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

[Knutsen]

I’m fine with doing this approach. Within reason though. Teams that get to our current position often screw if all up by going all in on some overrated veteran name and it almost always blows up in their face. Beal, Westbrook Lakers, Westbrook Rockets, Lillard, Lowry, Gobert, Durant. Teams just can’t help themselves and they get greedy and all of those windows shut immediately after making that big move. 

I much prefer what the Celtics have done. Make a trade every year or so using 1 single FRP. If it costs more than that, it’s a stupid deal no matter what 

More bites at the apple. More smart frugal decisions. More growing our own young players

To add to your point: by having Kyrie as our second best and most important player our window can close any time for that season because of his injury history. So putting all our chips on the table for one year is a very risky bet und could backfire like it did for the Clippers the last few years. That‘s also true for this season by the way, let’s hope he stays healthy for the next weeks. Would I bet my own money on it? Never.