(07-05-2022, 01:49 PM)F Gump Wrote: 3 Westbrook doesn't really help your roster building. He's junk on your bench for a year, then gone. But the others might at some point.
I'd do junk for junk if it meant getting off of Bertans, but Powell + Bertans doesn't get you there and we don't have the additional salary filler that would make both feel comfortable. I think the Lakers might actually appreciate Bertans as lord knows they could use some shooting but you still might need to tip them for the contract. It's that fine line between some value and too much value which THJ crosses. THJ and Bertans could solve their shooting woes and they have been pursuing Buddy (very similar player to THJ). I don't know if that would make them reconsider draft compensation, probably not. Is that good asset management? I dunno. Could you use Westbrook in a future trade? He certainly has no love for Cuban.