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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Thanks for the input.  Hardy role in Atlanta would be 6th man. I agree Hardy and 2 SRP seems light. But, I am not interested in 2027 pick for a back-up center and salary dump, it would impact our flexibility too much, imho. Perhaps, if we get a lottery protected future pick back.

Green might be someone Atlanta would have more interest in, as he is a better fit next to Trae. Holmes+Green straight up? We keep our flexibility going forward and Exum/DJJ take point of attack defender minutes.

I wouldn’t go there.  The lineups where Green plays without THJ work very well.  Between Luka, Kyrie, Exum and Green you have something to build on in the back court.

The things that have to be fixed (mainly defensively) are the non-Lively minutes, most of the THJ minutes and most of the GWill minutes.  82games breaks down O-Rating/D-Rating by position played and also lets you look at the top 20 lineups to see who is in with a player when they play those positions.  It is really hard to find THJ lineups that play any D.  It is really really bad.  He’s one of five guys, so it isn’t all on him, but you can at least find lineups that work with the other guys.

If you could shore up the non-Lively minutes with this deal and shed THJ for just about anything useful, you dramatically improve the D and dramatically improve our prospects.  The core that works is Luka, Kyrie, Green, Exum, DJJ, Lively and (Non-Lively minutes filler) and (THJ Replacement).  You’d like OMax to eventually join that group.  To me, everyone else is fair game.  I wonder if putting GWill in a deal instead of either Maxi or Holmes does anything for Atlanta.