I agree with this. Still think the Jazz should’ve offered LA a deal they couldn’t turn down before the season started. Give them 3 quality starters for a pick swap this year and the same top 4 protected pick we ended up with anyways.
Maybe the Lakers still deal with the Wolves at the deadline, but if they had this version of Conley, I’d doubt it.
I really think the Lakers wanted Russell more than any single player we would have offered them. Plus a pre-season deal likely would have included Bogey in it. We actually needed to the cap space we got from the KO trade to make the Westbrook trade happen later on anyways.