[Weinbach]: D’Angelo Russell is expected to decline his $18.6M player option and become an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The Laker guard will be in the market for a long-term, lucrative deal after averaging 18.0 points & 6.3 assists on 41.5% 3-point shooting this year.
D’Angelo Russell is expected to decline his $18.6M player option and become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
The Laker guard will be in the market for a long-term, lucrative deal after averaging 18.0 points & 6.3 assists on 41.5% 3-point shooting this year.
— Jake Weinbach (@JWeinbachNBA) May 10, 2024
by aingenevalostatrade
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Exhibit A why Pelinka should’ve been out the door a long time ago.
He may have let us down, but it was really cool to get to see him in a lakers uniform again
Barring any animosity with the Lakers org/fanbase, I do believe he/his agent will accept a sign-and-trade to help us if necessary.
D’Lo’s only viable option in free agency is probably the Magic, and I’m not sure they go for him. It’s more likely he re-signs with the Lakers on another 1+1, and they actively try to trade him again.
It would be a colossally terrible idea for the Lakers to let him walk for nothing. They need his production even if he’s prone to no-showing in the playoffs. The Lakers still need to get to the playoffs.
Could’ve gotten Conley and NAW instead of him. Love having Rob Pelinka as my favorite team’s GM
FUCK
An albatross contract for his next team loading….
D’Lo getting more money than that would be an indictment on the organization that pays him. He’s too old to change, he’s toxic, never been a defender, he thinks he deserves praise when he has shitty games and takes shitty shots. He’s as delusional as they get in the NBA.
Should’ve traded him…
He’s in for a rude awakening when no one offers him a long term deal or a high AAV short term deal. The league knows what he is and doesn’t like paying that archetype.
Lol he ain’t getting a lucrative deal.
Imagine if GM clown shoes had just traded for Conley and NAW instead of D’Lo then drafted Jaquez instead of JHS.
Sigh.
He’s worse at his job than Ham ever was at his. And that’s saying something.
I’ve gone through every team and there really aren’t many options for Dlo. You have ORL with cap space and there should be mutual interest there (depending on if ORL lands other people). SAS has cap space and could use a PG but does Pop really want to pay Dlo long term and pair him next to Wemby? I doubt it. UTH has cap and could also use a PG but again, I just don’t see it as a fit. PHI maybe if they strike out on everyone else but they may not want to pair him with Maxey. Other cap space teams def not a fit. For non cap space teams, BKN/TOR/NOP all could be fits. This would have to be an opt-in trade or sign and trade (works out for Lakers either way). Also want to point out, him leaving for cap space team like ORL doesn’t necessarily mean we lose him for nothing. For example, if Dlo signs with ORL, Lakers could technically sign and trade Dlo to ORL for a trade exception. Why would ORL do this? The Lakers send them 2nd round picks as an incentive. This has been done in the past (one I can remember is Hayward when he left BOS for CHA).
Be gone! Bye! Adios!
That’s…not gonna go so good for him
Rob will get him to stay in some capacity, this is his bread and butter
Bye bye 👋
All I’ll say is Pelinka is a master at making the absolute best of a bad situation. Now, they’re bad situations of his own making. But the man knows how to cook. Hold fast, have faith.
I think Dlo is going to leave even if it’s just out of spite. It’s why he should have been traded during the season.
Resign Dlo 3/60, trade AR/JHS/3 picks for Lauri?
AD/Lauri/Bron/Christie/Dlo
Vando/Rui/Gabe off bench?
Maxwell/Cam/Wood/Hayes deep bench?
Rob is the worst GM. He’s been the issue for years now
A lot of hate here like he didn’t outplay that PO this season. That PO is what shooters make who bring nothing else. Hes as good a shooter, brings playmaking and didn’t throw a fit when moved to a 6th man role nor when in trade talks all year. He actually improved his play at the height of all the trade speculation.
Hes definitely going to land a longer contract at about that pay or a short one worth more than 18M/yr
One of the biggest things that has hurt this team in recent years is losing the margins. Getting guys for [cost] and losing them for nothing. Say what you will about trade/no trade last year (I didn’t want to trade him), we will not compete if we continue to lose around the margins. We can’t keep losing guys for nothing and sending stuff to get players back we let go. The management of assets and roster HAS to be better.
Lakers fan always talking shit about the guy are about to be really upset if he walks for nothing. He’s the best option for 18-20m a year guy out there. (excluding guys who are currently signed like Brunson)
I’m just afraid a team is gonna fred van fleet us and offer him way more than necessary.
We HAVE to resign him. Even if he walks, we won’t have the cap space to sign another player that can replicate his production. To everyone saying we should’ve traded him, the Lakers were actively looking for trades but no one wanted him unless we attached other pieces like Reaves.
He’s gonna get an offer somewhere and Lakers will need to pay to keep him. The price tag will be higher than last year.
From what I watched, if he moves for nothing, we are doomed.
Letting him go will hamstring us and prevent us from having enough salary to trade for an upgrade.
Keeping him and overpaying will weigh us down.
The fine line is getting him long-term on a contract that is tradeable. Lets see if Rob can pull it off, I have my doubts.
Bros gassing him up lmao, now post his playoff stats for that lucrative deal
Between DLo and the corpses of Dinwiddie/Vincent, I’d rather they stick with DLo. Would be another colossal mistake / bad asset management (with what little cap space they have) yet again if they don’t do what they can to keep him (at a reasonable cost).
I’d like to have him back if we can. I like what he does for us in terms us shooting and ballhandling. Plus it’s nice to have a Baby Laker still on the squad.
Let him walk. Do not pay him long term. I’d rather build younger players on the roster
DLO is top 3 in worst TS percentage in NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY
People in here can’t let go of their personal frustrations and look at this objectively. Dudes getting a bag. Raptor fans were going crazy about FVV last year saying he ain’t getting one and since he arrived in Houston he made Jabari and Green not look like total busts. Any team with money would be looking for that. Dlo will get a 3/90 from Orlando with the third year being a team option.
This is probably best for us money wise
Can we fire Pelinka ? Going ‘ all in ‘ on Dlo and letting him fuvk us by giving him a player option . Meanwhile Conley had a better season then Dlo n happily stayed with the team n extended . Conley + Naw and 3 seconds the wolves got for this bum dlo . Dlo might be the worst playoff performer player I ever seen. We carried him as far as he’ll ever go but he sucks ass and hurts your team .
Now we don’t even have tradable salary . Good job rob you moron . Not to mention they announce last year they’d want continuity due to a shitty WCF run and won’t clear cap to chase kyrie . Instead of getting burned by kyrie we get burned by this fucking bum .
Untill Pelinka is fired we are never winning shit unless he licks into the best player in the league + another mvp lvl guy . Worst gm in the league constantly losing on the margins . People say what has he done wrong but I can list 30 things- and those were immediately bad. Not to mention he’s a scummy player agent nobody wants to trade or work with one FRP for Dlo vando n Beaskey
Bum ass gm gets
Praised just for moving Russ for trash nobody wants n guys that were useless in
The WCF that year.
Some fans say his production won’t be replaced in the regular season should he leave.
I think who gives a fuck as he has shit the bed in the playoffs 2 years in a row. I’d rather watch a young developing player struggle in the playoffs compared to seeing Dlo for another playoff series.
Hopefully a sign and trade can happen otherwise good riddance
Which is why they shoulda traded him at the deadline but yall fell in love with him
I hope he gets off of the team roster. Good luck and goodbye. Be some other teams playoff problem now or the reason they don’t even make it.
Nobody is going to pay more for a guy that is useless unless his shot is falling.