2026 FA/Trades/Resigns

[kekgeek]

I actually hate the lakers offseason.

Reeves max (overpay)
Kessler (overpay) not even including the picks
Grimes/Sandro/Sexton I like them all in a vacuum but they gave them long term money for mostly one spike year of production (besides Sexton)

I don’t think they are a top 5 team in the west with 0 tradable assets

[TheGrey08]

I actually hate the lakers offseason.

Reeves max (overpay)
Kessler (overpay) not even including the picks
Grimes/Sandro/Sexton I like them all in a vacuum but they gave them long term money for mostly one spike year of production (besides Sexton)

I don’t think they are a top 5 team in the west with 0 tradable assets

Fair points. Teams may look good on paper, but they have to figure out the fits and how to play together. Hopefully they really struggle on that front.

Also:

Bobby Marks
FYI

The signings do not fit within cap space
The Lakers will need to make a corresponding move (Ayton waive-and-stretch for example) to fit the players with room

[rapsuperstar31]

I actually hate the lakers offseason.

Reeves max (overpay)
Kessler (overpay) not even including the picks
Grimes/Sandro/Sexton I like them all in a vacuum but they gave them long term money for mostly one spike year of production (besides Sexton)

I don’t think they are a top 5 team in the west with 0 tradable assets

Fair points. Teams may look good on paper, but they have to figure out the fits and how to play together. Hopefully they really struggle on that front.

Also:

Bobby Marks
FYI

The signings do not fit within cap space
The Lakers will need to make a corresponding move (Ayton waive-and-stretch for example) to fit the players with room

Maybe Vando waive and stretch?

[rapsuperstar31]

Lakers were carried by Lebron, Smart and Rui over Houston, I think they got worse if Lebron is still going to leave.

[Phenom]

I actually hate the lakers offseason.

Reeves max (overpay)
Kessler (overpay) not even including the picks
Grimes/Sandro/Sexton I like them all in a vacuum but they gave them long term money for mostly one spike year of production (besides Sexton)

I don’t think they are a top 5 team in the west with 0 tradable assets

Fair points. Teams may look good on paper, but they have to figure out the fits and how to play together. Hopefully they really struggle on that front.

Also:

Bobby Marks
FYI

The signings do not fit within cap space
The Lakers will need to make a corresponding move (Ayton waive-and-stretch for example) to fit the players with room

Maybe Vando waive and stretch?

I think if Vando gets waived and stretched, he will be back. Ant has mentioned before he would like Vando back. He could at least help keep Jaden off of POA.

[Monster]

Lol. Seriously, it’s another indication of TC’s gross overpay for Rudy. Two unprotected 1st round picks and two 1st round pick swaps tells the tale.

Yep lol. Thinking about what the Wolves could be doing or could have done if they had 2 more 1sts to dangle. Could they have snagged Ball for 2 picks + swaps instead of throwing in Naz? IDK since CHA badly wanted Naz, but sucks they didn't have that option.

Idk Gobert is simply a superior player to Kessler right now and he is only gonna make about 2.5 million more in salary.

[Lipoli390]

Lol. Seriously, it’s another indication of TC’s gross overpay for Rudy. Two unprotected 1st round picks and two 1st round pick swaps tells the tale.

Yep lol. Thinking about what the Wolves could be doing or could have done if they had 2 more 1sts to dangle. Could they have snagged Ball for 2 picks + swaps instead of throwing in Naz? IDK since CHA badly wanted Naz, but sucks they didn't have that option.

Idk Gobert is simply a superior player to Kessler right now and he is only gonna make about 2.5 million more in salary.

That’s true, Monster. But Kessler is much younger and can actually shoot. So looking at it more broadly it’s pretty close. Moreover, it doesn’t look good in retrospect. Kessler plus Beasley, Vanderbilt, and one of the five future firsts we gave up for Gobert seems like fair value.

[Jester1534]

Yep lol. Thinking about what the Wolves could be doing or could have done if they had 2 more 1sts to dangle. Could they have snagged Ball for 2 picks + swaps instead of throwing in Naz? IDK since CHA badly wanted Naz, but sucks they didn't have that option.

Idk Gobert is simply a superior player to Kessler right now and he is only gonna make about 2.5 million more in salary.

That’s true, Monster. But Kessler is much younger and can actually shoot. So looking at it more broadly it’s pretty close. Moreover, it doesn’t look good in retrospect. Kessler plus Beasley, Vanderbilt, and one of the five future firsts we gave up for Gobert seems like fair value.

Why are we still talking about this

Jazz record last 3 years
68-178

Timberwolves record last 3 years
154-92
2 conference finals

Glad Jazz got 3 years of losing basketball and a future 11 and 13 year old.

God I hate draft pick culture

[Phenom]

Nobody better give the Lakers props for getting Kessler if they dump on the Wolves for getting Melo.

[Phenom]

Tobias Harris to the Spurs