re: Anthony Davis gives Pels more squads to trade him to

Dude you're stuck in this mindset that "picks" is more valuable than current production. That's just not how the NBA has ever worked.

Those picks will most likely never be as good as the Lakers current assests (as shitty as you might think those assets might be). It doesn't change the reality of nba draft busts

yes. ingram's salary issues make him a negative asset (on the Pelicans)

ball, ingram, kuz, and zub are all about to get paid and the Pelicans would be stuck with those 4 as their core (if they'd sign here)

you think that group is going to be a playoff team anytime soon?

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Dude you're stuck in this mindset that "picks" is more valuable than current production

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we are a rebuilding team. what we don't need to do is overpay and add salary to remove flexibility

picks often don't pan out, but they are necessary to rebuild due to the salary controls

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That's just not how the NBA has ever worked.

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and when has being over the cap and a non-playoff team ever worked?

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Those picks will most likely never be as good as the Lakers current assests

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even if this is correct, then the Pels will be given the opportunity to discard them without biting the salary bullet

and the Pelicans would have their own top-lottery picks during the rebuild, as opposed to late lottery picks with the LAL shite sandwich

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Brown + their assortment of 1sts > LAL's offer, as is 

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Boston's picks will likely never be as good as Lakers assets (past NBA data confirms this)


you're failing to take salary into account 

if the LAL assets were under rookie deals (as in they were rookies), it would be a great deal. your argument above assumes this 

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Brown is eligible for FA identically to Ingram.

The cap argument is weird to me bc NO has 93 million free pre-exceptions when Ingram/Brown are eligible for a QO under their current roster. They're closer to the floor than ceiling.

Probably faster than Brown and some picks, no?

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Brown is eligible for FA identically to Ingram.

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and if he has unrealistic salary demands, we'd deal him. i don't think he'll demand the early max, but if he does, oh well

the picks are the real value (even if they're not top 3)

ALL of the lakers' assets have salary issues impending very soon. that makes those assets highly volatile and possibly negative in value. the Pels won't even get a shot to properly evaluate them EVEN IF none demand the early max

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They're closer to the floor than ceiling.

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awesome. then we can accumulate free picks taking bad salary for a few years while we rebuild

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Probably faster than Brown and some picks, no?

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the answer is no. that's not a playoff team

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Picks are almost always more valuable BEFORE the player is picked than the player themselves. 

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This is wrong historically

The Laker players involved in this deal have performed above the level of your average first round pick

Stop lying

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The Laker players involved in this deal have performed above the level of your average first round pick

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Omg

OMG what?

Use data when replying to me. Not emotional tantrums