“As recently as late last week, some in the Lakers organization thought they were nearing a deal for Murray that would’ve seen D’Angelo Russell go to Atlanta, as well as the 2029 pick and recent first-round selection Jalen Hood Schifino. Atlanta changed course, though, and asked for Austin Reaves. At that point, talks between the two teams stalled and haven’t picked up since.”
by Intelligent-Sell-642
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Irwin aside, good. Murray is better than D’Lo, but he isn’t use-every-available-asset-other-than-Reaves better than D’Lo. Other teams don’t have to overpay for Murray just because the Hawks did.
If the Lakers are really intent on shipping D’Lo, at least get a better playmaker than him.
Dang that would of been a steal
Find a third team for DLo that would give something of interest to Atlanta and hopefully that gets it done.
Beyond that, including Christie is maybe furthest Lakers would go but they would likely want something on top of just Murray if sending Max out the door (maybe Nick Richards if Charlotte is a third team).
In the meantime, stack wins. The better we play, the more leverage we have.
Idk why people are surprised the lakers want to build with Austin,Bron and AD not subtract from that..
I’m kinda so-so about trading dlo anyways, we need a playmaker.
Bro said the Hawks ownership likely got involved. Don’t blame them, D’lo for Murray is the stuff of trade machine deals gone wrong.
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The folks who say we shouldn’t trade Dlo for Murray are absolutely insane. That is an insane fleecing lol (even if we include a first, hopefully protected). Please… watch other teams and look up stats of both. Also, please don’t have recenecy bias
Remember the old saying “Talk is Cheap”.
The Lakers have plenty of talent. And a healthy LeBron and AD. The last 2 games showcase how good they can be, if they only had a decent coach.
I like D’lo but I think I’d probably do that. You lose some spacing and playmaking but Murray is the more consistent player while also offering a *much* higher defensive upside and is a decent playmaker in his own right.
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Honestly that might be the only realistic deal I feel comfortable trading 29 for. I just don’t see how other deals improve this team enough to warrant losing our only tradable asset this year. Either get this trade done or do something smaller involving some SRPs and let this core finish the season.
Good. Murray does not move the needle that much imo and I’d rather not empty the treasure chest for him when we have the potential for an actual star like Donovan Mitchell in the summer.
Have to say that if Dejounte was so good, Atlanta wouldn’t want to trade him. Getting him would be the most Klutch move. A bit pessimistic. He showed promise but isn’t delivering right now.
Unfortunately because of everything that has happened in the season you cant make any trade without including at least one of the big three(Dlo, reaves, rui) front office gotta decide if they wanna bite the bullet and make a big trade or end all rumors and ride it out with your guys
think the lakers should just improve the bench, and leave the big moves to the offseason. they don’t even know what they truly got with this roster, with ham improperly making of use it. bringing in another player ham has to integrate halfway in the season just doesn’t make sense. a relatively healthy ad, lebron and he’s been struggling to keep this team above .500.
what impact could murray potentially have that can magically transform this team? i just don’t see it, i think they’re severely undervaluing russell here and how is playmaking brings connectivity to the roster. if you’re going all in for a legit star, by all means. this is a lateral move at best, while having to give up their pick in the process — it’s just a recipe for disaster at this point.
Lakers should definitely stand pat. DLO been balling as of late so we’re not in a hurry for a trade if any at all. The ball is in Atlanta’s court if they want to make a deal. A third team will most likely have to be involved if they really don’t want DLO which imo is a bad move for them. DLO can play SG which is his preferred position. Trae and DLO can coexist. I think this will go down to the wire until the final hours of the trade deadline and Atlanta sees they have no better options.
I find this hard to believe. Atlanta would have asked for Reaves when talks started. It looks like the Lakers will need to find a 3 team for D’Lo that will send something to Atlanta that they want or obtain another first round pick.
The FO talks too much. Either trade the guys or don’t…spending weeks of leaking names and deals to the media is terrible for the whole team
>”some in the Lakers organization”
Wonder how many parking lot attendants and concession workers he’s sourcing from.
If this happened for that woulda been nuts. I wonder how these meetings go down. We as fans can speculate but one can only imagine how these meetings actually spawn.