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

[mvossman]

This is an interesting trade. If Kuz is the excrement sandwich you have to eat to get Gafford, then so be it. And he does have 6th man potential if he were good with that role. Gafford is an excellent addition.  But to get them, it’s going to take something more like THJ, Holmes, Hardy, Omax, and the 1st.  In the short run, that’s a swap of THJ for Gafford and Kuz, a no brainer. Holmes and Hardy have no on court value. Omax has potential and is hard to give up, but maybe you consider it here. It really comes down to over the next three years whether you’d  rather have Omax and THj or Kuz and Gafford.

If you don’t like Kuz and his contract, that’s an insane package for a backup center. Your last sentence is ignoring the first you gave up.