We’re going to be Discuss an article released by Eric Pincus of bleacher report, Where he asks some people around the league their opinion on what the lakers should do with Russell Westbrook, we got some fascinating takes one of them being that the lakers should try to make a move for kyrie Irving, buddy hield and myles turner all in one trade.
I’m going to explain how the lakers can make that happen and why it could make some sense, because if they were able to make this move, I feel like they would be one of the top contenders in the nba, they would obviously have to give up multiple of those first round picks, but you would get both the star player, and Kyrie Irving and also some great role players in buddy hield and myles turner could you imagine a starting five of Kyrie Irving, buddy hield, LeBron James and then you have Anthony Davis and myles turner, as your big men that’d be absolutely crazy and a nba media analyst suggested, that the lakers should put a top 10 protection on first round picks they trade First round picks, you have to keep in mind what’s been happening around the league.
This off season Jerami Grant was traded for just one first round pick, that was top four protected, and in doing this the Detroit pistons also created a trade exception another move that was made was the Boston Celtics traded for Malcolm Brogdon, they only traded one first round pick to bring in a point guard, who is a good two-way guard and can space the floor.
I think he’ll really move the needle for the Boston Celtics as they’re trying to take that next step after losing in the nba finals, and also it looks like there has been some interest around the league in Austin Rivers, which is important as we get into this trade scenario, so here’s the scenario where the lakers bring in Kyrie Irving, myles turner and buddy hield, this is an absolutely crazy one, and the lakers would be trading away Kendrick Nunn tht austin Rivers, Russell Westbrook and Wenyen Gabriel.
So the Brooklyn nets would be bringing in Kendrick none tht Austin Rivers they’d be getting two future second round picks, and then the pacers would be bringing in Russell Westbrook, they would also get Wenyen Gabriel, and they’d get two future first round picks. So for the Brooklyn nets, they get salary cap relief in this trade, because they’re trading away a guy in Kyrie Irving who has larger salaries than the players they’re taking on they get some young talent in tht and Austin Rivers, they get Kendrick Nunn, who can be a solid point guard for them this season.
The lakers get pretty much a big trade that would change everything for them with Kyrie Irving, myles turner and buddy hield, and the pacers get Westbrook and Wenyen Gabriel, who are both on expiring deals, and they get two future first round picks this trade scenario, would pretty much change everything for the lakers, making them one of the best teams in the league, in my opinion.