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

[F Gump]

I'd rather keep Kyrie than doing this.
That's the Lakers wet dream.
They give nothing and get a Superstar.

Beyond that, I don't think there's an avenue for LA to really fit Kyrie under a hard cap, for practical purposes.

Reaves is a MUST sign for them, almost certainly as a RFA-match. They are out of other options, since they can't offer him more than 12M outright, which also shuts them out of using him as a SNT piece (unless you think he'll accept 12M or less to be sent to play elsewhere).

Once you add Reaves (20?) and Kyrie (40?) to LBJ and AD's existing deals, and add 11 players making minimum, you are at the hard cap or slightly over. Even if they can squeeze in all 4 players, I think they'd see that as a non-starter of a roster.