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

[Dundalis]

I looked up PJW numbers on B-R, and frankly, I don't see what would make me want to pay him anywhere close to 20M a year. It's a big pile of meh.

FG% 44 meh
3p FG% 35 meh
Corner 3s 35 yuck
TS%  54 meh
Def Rtg 116 meh
Reb rate (where 20% is good) 8 yuck
Reb/36  5.4 yuck
PER 12.9 meh
Height (for a C/PF) 6-7 yuck

He's a spare at almost everything you'd want him to be good at -- shooting, defense, rebounding, height. I don't see a selling point, and for his asking price there should be a lot of them.

I would say you are looking at him in a year where he took on a significantly larger role on offense for a garbage Hornets team when Ball and Oubre Jnr missed a lot of games. He was basically the 1st/2nd option. When he had a role actually suited to his abilities (his first 3 years), all those numbers look much better. Which would obviously be more along the lines of what role he would play in Dallas.

He's probably not ideal at this point, but I think he's clearly better than Williams, is also just 24 years old, and you could easily relegate Williams to the bench unit which is basically what he's been his whole career. I mean it's not like anything about Grant Williams stats look particularly good for a starting role but everyone is fine penciling him in. If we can't get an Allen, Gafford or similar talent at the 5, I'd do the trade for him if we can avoid giving up any of the young guys.