ORL Gets: Lonzo Ball
ORL Gives: Jonathan Isaac
Why for ORL? PG is a big need for the Magic. Instead of using it on Trae Young who may have trouble transitioning with his size/athleticism, they bet on Ball who has very impressive advanced stats for a rookie. It costs them Isaac, but at 6, they can focus on best player available rather feel the need to select Young.
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LAL Gets: Buddy Hield & Willie Cauley-Stein
LAL Gives: Lonzo Ball & Luol Deng
Why for LAL? They move on from the Ball era in order to make them more attractive to LeBron. In the meantime, they create an extra $17 mil in cap space which allows them to sign LeBron and another max player. Hield would be a great off-ball player knocking down 3s at a high clip & Cauley-Stein gives them a cheap C option who can be a lob threat and get out on the break.
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SAC Gets: Jonathan Isaac & Luol Deng
SAC Gives: Buddy Hield & Willie Cauley-Stein
Why for SAC? With Bogdanovic at SG, the Kings move Hield for a position of need SF/PF. Cauley-Stein could become obsolete if the Giles hype is real. Isaac gives them a very long, athletic wing who is a great defender (something they desperately need). Defensively, he's averaging 2.2 blocks and 2.0 steals per36 with only 3.2 fouls. This last year, he was 56th in the league in DRAPM, 64th in the league in DRPM, and had a -7.6 Def On/Off (opponents score 7.6 fewer points per 100 possessions when he's on the floor). And he did all of this at 19-20 years old. He needs to develop his offensive game, but he shot 35% from three & 76% from the line this year. Granted he didn't take a lot of shots so it might be a low sample size but his shot is promising to say the least.
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PG - Fox / Mason
SG - Bogdanovic / Temple / Shumpert
SF - Doncic / Jackson
PF - Isaac / Labissiere / Deng
C - Giles / Koufos / Randolph
ORL Gives: Jonathan Isaac
Why for ORL? PG is a big need for the Magic. Instead of using it on Trae Young who may have trouble transitioning with his size/athleticism, they bet on Ball who has very impressive advanced stats for a rookie. It costs them Isaac, but at 6, they can focus on best player available rather feel the need to select Young.
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LAL Gets: Buddy Hield & Willie Cauley-Stein
LAL Gives: Lonzo Ball & Luol Deng
Why for LAL? They move on from the Ball era in order to make them more attractive to LeBron. In the meantime, they create an extra $17 mil in cap space which allows them to sign LeBron and another max player. Hield would be a great off-ball player knocking down 3s at a high clip & Cauley-Stein gives them a cheap C option who can be a lob threat and get out on the break.
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SAC Gets: Jonathan Isaac & Luol Deng
SAC Gives: Buddy Hield & Willie Cauley-Stein
Why for SAC? With Bogdanovic at SG, the Kings move Hield for a position of need SF/PF. Cauley-Stein could become obsolete if the Giles hype is real. Isaac gives them a very long, athletic wing who is a great defender (something they desperately need). Defensively, he's averaging 2.2 blocks and 2.0 steals per36 with only 3.2 fouls. This last year, he was 56th in the league in DRAPM, 64th in the league in DRPM, and had a -7.6 Def On/Off (opponents score 7.6 fewer points per 100 possessions when he's on the floor). And he did all of this at 19-20 years old. He needs to develop his offensive game, but he shot 35% from three & 76% from the line this year. Granted he didn't take a lot of shots so it might be a low sample size but his shot is promising to say the least.
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PG - Fox / Mason
SG - Bogdanovic / Temple / Shumpert
SF - Doncic / Jackson
PF - Isaac / Labissiere / Deng
C - Giles / Koufos / Randolph
