2023 TRADE DEADLINE MEGATHREAD
- Thread starter Tetsujin
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I had actually identified Love as an off season target for a bench role earlier this season. He can't play defense but is generally still considered a good shooter, rebounder and passer and high iq. I really haven't paid attention to the Cavs this year but is he out of the rotation? He is an expiring so not sure what the incentive would to cut him be unless its a luxury tax situation.
I'm convinced that Holmes > Metu. When it looked for a minute - couple seasons back in limited minutes - that Metu had real stretch-4 potential that would have given him a significant advantage over Holmes (and meant he could now have shared the floor w/Domas). But that was a blip and now Metu hardly takes 3's, which is for the best. Would love to see Holmes get those min behind Domas. Would love to see our other backups 5's get occasional matchup-based runs too, for that matter.
Flat out, the Lyles/Metu combo is total feast or famine. They'll go on an offensive run, then give it back and more in a flash. Holmes isn't the greatest defender by any stretch but Brown consistently yanks Metu in and out for a reason. Metu can defend but the effort is way up and down. Plus on switches teams are going to lick their chops. We never got to see Lyles in that backup slot after looking like a great mismatch late in that big win. Oh well.
So.
DEN- Gets: Thomas Bryant, Trades: Bones Hyland
MEM- Gets Luke Kennard
LAC- Gets Bones, EG, Plumlee,
Pelicans- Gets: Josh Richardson
Lakers get: DAR-Bamba-Vandy-Beasley
PHX gets KD
DAL gets Kyrie
Blazers get Thybulle
So the Lakers, PHX absolutely cleaned up, LAC really improved their bench but not for any individual major needle mover and DAL is risking Kyrie the experience. Everyone else overall pretty bleh in terms of their deadline improvements.
Perhaps we're more so freaking out because all 3 teams below us are 3 teams that really pushed all-in to make a run. The Lakers Imo are just too far outside of us at this point to be overtly worried about.
DEN- Gets: Thomas Bryant, Trades: Bones Hyland
MEM- Gets Luke Kennard
LAC- Gets Bones, EG, Plumlee,
Pelicans- Gets: Josh Richardson
Lakers get: DAR-Bamba-Vandy-Beasley
PHX gets KD
DAL gets Kyrie
Blazers get Thybulle
So the Lakers, PHX absolutely cleaned up, LAC really improved their bench but not for any individual major needle mover and DAL is risking Kyrie the experience. Everyone else overall pretty bleh in terms of their deadline improvements.
Perhaps we're more so freaking out because all 3 teams below us are 3 teams that really pushed all-in to make a run. The Lakers Imo are just too far outside of us at this point to be overtly worried about.
When/if the Pels get Zion back, that stumbling block in the West might become a brick wall. If Fox keeps being Fox and the Kings can get some of that 3 point magic back they should be able to compete with anyone for the majority of the game. I mean, there's no way to put it as anything other than uh oh on paper. The Suns are a super team, and the teams we were hoping would possibly go the other direction and into the draft sweepstakes just swerved right into the Kings path. Now the hope is that these new squads don't hit the ground running. If there is a team built to find the fatigue issue heading into the postseason, it's the Kings.
