{"id":7738,"date":"2024-10-05T02:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T02:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2024-10-05T02:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T02:46:41","slug":"lakers-trade-pitch-would-land-3-rotation-pieces-for-massive-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7738","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Trade Pitch Would Land 3 Rotation Pieces for Massive Haul.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2174504391-e1728058727374.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2174504391-e1728058727374.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2174504391-e1728058727374.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2174504391-e1728058727374.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers, Jonas Valanciunas, Malcolm Brogdon\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"773\" data-dom-ready-time=\"831\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Rob Pelinka talking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0started training camp, wrapping up an offseason that didn\u2019t see them make any meaningful moves. However, with the ability to make trades until the trade deadline on February 6, 2025, the Lakers could still improve their team until then.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report proposed an interesting trade to help them do as such. His trade pitch would move a massive haul for\u00a0Malcolm Brogdon,\u00a0Jonas Valanciunas, and more in a three-team deal with the\u00a0Washington Wizards\u00a0and\u00a0Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p><strong>Lakers would get:<\/strong>\u00a0Brogdon, Valan\u010di\u016bnas,\u00a0Jevon Carter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wizards would get:<\/strong>\u00a0D\u2019Angelo Russell,\u00a0Gabe Vincent,\u00a0Jalen Hood-Schifino,\u00a0Christian Wood,\u00a0Cam Reddish, 2029 first-rounder (top-five-protected)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulls would get<\/strong>:\u00a0Johnny Davis,\u00a0Patrick Baldwin Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Lakers\u2019 relationship with Russell is long and tenuous. The 2023 trade that brought him back to L.A. (where he spent his first two seasons) helped the franchise return to the Western Conference Finals,\u201d\u00a0Pincus wrote\u00a0on October 4. \u201cBut Russell\u2019s best skill (shooting) hasn\u2019t translated well to the postseason, and the Lakers have hoped to upgrade defensively at the position\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBrogdon is a career 39.1 percent three-point shooter with more defensive skill than Russell. He\u2019s struggled to stay on the court consistently over his career, but that\u2019s why the Lakers would be able to get him for what they\u2019re giving up. Since the Lakers would have a hard cap at the second apron ($188.9 million) by aggregating contracts, several others, including Vincent, Reddish, Wood and Hood-Schifino, would need to go. L.A. must also add an additional player via free agency to a pro-rated minimum contract earning no more than about $900,00 to get to the required 14.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>LeBron James Was Willing to Accept Pay Cut for Valanciunas<\/h2>\n<p>LeBron James\u00a0opted out of his $51.4 million deal in June. However, he eventually signed a two-year, $101.3 million deal in July.<\/p>\n<p>When James opted out of his contract, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported that he \u201cwould be willing to make a financial sacrifice\u201d for a veteran player. Of those players included Valanciunas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe type of player that James would be willing to make a financial sacrifice for would be an established veteran playmaker such as James Harden\u00a0or\u00a0Klay Thompson, or an established big man to play alongside\u00a0Anthony Davis\u00a0such as\u00a0Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Lakers are unable to entice a player of that ilk to come to L.A. for the MLE, James will seek the max, Paul told ESPN,\u201d\u00a0McMenamin wrote on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>Given that the Los Angeles Lakers know he\u2019s interested in playing with Valanciunas, trading for him makes sense.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How Brogdon and Valanciunas Would Help the Lakers<\/h2>\n<p>As the Los Angeles Lakers attempt to beat the\u00a0Denver Nuggets, they could use as many big bodies as possible to slow down\u00a0Nikola Jokic. While slowing Jokic down is nearly impossible, making it tough for him has to be the Lakers\u2019 goal, at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>Valanciunas could help with that and be the starting five, with\u00a0Anthony Davis moving over to the four full-time.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Brogdon, the Lakers would have their starting point guard if they made this trade due to Russell being moved. Brogdon hasn\u2019t been a full-time starter since 2021-22 but averaged 19.1 points that season.<\/p>\n<p>He also won the 6 Man of the Year Award in 2022-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyRob Pelinka talking The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0started training camp, wrapping up an offseason that didn\u2019t see them make any meaningful moves. 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