Keep this in mind during the offseason. Trae Young would be an absolute Russ level catastrophe. Bringing him here would keep us from title contention for a decade.
Trae Young was a -27 in 43 minutes tonight.
Hawks were -18 with both Trae Young & Dejounte Murray were on court together tonight.
They were +12 with Murray on without Young & -9 with Young on without Murray.
— Keerthika Uthayakumar (@keerthikau) April 18, 2024
by 3nnui
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He looked disinterested. Also his play is so on-ball heavy and if he’s having trouble adjusting to Murray, how can he adjust to AD/Bron? I don’t think it’s anywhere near as bad as RW because at least Trae can shoot so certain principles still are intact.
But this is why IF we go to the trade market I’m much more partial to Mitchell. Shit I’d revisit Murray he looked good.
But here’s hoping Dlo takes the next step and all that talk is unnecessary.
“Trae will unlock AD” they say. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I want Irving
Personally I was a never a fan of trading for Trae and doing the 3 star model all over again. Trae is simply undersized, a bad defender and a inefficient high volume scorer. If we were to make moves to improve in the off-season I’d rather go for a bigger guard that can defend and shoot imo.
I rather talk about this than the Nuggets…
I don’t like Trae for $44m. I’d much rather go for like CP3 on a vet min. One thing I do know is that D’Lo/Reaves isn’t exactly the best backcourt combination. We have tough decisions to make. Rui is also an awkward fit, because ideally we get a center who can start with AD and then you play AD at the 4. Lebron at the 3.
I’m not going to sit here and act like I know the perfect answers to fix this roster but I do know we have a rebounding problems and also some major defensive problems in our backcourt.
Comparing Trae to Russ is comparable in that they both can’t play D but having Trae in his prime and being a good shooter is a pretty big difference that should be acknowledged
In fairness, he would be a lot better playing alongside Bron and AD. It’s not like Dlo would’ve shined in that game in Trae Young’s place.
Trae for the right price isn’t bad. He’s like 25 and you have to get AD another co-star to keep the ball rolling post-LeBron.
LeBron will literally only be here for 2 more years at the most. AD will be 33 by then.
Do the same assets (roughly 3 first round picks) bring us Brandon Ingram? If so, I’d much prefer BI back.
we dont want him
I thought I wanted Trae but actually I want to see D’Lo get better and have for the roster to have continuity
That’s why we need to win this year to keep our valuable core of DLo, AR, Rui and Vando.
What happens when we fail? Fake fans will flood the streets or social medias and ask to trade all of em for a 3rd star like Trae.
That’s a little much
If we go for a big star, go for someone who’s known to be a true star. Russ was on the verge of being washed, but he was a star at one point. Trae Young has been crap the last few years.
Why is this even a discussion?
You gotta have a bunch of lockdown defenders on the team to even consider Trae. Could argue his defense is on par if not worse than Dlo.
Watch them gut the roster for this dude lmao funny as shit if it happens
No lessons learned from the Russ trade
Lakers just like the big names whether or not they fit.
I am of the opinion that we should go for a third star-type player. But idk if it should be Trae.
Yes. He’s not a good target. We need a big body defensive center and perimeter defenders with offensive upside. The key is to get a few pieces and a new coach
Let’s revisit this in offseason after we win title this year..go lakers!
Please, I just want a team with 2 stars and good role players. Three stars doesn’t work, it doesn’t give you sustained success, it makes your team and your trades to change terrible. I just want the Lakers to learn their lesson about this.
We don’t need 3 stars. I would rather target just one decent big man and a good 3 and D guy
it’s crazy how many Laker fans have forgotten the Russ experience and ready to pay twice the amount of assets for yet another overrated, ball-dominant, medium-efficiency player (but even worse defender) whose teams barely make the playoffs in the East.