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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Bogan is a better offense player and would make the offense better, and he is bigger and we need more size, but what we really need is defense and rebounding and Bojan doesn't really provide either.  I mean I would be fine with swapping the two, but I'm not interested in sending out significant assets to do it.  We would still be a very good offensive team that has major issues with defense and rebounding and not that much closer to contending.

Yeah, there is a number out there that when we hold teams under 120 D-Rating we are undefeated (120 is basically the worst team in the league defensively).

The question is how you get there.  The major difference between Bojan and THJ is Bojan is a creator for himself and for others and you aren't giving up anything in terms of 3 point shooting.  If you have any two of Luka, Kyrie and Bojan on the floor, you can run 3 defenders at the other positions.  You can't say that for THJ as he shoots, but requires another ball handler to be on the floor if you want two of them.

So, pick any two of the ball handlers (Luka, Kyrie or Bojan) and a center (Lively for 30 and Stewart for 18?) and then you have some combo of Exum, Green, DJJ, OMax, GWill and maybe 12 minutes from Stewart as the starting PF.  That's a lot of bodies occupying the two defensive wing roles.  I think this helps the defense even if Bojan and THJ are dead even as bad defenders.  It is the expansion of the offensive role that Bojan accomplishes that makes the D better, not Bojan the defender IMHO.