28 Feb 2016 05:23:58
Lakers offseason if we land in top three

Trade Russell Randle top three pick for cousins
Trade #32 for Andrew Nicholson?
33 mill guaranteed now around 55-58 mill to spend

Sign beal max
Sign batum over 20 mill per
Resign clarkson around 12 mill

PG clarkson/ FA
SG beal/ young
SF batum or Barnes/ Nicholson
PF Trade/ nance
C cousins/ black.

1.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 05:44:06
Nicholson is a free agent and I think it would have to be top 2 for kings to do trade.

2.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 07:28:31
Theking: good ideas, but I agree with NBA, the pick may need to be top 2 for this deal to work.

3.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 13:06:17
Nowhere near value for Cousins, not sure Lakers have assets to get him, considering their pick situation, and Russel being only really valuable player they have.

4.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 13:53:22
Wo wo wo.

Trade the young core? What!

5.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 14:57:06
If it's for a star, very good player etc. I'm all for it.

6.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 15:48:47
Just one question for all posting this kind of Cousins trades - don't you think Lakers, Celtics, Magic, or basically any other team then, conidering proposed assets, would allready traded for him?
If LAL could have him for this, don't you think he'd be wearing gold and purple couple months ago?

7.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 16:11:24
Realeast: the difference is the picks are unknowns until after the lottery. And since there is a big drop off after the top two picks, that causes a huge fluctuations in value for the Lakers or Celtic ( nets) top picks. The picks are much more valuable of you know its Simmons or Ingram.

8.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 16:32:26
Unless it is Simmons, its still not enough. And if it is Simmons he hardly gets traded.
And as it was pointed out already, there is almost same chance for pick to fall at no. 1.-3., as it falls out of it. Nets, and especially Magic pick, are hardly possible to end up at no.1.
It's OK for dream scenario to consider it, but at the same time, it's just not plausible to discuss something THAT improbable, constantly.

9.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 16:43:40
Lakers say no keep young players sign Whiteside.

10.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 17:23:17
Whiteside and Randle will NOT work. As stated before, Whiteside needs a solid PF counterpart to help out when he goes for blocks. If you look, Whiteside gets a lot of blocks, clearly, but it comes at the expense of solid coverage. Randle, no matter if you like him or not, is not the type of PF that would be able to provide good help d consistently.

I also agree with realeast. These teams would likely have made the trade already if this was even in the rhelm of possibility.

The one issue with the lakers is this though. they can't trade the pick until after the pick. IF they get the pick this year, they don't have their 2017 or 2019 pick. So while they may have loved to trade the pick already, they simply can't because of how they traded their future picks.

Also, I just don't see the Kings agreeing to that trade. They don't have interest in randle. Russell is nice, but thus far is not this mind-blowing prospect. I think he will be good in this league, just not sure if he will be GREAT. The most desireable piece is the pick. but if it isn't Simmons. they get Ingram, who is very nice, but again a risk, or they get the 3 pick, which lord knows is a full on gamble in this draft. Just not that appealing when you are trading a franchise cornerstone, on a great contract, in his prime.

11.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 18:15:28
I think a trade hasn't been made already is because the Kings are trying to make the playoffs. They need to show improvement and have a good team starting next year when they open their new arena.

They've been flirting with the #8 seed for a while and are currently 4 games back. If they don't make the playoffs this year, I think they're more likely to trade Boogie. Still don't know if they do, but they're not giving up on this season yet, and trading Cousins would be a full rebuild.

12.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 18:30:25
I hate to say it but doenst that just make them the Kings? The Kings team that can barely win now? I mean it's absolutely a better team with cousins if you can get him for that return but I just don't know if it's enough to do wat lakers fans are used to seeing. A championship caliber team.

13.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 19:19:35
Going in rebuild doesn't mean basically giving away your best player (s) ; if they decide so, Kings can get much much better return.

14.) 28 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 22:18:54
I agree and disagree with you TreGib. Cousins alone will not make the Lakers a championship caliber team. But he can attract other top-tier free agents on the Lakers. Nobody is signing with the Kings.

15.) 29 Feb 2016
28 Feb 2016 23:03:50
Huh? #32 pick for Nicholson?

16.) 29 Feb 2016
29 Feb 2016 02:55:19
The only 2 teams with the assets to trade for Cousins is either the Magic or Celtics.

17.) 29 Feb 2016
29 Feb 2016 15:39:14
New lakers.

I don't see cousin attracting anyone to be honest. He's a great player but a terrible teammate. In fact he's not very liked around the league if you listen to some of the comments by other players. Stunts like throwing the ball off of Chris Paul's head really hurts his reputation. This is just one of the many incidents he's had in the past. Imagine how he acts behind the scenes? I wouldn't want to play with him to be honest. There's other place to win if you a star in this league.

18.) 29 Feb 2016
29 Feb 2016 17:12:32
Very interesting off-season! I could see the Lakers trading their youth for stars in the middle of their career, to justify their extremely high ticket prices to fans that have grown up on success. Three years ago I'd have said this was very feasible, but as we have seen, the NBA has changed so that glamour cities don't always rule free agency [aside - I remember reading an exchange between Laker fans last year on how they would manage both Kevin Love and Aldridge]. But let's suppose that with the head start in location, that attracting other stars gets the free agents to come. I just have two concerns.

First, I agree with other posters that you'd need to have a top two pick to get Cousins. I hate to admit it, because I hate the guy (. And I so love Wesley Johnson! ) . The pieces are the right age, because I think SAC would rebuild. Only problem is that it's a little light on value, and potential star power. I think if SAC got this offer, they'd ask the other 28 teams if they could beat it, and someone would if it was the third pick. Maybe not with the second.

The other thing is that I don't think you can fit Beal, Batum and Clarkson under $58 mil. Neal's max is $21, Batum's is $25, I think Clarkson will get bigger offers that LAL would have to match to keep him.

19.) 29 Feb 2016
29 Feb 2016 18:24:07
@Tre, you keep forgetting that players avoid Sacramento not because of Boggie, but because they are Kings, the worst organization in the league by far, from bad draft picks, to poor FA signings, poor trades, and disastrous personnel decisions.
Secondly, Boogie is specific character, but has improved a lot, mere fact he is still in SAC speaks enough of it. Also, when he punches the basket construction, it is shaking foregrounds of the NBA, but when LeBron rips sleeves on special jersey, that's protest. Double standards.
BTW, I think his teammates love him.