ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

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I have been advocating for this for days.  But I also want LAL's 2026 unprotected 1st, lottery protected 2028 and swaps in 2025, 2027.

Armed with Westbrook's expirer and a war chest of firsts, there's no one they can't bid on.

This is a reasonable approach -- and it's also why Westbrook is still a Laker. And why he's very likely to stay one.

LA wants to get rid of him in the worst way .... but they don't want to pay a pick to make it happen. Not even a single pick. But no other team wants WB either -- he's a cancer on the floor (not intentionally, because he plays hard, but he's ball dominant and an awful shooter) and he still sees himself as a star and deserving to play long, important minutes. Combine that reality with his MASSIVE contract, and teams generally have no interest (unless LA is willing to bribe them).

But LA wants to keep their picks. They know what we all know, which is that their 'sell by' date on Lebron and AD is coming fast, and they have nothing else.