Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4232979, member: 1969"] I don't disagree with the Lakers trading Lebron & AD.. but there is a problem as bolded below that will partially reduce its effectiveness. Probably still the right plan however. As an attractive "forced" trade and FA market, the Lakers re-build/re-tool formula is seemingly fairly simple Trade away players (get assets), bottom out (get top picks), and clear cap space for a few years. Then use acquired assets/picks and cap space to get a few elite players. Ready to go hard again in 3 to 4 years. [B]But there is a major problem with the "normal" plan[/B]. They don't hold their pick for 2022, 2023, 2024 if they bottom out, as they either do not hold the pick or there are swap rights. So they won't be able to get top draft picks which is typically the attractive aspect of bottoming out. [/QUOTE]