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THT bench warmer application thread

Handlogten's Heros said:
How about JC to LA, Vincent and DLo to Utah... we get the pick unprotected plus a second. Gets LA under the tax and saves them cash next year. We hopefully have a trade to send DLo for an expiring contract... I don't want him.
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Sure, but I would think the Lakers want to add players without subtracting.

D'Lo is having a fine season. So switching him out for JC is potentially a negative move. At least with adding Sexton you're getting more scoring and more lineup options for when Cam/Prince are giving you nothing on offense.

The real player they *need* (though given how they acted last year when we tried to gift them Conley/Bogey I'm not sure they know this) is Simone.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Can we make it JC instead. I just think Sexton playing hard gives us something cool to watch and will help with the team enthusiasm during a rebuild.
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I get that, even as a Sexton hater his past month of play has changed my opinion on him to some degree, but I still think it would be smart business to sell high on him.

I just dont think he's a playoff player. He was mediocre as a 6th man but he can't be a starter on a playoff team with aspirations of getting out of the first round.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Sure, but I would think the Lakers want to add players without subtracting.

D'Lo is having a fine season. So switching him out for JC is potentially a negative move. At least with adding Sexton you're getting more scoring and more lineup options for when Cam/Prince are giving you nothing on offense.

The real player they *need* (though given how they acted last year when we tried to gift them Conley/Bogey I'm not sure they know this) is Simone.
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They only shop name brand. Wouldn't even know what to do with a "Fonztekkeo?".

Pelinka's job should be fairly easy... and yet he hasn't figured it out.

I just figured if they wanted Sexton they'd want JC and the money this year and next is a big part of the deal.
 
Simone should be this massive trade piece IMO.

If I was a contender and I had an interesting rookie contract player who couldnt make my rotation, I would be calling Utah about swapping him out for Simone.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, but Mike Conley should have been name brand!
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I just think about how much better they could have been with Mike and Bogey... both sides should have figured that out.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I get that, even as a Sexton hater his past month of play has changed my opinion on him to some degree, but I still think it would be smart business to sell high on him.

I just dont think he's a playoff player. He was mediocre as a 6th man but he can't be a starter on a playoff team with aspirations of getting out of the first round.
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I think his issues as 6th man were in part due to how he was being used and also just a shooting slump. I don't think he has to start to give you this type of production.

I can't decide if it would be selling high or if we roll to the end of the season and he keeps this up if he'd be worth a bunch more. I don't think what he is doing is unsustainable.
 
Douchebag K said:
It’s a little simplistic to just say “THT benched and now they’re playing so much better”. Like it has nothing to do with the schedule primarily, some injuries, and improvement by a couple of guys. As far as I can see we have had a handful of reasonably interchangable mediocre players who haven’t known what role they were trying to play. If THT hadn’t gotten hurt he’s likely still playing 20 mins and continuing his good play from his last 8-10 games.

The notion that he stopped playing and therefore we started playing is pretty lame. I mean we barely got past Detroit.

Wait till we go 0-4 and then likely 2-10 in the coming games and it’ll be interesting to see who people blame them. The schedule is horrific and I think things will get ugly pretty quickly
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THT was honestly playing fine. I just don't think the combo of Sexton+THT works, it always felt like a situation where you had to pick one or the other....especially if you're dead set on playing Keyonte. Dunn isn't a great player, but he fits what we needed like a glove. THT is just the odd man out.
 
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