re: NBA Free Agency Thread - Russell Westbrook traded to the Rockets for Chris Paul & picks

Draft picks and rookies are like cars, they lose a ton of value once you drive them off the lot. I’m sure some teams would take a flier on Mo, but let’s not act like people are falling over themselves to get in line to trade for a stretch big that shot 28% from 3 last year.

What other assets do the LAL have to move those guys? If it is so well known that the LAL won’t move those contracts unless they already have a handshake deal with a top FA, why would any team want to help them out? At the very least, it sounds like the Lakers will, once again, be negotiating with zero leverage.

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Mo is a 22 yr old first Rd draft pick. as a stretch big man, in a lg which is currently putting a lot of emphasis on stretch bigs, he is valuable to many teams. if you don't watch the game. do not comment

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Shoots 29% from long distance with an efg of 48%. Only took 77 3s all year and missed 55 of them. He's a 12th man DNP guy on a shite team.

No one's wants Hitler's favorite composer.

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Kuzma etc

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I’m specifically asking about the “etc.” The Lakers giving away every 2nd pick till 2025 too? They can’t attach a first on anyone. If they do get a 3rd guy, where do you think those 2nds will fall? 50+? Those have no value. So now you have to hope attaching Kuz is enough to move every other contract you need to get rid of.

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most teams FO are not full of Petty arse baby backs

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True, but your trade partners are very limited, as playoff teams, West teams, and some small market teams don’t want to help the Lakers.

Will they be able to dump what they need to get to max space? I’d say that is a pretty safe bet since teams have always been able to pull off crazy stuff to get to max cap. It just sounds like you think it will be really easy to get there. You’re not bidding in a free market here. Whatever dump trade you make will really really hurt. I hope you realize that.

Cool, just making sure you understand the concept of leverage this time, because the last Lakers trade, you were proclaiming that the LAL had all the leverage, just to waffle later. Wanted to get all the cards on the table and opinions on record early

You are so right, because Mo Wagner is widely considered the next Marc Gasol. Glad you reminded everyone.

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Marc gasol didn't even consistently shoot 3s until his 5th or 6th yr in the lg

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What the frick does that have to do with anything? Marc played in the league when big man 3pt shooters weren't needed. Shot less than .2 per game until his 8th year when the league started changing. Dude was DPOTY caliber with a much more complete game than your boy Mo before he even decided he was going to start shooting 3s.

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you expose yourself so much and don't even realize..lmao

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Lmao we about to add you to the ignore list bro

You are the one that brought Gasol up, you made the comparison. No one can figure out why you picked him out of any other bigs, but you did.

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shite on first Rd draft picks for cheap

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Again, it’s the car off the lot theory. Do me a favor and go look at last years draft and tell me how many of those guys increased their value after their rookie year and how many decreased. Better yet, go look at this years draft and tell me which players picked between 25-35 the LAL could swap Mo for straight up. We are just trying to tell you: You are overvaluing your players and overplaying your hand

I never made any comparison

I gave an example of a big improving his shot over time

Well his numbers, age, and size compare much better with Robert Swift than Gasol. But you didn’t pick him