12 Jul 2021 06:25:57
A couple of deals i think the Lakers could do to generate a more balanced roster, with much more consistency for some players in their roles.

1. Kyle Kuzma and Pick #22 to Portland for Robert Covington. Gets Portland a 1st Rounder this year, and some wing scoring.

2. Montrezl Harrell (Opts into player option, won't get much more than his $9.7m option elsewhere) to Houston for Avery Bradley and Danuel House.

3. Sign Dwight Howard with the Tax Payers MLE, which is approx $5.8m next season.

4. Re-Sign Dennis Schroder - Not really sure what his contract will end up being, but as they have his full bird rights, they can cross the salary cap to re-sign him. I'm estimating a 3 Year, $52m deal. Will likely be more.

5. Re-sign Ben McLemore and Jared Dudley to a vet min.

6. Sign Furkan Korkmaz for shooting, on a vet min.

7. Guarantee Alfonzo McKinnie's contract at approx $1.7m

Thank god the Luol Deng stretched contract is off the books next year. Can't wait to see a little more room for contracts.

Roster
PG: Schroder - Bradley
SG: KCP - Korkmaz - McLemore
SF: LeBron - House - McKinnie
PF: AD - Covington - Dudley
C: Dwight - Gasol

1.) 12 Jul 2021
12 Jul 2021 06:39:36
To extend this, I thought maybe moving Danuel House and THT in a S&T could be beneficial, perhaps with future pick (s) involved. I have my eyes set on Matisse Thybulle for this. Add some scoring on the wing for Philly, and add some defense behind LeBron in LA.

Understandably this goes a step further and may be a little more unrealistic. With either linup, salaries match up, but value of assets involved becomes a little more subjective.

Also wanted to highlight the "4th quarter crunch time" lineup. Being Schroder, KCP, LeBron, RoCo and AD.

2.) 12 Jul 2021
12 Jul 2021 16:38:12
I’d want more for Covington. They gave up more than that for him. I don’t value Kuzma at all, he seems to define “replacement level player”.

3.) 12 Jul 2021
12 Jul 2021 17:00:45
1. won‘t be enough for Covington. He‘s their only defender.

2. You won‘t get House and Bradley for Harrell. Why should Houston do that if there aren‘t at least two 1st Round Picks included? They have no use for Harrell.

6. Korkmaz will be way more expensive. He might get about 10-12 million a year.