Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[mvossman]

I think what this pick says is "we're going to play Lively some, ready or not." I think he's 15-20 minutes per, minimum. 

Don't care in the slightest whether or not that hurts the team's immediate prospects to compete, really. I hope it doesn't, but on the other hand, I'm so sick of trying to figure out ways to string zero assets together to make a trade for players who will obviously cost a lot of assets, I'm simply ready to start over. And, I think the earlier they bite the bullet and do that, the more likely they'll still have Luka on the other side of this mess.

Don't disagree with this.  My biggest issue is not necessarily with the idea of going partial rebuild, my issue is that the Kyrie trade does not make sense in that context.  We gave away assets to get him, and his massive salary will potentially hamper additional asset acquisitions.  If we are going down a 2-3 year rebuild process, not sure how Kyrie fits with that.