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

[SleepingHero]

PatBevFunny

It's pretty scary how desperate the Hawks are for any sort of wing defense. 

The Mavs weren't that far off from the same fate. I remember pining for guys like House/Nerlens/Morris etc. who just hit the waiver wire in the hopes they could fill the holes on the team. Now? I'm pretty content. 

Somehow Nico/Lindsay has rebuilt this team getting:
Kyrie, Gafford, PJ, Lively, OMax, DJJ, Hardy, and Exum 
for 
DFS, Dinwiddie, Holmes, Bullock, Curry, Bertans, 2027 FRP, 2028 FRP (swap), 2029 FRP, 2030 FRP (swap), 2024 2nd, and a 2028 2nd. 

That is by far and away a masterclass. This team is by no means perfect. The health is a serious concern. There are risks everywhere. But I can say for certain this team is younger and deeper than ever. They are dynamic. They are athletic. They can play big. They can play small. And it blows me away looking around the league seeing that most teams have traded just those amounts of picks for guys like Kyrie alone. Of course Kyrie was that cheap because of good reasons, but somehow Nico/Lindsay got an entire roster for the same price PHX paid for KD and Wolves paid for Gobert. 

It's been said before but I keep needing to write it out because it is SO impressive the guys they've gotten in the aggregate. Losing Brunson for nothing, the KP trade, the Delon Wright trade, the JRich trade, the JJ Reddick trade. So many missteps all patched over by 5 great trades.