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

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Yes and no.  If Luka plays more off the ball, yes.  I hope to gawd that's one of Luka's tasks is with Kyrie on board long term he develops a game not so dependent on having the ball in his hands.  But your point is well taken.  Luka's dynamic game makes our needs less stringent.  He's basically a point SF/PF.

I think the discussion around Bagley is more of a scoring big coming off the bench.  With Wood's walking away, we don't have that.  My entire point is that I'd rather have Wood as my 6th man than THJ.  M.Harrell was SMOTY.  You can't convince me he's a better defender than Wood.

Harrell was a monster when he won 6MOTY. He might not be an excellent at-the-rim defender, but his sheer motor,  hustle, and determination made up for it, and won him the award. Wood does not play with the same energy and fire and actually is lazy on that end IMHO. It's a big reason he's still a FA.