7 first round picks and guaranteed awful for the next two (supposed) super drafts. But yeah, it's a pretty great deal for the Lakers. Not well thought out or serious. I just tried to make something work.
Im crushed
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I get it. Anything 4 team is going to be hard. I just dont know why any of the 3 other teams need the Lakers involved other than those 2 mythical picks. Maybe Im missing it but I think you can get whats needed with just us, TOR and GS.
Just an FYI... I was not doubting you at all. Was just saying I didn't remember. When you mentioned a fake trade with Toronto weeks back I just assumed you were doing the "kuminga seems like the Massai type" thing. And even though it doesn't make sense to me.. if they have interest (which it seems they do) then I'd be having that convo with them.There are many articles that say the same thing, this is just one. If you do a google search for articles in January you will see a ton of them. The rumor mill was hot because it became even more obvious that Siakam would be traded once OG was traded. OG trade was completed Dec 30. Kuminga for Siakam was a well known rumor. Paul George even talked about it on his podcast.
Warriors reportedly don't want to trade Kuminga for Siakam (or anyone), Toronto's options limited
Sources told NBC Sports there is no traction toward a Siakam trade anywhere at this point.
And just for reference to what I was saying, these are Kuminga's numbers before and after Jan 1. If they liked him at the beginning of Jan, they probably still really him now. The IND 26 pick is like 1/3 or less of the value of the actual trade so I'd assume that would be very easy to get for Kuminga.
Before: 22 MPG - 12.5/4.0/1.3 - 50/29/67 - 57% TS
After: 30 MPG - 18.6/5.3/2.9 - 54/35/79 - 61% TS
We've got a lot of down payments out there now.I was just giving some credence to what I was saying before. We'll never know for sure if TOR would have preferred Kuminga+Paul to the IND package because Kumigna was never on the table....but I think it stands to reason that it's somewhat close and that if they liked Kuminga then, they also like him now given his significantly better play. IND 26 + Brown is like half the value of what they got for Siakam so I also think that's extremely gettable. Situations are fluid, but I can't see a world in which their valuation of Kuminga has dropped by like half. Personally, I prefer keeping Kuminga, but I do think something like that is on the table if we want to redirect him.
We also made a down payment to them, so factor that into the deal as well
I think this is kinda badass TBH. I don’t think the Warriors are actually trying to offload Wiggins necessarily, and the Jazz need to take on salary to get to the floor. I’m gonna take a stab at doing my own version of this basic framework but I honestly think this is killer.
