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

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As Gump pointed out, a big part of what they were doing was shedding cap without anything coming back. In this case, Atlanta is the one shedding cap so it’s different. I agree Holmes is negative asset, but not first round pick negative

Capela is a quality center, but he is expensive, 29 and just had a down year. He is also a guy that could get run off the court in playoffs. I don’t think his value is that high. 

An unprotected first is massive value. Something you use to land a long term piece, Not to upgrade a two year stopgap center

Why do you guys keep arguing as if the deal is just the unprotected for Capela, or just the unprotected to get off of Holmes contract or just the unprotected for getting off of McGee. It would go a long way to try and prove your point if you would argue the deal as a whole as opposed to that way. I really feel like I’m taking crazy pills here.

As far as the unprotected being worth a lot. Sure, I take into account that our team may be fully turned over in 27. I also take into account that the odds of Luka staying and our team being a top team in the west by then as a great possibility (while Luka not being here as a much lower possibility) especially if we keep him happy by bringing in guys that will help him get and stay in the top 4 teams in the conference. I think that deal does that pretty easily. After that, we have 2 picks and THJ’s AND Capela’s expiring contracts to make the team even better.

Making the best team now helps us to maintain that team as the young guys develop. I think it’s a no brainer to send out 1 unusable and 1 maybe usable player out for a highly usable player. A guy that will at the very least help us get HCA and past the first round. Past that, there will probably be other options that might be better, but that alone keeps Luka happy. As is, we probably are fighting to stay out of the play-in with a chance of losing 1 game to not make the playoffs at all. I take the most likely guaranteed playoff spot every day and twice on Sunday.