Very OT - LA Lakers trade D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets (Caris LeVert)
In an completely unexpected move, the Lakers give SG D'Angelo Russell and C Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets and in return recieve Net's C Brook Lopez and the 27th overall pick:
Lakers are trading Tim Mozgov and D'Angelo Russell to Nets for Brook Lopez and 27th pick Thursday, sources say.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 20, 2017
Also according to Woj, the Lakers making the moves to entice Pacers' Paul George and Cavs' LeBron James as FAs in 2018:
For the Lakers, this is longer-term play to clear space for Paul George and LeBron James pursuit. Lonzo Ball on way at No.2 https://t.co/KxfdEuAUO0
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 20, 2017
I wonder what this means for former Wolverine and 1st rounder SG Caris LeVert on the Nets. Caris spent a large portion of his rookie season coming back from injury, but ended the season with an average of 10pt/2ast/4rbs on 24 minutes after the All-Star Break. It really looked like the Nets were committed to starting and developing LeVert for the long-haul.
Currently the Nets' backcourt consists of:
- PG: Jeremy Lin, Isaiah Whitehead, Spencer Dinwiddle
- SG: D'Angelo Russell, Sean Kilpatrick, Caris LeVert, Randy Foye, Archie Goodwin, KJ McDaniels
I hope your caloric intake has been really high--as in, impossibly high--the past few weeks. How do you feel about Carbonite Freezing?
Last time I checked Pistons 2004 Tigers 1984. Unless I fell asleep under a rock somewhere and missed something along the way. Let me know how that works out for you.
Are Piston fans the most delusional fans in Michigan? Recent examples being the 89' Pistons over current GS and then some Pistons fans thinking they can aqcuire superstars with Drummond, Jackson and some picks.
Rank them for me if you will: Wings, Pistons, Tigers, Lions
My Perception (from most to least)
1.Pistons
2.Tigers
3.Lions
4.Wings
Interesting enough is that I would rank them the same by sport for Boston.
Tiger fans are definitely delusional.
I can't make topics so sorry to inade your thread, but Dwight Howard just got traded to the Hornets.
Since DeAngelo is a combo guard, he could play point guard and Caris could still start at the 2.
This looks like the Lakers adding ammo to either trade up from 27 and 28, or putting together a package for Paul George. There are rumors the front office had just about had it with Russel, but if the Lakers dont score big in free agency next year they are going to look awfully stupid trading off a good sound shooting guard with Major potential for unused cap space.
Never even seen him play, but I am hoping Lonzo Ball is one of the biggest busts ever.
I'm assuming you feel that way because of his dad.
For me, it's hard to hate on Lonzo too much. It's not his fault that his dad is out there running his mouth to anyone that will put a camera in front of his face. By all accounts, Lonzo seems like a decent enough guy. He just happens to have a loud-mouthed jackass for a father who's own athletic career was a failure, so now he has to live his dreams through his kids.
I wish Lonzo well wherever he ends up, but I would not mind seeing LaVar getting beaten down a peg or two. I have this vision in my head of him trying to sit in on practices or tell the front office what they should be doing, and then he proceeds to get his ass thrown off the premises.
This just gives the Nets three starter-quality members of the backcourt: Lin (who is a pure PG), Russell (who is more of a PG/SG type) and LeVert (who's a SG/SF). There will be plenty of minutes for all of them.
The Nets are really high on Levert. He's much more central to their long term plans than Lin or Kilpatrick are (the reason Kilpatrick got so many minutes is that Caris was on a minute restriction when he started to play in Dec/Jan). They want to play 5 out and he gives them length to switch pick and rolls and the potential to both space the floor and beat guys off the dribble. They're not trying to win now, so Levert will get starter-level minutes as long as he's healthy..
the Nets have Caris as their long term starting SG who can slide down to SF if needed. He already runs PnR like a savvy vet, can get to the rim, play defense and once his shooting is back to the level at Michigan, he'll be great. He's literally the only player the Nets view as a long term player going forward. They like Rondae Hollis-Jefferson but he can't really shoot the ball which muck up the spacing. Same with Sean Kilpatrick. Solid player but isn't a shooter though.
Who? Oh yeah, the snitch.