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

[omahen]

I agree with most of this, but the DJJ thing is based on a small sample.  He is career 32% from 3 and was 34 this season.  He has had a nice run in the playoffs so far, but my guess is that if we go deep enough he is going to regress to his averages.  I feel like he is somebody we could upgrade without getting a star.

Agree on the 6th man need. Exum has been so disappointing.  This is probably higher priority than 5th starter unless we can't hold on to DJJ.  Also agree on Grant.  Gives me a little bit of Kuz vibes.

DJJ is a low volume shooter and defenses will be leaving him open while concentrating on the stars and the paint. He is shooting just a bit over 2 threes per game so far in the playoffs. Key is if he can contribute without shooting and he has been so far. Good in transition, had some really nice cuts in a couple of games. He shot 12 threes in total and 22 two pointers. He is scoring almost 10 ppg (that is with a zero in game 1), which would be his career high over regular season. If he can keep this up, I would rather do whatever is needed to keep him than pay assets for Thybulle or Caruso.