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

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Is this them coding that they want Maxi in any Wiggins deal?

Ugh I'm terrified of Wiggins and his seemingly disinterest in basketball. Feel like that would be season killer.

I'm not a fan at all of getting Wiggins. He isn't good at anything anymore (lousy D, meh rebounder, bad scoring pcts, bad defense) and his contract is sizable. His PER is below 9, and his WS is a negative (ie, he makes your team worse to play him). It feels like he stopped caring, once he got his new contract.

If his game rebounds, I don't think you'd get a player worth committing $109M for 4 years. He's not even an MLE-level value now, and it's really questionable you can turn him into an MLE value. Given the $109M due and the hard cap world now, I'd pass, and for me it's not even borderline.