Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[mvossman]

I really hate Lamello, to be transparent. 

I think he fits the description of what's needed here, if you can stomach him and still believe in any sort of upside (he is very young, still). But, although I could be talked into giving him a try, I think the upside of such a gamble is that he'd be a cheaper option than this. I couldn't get behind this type of package for someone whose odds of panning out here I'd put (generously) at 50/50. Gafford, Christie, Thompson AND an unprotected pick? Dan made a good point the other day about how that Lakers pick is looking worse and worse as time goes by, but still...I pass on that.

If you were going to make a trade to go all in with AD/Kyrie, Ball would not be the right target anyways.  You would be tripling down on injury risk and Ball has size but is terrible on defense.  Add in the head case factor and it would be a crazy risk to take when you have Flagg to build around instead.