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kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:26 am 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

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

TheGrey08 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:28 am

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:26 am 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 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:30 am

TheGrey08 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:28 am

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:26 am 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?

TheGrey08 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:06 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 10:50 am 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.

Monster wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 1:41 pm

TheGrey08 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:06 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 10:50 am 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 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 2:12 pm

Monster wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 1:41 pm

TheGrey08 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:06 am
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.