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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 4555090, member: 767"] The total high wire act would be something where the Lakers were super desperate and would trade Russ and the 2 1's for Kyrie and Joe Harris. Then maybe you can reroute one of those 1's somewhere else to get some more help before the deadline. You could go forward with Russ and whoever you got in the trade for the rest of the season. It's not as good as having Kyrie (at least on paper, and assuming he would show up and play and all that stuff). You get off Harris for next year, you'd have Simmons and Durant making about $84 million between the two of them, but you would have some room and could theoretically maneuver to put a team around KD if he wanted to stick around. And if not, you can still always trade KD for a ton of picks. [/QUOTE]