Thursday, January 19, 2017
We need to trade Lou and Swaggy P
Now that half the season is over, it's unlikely we will make the playoffs. Both Swaggy and Lou are great players that contenders would die to have.
There are 3 teams who are currently in a top 8 seed in either conference that rank in the bottom 3rd in the league in offense.
21. Sacramento
22. New Orleans
23. Chicago (currently 8th seed in the East)
24. Detroit
25. Orlando
26. Memphis (current 6th seed in the West)
27. Philadelphia
28. Utah (current 5th seed in the West)
29. Miami
30. Dallas
The ones highlighted in bold are current playoff teams
The ones italicized are currently not in a playoff seed but are fighting/close to the 8th seed in their respective conference.
| Team | SG depth | SF depth |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | Arron Afflalo, Ben McLemore, Malachi Richardson | Rudy Gay, Matt Barnes, Omri Casspi |
| New Orleans | E'Twaun Moore, Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans | Solomon Hill, Dante Cunningham, Quincy Pondexter |
| Chicago | Dwyane Wade, Denzel Valentine | Jimmy Butler, Doug McDermott, Paul Zipser |
| Detroit | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Darrun Hilliard, Michael Gbinije | Marcus Morris, Stanley Johnson, Reggie Bullock |
| Memphis | Tony ALlen, James Ennis, Troy Daniels, Andrew Harrison | Chandler Parsons, Vince Carter, Troy Williams |
| Utah | Gordon Hayward, Rodney Hood, Alec Burks | Joe Johnson, Joe Ingles |
Both Swaggy and Lou I feel can fetch a mid-first round pick.
It's too early to determine whether or not D'angelo and/or Ingram will live up to their potential but Mitch RARELY misses on a first round pick. And I'd wager he probably hits on his 2nd round picks more than any other team. Here's a list of our recent 1st rounders
First Round picks since Mitch took over
| Year | Pick | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | Ingram |
| 2015 | 2 | D'Angelo Russell |
| 2015 | 27 | Larry Nance, Jr. |
| 2014 | 7 | Julius Randle |
| 2009 | 29 | Toney Douglas(traded) |
| 2007 | 19 | Javaris Crittenton |
| 2006 | 26 | Jordan Farmar |
| 2005 | 10 | Andrew Bynum |
| 2004 | 27 | Sasha Vujacic |
| 2003 | 24 | Brian Cook |
So we haven't gotten many first round picks in general, but every pick we've had had at least moderate success and was a key piece to some of our teams. The one bust you could argue is Javaris Crittenton but you all know how that worked out for us.
Submitted January 18, 2017 at 02:44PM by sheeeeeez Tags: breaking laker news , laker buzz , Lakers talk
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