The Lakers must decide on Nick Smith Jr.'s team option by June 29.
Keith Smith reports L.A. could decline it to create cap space but may keep him if they stay over the cap.
Smith averaged 6.2 PPG and shot 39.5% from three in 30 games. Should they pick up his option?
@C_A_R_L_A_M_A_R Ok, but those options aren't available. S&T are more difficult than it sounds. Luka himself wants to keep AR, so you want to piss off your star? There is a world where you can win in today's NBA with that backcourt.
LAKERS, CLEAR THE BOOKS!
Renounce LeBron, and Reaves— S&T Rui for Walker Kessler on a 4yr/$145M–$160M, sending Vando’s 12.4M to a 3rd team, creating over $60M in cap.
offer Peyton Watson,
4 Years, $100M
offer, Tari Eason,
4 Years, $92M
Luka
Smart
Watson
Eason
Kessler
He's said to be the oldest in the world at just 408 years.
But there's Imu who's said to be over 800 years old..
Is oda losing his touch or am I missing something?
@LifeEnjoyer455@LakeShowYo It's not that teams value him low, they don't actually..... him and Luka made the highest scoring backcourt in the league this season. Its that, only the Lakers can give him the 240mil max. Others can only offer 178.5mil
@LakeShowYo Why do people value Reaves so low? Hes proven he can be a 3 level scorer and primary ball handler. His defense isnt great but neither is half of the league’s Superstars. I feel like 40-45 mil per year for AR is great. Its in the same range as Hali/Murray which is fair to me.
@vbhki6746@lalakersuk@hoopshype We absolutely need a 2 way SG tho
And out of the ones you mentioned only AR, Smart and Bronny Will be Lakers next year
And Luka is 6'8, he is not a guard
UPDATE: The Lakers are reportedly working out Meleek Thomas (SG, Arkansas) ahead of the draft, per @hoopshype.
Thomas is the highest-ranked prospect (No. 26) publicly linked to the Lakers on any reported workout list so far.
#LakeShow
@LAemz@PlayoffDude Someone who actually understands what sign & trade is. AR already stated that he wants to be on a winning roster, so the Nets are out. Detroit is your biggest possibility for that scenario. Still, you can win with a Luka AR backcourt
this is rlly hard tho. if a s&t were to happen, it’s because reaves wants to sign with the team. for the sake of the argument, lets say reaves wants to sign with the nets and wants the max, he needs the lakers help to get that done. issue is, who on the nets is actually a needle mover and compensates losing reaves? you can’t js say let’s s&t him for jb bc reaves can simply say no, and even in the case that he says yeah, boston need to be willing to do that trade.
unless it’s a team that can give u significant compensation for reaves, a s&t isn’t in the lakers best interest
I’m not an Austin Reaves hater, man. Just because I think the Lakers should explore sign-and-trade options if it means getting a better player doesn’t mean I hate Reaves. In fact, I hope he takes a small discount so the Lakers can build a legit roster around him and Luka next season. We can’t afford to waste their primes.
@BeLiKeDime@TheDunkCentral@DanWoikeSports I think it's good. the new draft rules don't benefit Brooklyn to be the worst team in the league, and Lakers fans were ready to ship out reaves when he underperformed vs OKC
The Brooklyn Nets are expected to offer Austin Reaves a full max contract in free agency, per @DanWoikeSports
“Multiple front-office sources around the league, granted anonymity to freely discuss an opposing player, expect Reaves to have interest from the Brooklyn Nets, with a four-year, $178.5 million contract expected to be offered.”
(Via nytimes.com/athletic/73503…)
@Rahimuwk I believe Riboku LET Shin go on in. The oh so special strategy. He recognizes Mouten as a threat and KyouKai by herself, but the biggest thorn in his side has been Shin. So why not let him go through, see Kantan wide open and then trap him between an Army and Kantan
لماذا يقول الجميع ان شين ما زال غبيا وانه وقع فى الفخ مثل الابله
ماذا لو شعر شين بالفخ ف تلك الصورة لذا اراد التقدم للامام .الطبيعى انه يفعل العكس وينتظر المساعده من كيوكاى وموتين
لكن ماذا لو اراد التقدم مثلما فعل كانكى ف غيان رغم علمه بوجود خطب ما ⬇️
#Kingdom#kingdom878
@Rahimuwk I feel you, except for the last page and them only having 10,000 left doesn't make any sense. Now them falling into this trap is on Ten. Really thinking and believing Riboku put all his eggs in the basket of the 2 defensive walls
اتى هذا الاستنتاج على بالى ربما اراد هارا اثبات ان منطق كانكى وتفكيره سوف يضع ريبوكو ف خطر كما حدث سابقا وان الانتقام لكانكى سوف يحدث بفضل ارثه لشين
اما عن التنفيذ
ماذا لو ارسل شين رسول ل يوكو يوكو بالاختباء ف محيط ااعاصمة والانتظار او مارون عندها مع مساعدة كيوكاى وقدوم موتين
Ravens tight end room:
2025: Mark Andrews, Isaiah Likely, Charlie Kolar, Patrick Ricard
2026 (projected): Mark Andrews, Durham Smythe, Matt Hibner, Josh Cuevas
@w1r_ll Why would the failure be on Shin when he literally has a strategist right next to him, luckily Kyoukai is there, so they're not totally f***ed. Ten does need to plan better
@QRE7_q I would moreso say the siege was a forced move by Shin and Ten. If I was Ten I would've waited a bit in the distance, Kantan by itself was too much go ahead and siege it. Too easy of a move. This is more of failure on her part. She is the strategist
#حرق_كينقدوم
أي واحد يقول إن شين حاط بباله هجوم ريبوكو فهو بشكل رسمي رمى كتابة هارا للشخصية بعرض الحائط.
شين غرائزي وليس استراتيجي فهو لا يقدر الأمور قبل حدوثها بل يتصرف بوسط المعمعة.
لو كان هناك عقل مدبر -ولا أظن ذلك- فهو شوهيكن.
ومن صدمة موتين واضح هالشيء خرج من حسبتهم.
Thoughts on this Giannis to Lakers pitch?
Sports Illustrated’s Jayesh Pagar cited Eric Pincus’ trade proposal:
Lakers receive:
Giannis Antetokounmpo
$12.4M trade exception
$4.2M trade exception
Bucks receive:
Austin Reaves (Sign and Trade)
Jarred Vanderbilt
Jake LaRavia
Dalton Knecht
Nick Smith Jr.
2031 first-round pick
2032 protected pick swap
The problem is obvious.
Reaves is the key piece Milwaukee would actually care about, but @SInow notes Luka has reportedly made it clear he wants to keep playing with Reaves and would not want him included in a Giannis deal.
Giannis next to Luka would be insane.
But are you willing to move the one young player Luka reportedly wants to keep?
Dream fit?
#LakeShow
@AniManga1129 He literally had to earn it and then die, if you paid attention, they mention that the fruit always alluded them. So they were other users before, but couldn't awaken the fruit. So it follows the same principle as the rest of the fruits, you can have it, but not awaken it