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

[mvossman]

Agreed. I want him off this team. 

And it may sound crazy, but i also agree that just losing him for nothing is addition by subtraction. Black hole Hardaway.  He's not a winning player.

If your argument is that on a team with Luka and Kyrie our third best offensive player and third most expensive player needs to be able to play defense or at least be able to distribute the ball, then I would agree.  Its hard to see Tim and his current contract on this team when it becomes a contender (if that ever happens).

But I have no idea how you can make the argument that he is addition by subtraction, especially given all the injuries this team has had.  Who is taking his minutes?  Hardy and Curry are objectively worse basketball players.  The guys clearly better than him are already getting as many minutes as they can handle and many have struggled with injuries.  His on court play is nowhere near addition by subtraction, and if anything his locker room presence would be considered a positive.