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

[mvossman]

Regarding Hardaway it will be interesting to see what happens with him.  I was thinking Hardy would be our sixth man this year....and be good in that role.  If Hardaway and Curry are both here, I will probably need to change that opinion.   I do think SF is a worry.   Not that I don't hope Green will take another step this year, but do you feel confident in him in a playoff series against Paul George or Lebron?   I am not sure if it is wise to count on that for him yet.  

Taking salary length and size out of it, I wonder who you choose over the following:

Hardaway or Gordon Hayward
Hardaway or Bojan
Hardaway or DFS
Hardaway or Royce O'neal
Hardaway or Jonathan Isaac

I am not sure Hardaway gets any of those (probably with the exception of Isaac), but I wonder if you think any are a better fit (salary aside)

It would be a PF guarding Lebron (probably Williams with some Omax).  I think your concerns is why we tried to get Thybulle.  He would provide another point of attack defender and somebody that could guard George.  If we had managed that, it would make sense to try to send Timmy out.  As it is right now, I think we would be stretched a little thin if we ship out Timmy for a non-wing.  If we are replacing Tim, you could make an argument for DFS or O'neal.  Isaac is a different conversation.  If you ended up trading Tim for a center, then I think you go get Derrick Jones Jr.