>We're committed in the long run to Bron and AD. Trading them
>when they just signed deals here is horrendous optics, anyway.
>But they're already Laker legends and despite this year - they
>really are franchise cornerstones. Bron is probably retiring a
>Laker (I GUESS that Bronny thing might happen elsewhere, and
>perhaps he retires a Cav, but I doubt it)
>
>You take the good with the bad with AD.

Yeah, there's way too much bad IMO for him to be worth it.

He needs to go.

I'm under no illusions that any of this happens, to be clear. But AD's good/bad balance shifts far too heavily to the bad IMO.

>The Westbrook trade was probably the most obvious error. I
>certainly don't think Buddy Hield would have made this team
>have a better record right today given the injuries, etc. But
>we're stuck with what we've got - which is most of the cap
>tied up in Bron/AD/Westbrook. THT probably has little value -
>but if Rob can flip him for something worthwhile, I'll be
>surprised (all these dumb Laker fans thinking we're going to
>get someone super impactful are just embarrassing).

That's a huge error. I'm conflicted, because I think Russ' talent made that one obvious. I think the guys we traded are being overvalued in hindsight, in part due to an over-zealous disdain for Russ. There's not a lot we could have gotten for that package, and Russ was way over value talent wise.

But the fit is what it is.

But seeing that DeRozan was on the table, seeing what happened with him in CHI, it stings a bit more. There's no telling whether he would have hit the same here though.

>Blowing the team up will, and should, have serious free agency
>implications moving forward.

Eh. Doubtful. But maybe.