[CBS] Grade the Trade: Lakers reportedly deal Lou Williams to Rockets for Brewer, 1st-rounder

Immediate trade grade articles are the most tantalizing of click baits

 

Win Win trade IMO

Corey Brewer is the ultimate player you want when you're tanking. Consummate professional who will help the tank

And Lou Williams just fits in our offense and the way Mike AntoniO plays

 

Trade the remaining bench player such as bobby, kj, wjinter, ennis with more useful shooter

 

http://basketball.realgm.com/article/245018/Grading-The-Deal-Lakers-Trade-Lou-Williams-To-Houston

Grading The Deal: Lakers Trade Lou Williams To Houston

(TL;DR: Rockets A- , Lakers B+)

BY KEITH P SMITH

FEB 22, 2017 1:31 AM

It didn’t take Magic Johnson long to put his stamp on the Los Angeles Lakers as their new President of Basketball Operations, as he sent Lou Williams to the Houston Rockets for Corey Brewer and Houston’s unprotected 2017 first round draft pick.

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Houston had been looking for ways to add some more offensive firepower at the guard position. Despite James Harden playing at an MVP level, Eric Gordon being a candidate for Sixth Man of the Year and Patrick Beverley providing solid production, the Rockets were still a guard short. Neither Tyler Ennis nor Bobby Brown had stepped up to take the backup point guard minutes and that had caused the previously listed trio to carry a very heavy minutes load. Brewer had seen some time at the shooting guard spot, but was more of a backup three behind Trevor Ariza.

Williams had been performing at a high level for the Lakers, scoring a career-high 18.6 PPG off the bench. His PER, True Shooting % and Offensive Rating are all career-bests as well. He was also considered a Sixth Man of the Year contender like Gordon.

Williams will further add to the scoring punch Houston has off the bench, combining with Gordon, Nene, Sam Dekker and Montrezl Harrell to form one of the league’s best second units. Williams is also a terrific fit in the Houston system, as he loves to push the pace, attack early in the shot clock and he generally takes most of his shot in the paint or from behind the arc. On nights when Gordon or Harden don’t have it going, or Mike D’Antoni needs more scoring than Beverley provides, he now has a weapon to turn to in Williams.

Another win for Houston in the deal is that the acquisition of Williams allows them to rest Gordon, Beverley and even Harden more if they need to. The D’Antoni system can be very taxing on players, as they are generally asked to play heavy minutes and to play at a high pace. The Rockets looked visibly tired in some sloppy losses leading up to the All-Star break, so adding a bit more depth is very helpful.

Lastly, Houston actually saved a little bit of money this year and next with this trade. Williams is at $7 million flat for this year and next, while Brewer is owed $7.6 million for 16-17 and $7.5 million for 17-18. Every little bit helps for a contender when they are looking to add talent. And the first round pick saves a bit on the payroll as well, and with it projected to be in the late 20s, the Rockets are unlikely to miss out on a franchise changing player at that point in the draft.

Grade for Houston: A-

Los Angeles had made it known they were willing to move Williams before Magic Johnson took over, as he was a luxury for a team at the bottom of the Western Conference. Despite his excellent play, the Lakers are probably better served giving Williams' minutes to younger players who are part of their core going forward.

This trade should accomplish two goals. First, the aforementioned extra minutes open up for younger guards like D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson. The Lakers can also slide Brandon Ingram down to the shooting guard spot on occasion as well. Those three are guys the Lakers are building around and they can use all the playing time they can get, to figure out who fits where and with who.

The second goal is grow their asset base. The Lakers are staring a very real scenario in the face of losing both their 2017 first round pick and their 2019 first round pick. If Los Angeles finishes fourth or lower in the draft order, the 2017 pick conveys to Philadelphia. That would also force the Lakers to convey their 2019 pick to Orlando. If the Lakers finish 1-3 in the draft order, they keep their 2017 pick and instead deliver 2018 to Philadelphia, and their 2017 and 2018 second round picks to Orlando. If the Lakers were to lose two first round picks, it is nice to have one in the coffers to somewhat replace it. Even if they retain the picks, a rebuilding team can always use an extra first rounder.

As far as Brewer goes, he will have little value on the court to the Lakers. He’s likely to be behind Ingram, Nick Young and Luol Deng on the wing depth chart. There is also a chance Brewer and LA could agree to a buyout that would free him up to move to a contender’s bench. Either way, this trade was more about the pick than the player for the Lakers and they did a solid job to get a first round pick for a luxury asset at this point in their season.

Grade for Los Angeles: B+

 

grading a trade when neither player has not played a game is stupid, let's see if lou can help us before grading anything, it's not like the Cousins deal where Kings just got totally robbed, it's like Cousins for a bag of peanuts bad

 

Perhaps Brewer will have a resurgence in an offense where he is not relied upon for 3 pt shooting

 

Question: Could the lakers cut Brewer?

Would it benefit him?

Rocket River

 

And that 1st rounder is Kyle Kuzma.



http://www.espn.com/nba-summer-league/boxscore?gameId=400968114&league=nba-summer-las-vegas

 

Hes been awesome in summer league.

 

Look at it this way: Morey turned Corey Brewer into CP3.

Sort of.

 

Beverly, Kuzma/Lou Williams, Dekker and Montrezl for CP3. Man, why is that way more than what Indiana received for a 26 year old PG13. Smh

 

1. CP3 is a better player than PG13. He is arguably still the best PG in the league. PG13 isn't even top 3.
2. Oladipo is also a far better player than any player we gave up, Bev included. I love Bev, but Oladipo has a lot of talent and potential.
3. Dekker and Harrell are both fringe role players at best, unless either develops a shot.

 

Oladipo and his contract are trash. Bev at his contract >>>>> Olodipo. PG13 at 26yrs old and a position of need > CP3 who will require a 30M per yr. contract until he's 3 years older than Nene. Hope Youre right about CP3 being better though.

 

PF is a position of "need", not SF. Between Ariza and Tucker, SF position is set. You know what is a bigger need? A consistent playmaker when Harden sits. None of the PF's available can carry an offense as well as CP3 can from the PG position. Not to mention, PG13 is merely an one year rental and then he bolts for Lakers.

Also, 21M for a promising SG is not garbage, it a gamble. If Oladipo breaks now that he is away from WB, that contract will be a bargain.

 

32 other night 26 points today

 

based off this dudes play in summer league the melo deal would be done had we had him

lou was a good trade at the time a solid vet for a 1.5 yr, but he ended up being a .3 season rental, when we didn't have a chance to get pass the warriors.

thats why you can't grade a trade until after

 

If Rockets picked Kyle Kuzma you all would have hated him anyway.

Rockets got CP3 and we talking about how great KYLE KUZMA looks in SUMMER LEAGUE? ok.

 

We can agree to disagree.

GSW- Durant
Cavs- Lebron
Spurs - Kawhi
Rockets - Ariza

SF is a position of need to win a championship. Not PG. Our record was night and day when Ariza put up +15pts. Hopefully, Melo can make up the difference. Olodipo was away from Westbrook in Orlando and was just as inconsistent. If Olodipo was so "promising" and such a "bargain" the entire collective basketball world wouldn't have been stunned by such a weak haul Indiana received.

 

no we will see how things play out, CP3 not getting it done all alone against warriors. we need a 3rd star.

knicks want young players or picks, this is a young player that had been playing great easy bait

cp3 was a great trade glad he's here just saying looking at what butler and george got sold for we over paid for someone that former wanted to be here.

deker
bev
1st
1st lou
harell

we had mayve 2 of these assets we would be in better shape to get a team to take anderson even knicks would