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

[ItsGoTime]

I agree with the sentiment of putting the best teams around Luka in order to lower the value of the picks we are sending out.  But that 27 pick is 4 years away.  I don't see it likely that Capela will be helping to lower the value of that pick.  I would much rather send the pick out for a younger player that has more chance to be contributing to lowering the pick's value in 4 years.

I think the experience Luka (and the rest of our youngsters) would most likely get by constantly getting to later rounds of the playoffs would pay off huge dividends 4 years from now. I think that stopgap is worth it alone. I said this when I created and championed the Capela pick swap trade idea, that Cap can play out his contract as the starter for 2 years, then sign an appropriate high level bench C contract and back up Lively when he is ready. 

In my world, Cap retires a Mav going from starter, to bench, to deep bench. In 4 years we could have a starting lineup of Luka/Green/OMax/GWill/Lively with Hardy as super 6th man. All of them are seasoned playoff performers by then. That team doesn’t take any more assets to create. 

Maybe a couple of them are used to get the 2nd superstar, maybe OMax IS that superstar. Maybe a couple of them don’t pan out as hoped and we use our other assets (in 4 years we’ll only have the 29 left to convey after the 27 draft) to replace them and we’ll have had picks in 25 and 26 for Nico to work more magic with.

Bottom line is, I would do it, I think it makes great sense. I see there are plenty here that wouldn’t. 

Question? Let’s say Nico pulled the trigger on that exact deal. How many of you (you and all those liking the opposite side’s posts) would be flipping sides and defending the FO from all the hate that would ensue?