rebounding and block numbers again to around 8.5 & 2.2 per game, we have his bird rights and should keep him if he has a better year this year. That team would compete in the playoffs if health isn't an issue.
PG: Russell
SG: Clarkson
SF: Durant
PF: Melo/Bass
C: Hibbert
18 Sep 2015 02:49:18
If the Lakers can get Melo without giving up Russell they should do it. Off season resign Kobe 1yr 10 mil or find a replacement. Sign a starting PF. Resign hibbert about 10 mil per year of find a replacement for him
18 Sep 2015 04:45:53
Philly is this an attempt to try and troll me from what I've said in the past? Seems like it
18 Sep 2015 13:40:58
I thought it was agreed that any trade that involved Clarkson, Randle or Russel was off limits because the team wanted to keep the young core together. And recently someone declined a trade involving Larry Nance Jr because he was the Lakers best D player.
How is it trolling if after all the banter I now fully understand what Laker fan/GM is trying to achieve? I don't necessarily agree with it but why fight it? You guys are the "GM" of the team. That's going to be your response. Why fight it?
You guys want to use what you have to establish a young core, run out the clock on Kobe, hopefully get lucky and win the lottery, and throw money at FA. I got it. I'm simply commenting within those parameters.
Are you attempting to troll me for understanding the perspective of Laker fan? I pushed you guys very, very hard to get to this point. I did it for a reason. So I could finally understand exactly what the plan was of Laker fan. You can have a trade partner unless you understand what they're trying to accomplish. Now we all understand.
18 Sep 2015 14:41:55
It depends on who Randle clarkson and Russell are getting traded for. For Melo no. It's good you finally understand. Ben miller it's easy to see how nance is there best defensive player because he is mobile and a high energy guy who give it his all and go up for blocks no matter what. He'll get into your face a play tight d. He's a good choice considering lakers play draymond green Blake griffin and Morris in the division. I was shocked when we drafted him that high but it's all starting to make sense
18 Sep 2015 21:01:44
I'm sorry King, maybe I misunderstood but several weeks ago that was not the situation. There was an overwhelming offer (according to most everyone but Laker fan) for Clarkson that was declined because the team wanted to keep its young core together.
I'm beginning to believe that Laker fan are a fickle bunch. Fickleness makes it very difficult to build a workable trade.
18 Sep 2015 22:02:03
Fickle bunch is also the sixers to.
19 Sep 2015 13:53:29
No. Sixer fans here are pretty consistent. We're building through the draft, want to have the pieces all fit together at the same time, and are willing to be patient. We understand how Hinkie is using the cap space to acquire more draft selections or pick off young players that need a fresh chance to play and prove themselves, and we know how to try to fit that concept into a bilateral or multilateral trade proposal.
We understand the product is going to be ugly for another year or two but this is better than being stuck in NBA hell- the dreaded middle of the pack with an aging star and no future picks. And we understand that its more difficult to acquire big guys than small guys so we're fortunate to have had the opportunity to draft OK4, Noel and Embiid. We also are disappointed in the Embiid injury yet remain optimistic.
Nothing fickle about that.
19 Sep 2015 15:00:35
Sixers aren't fickle? Some sixer fans want a vet pg some don't. Some want to trade the future picks for a player and some want to build through the draft like you said. Everybody's fans have different opinions.
20 Sep 2015 13:21:54
For the most part the Sixer fan wanted a vet PG in the S/T since that appeared to be the missing piece to be added to a starting lineup of young players. That PG would be in place until they drafted his replacement next year. And, in getting that PG, the Sixer fan was also trying to do it on the cheap, without giving up a player or 1st rounder. That makes sense, right?
Trading a future pick for a player is a little general on your part. Most if not all of those proposals entail the Sixers getting back a young player just like the trade above with Shabazz coming and the Miami, OKC pick leaving. Sixers want young players. That's the plan. That makes sense, right?
Almost any trade that has the Sixers including the Lakers pick or their own pick is immediately shot down.
The issue is consistency. I think Sixer fans are consistent in their approach.
20 Sep 2015 15:26:50
Well maybe the own pick or the lakers pick is always a trade that were not willing to do and the only one I saw posted was about clarkson or for Russell. I hope you realize this isn't the only site where there's sixer fans there a lot more sites where I see people disagreeing