Luka gotta get outta there

If the team sucks there’s a good chance Reaves isn’t living up to his contract and is a negative asset. Not saying he will but I wouldn’t say he’s is a guaranteed asset if they get to that point.

nah Luka

George Mikan and Jerry West looking down smiling on us rn

Never thought the Celtics and Lakers would swap races.

Hard R Lakers.

It’s actually insane he’s had a job so long. Giving away picks like they’re nothing. How’s he going to move Vando/DK now? Guess he can’t.

Average /r/nba Lakers fan

We know.

And 2 swaps lol.

Even without the picks, paying Kessler $130m was considered borderline risky.

With 2 unprotected picks, for a contract the Jazz didn’t even want, that makes it one of the worst trades of the past decade.

That’s more than what luka got ig

Time to start praying for Luka to leave LA in 2 seasons.

Mate 2 unprotected picks and 2 swaps for fucking Kessler, I’d happily watch Ace Bailey at center for that return if I were the Jazz.

Yes that is the main takeaway here

Nurkic legit could start over JJJ at 5 lol, the bar to be better there wouldn’t be high

Ace Bailey and Lauri fighting for their life on the boards this season

They’ll have a big TPE out of this, and have plenty of picks to find a Center to use it on.

This is a clear win for the Jazz. Incredibly stupid overpay by the Lakers lol

As a Grizz fan, Jazz need to immediately be in the market for another center besides Nurkic

I mean that’s a pretty nice haul of picks

Would have had to go into a bidding war with the Celtics too if we waited this off season, costed a lot but I’m happy we got it done

Pre NIL BYU

Lol. You right though.

Soak it all in

Another second round exit BYU team

JJ “Andy Bernard” Reddick

Surely they need at least one guy who is a natural, a gifted athlete who plays with instinct and aggression?

Lunch pail kind of players

Letting LeBron and Smart their 2 best playoff players walk and losing all their assets for a guy that hasn’t played all year lmao

RFA is the most leverage a team will ever have, makes sense they’d get a haul

32.5m a year for him is not bad. Those picks though but I guess in order to lower the salary they had to give it up.

He’d convince them to take Andrew Tate and Clavicular in return.

Well not like there’s anyone else on the team to lob to

This made me feel better lol

I thought the same lol. Finally paid fair for that scam trade.

Snowtime Lakers!

As is tradition

When*

I’ve gouged out my eyes?

They hit the panic button for sure. This is what you do when you’re nervous you’re gonna lose a star player and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

And feels like the exact situation they always found themselves in with Bron. You use all of your assets to bring in a player or two your star wanted, and then you’re scouting Big3 teams to fill out your roster.

Ima just think of it as a part of the Luka trade and then we underpaid,

AD, Max Christie, 3 FRPs, 2 swaps for Luka Doncic and Kessler

Are they?

Kessler isnt the athletic rim running big that Luka likes, he’s slower and much less vertical than guys like Lively, Gafford, hell even Jaxson Hayes.

Kessler is good defensive and will help on that end though.

Seriously wtf

Jazz are in it for the long haul, lakers are not. This will be fine for the Jazz

I think you would match it, which is why the Lakers had to trade the picks to get him

Bro you got 2 picks and 2 swaps and didn’t have to pay 32 mil for a guy who played a total of 0 competitive basketball in his career. This is a big W for the Jazz

I kind of think Kessler was just annoyed with Utah’s front office. All speculation but I wonder if being sat to tank, which could affect his value, just annoyed him.

It’s a nice haul for the Jazz but does make this season maybe not quite as exciting.

Unless you reroute some picks it looks like Ainge’s timeline is stretching out even further which isn’t bad I guess but you’d like to see some winning eventually

Pelinka 100% cooking meth with this one.
I like the fit but you can’t justify that haul. If this fails and Luka exits in 2028 this is going to be abysmal.

Ainge masterclass

Yeah but the Kings need to trade Sabonis or Lavine to make it happen. Lakers didn’t have to trade anything, just offer.