Man just get Vando, Laravia & Knect off my team & replace them with someone productive bro that’s all I’m asking for
Per Dan Woike of The Athletic, the Lakers see the 2026 free agency class as "weak" and trades are now the real path to building around Luka.
🔸 Restricted FA options (Kessler, Duren, Williams, Eason, Watson) considered a "poor Plan A" — current teams expected to match
🔸 Lakers can be aggressive in trades up until June 30
🔸 LeBron's Bird rights = the Lakers can operate as an over-the-cap team
🔸 Their own FA's (LeBron, Reaves, Rui, Kennard, Ayton, Smart, Hayes) are among the BEST on the market
Pelinka's playbook: keep the core, trade for the upgrade. Forget free agency.
nytimes.com/athletic/7359073…
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i wouldn’t mind that, maybe toss in knect too
I know it would be tragic if some team like the lakers got him for idk luke kennard n friends 😏
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That's very true 🧐. I wouldn't go higher than $30 million and I wouldn't go lower than $24 million to get Walker which could be what he could get this summer 🧐.....
Maybe we can finally move Claxton to LA for a Dalton Knect Jared Vanderbilt and draft capital package 🧐....
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Giannis to the Lakers for Vando, Knect, a first, and an autographed LeBron jersey.
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Franz >>> Murray
Knect > Braun (due to contract)
Also picking up cheap solid depth.
All for 2 late picks? This would be a Denver home run.
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Re-sign Ar15 & Rui , Sign & trade Lebron, trade Riu for 1st round draft pick, Dalton Knect for 2nd round pick
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Lakers lure Jalen Duran from the pistons, we sign and trade Austin reaves and dalton Knect to Miami for Tyler Herro and Andrew Wiggins. Resign LeBron. Starting 5 of Luka, Herro, Wiggins, Lebron, Duran. Rui back off the bench, smart, Ayton and whoever else 🙌🏽
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Now I will say they are trying to offload Vando and Knect to create more cap space, but there is no reports or evidence of Gafford trade
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In what I could think is feasible?
Eason-110/4
Reaves-5/190
Bron exception deal
Turn Vando, Knect, a future first, 2 swaps into Rudy if you can be a 3rd team facilitator
Retain Smart, Hayes
Look to sign Isaac, Thybulle, GTJ, Klay off buyout, Melton on minimums
Jun 14
@DOC323123 Paint a picture of ur perfect Lakers offseason…all the signings, contract amounts & players…absolute best case scenario for what LA’s rotation looks like next season
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NEW WILD THREE TEAM MOCK TRADE FROM YAHOO SPORTS
Nuggets receive: Franz Wagner, Goga Bitadze, Jarred Vanderbilt, Dalton Knect and Jake LaRavia
Magic receive: Jamal Murray and Daron Holmes
Lakers receive: Christian Braun, Noah Penda, 46th pick of the 26, and the 49th pick
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We can sign Josh okougie for that cheaper too sign Bruce brown for cheaper melton either way I expect knect to be traded by draft day
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What do you want him to do?
Rebound assist defense and score ?😭
His bench options are Knect Bronny and vando lol
Nowadays winning a chip is all about roaster construction
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They should wait and shed laravia and knect contracts with vando shed 26m lol
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We’ll give y’all Dalton Knect, Vando, Rui and Ayton for all 3 🙂
Jun 13
The Mavericks are open to trading Klay Thompson, PJ Washington, and Daniel Gafford, per @TheSteinLine
“Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford, as we speak, are the veterans that the Mavericks are seen as most open to trading ... with Thompson drawing particular notice now that he's entering the final season of his current contract valued at $17.5 million in 2026-27.”
(Via substack.com/redirect/2/eyJl…)
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They gonna most likely salary dump knect laravia imo that 10m they have to snag 1-2 pieces from free agency and go cheap and get guys like melton brown ,Gary Trent Tim hardway Jr for cheap tbh
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Yup I’m still a Knect believer I don’t think he’s a Allstar but I think he can still be good
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I think 30-35 m 2-3 year deal gets paid later helps them far as building team this Year Lakers should be tryna salary dump knect laravia vando contracts that's 20 m right there or jus laravia knect 10 m
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